Tag: Cyber Security News

U.S. Seizes $31 Million Funds Drained from Crypto Exchange

U.S. law enforcement announced the recovery of $31 million in cryptocurrency tied to the 2021 Uranium Finance exploit, marking one of the largest DeFi-related asset seizures.  The operation, spearheaded by the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and Homeland Security…

VMware ESXi Vulnerabilities Exploited in Wild to Execute Malicious Code

VMware has issued a critical security advisory (VMSA-2025-0004) warning of active exploitation of three vulnerabilities in its ESXi, Workstation, and Fusion products. These flaws, CVE-2025-22224, CVE-2025-22225, and CVE-2025-22226, allow attackers to execute malicious code, escalate privileges, and leak sensitive memory…

Threat Actors Leveraging AES Cryptography For Payload Protection

Several sophisticated multi-stage malware campaigns were revealed by recent findings from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have employing advanced encryption techniques to evade detection. Threat actors are increasingly using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in combination with code virtualization to…

U.S. Halts Cyber Operations Targeting Russia

The United States has paused offensive cyber operations against Russia under an order from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, causing debates over geopolitical strategy and domestic cybersecurity priorities.  While U.S. Cyber Command—a Unified Combatant Command overseeing military cyber operations—adheres to the…

Attackers Automating Vulnerability Exploits with Few Hours of Disclosure

The cybersecurity landscape of 2024 witnessed an unprecedented increase in mass internet exploitation, driven by attackers’ ability to automate vulnerability exploits within hours of disclosure.  GreyNoise’s 2025 Mass Internet Exploitation Report reveals a systematic industrialization of cyberattacks, with threat actors…

HiveOS Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Commands

Security researchers have uncovered three critical vulnerabilities in Extreme Networks’ IQ Engine (HiveOS) that collectively enable authenticated attackers to escalate privileges, decrypt passwords, and execute arbitrary commands on affected systems.  The flaws—tracked as CVE-2025-27229, CVE-2025-27228, and CVE-2025-27227—were disclosed through coordinated…