U.S. warns of rising Iranian cyber threats exploiting outdated software and weak passwords, with attacks likely to escalate due to recent events. U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies warn of rising cyber threats from Iranian state-linked hackers, expected to escalate. These…
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U.S. CISA adds Citrix NetScaler flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Citrix NetScaler vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Citrix NetScaler vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6543, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. CVE-2025-6543 (CVSS score…
Canada bans Hikvision over national security concerns
Canada bans Hikvision over national security concerns, ordering the company to stop operations and barring its tech from government use. Canada ordered Chinese surveillance firm Hikvision to cease all operations in the country, citing national security concerns. Minister Mélanie Joly…
Denmark moves to protect personal identity from deepfakes with new copyright law
Denmark plans to let citizens copyright their face, body, and voice to combat deepfakes under a new law strengthening personal digital rights. Denmark plans to amend its copyright law to give individuals rights over their body, face, and voice, to…
Ahold Delhaize data breach affected over 2.2 Million individuals
A ransomware attack on grocery giant Ahold Delhaize led to a data breach that affected more than 2.2 million people. A ransomware attack on Dutch grocery giant Ahold Delhaize has led to a data breach affecting over 2.2 million people.…
Facebook wants access to your camera roll for AI photo edits
Facebook asks users to allow “cloud processing” to access phone photos for AI-generated collages and recaps, even if not uploaded. Meta-owned Facebook is prompting users to enable “cloud processing” to access photos from their phones, even those not uploaded. If…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 530 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. The…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 51
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Ransomware Gangs Collapse as Qilin Seizes Control Dissecting a Python Ransomware distributed through GitHub repositories SparkKitty, SparkCat’s little brother: A new…
The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector
The FBI warns that Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline sector. Feds are working with aviation partners to combat the threat and assist affected victims. The FBI reports that the cybercrime group Scattered Spider is now targeting the airline…
LapDogs: China-nexus hackers Hijack 1,000+ SOHO devices for espionage
Over 1,000 SOHO devices were hacked in a China-linked spying campaign called LapDogs, forming a covert network to support cyber espionage. Security researchers at SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team have uncovered a cyber espionage campaign, dubbed LapDogs, involving over 1,000 hacked SOHO…
Taking over millions of developers exploiting an Open VSX Registry flaw
A critical flaw in Open VSX Registry could let attackers hijack the VS Code extension hub, exposing millions of developers to supply chain attacks. Cybersecurity researchers at Koi Security discovered a critical vulnerability in the Open VSX Registry (open-vsx.org) that…
OneClik APT campaign targets energy sector with stealthy backdoors
A OneClik campaign, likely carried out by China-linked actor, targets energy sectors using stealthy ClickOnce and Golang backdoors. Trellix cybersecurity researchers uncovered a new APT malware campaign, OneClik, targeting the energy, oil, and gas sectors. It abuses Microsoft’s ClickOnce deployment…
APT42 impersonates cyber professionals to phish Israeli academics and journalists
Iran-linked APT42 targets Israeli experts with phishing attacks, posing as security professionals to steal email credentials and 2FA codes. Iran-linked group APT42 (aka Educated Manticore, Charming Kitten, and Mint Sandstorm) is targeting Israeli journalists, cybersecurity experts, and academics with phishing attacks,…
Kai West, aka IntelBroker, indicted for cyberattacks causing $25M in damages
British national Kai West, aka IntelBroker, was charged in U.S. for a global hacking scheme that stole and sold data, causing millions in damages. Kai West (25), a British national, has been charged in the U.S. for operating as ‘IntelBroker,’…
Cisco fixed critical ISE flaws allowing Root-level remote code execution
Cisco released patches to address two critical vulnerabilities in ISE and ISE-PIC that could let remote attackers execute to code as root. Cisco addressed two critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-20281 and CVE-2025-20282, in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive…
U.S. CISA adds AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet FortiOS flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added AMI MegaRAC SPx, D-Link DIR-859 routers, and Fortinet…
CitrixBleed 2: The nightmare that echoes the ‘CitrixBleed’ flaw in Citrix NetScaler devices
New Citrix flaw ‘CitrixBleed 2’ lets attackers steal session cookies without logging in, echoing a previously exploited vulnerability. A new flaw in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway, dubbed ‘CitrixBleed 2‘ (CVE-2025-5777, CVSS v4.0 Base Score of 9.3), can allow unauthenticated…
Hackers deploy fake SonicWall VPN App to steal corporate credentials
Hackers spread a trojanized version of SonicWall VPN app to steal login credentials from users accessing corporate networks. Unknown threat actors are distributing a trojanized version of SonicWall NetExtender SSL VPN app to steal user credentials. The legitimate NetExtender app…
Mainline Health Systems data breach impacted over 100,000 individuals
Mainline Health Systems disclosed a data breach that impacted over 100,000 individuals. Mainline Health Systems is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center founded in 1978 in Portland, Arkansas, serving Southeast Arkansas . With over 30 locations across multiple counties—including in-school…
Disrupting the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets
Cybersecurity researchers devised two attack techniques to disrupt the operations of cryptocurrency mining botnets. Akamai Researchers uncovered two novel techniques to disrupt cryptocurrency mining botnets by exploiting flaws in common mining topologies. Current methods to stop cryptocurrecy mining botnets are pool bans…