Tag: Cyber Security News

Multiple Zoom Client Vulnerabilities Exposes Sensitive Data

Recent security disclosures reveal multiple high-severity vulnerabilities in Zoom’s client software, exposing millions of users to potential data breaches, privilege escalation, and unauthorized access.  The most critical flaws, patched in Zoom’s March 11, 2025, security bulletin, include CVE-2025-27440 (heap-based buffer…

NVIDIA Riva Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Escalate Privileges

NVIDIA has issued a significant software update for its Riva speech AI platform, releasing version 2.19.0 to resolve two high-severity vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-23242 and CVE-2025-23243) involving improper access control mechanisms.  The update, detailed in a March 10, 2025 security bulletin, impacts…

Hackers Using Advanced MFA-Bypassing Techniques To Gain Access To User Account

A disturbing trend of sophisticated attacks recently detected by researchers specifically designed to evade multi-factor authentication (MFA) protections. These advanced techniques, which exploit vulnerabilities in authentication workflows rather than the authentication factors themselves, have enabled attackers to gain unauthorized access…

Google Warned Chromecast Owners Not to Hit Factory Reset

Google has issued an urgent advisory to owners of Chromecast 2nd Generation (2015) and Chromecast Audio devices, warning against factory resets as a global outage linked to an expired security certificate renders these devices inoperable.  The company confirmed that it…

Apache Pinot Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass Authentication

A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2024-56325) in Apache Pinot, the open-source distributed OLAP datastore used by LinkedIn, Uber, and Microsoft for real-time analytics, allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication controls and gain full system access.  Rated 9.8 on the CVSS v3…

New Botnet Dubbed “Eleven11bot” Hacked 30,000 Webcams

A newly identified botnet, tracked as Eleven11bot, has compromised approximately 30,000 internet-connected devices—primarily security cameras and network video recorders (NVRs)—to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against critical infrastructure.  Discovered by Nokia Deepfield’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) on February 26, 2025,…