A critical Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability has been identified in One Identity Manager, a widely used identity and access management solution. This vulnerability, officially tracked as CVE-2024-56404, allows unauthorized privilege escalation under specific configurations. The issue affects only…
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Akira’s New Linux Ransomware Attacking VMware ESXi Servers
The Akira ransomware group, a prominent player in the Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) domain since March 2023, has intensified its operations with a new Linux variant targeting VMware ESXi servers. Initially focused on Windows systems, Akira expanded its scope in April 2023…
Apple Security Update Fixed Actively Exploited Zero-day Vulnerability Affected iOS, macOS and More
Apple has released updates across its platforms, including iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, macOS Ventura, macOS Sonoma, macOS Sequoia, and Safari, to address multiple vulnerabilities. These updates include critical fixes for zero-day vulnerabilities that were actively being exploited, as well as…
Apple Zero-day Vulnerability Actively Exploited to Attack iPhone Users
Apple has released critical security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in attacks targeting iPhone users. The flaw, identified as CVE-2025-24085, is a use-after-free issue in the Core Media framework, which handles multimedia processing across Apple’s ecosystem. This…
Stratoshark – Wireshark Has Got a Friend for Cloud
The creators of Wireshark, Gerald Combs and Loris Degioanni, have unveiled Stratoshark, a groundbreaking tool designed to bring Wireshark’s renowned capabilities into the cloud era. Building on over 25 years of experience with Wireshark, which has become a staple for…
New Docker 1-Click RCE Attack Exploits Misconfigured API Settings
A newly disclosed attack method targeting Docker installations has raised significant security concerns among developers and system administrators. The vulnerability leverages a misconfigured Docker Engine API setting, allowing attackers to achieve remote code execution (RCE) with minimal user interaction. While…
New Phishing Campaign Mimic Amazon Prime Membership To Steal Credit Card Data
A sophisticated phishing campaign targeting Amazon Prime members has been uncovered, aiming to steal credit card information and other sensitive data. Cybersecurity experts have identified a complex attack chain that leverages PDF attachments, redirects, and cleverly crafted phishing sites to…
FortiOS Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Exploited to Gain Super-Admin Access
A critical zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet’s FortiOS and FortiProxy products tracked as CVE-2024-55591, has been actively exploited in the wild, allowing attackers to gain super-admin privileges. The flaw, which carries a CVSS score of 9.6, has raised significant concerns among…
Microsoft Announces Phishing Attack Protection for Teams Chat Starting February 2025
Microsoft has unveiled a new security feature for its popular collaboration platform, Microsoft Teams, to combat phishing attacks through brand impersonation in external chats. The feature, which will alert users to potential impersonation risks during initial contact from external domains,…
DeepSeek Hit by Large-Scale Cyber Attack, Temporarily Limits Registrations
DeepSeek, the Chinese AI startup that recently dethroned OpenAI’s ChatGPT as the top-rated free app on Apple’s App Store in the United States, announced it is facing a significant cyber attack, prompting the company to temporarily halt new user registrations.…
New Phishing Attack Using zero-width Characters to Bypass Security Filters
Cybercriminals are employing sophisticated strategies to bypass email security filters, creating phishing emails that are undetectable by utilizing HTML entities and zero-width characters. This new wave of attacks, dubbed “Shy Z-WASP,” combines zero-width joiners and soft hyphen entities to obfuscate…
Xerox Workplace Suite Vulnerability Let Attackers Bypass API Security
Xerox has released a critical security bulletin addressing multiple vulnerabilities in its Xerox Workplace Suite, a widely used print management server solution. These vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2024-55925 through CVE-2024-55931, could allow attackers to bypass API security, manipulate headers, and exploit…
New Attack Abusing Multicast Poisoning for PreAuthenticated Kerberos Relay
A novel attack method leveraging multicast poisoning to execute pre-authenticated Kerberos relay attacks over HTTP. This technique, detailed by Quentin Roland of Synacktiv, combines legacy weaknesses in local name resolution protocols with advanced authentication relaying tools like Responder and krbrelayx.…
Burp Suite 2025.1 With New Intruder Options & Bug Fixes
PortSwigger has released Burp Suite 2025.1, introducing several new features and improvements aimed at enhancing the tool’s usability and efficiency for penetration testers. This update includes significant advancements in the Burp Intruder module, HTTP response analysis, and interaction management, alongside…
New Malware Campaign Using 7z & UltraVNC Tool To Deploy Malware
A sophisticated malware campaign has been uncovered, leveraging 7-Zip self-extracting archives and the UltraVNC remote access tool to target Russian-speaking entities. The operation, attributed to a threat actor dubbed GamaCopy, mimics tactics previously associated with the Kremlin-aligned Gamaredon group. The…
Threat Actors Weaponized XWorm RAT Builder To Attack Script Kiddies
A sophisticated attack campaign have been uncovered recently by the cybersecurity researchers at CloudSEK targeting aspiring hackers, commonly known as “script kiddies.” The operation involves a trojanized version of the XWorm Remote Access Trojan (RAT) builder, which has been weaponized…
Chrome Security Update – Memory Corruption & Access Vulnerabilities Patched
Google has rolled out a new Stable Channel Update for its Chrome browser, addressing critical security vulnerabilities that posed significant risks to users. The update, version 132.0.6834.110/111 for Windows and Mac and 132.0.6834.110 for Linux is being gradually deployed and…
New Phishing Framework Attacking Multiple Brands To Steal Customer Logins
A sophisticated new phishing framework dubbed “FlowerStorm” has emerged, targeting multiple brands simultaneously to steal customer login credentials. Cybersecurity researchers at CloudSEK have uncovered this alarming development, which poses a significant threat to organizations and consumers alike. FlowerStorm, active since…
SCAVY – Framework to Detect Memory Corruption in Linux Kernel for Privilege Escalation
Researchers have unveiled SCAVY, a novel framework designed to automate the discovery of memory corruption targets in the Linux kernel. This discovery aims to address critical gaps in the detection and prevention of privilege escalation exploits, which often leverage memory-corruption…
Apache Solr For Windows Vulnerability Allows Arbitrary Path write-access
A newly disclosed vulnerability in Apache Solr, identified as CVE-2024-52012, has raised concerns among users of the search platform, particularly those running instances on Windows systems. The flaw, categorized as a Relative Path Traversal vulnerability, allows attackers to gain arbitrary…
Critical Intel Trust Domain Extensions Isolation Vulnerability Exposes Sensitive Data
A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Intel Corporation has uncovered a significant vulnerability in Intel’s Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) technology, potentially compromising the security of sensitive data in cloud computing environments. Intel TDX, introduced…
Windows Charset Conversion Feature Exploited to Execute Remote Code
Security researchers have uncovered a critical vulnerability in Windows stemming from its “Best-Fit” character conversion feature, which has been exploited to execute remote code. This newly identified attack surface, dubbed “WorstFit,” leverages certain features of Windows’ internal character encoding system…
Critical Fleet Server Vulnerability Exposes Sensitive Information
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2024-52975) has been identified in Elastic’s Fleet Server, posing a severe risk of sensitive information exposure. The flaw, affecting Fleet Server versions 8.13.0 through 8.15.0, allows sensitive data to be logged at the INFO and ERROR log…
Hackers Using RID Hijacking Technique To Create Secret Windows Admin Account
The North Korean-linked Andariel hacking group has been identified using a sophisticated attack campaign that employs the Relative Identifier (RID) technique to covertly create hidden administrator accounts on Windows systems. This deceptive technique enables attackers to avoid traditional detection measures…
Hackers Tool 11 Days To Deploy LockBit Ransomware From Initial Compromise
Threat actors demonstrated a methodical approach in a recent cyberattack, taking 11 days from initial compromise to fully deploy LockBit ransomware across a victim’s network. The incident, detailed in a report by The DFIR Report, showcases the evolving tactics of…
GitLab Security Update – Patch for XSS Vulnerability in File Rendering
GitLab has released critical security updates for its Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE), addressing several vulnerabilities, including a high-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw. The patched versions, 17.8.1, 17.7.3, and 17.6.4, are now available, and GitLab strongly recommends all…
GitHub Vulnerability Let Malicious Repos To Leaks Users Credentials
Critical security vulnerabilities in Git-related projects, including GitHub Desktop, Git Credential Manager, Git LFS, and GitHub Codespaces, were recently uncovered and involved improper handling of text-based protocols, allowing attackers to potentially leak user credentials. This discovery highlights significant risks in…
Critical Vulnerability in Meta’s Llama Framework Exposes AI Systems to Remote Attacks
A critical security flaw, CVE-2024-50050, has been discovered in Meta’s Llama Stack framework, a widely used open-source tool for building and deploying generative AI (GenAI) applications. The vulnerability, caused by unsafe deserialization of Python objects via the pickle module, allows…
UnitedHealth Ransomware Attack Exposes 190 Million Users’ Personal & Healthcare Data
The U.S. healthcare system, UnitedHealth Group, has confirmed that a February 2024 ransomware attack on its subsidiary, Change Healthcare, compromised the personal and healthcare data of approximately 190 million individuals. This figure, nearly double the initial estimate of 100 million,…
Top 10 Best Open Source Firewall in 2025
An open-source firewall is a network security solution designed to monitor and control traffic based on predefined rules. It provides transparency, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness by granting users access to its source code, enabling them to modify and customize it to…
Weekly Cybersecurity Update: Recent Cyber Attacks, Vulnerabilities, and Data Breaches
Welcome to this week’s Cybersecurity Newsletter, where we bring you the latest updates and key insights from the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity. In today’s fast-paced digital environment, staying informed is crucial, and our goal is to provide you with the…
CISA Warns of SonicWall 0-day RCE Vulnerability Exploited in Wild
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding a critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-23006, affecting SonicWall’s Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series appliances. This vulnerability, actively exploited in the wild, poses a severe risk to organizations relying…
Kubernetes Cluster RCE Vulnerability Let Attacker Takeover All Windows Nodes
A critical vulnerability in Kubernetes, designated as CVE-2024-9042, has been discovered, enabling attackers to execute remote code with SYSTEM privileges on all Windows nodes within a Kubernetes cluster. This vulnerability, identified by Akamai security researcher Tomer Peled, specifically affects the…
IntelBroker Resigned as a BreachForums Owner
IntelBroker, a key figure within the dark web’s BreachForums, has announced his resignation as the platform’s owner. This decision marks a significant shift for the forum, a major hub for cybercriminal activity, and follows a period of instability marked by…
Microsoft Entra ID Bug Allow Unprivileged Users to Change Their User Principal Names
Microsoft has allowed unprivileged users to update their own User Principal Names (UPNs) in Entra ID, sparking concerns over security and administrative oversight. To clarify, an unprivileged user can update the user principal name (UPN) for their own Entra ID…
10 Best Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) Tools in 2025
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT) tools are an integral part of any cybersecurity toolkit, playing a critical role in identifying, analyzing, and remediating security vulnerabilities in computer systems, networks, applications, and IT infrastructure. These tools enable organizations to proactively…