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Ivanti 0-Day RCE Flaw Exploitation Details Revealed
A critical unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability, CVE-2025-22457, has been disclosed by Ivanti, sparking concerns across the cybersecurity industry. The flaw, which affects several Ivanti products, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely, potentially compromising sensitive enterprise environments. Researchers, including the Rapid7…
Researchers Exploit Windows Defender with XOR and System Calls
A recent cybersecurity revelation has demonstrated how researchers successfully bypassed Windows Defender antivirus mechanisms using advanced techniques involving XOR encryption and direct system calls. This breakthrough has sparked discussions about the effectiveness of traditional antivirus measures against increasingly sophisticated attack…
Microsoft Issues Urgent Patch to Resolve Office Update Crashes
Microsoft has issued an emergency patch addressing widespread crashes in Office 2016 applications following a problematic update. The fix, identified as KB5002623 and released on April 10, 2025, resolves critical issues that caused Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook to stop…
iOS 18.4 Update Introduces Critical Bug in Dynamic Symbol Resolution
Apple’s latest iOS 18.4 update has introduced a significant bug affecting dynamic symbol resolution on devices supporting Pointer Authentication Code (PAC). This issue, first observed by Fabien Perigaud, a noted reverse-engineering expert, has implications for applications relying on dynamic library…
OpenAI Shuts Down Spammer | New RAT Threatens Windows | WordPress Bug Exploited
In this episode of Cybersecurity Today, host Jim Love covers the shutdown of a spammer exploiting OpenAI’s GPT model, a cybersecurity breach at the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and a new malware operation called ‘Operation End…
RansomHouse ransomware steals 2TB data from telecom giant
Ransomware attacks have been on the rise in recent months, likely due to the ease with which hackers can generate substantial earnings through increasingly aggressive tactics, including double and triple extortion. These methods force victims to not only pay a…
Jenkins Docker Vulnerability Allows Hackers to Hijack Network Traffic
A newly disclosed vulnerability affecting Jenkins Docker images has raised serious concerns about network security. The vulnerability, stemming from the reuse of SSH host keys, could allow attackers to impersonate Jenkins build agents and hijack sensitive network traffic. Vulnerability Details…
Why security culture is crypto’s strongest asset
In this Help Net Security interview, Norah Beers, CISO at Grayscale, discusses key security challenges in managing crypto assets, adversary tactics, private key management, and securing both hot and cold wallets. From a threat modeling perspective, what unique adversary tactics…
OttoKit WordPress Plugin Admin Creation Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation
A newly disclosed high-severity security flaw impacting OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) has come under active exploitation within a few hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-3102 (CVSS score: 8.1), is an authorization bypass bug that could permit an attacker…
Microsoft Issues Urgent Patch to Fix Office Update Crash
Microsoft has released an urgent patch for Office 2016 to address a critical issue causing key applications like Word, Excel, and Outlook to crash unexpectedly. The new update, KB5002623, was issued on April 10, 2025, following widespread reports of performance…
Why remote work is a security minefield (and what you can do about it)
Remote work is seen as more than a temporary solution, it’s a long-term strategy for many organizations. Remote work cybersecurity challenges Unsecured networks: Workers often operate from home or public Wi-Fi networks that don’t have the security features of corporate…
Ransomware groups push negotiations to new levels of uncertainty
Ransomware attacks increased by nearly 20% in 2024, and the severity rose by 13%, according to At-Bay. The blast radius of ransomware continues to grow as businesses impacted by attacks on vendors and partners increased 43%, while the average cost…
iOS devices face twice the phishing attacks of Android
2024 brought about countless new cybersecurity challenges including significant growth of the mobile threat landscape, according to Lookout. Threat actors, ranging from nation-states to individuals, are increasingly targeting mobile devices for the onset of their attacks to steal credentials and…
New infosec products of the week: April 11, 2025
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Forescout, Index Engines, Jit, RunSafe Security, and Seal Security. Jit launches AI agents to ease AppSec workload Jit has launched its new AI agents to…
Ex-Meta exec tells Senate Zuck dangled US citizen data in bid to enter China
Former policy boss claims Facebook cared little about national security as it chased the mighty Yuan Facebook’s former director of global public policy told a Senate committee that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was willing to do almost anything to get…
Ex-Meta exec tells Senate Zuck’s biz dangled US citizen data in bid to enter China
Former policy boss claims Facebook cared little about national security as it chased the mighty Yuan Facebook’s former director of global public policy told a Senate committee that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was willing to do almost anything to get…
Reimagining Democracy
Imagine that all of us—all of society—have landed on some alien planet and need to form a government: clean slate. We do not have any legacy systems from the United States or any other country. We do not have any…
Certbot 4.0: Long Live Short-Lived Certs!
< div class=”field field–name-body field–type-text-with-summary field–label-hidden”> < div class=”field__items”> < div class=”field__item even”> When Let’s Encrypt, a free certificate authority, started issuing 90 day TLS certificates for websites, it was considered a bold move that helped push the ecosystem towards…
Celebrating the Fortinet Training Institute’s 2025 ATC Award Winners
Fortinet’s 2025 ATC Awards honor exceptional achievements in quality of training delivery, customer experience, and more. To honor outstanding ATCs, we’re sharing the winners of our fourth annual ATC Awards. Read more. This article has been indexed from Fortinet…