Tag: cyber
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Windows Remote Access Connection Manager Flaw Allows Arbitrary Code Execution
Security researchers have uncovered a critical unpatched vulnerability in the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service that enables attackers to crash the service and facilitate local arbitrary code execution with Local System privileges. This discovery emerged during an investigation of CVE-2025-59230, which Microsoft patched in October 2025. CVE-2025-59230 represents an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability conceptually similar…
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Gentlemen Ransomware Emerges as a Threat to Corporate Networks
A sophisticated new ransomware group known as >>Gentlemen
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited Sierra Router Flaw to KEV Catalog
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, router, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting Sierra Wireless AirLink ALEOS routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogue, warning organisations about active exploitation in the wild. Critical File Upload Vulnerability Under Active Attack The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-4063, involves an unrestricted file upload with a dangerous type weakness…
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Storm-0249: EDR Process Sideloading to Conceal Malicious Activity
Initial access broker Storm-0249 has evolved from a mass phishing operation into a sophisticated threat actor weaponizing legitimate Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) processes through sideloading techniques to conceal malicious activity as routine security operations. This represents a significant escalation in the group’s capabilities and poses a critical risk to organizations relying on traditional defense…
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New VolkLocker Ransomware Variant Targets Both Linux and Windows Systems
CyberVolk, a pro-Russia hacktivist group first documented in late 2024, has resurfaced with a sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering called VolkLocker after months of dormancy caused by Telegram enforcement actions. The group returned in August 2025 with version 2.x, featuring advanced Telegram-based automation and cross-platform capabilities targeting both Linux and Windows systems. VolkLocker is built in…
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NVIDIA Merlin Vulnerabilities Allows Malicious Code Execution and DoS Attacks
NVIDIA has released urgent security patches for its Merlin machine learning framework after discovering two high-severity deserialization vulnerabilities that could enable attackers to execute malicious code, trigger denial-of-service attacks, and compromise sensitive data on Linux systems. The security bulletin, published on December 9, 2025, identifies critical flaws in the NVTabular and Transformers4Rec components of NVIDIA…
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Storm-0249: EDR Process Sideloading to Conceal Malicious Activity
Initial access broker Storm-0249 has evolved from a mass phishing operation into a sophisticated threat actor weaponizing legitimate Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) processes through sideloading techniques to conceal malicious activity as routine security operations. This represents a significant escalation in the group’s capabilities and poses a critical risk to organizations relying on traditional defense…
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Critical Plesk Vulnerability Allows Users to Gain Root-Level Access
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Plesk, a widely used web hosting control panel, that enables unauthorised users to escalate privileges and gain root-level access to affected systems. This flaw poses a significant threat to web hosting providers and organisations that rely on Plesk for server management. Vulnerability Overview The vulnerability allows malicious…
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New VolkLocker Ransomware Variant Targets Both Linux and Windows Systems
CyberVolk, a pro-Russia hacktivist group first documented in late 2024, has resurfaced with a sophisticated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) offering called VolkLocker after months of dormancy caused by Telegram enforcement actions. The group returned in August 2025 with version 2.x, featuring advanced Telegram-based automation and cross-platform capabilities targeting both Linux and Windows systems. VolkLocker is built in…
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Critical pgAdmin Flaw Allows Attackers to Execute Shell Commands on Host
A new critical vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 allows remote attackers to bypass security filters and execute arbitrary shell commands on the host server. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-13780, exploits a weakness in how the popular PostgreSQL management tool processes database restoration files. CVE ID CVE-2025-13780 Severity Critical Vulnerability Type Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affected Component…
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Windows Remote Access Connection Manager Flaw Allows Arbitrary Code Execution
Security researchers have uncovered a critical unpatched vulnerability in the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service that enables attackers to crash the service and facilitate local arbitrary code execution with Local System privileges. This discovery emerged during an investigation of CVE-2025-59230, which Microsoft patched in October 2025. CVE-2025-59230 represents an elevation-of-privilege vulnerability conceptually similar…
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CISA Adds Actively Exploited Sierra Router Flaw to KEV Catalog
Tags: attack, cisa, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, router, vulnerabilityThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting Sierra Wireless AirLink ALEOS routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalogue, warning organisations about active exploitation in the wild. Critical File Upload Vulnerability Under Active Attack The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2018-4063, involves an unrestricted file upload with a dangerous type weakness…
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Critical pgAdmin Flaw Allows Attackers to Execute Shell Commands on Host
A new critical vulnerability in pgAdmin 4 allows remote attackers to bypass security filters and execute arbitrary shell commands on the host server. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-13780, exploits a weakness in how the popular PostgreSQL management tool processes database restoration files. CVE ID CVE-2025-13780 Severity Critical Vulnerability Type Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affected Component…
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CISA Alerts on Actively Exploited Google Chromium Zero-Day Flaw
Tags: access, browser, chrome, cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, google, infrastructure, risk, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding a critical zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome that is being actively exploited in the wild. The flaw, tracked asCVE-2025-14174, poses a significant risk to millions of users across multiple web browsers. Vulnerability Details Security researchers discovered an out-of-bounds memory access vulnerability within…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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Asahi Cyberattack Forces Shift to Zero-Trust Model, Delays Earnings by Over 50 Days
Tags: corporate, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data-breach, finance, group, ransomware, vulnerability, zero-trustAsahi Group Holdings Ltd. is weighing the creation of a dedicated cybersecurity unit as it continues to deal with the prolonged impact of a ransomware incident that struck the company in late September. The Asahi cyberattack disrupted core operations, delayed financial reporting, and exposed vulnerabilities in both the company’s internal systems and Japan’s broader corporate…
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Cybersecurity leaders’ top seven takeaways from 2025
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, framework, governance, government, grc, identity, international, malicious, network, nist, phishing, regulation, resilience, risk, saas, service, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, vulnerability2. AI forced companies to rethink their security strategies: At the same time, Abousselham notes how the rapid rollout of AI forced companies to shift their resources to keep pace with the change, while maintaining safe product releases. He calls 2025 the “chaotic introduction of agentic AI”.”I don’t think the industry was ready or expected…
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Cohesity-Studie ‘Risk-Ready or Risk-Exposed: The Cyber Resilience Divide” – ‘Typisch deutsches” Abwarten spart oft Kosten
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/cyberresilienz-deutsche-zurueckhaltung-kosten-a-005374c3ca4f03f99215dedc4bea5acf/
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Hamas-Affiliated APT Ashen Lepus Unveils AshTag Malware Suite for Wider Cyber-Espionage
The post Hamas-Affiliated APT Ashen Lepus Unveils AshTag Malware Suite for Wider Cyber-Espionage appeared first on Daily CyberSecurity. First seen on securityonline.info Jump to article: securityonline.info/hamas-affiliated-apt-ashen-lepus-unveils-ashtag-malware-suite-for-wider-cyber-espionage/
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‘The frontline is everywhere’: new MI6 head to warn of growing Russian threat
Blaise Metreweli expected to say UK faces new ‘age of uncertainty’ in speech identifying Kremlin as key threatAssassination plots, sabotage, cyber-attacks and the manipulation of information by Russia and other hostile states mean that “the frontline is everywhere”, the new head of MI6 will warn on Monday.Blaise Metreweli, giving her first speech in the job,…
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AIs Exploiting Smart Contracts
I have long maintained that smart contracts are a dumb idea: that a human process is actually a security feature. Here’s some interesting research on training AIs to automatically exploit smart contracts: AI models are increasingly good at cyber tasks, as we’ve written about before. But what is the economic impact of these capabilities? In…
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INE Highlights Enterprise Shift Toward Hands-On Training Amid Widening Skills Gaps
Cary, North Carolina, USA, December 11th, 2025, CyberNewsWire As AI accelerates job transformation, INE supports organizations reallocating Q4 budgets to experiential, performance-driven upskilling. With 90% of organizations facing critical skills gaps (ISC2) and AI reshaping job roles across cybersecurity, cloud, and IT operations, enterprises are rapidly reallocating L&D budgets toward hands-on training that delivers measurable,…
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New DroidLock Malware Locks Android Devices and Demands Ransom Payment
The zLabs research team has identified a sophisticated new threat campaign targeting Spanish Android users through a malware strain called DroidLock. Unlike traditional ransomware that encrypts files, this Android-focused threat employs a more direct approach locking devices with ransomware-style overlays and demanding payment while maintaining complete control over compromised handsets. DroidLock primarily spreads through phishing…
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1inch Named Exclusive Swap Provider at Launch for Ledger Multisig
Road Town, British Virgin Islands, December 11th, 2025, CyberNewsWire 1inch, the leading DeFi ecosystem, has been selected as the exclusive swap provider at launch for Ledger Multisig, deepening the collaboration between the two projects. By integrating the 1inch Swap API into its security-first multisig architecture, Ledger, the world leader in digital asset security for consumers…
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New “SOAPwn” .NET Flaws Expose Barracuda, Ivanti, and Microsoft Devices to RCE
Security researchers have unveiled a critical series of vulnerabilities in the .NET Framework’s HTTP client proxy architecture, dubbed >>SOAPwn,
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INE Highlights Enterprise Shift Toward Hands-On Training Amid Widening Skills Gaps
Cary, North Carolina, USA, December 11th, 2025, CyberNewsWire As AI accelerates job transformation, INE supports organizations reallocating Q4 budgets to experiential, performance-driven upskilling. With 90% of organizations facing critical skills gaps (ISC2) and AI reshaping job roles across cybersecurity, cloud, and IT operations, enterprises are rapidly reallocating L&D budgets toward hands-on training that delivers measurable,…
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Hackers Are Using Shared AI Chats to Steal Your Passwords and Crypto
A sophisticated malvertising campaign is exploiting ChatGPT and DeepSeek’s shared chat features to deliver credential-stealing malware to macOS users. Threat actors are purchasing sponsored Google search results and redirecting victims to legitimate-looking LLM-generated chat sessions that contain obfuscated malicious commands, effectively bypassing platform-level safety mechanisms. The attack begins when users search for common macOS troubleshooting…
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Charming Kitten Leak Reveals Key Operatives, Front Firms, and Massive Global Compromise
The latest materials from the Charming Kitten network access reveal three significant findings that expand our understanding of Iran’s APT35 cyber operations: complete salary records for operative teams, expanded surveillance platform capabilities, and a classified 2004 document connecting Iran’s obtained IAEA inspection materials to Department 40 assassination targeting. The leaked materials document unprecedented compensation data…
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ValleyRAT Malware Evades Windows 11 Security with Stealthy Driver Install
Check Point Research (CPR) has published a comprehensive analysis of ValleyRAT, a widely distributed backdoor also known as Winos/Winos4.0, revealing its sophisticated modular architecture and dangerous kernel-mode rootkit capabilities. The research demonstrates how the malware’s developers possess deep expertise in Windows internals and successfully bypass modern security protections on fully updated Windows 11 systems. The…