U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Google Chromium and Sierra Wireless AirLink ALEOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added [1, 2] Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known…
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Emergency fixes deployed by Google and Apple after targeted attacks
Google and Apple issued emergency updates to address zero-day flaws exploited in attacks targeting an unknown number of users. Apple and Google have both pushed out urgent security updates after uncovering a highly targeted attacks against an unknown number of…
Notepad++ fixed updater bugs that allowed malicious update hijacking
Notepad++ addressed an updater vulnerability that allows attackers hijack update traffic due to weak file authentication. Notepad++ addressed a flaw in its updater that allowed attackers to hijack update traffic due to improper authentication of update files in earlier versions.…
Elastic detects stealthy NANOREMOTE malware using Google Drive as C2
Elastic found a new Windows backdoor, NANOREMOTE, similar to FINALDRAFT/REF7707, using the Google Drive API for C2. Elastic Security Labs researchers uncovered NANOREMOTE, a new Windows backdoor that uses the Google Drive API for C2. Elastic says it shares code…
U.S. CISA adds an OSGeo GeoServer flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds an OSGeo GeoServer flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added an OSGeo GeoServer flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-58360 (CVSS Score of 8.2), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities…
GeminiJack zero-click flaw in Gemini Enterprise allowed corporate data exfiltration
Google fixed GeminiJack, a zero-click Gemini Enterprise flaw that could leak corporate data via crafted emails, invites, or documents, Noma Security says. Google addressed a Gemini Enterprise flaw dubbed GeminiJack, which can be exploited in zero-click attacks triggered via crafted…
Critical Gogs zero-day under attack, 700 servers hacked
Hackers exploited an unpatched Gogs zero-day, allowing remote code execution and compromising around 700 Internet-facing servers. Gogs is a self-hosted Git service, similar to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket, but designed to be lightweight and easy to deploy. It allows individuals…
Google fixed a new actively exploited Chrome zero-day
Google addressed three vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including a high-severity bug already exploited in the wild. Google released security updates to fix three vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including a high-severity flaw that threat actors are already exploiting in…
Pro-Russia Hacktivist Support: Ukrainian Faces US Charges
Ukrainian Victoria Dubranova, 33, faces US charges for aiding pro-Russia hacktivist groups CARR and NoName057(16) in global cyberattacks. A Ukrainian woman, Victoria Dubranova (33), has been charged in the US for allegedly aiding the pro-Russia hacktivist groups Cyber Army of…
Fortinet fixed two critical authentication-bypass vulnerabilities
Fortinet patched 18 flaws, including two authentication-bypass bugs affecting FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager with FortiCloud SSO enabled. Fortinet addressed 18 vulnerabilities, including two authentication-bypass flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719 (CVSS score of 9.1), affecting FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and…
New EtherRAT backdoor surfaces in React2Shell attacks tied to North Korea
NK-linked hackers are likely exploiting the React2Shell flaw to deploy a newly discovered remote access trojan, dubbed EtherRAT. North Korea–linked threat actors are likely exploiting the new critical React2Shell flaw (CVE-2025-55182) to deploy a previously unknown remote access trojan called…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 fixed an actively exploited zero-day
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 address 57 vulnerabilities, including three critical flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 addressed 57 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Exchange Server,…
U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below…
Ivanti warns customers of new EPM flaw enabling remote code execution
Ivanti warns users to address a newly disclosed Endpoint Manager vulnerability that could let attackers execute code remotely. Software firm Ivanti addressed a newly disclosed vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-10573 (CVSS score 9.6), in its Endpoint Manager (EPM) solution. The vulnerability…
Broadside botnet hits TBK DVRs, raising alarms for maritime logistics
Mirai-based Broadside botnet targets vulnerable TBK Vision DVRs, posing a potential threat to the maritime logistics sector, Cydome warns. Cydome researchers have identified a new Mirai botnet variant dubbed Broadside that is targeting the maritime logistics sector by exploiting the command…
Polish Police arrest 3 Ukrainians for possessing advanced hacking tools
Poland arrested three Ukrainian nationals accused of using hacking devices to target IT systems and obtain sensitive defense-related data. Polish police arrested three Ukrainian nationals for allegedly trying to damage IT systems and obtaining sensitive defense-related data using advanced hacking…
FinCEN data shows $4.5B in ransomware payments, record spike in 2023
Ransomware payments reported to FinCEN exceeded $4.5B by 2024, with 2023 marking a record year at $1.1B across 1,512 incidents. FinCEN analyzed ransomware trends using Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports filed from January 2022 to February 2025. During this period,…
FBI: Crooks manipulate online photos to fuel virtual kidnapping ransoms
The FBI warns of criminals altering images shared on social media and using them as fake proof of life photos in virtual kidnapping ransom scams. The FBI warns that criminals are altering publicly available photos to create fake “proof-of-life” images…
Oracle EBS zero-day used by Clop to breach Barts Health NHS
Clop ransomware stole data from Barts Health NHS after exploiting a zero-day in its Oracle E-Business Suite. Barts Health NHS confirmed that Clop ransomware group stole data by exploiting zero-day CVE-2025-61882 in its Oracle E-Business Suite. The cybercrime group added…
AWS: China-linked threat actors weaponized React2Shell hours after disclosure
Multiple China-linked threat actors began exploiting the CVE-2025-55182, aka React2Shell flaw, within hours, AWS Security warns. Multiple China-linked threat actors began exploiting the CVE-2025-55182, also known as the React2Shell flaw, within hours, according to AWS Security. The researchers confirmed that…