Apple on Monday released out-of-band security updates to address a security flaw in iOS and iPadOS that it said has been exploited in the wild. Assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2025-24200, the vulnerability has been described as an authorization issue that…
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⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [10 February]
In cybersecurity, the smallest crack can lead to the biggest breaches. A leaked encryption key, an unpatched software bug, or an abandoned cloud storage bucket—each one seems minor until it becomes the entry point for an attack. This week, we’ve…
Hackers Exploit Google Tag Manager to Deploy Credit Card Skimmers on Magento Stores
Threat actors have been observed leveraging Google Tag Manager (GTM) to deliver credit card skimmer malware targeting Magento-based e-commerce websites. Website security company Sucuri said the code, while appearing to be a typical GTM and Google Analytics script used for…
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [10 February]
In cybersecurity, the smallest crack can lead to the biggest breaches. A leaked encryption key, an unpatched software bug, or an abandoned cloud storage bucket—each one seems minor until it becomes the entry point for an attack. This week, we’ve…
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [10 February]
In cybersecurity, the smallest crack can lead to the biggest breaches. A leaked encryption key, an unpatched software bug, or an abandoned cloud storage bucket—each one seems minor until it becomes the entry point for an attack. This week, we’ve…
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [10 February]
In cybersecurity, the smallest crack can lead to the biggest breaches. A leaked encryption key, an unpatched software bug, or an abandoned cloud storage bucket—each one seems minor until it becomes the entry point for an attack. This week, we’ve…
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [10 February]
In cybersecurity, the smallest crack can lead to the biggest breaches. A leaked encryption key, an unpatched software bug, or an abandoned cloud storage bucket—each one seems minor until it becomes the entry point for an attack. This week, we’ve…
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [10 February]
In cybersecurity, the smallest crack can lead to the biggest breaches. A leaked encryption key, an unpatched software bug, or an abandoned cloud storage bucket—each one seems minor until it becomes the entry point for an attack. This week, we’ve…
⚡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [10 February]
In cybersecurity, the smallest crack can lead to the biggest breaches. A leaked encryption key, an unpatched software bug, or an abandoned cloud storage bucket—each one seems minor until it becomes the entry point for an attack. This week, we’ve…
Don’t Overlook These 6 Critical Okta Security Configurations
Given Okta’s role as a critical part of identity infrastructure, strengthening Okta security is essential. This article covers six key Okta security settings that provide a strong starting point, along with recommendations for implementing continuous monitoring of your Okta security…
DragonRank Exploits IIS Servers with BadIIS Malware for SEO Fraud and Gambling Redirects
Threat actors have been observed targeting Internet Information Services (IIS) servers in Asia as part of a search engine optimization (SEO) manipulation campaign designed to install BadIIS malware. “It is likely that the campaign is financially motivated since redirecting users…
Zimbra Releases Security Updates for SQL Injection, Stored XSS, and SSRF Vulnerabilities
Zimbra has released software updates to address critical security flaws in its Collaboration software that, if successfully exploited, could result in information disclosure under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25064, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a…
XE Hacker Group Exploits VeraCore Zero-Day to Deploy Persistent Web Shells
Threat actors have been observed exploiting multiple security flaws in various software products, including Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX and Advantive VeraCore, to drop reverse shells and web shells, and maintain persistent remote access to compromised systems. The zero-day…
Malicious ML Models on Hugging Face Leverage Broken Pickle Format to Evade Detection
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two malicious machine learning (ML) models on Hugging Face that leveraged an unusual technique of “broken” pickle files to evade detection. “The pickle files extracted from the mentioned PyTorch archives revealed the malicious Python content at…
DeepSeek App Transmits Sensitive User and Device Data Without Encryption
A new audit of DeepSeek’s mobile app for the Apple iOS operating system has found glaring security issues, the foremost being that it sends sensitive data over the internet sans any encryption, exposing it to interception and manipulation attacks. The…
CISA Warns of Active Exploits Targeting Trimble Cityworks Vulnerability
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that a security flaw impacting Trimble Cityworks GIS-centric asset management software has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0994 (CVSS v4 score: 8.6), a…
CISA Warns of Active Exploitation in Trimble Cityworks Vulnerability Leading to IIS RCE
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that a security flaw impacting Trimble Cityworks GIS-centric asset management software has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-0994 (CVSS v4 score: 8.6), a…
Microsoft Identifies 3,000+ Publicly Disclosed ASP.NET Machine Keys Vulnerable to Code Injection
Microsoft is warning of an insecure practice wherein software developers are incorporating publicly disclosed ASP.NET machine keys from publicly accessible resources, thereby putting their applications in attackers’ pathway. The tech giant’s threat intelligence team said it observed limited activity in…
AI-Powered Social Engineering: Reinvented Threats
The foundations for social engineering attacks – manipulating humans – might not have changed much over the years. It’s the vectors – how these techniques are deployed – that are evolving. And like most industries these days, AI is accelerating…
India’s RBI Introduces Exclusive “bank.in” Domain to Combat Digital Banking Fraud
India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said it’s introducing an exclusive “bank.in” internet domain for banks in the country to combat digital financial fraud. “This initiative aims to reduce cyber security threats and malicious activities like phishing;…