Singapore’s CSA warns of CVE-2025-52691, a critical SmarterMail flaw enabling unauthenticated remote code execution via arbitrary file upload. Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) warns of a maximum severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-52691 (CVSS score of 10.0), in SmarterMail.…
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MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847): the US, China, and the EU are among the top exploited GEOs
MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) lets attackers remotely leak memory from unpatched MongoDB servers using zlib compression, without authentication. A critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-14847 (MongoBleed), was disclosed right after Christmas, an unwelcome “gift” for the cybersecurity community, impacting MongoDB Server deployments that use zlib…
Coupang announces $1.17B compensation plan for 33.7M data breach victims
Coupang will spend about $1.17B to compensate 33.7 million users affected by a data breach, providing purchase vouchers to those impacted. Coupang announced it will spend about $1.17 billion to compensate 33.7 million people affected by a recent data breach,…
Mustang Panda deploys ToneShell via signed kernel-mode rootkit driver
China-linked APT Mustang Panda used a signed kernel-mode rootkit driver to load shellcode and deploy its ToneShell backdoor. China-linked APT Mustang Panda (aka Hive0154, HoneyMyte, Camaro Dragon, RedDelta or Bronze President) was observed using a signed kernel-mode rootkit driver with embedded shellcode to deploy…
Lithuanian suspect arrested over KMSAuto malware that infected 2.8M systems
A Lithuanian national was arrested for allegedly spreading KMSAuto malware that stole clipboard data and infected 2.8 million Windows and Office systems. A Lithuanian man (29) was arrested for allegedly spreading KMSAuto-based clipboard-stealing malware that infected about 2.8 million Windows…
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in MongoDB Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a MongoDB Server flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a MongoDB Server vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-14847 (CVSS Score of 8.7), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
Romania’s Oltenia Energy Complex suffers major ransomware attack
A ransomware attack hit Romania’s Oltenia Energy Complex on December 26, knocking out IT systems at the country’s largest coal power producer. A ransomware attack disrupted Oltenia Energy Complex, Romania’s largest coal-based power producer, shutting down its IT systems on…
Korean Air discloses data breach after the hack of its catering and duty-free supplier
Korean Air employee discloses a data breach after a hack of its catering and duty-free supplier, KC&D, affecting thousands of staff. Korean Air suffered a data breach after its in-flight catering supplier Korean Air Catering & Duty-Free (KC&D) was hacked,…
MongoBleed flaw actively exploited in attacks in the wild
A recently disclosed MongoDB flaw (MongoBleed) is under active exploitation, with over 87,000 potentially vulnerable instances exposed worldwide. A newly disclosed MongoDB vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-14847 (aka MongoBleed, CVSS score of 8.7), is being actively exploited, with more than 87,000 potentially…
Evasive Panda cyberespionage campaign uses DNS poisoning to install MgBot backdoor
China-linked APT Evasive Panda used DNS poisoning to deliver the MgBot backdoor in targeted cyber-espionage attacks in Türkiye, China, and India. Kaspersky researchers spotted the China-linked APT group Evasive Panda (aka Daggerfly, Bronze Highland, and StormBamboo) running a targeted cyber-espionage…
Condé Nast faces major data breach: 2.3M WIRED records leaked, 40M more at risk
Hacker claims Condé Nast breach, leaking 2.3M WIRED subscriber records and threatening to expose up to 40M more from other brands. A hacker known as “Lovely” claims to have leaked personal data of over 2.3 million Wired.com users. The data…
Stolen LastPass backups enable crypto theft through 2025
Stolen vault backups from the 2022 LastPass breach are still being cracked, allowing attackers to steal crypto as late as 2025. The blockchain intelligence firm TRM Labs warns that encrypted vault backups stolen in the 2022 LastPass breach are still…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 77
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Choose Your Fighter: A New Stage in the Evolution of Android SMS Stealers in Uzbekistan From Linear to Complex:…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 556 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. LangChain…
LangChain core vulnerability allows prompt injection and data exposure
A critical flaw in LangChain Core could allow attackers to steal sensitive secrets and manipulate LLM responses via prompt injection. LangChain Core (langchain-core) is a key Python package in the LangChain ecosystem that provides core interfaces and model-agnostic tools for…
NPM package with 56,000 downloads compromises WhatsApp accounts
An NPM package with over 56,000 downloads stole WhatsApp credentials, hid its activity, and installed a backdoor. Koi Security researchers warned that the NPM package ‘Lotusbail’, a WhatsApp Web API library and fork of ‘Baileys’, has been stealing users’ credentials…
Trust Wallet warns users to update Chrome extension after $7M security loss
Trust Wallet urged users to update its Chrome extension after a security incident caused about $7 million in losses. Trust Wallet warned users to update its Google Chrome extension after a security incident that resulted in about $7 million in…
Pro-Russian group Noname057 claims cyberattack on La Poste services
Pro-Russian hacking group Noname057 claimed responsibility for the cyberattack that recently disrupted La Poste’s digital banking and online services. This week, the French national postal service La Poste confirmed a major cyber incident had knocked its information systems offline, disrupting…
Aflac confirms June data breach affecting over 22 million customers
A June data breach exposed the personal information of more than 22 million Aflac customers, the company confirmed. A data breach in June exposed the information of more than 22 million Aflac customers, according to a new statement from the…
Spotify cracks down on unlawful scraping of 86 million songs
Spotify shut down accounts after Anna’s Archive scraped and published data on 86 million songs, confirming action against unlawful scraping. Spotify disabled user accounts after an open-source group published files containing 86 million songs scraped from the platform. The group,…