The Change Healthcare data breach is worse than initially estimated: approximately 190 million people have been affected. The Change Healthcare data breach is worse than initially estimated, the incident has impacted 190 million people. In October 2024, UnitedHealth Group announced…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 508 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter 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. Subaru Starlink flaw…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER – ROUND 30
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape. Gmail For Exfiltration: Malicious npm Packages Target Solana Private Keys and Drain Victims’ Wallets Threat Bulletin: Weaponized Software Targets Chinese-Speaking…
Cisco warns of a ClamAV bug with PoC exploit
Cisco addressed a ClamAV denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability, and experts warn of the availability of a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code. Cisco has released security updates to address a ClamAV denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-20128. The Cisco PSIRT experts warn of…
Subaru Starlink flaw allowed experts to remotely hack cars
Subaru Starlink flaw exposed vehicles and customer accounts in the US, Canada, and Japan to remote attacks. Popular security researcher Sam Curry and he colleague Shubham Shah discovered a vulnerability in Subaru’s Starlink connected vehicle service that exposed vehicles and…
Participants in the Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 earned $886,250
The Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 hacking contest has ended, and participants earned $886,250 after demonstrating 49 zero-day flaws. The Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 hacking contest has ended, and participants earned $886,250 after demonstrating 49 zero-day flaws. Sina Kheirkhah (@SinSinology) of Summoning Team…
U.S. CISA adds SonicWall SMA1000 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SonicWall SMA1000 vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC) vulnerability, tracked as…
J-magic malware campaign targets Juniper routers
Threat actors are targeting Juniper routers with a custom backdoor in a campaign called code-named “J-magic,” attackers are exploiting a Magic Packet flaw. Lumen Technologies researchers reported that the J-magic campaign targets Juniper routers with a custom backdoor using a…
SonicWall warns of a critical CVE-2025-23006 zero-day likely exploited in the wild
SonicWall warns customers of a critical zero-day vulnerability in SMA 1000 Series appliances, likely exploited in the wild. SonicWall is waring customers of a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23006 (CVSS score of 9,8) impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA)…
U.S. CISA adds JQuery flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds JQuery vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a JQuery persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-11023 (CVSS score: 6.9) to its Known Exploited…
Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Day 2: organizers awarded $335,500
Bug hunters earned $129,000 for Tesla charger exploits and over $700,000 total in two days at Pwn2Own Automotive 2025. During Day 2 of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 organizers awarded $335,500, which brings the event total to $718,250. So far, the researchers…
Chinese threat actors used two advanced exploit chains to hack Ivanti CSA
US agencies revealed Chinese threat actors used two advanced exploit chains to breach Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA). The US government’s cybersecurity and law enforcement revealed that Chinese threat actors used at least two sophisticated exploit chains to compromise Ivanti…
Cisco addresses a critical privilege escalation bug in Meeting Management
Cisco addressed a critical flaw in its Meeting Management that could allow it to gain administrator privileges on vulnerable instances. Cisco released security updates to fix a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-20156 (CVSS score of 9.9) affecting its Meeting Management.…
U.S. President Donald Trump granted a “full and unconditional pardon” to Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road creator
Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, creator of the notorious dark web, drug marketplace Silk Road , after 11 years in prison. Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, creator of Silk Road, who was convicted in 2015 for narcotics and money-laundering conspiracy…
Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Day 1: organizers awarded $382,750 for 16 zero-days
Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced that $380K was awarded on Day 1 of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced that over $380,000 was awarded on Day 1 of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025, a hacking contest…
Two ransomware groups abuse Microsoft’s Office 365 platform to gain access to target organizations
Two ransomware groups exploiting Microsoft 365 services and default settings to target internal enterprise users. Sophos researchers started investigating two distinct clusters of activity, tracked as STAC5143 and STAC5777, in response to customer ransomware attacks in November and December 2024.…
Cloudflare blocked a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack
Cloudflare announced that it has blocked a record-breaking 5.6 terabit-per-second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Cloudflare announced that during the week of Halloween 2024, it autonomously detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, which is the…
A 7-Zip bug allows to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) feature
A vulnerability in the 7-Zip file software allows attackers to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) Windows security feature. Attackers can exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-0411, in the free, open-source file archiver software 7-Zip to bypass the Mark…
Former CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking top-secret documents
A former CIA analyst, Asif William Rahman, pleaded guilty to leaking top-secret National Defense Information on social media in 2024. Asif William Rahman, a former CIA analyst with Top-Secret clearance since 2016, pleaded guilty to leaking classified information on social…
New Mirai botnet variant Murdoc Botnet targets AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers
Researchers warn of a campaign exploiting AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers to create a Mirai botnet variant called Murdoc Botnet. Murdoc Botnet is a new Mirai botnet variant that targets vulnerabilities in AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532…