The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a joint advisory warning about the widespread impact of the Ghost ransomware, also known as Cring. Since its emergence in early 2021, this ransomware…
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Symantec Diagnostic Tool Flaw Enables Unauthorized Privilege Escalation
Symantec, a division of Broadcom, has released a critical security update to address a high-severity vulnerability identified in its Symantec Diagnostic Tool (SymDiag). This vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-0893, could enable unauthorized privilege escalation, posing significant security risks. The issue specifically…
CISA and FBI Issue Alert as Ghost Ransomware Targets 70+ Organizations
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have issued a joint advisory warning about the increasing threat posed by Ghost ransomware. This malicious campaign has already impacted more than 70 organizations across various…
Windows Disk Cleanup Tool Exploit Allows SYSTEM Privilege Escalation
Microsoft has urgently addressed a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-21420) in the Windows Disk Cleanup Utility (cleanmgr.exe) during its February 2025 Patch Tuesday updates. The flaw, scoring 7.8 on the CVSS scale, enabled attackers to execute malicious code with SYSTEM…
Citrix NetScaler Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Unauthorized Commands
Cloud Software Group has raced to address a severe security flaw in its widely used NetScaler management infrastructure that could enable authenticated attackers to execute malicious commands across enterprise networks. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-12284 and scoring 8.8 on the…
Critical Microsoft Bing Vulnerability Enabled Remote Code Execution Attacks
A critical security flaw in Microsoft Bing tracked as CVE-2025-21355, allowed unauthorized attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely, posing severe risks to organizations and users globally. The vulnerability, rooted in a missing authentication mechanism for a critical Bing function, enabled…
Russian CryptoBytes Hackers Target Windows Machines with UxCryptor Ransomware
The SonicWall Capture Labs threat research team has identified continued activity from the Russian cybercriminal group CryptoBytes, which has been active since at least 2023. This financially motivated group is leveraging a ransomware strain named UxCryptor, which has gained notoriety…
Snake Keylogger Targets Chrome, Edge, and Firefox Users in New Attack Campaign
A new variant of the Snake Keylogger, also known as 404 Keylogger, has been detected targeting users of popular web browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox. FortiGuard Labs identified this threat using FortiSandbox v5.0 (FSAv5), a…
Hackers Converting Stolen Payment Card Data into Apple & Google Wallets
Cybercriminal groups, primarily based in China, are leveraging advanced phishing techniques and mobile wallet technologies to convert stolen payment card data into fraudulent Apple and Google Wallet accounts. This innovative approach has revitalized the underground carding industry, which had been…
Hackers Exploit Jarsigner Tool to Deploy XLoader Malware
Security researchers at AhnLab Security Intelligence Center (ASEC) have uncovered a new campaign leveraging the legitimate JAR signing tool, jarsigner.exe, to distribute the XLoader malware. The attack employs a DLL side-loading technique, where malicious DLL files are placed alongside legitimate…
Russian Hackers Target Signal Messenger Users to Steal Sensitive Data
Russian state-aligned threat actors have intensified their efforts to compromise Signal Messenger accounts, targeting individuals of strategic interest, according to the Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). These campaigns, primarily linked to Russia’s ongoing military operations in Ukraine, aim to intercept…
Mozilla Addresses High-Severity Memory Safety Vulnerabilities in Firefox 135.0.1
Mozilla released Firefox 135.0.1 on February 18, 2025, as an emergency security update to patch multiple high-severity memory safety vulnerabilities. The update specifically addresses CVE-2025-1414, a critical flaw that could enable arbitrary code execution and compromise user systems. This marks the…
Raymond IT Systems Hit by Cyber Attack, Authorities Investigating
Textile and apparel conglomerate Raymond Limited confirmed a cybersecurity breach affecting portions of its IT infrastructure on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, according to regulatory filings submitted to the BSE and NSE stock exchanges. The Mumbai-based company, whose operations span fabric…
90,000 WordPress Sites Exposed to Local File Inclusion Attacks
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-0366) in the Jupiter X Core WordPress plugin, actively installed on over 90,000 websites, was disclosed on January 6, 2025. The flaw enables authenticated attackers with contributor-level privileges to execute remote code via chained Local File Inclusion…
CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of SonicWall SonicOS RCE Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding the active exploitation of critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in SonicWall’s SonicOS, tracked as CVE-2024-53704. Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on February 19,…
CISA Issues Warning on Palo Alto PAN-OS Security Flaw Under Attack
CISA and Palo Alto Networks are scrambling to contain widespread exploitation of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-0108) affecting firewall devices running unpatched PAN-OS software. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
Surge in IRS and Tax-Themed Cyber Attacks Driven by Fresh Domain Registrations
The months of January through April, marking the U.S. tax season, have seen a sharp rise in malicious cyber activity targeting taxpayers. Broadcom’s Symantec Security Center has identified a surge in IRS and tax-themed phishing campaigns, smishing attacks, and fraudulent…
Russian Government Proposes Stricter Penalties to Tackle Cybercrime
The Russian government has unveiled sweeping legislative reforms aimed at curbing cybercrime, introducing stricter penalties, expansive law enforcement powers, and novel judicial measures. Approved on February 10, 2025, the amendments seek to modernize the nation’s cybersecurity framework amid rising digital…
Critical Flaw in Apache Ignite (CVE-2024-52577) Allows Attackers to Execute Code Remotely
A severe security vulnerability (CVE-2024-52577) in Apache Ignite, the open-source distributed database and computing platform, has been disclosed. The flaw enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable servers by exploiting insecure deserialization mechanisms in specific configurations. First reported…
GPT-4o Copilot Covers More Than 30 Popular Programming Languages
GitHub has launched GPT-4o Copilot, a refined code completion model now available to Visual Studio Code users. Built on the GPT-4o mini architecture and trained on over 275,000 high-quality public repositories, the update marks a leap in multi-language support, performance accuracy, and contextual understanding…