Tag: cyber
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Android Users at Risk as Malware Poses as mParivahan and e-Challan Apps
A sophisticated Android malware campaign dubbed NexusRoute is actively targeting Indian users by impersonating the Indian Government Ministry, mParivahan, and e-Challan services to steal credentials and carry out large-scale financial fraud. The operation combines phishing, malware, and surveillance capabilities. It is being distributed via malicious APKs hosted on GitHub and clusters of phishing domains that…
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Wireshark 4.6.2 Released With Crash Vulnerability Fixes and Protocol Updates
Wireshark, the world’s leading network protocol analyzer, has released version 4.6.2 with critical security updates and important bug fixes. The update addresses compatibility issues, resolves multiple vulnerability concerns, and enhances protocol support for enterprise users and network engineers worldwide. Security Vulnerabilities Patched The latest release fixes two critical security vulnerabilities that could have impacted network…
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Shannon: AI Pentesting Tool That Autonomously Identifies and Exploits Code Vulnerabilities
Keygraph has unveiled Shannon, a fully autonomous artificial intelligence pentester designed to discover and execute real exploits in web applications. Unlike conventional vulnerability scanners that generate false positives, Shannon bridges a critical security gap by delivering proof-of-concept exploits that demonstrate actual risk before attackers do. The modern development workflow has created a significant security paradox. Teams…
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Microsoft December 2025 Security Updates Disrupt MSMQ Functionality on IIS
Microsoft’s December 2025 security update has introduced a significant compatibility issue affecting Message Queuing (MSMQ) functionality across Windows Server and client environments. The problematic update, identified as KB5071546 (OS Build 19045.6691), was released on December 9, 2025, and has already impacted organizations relying on MSMQ for inter-application communication, particularly in Internet Information Services (IIS) deployments.…
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ZnDoor Malware Actively Exploits React2Shell to Breach Network Infrastructure
Tags: attack, breach, crypto, cyber, exploit, infrastructure, malware, network, remote-code-execution, threat, vulnerabilitySince December 2025, security operations centers have identified a rising threat targeting Japanese enterprises through the exploitation of React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182), a critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting React and Next.js applications. While initial attacks primarily deployed cryptocurrency miners, researchers discovered a more dangerous payload a previously unknown malware family designated ZnDoor. Evidence suggests this threat…
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PCPcat Malware Leverages React2Shell Vulnerability to Breach 59,000+ Servers
Tags: attack, breach, control, cve, cyber, docker, exploit, group, infrastructure, malware, monitoring, vulnerabilityA sophisticated attack campaign attributed to a group identifying as >>PCP
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Microsoft December 2025 Security Updates Disrupt MSMQ Functionality on IIS
Microsoft’s December 2025 security update has introduced a significant compatibility issue affecting Message Queuing (MSMQ) functionality across Windows Server and client environments. The problematic update, identified as KB5071546 (OS Build 19045.6691), was released on December 9, 2025, and has already impacted organizations relying on MSMQ for inter-application communication, particularly in Internet Information Services (IIS) deployments.…
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xHunt APT Exploits Microsoft Exchange and IIS to Deploy Custom Backdoors
xHunt, a sophisticated cyber-espionage group with a laser focus on organizations in Kuwait, has continued to demonstrate advanced capabilities in infiltrating critical infrastructure. The group’s persistent, multi-year campaigns targeting the shipping, transportation, and government sectors underscore the evolving threat landscape facing Middle Eastern enterprises. Since its first documented operations in July 2018, xHunt has refined…
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The 5 power skills every CISO needs to master in the AI era
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, framework, governance, identity, jobs, law, leak, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, skills, technology, threat, tool, updateWhy traditional skill sets are no longer enough: CISO action item: Run a 1-hour “AI Bias Audit” on your top 3 detection rules this quarter.Ask: “What data is missing? Who is underrepresented?”According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, nearly 40% of core job skills will change by 2030, driven primarily by AI,…
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The 5 power skills every CISO needs to master in the AI era
Tags: ai, automation, breach, business, ciso, compliance, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, detection, encryption, endpoint, framework, governance, identity, jobs, law, leak, metric, network, ransomware, resilience, risk, risk-management, skills, technology, threat, tool, updateWhy traditional skill sets are no longer enough: CISO action item: Run a 1-hour “AI Bias Audit” on your top 3 detection rules this quarter.Ask: “What data is missing? Who is underrepresented?”According to the World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report, nearly 40% of core job skills will change by 2030, driven primarily by AI,…
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LW ROUNDTABLE: Part 3, Cyber resilience faltered in 2025, recalibration now under way
This is the third installment in our four-part 2025 Year-End Roundtable. In Part One, we explored how accountability got personal. In Part Two, we examined how regulatory mandates clashed with operational complexity. Part three of a four-part series. Now… (more”¦) First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/12/lw-roundtable-part-3-cyber-resilience-faltered-in-2025-recalibration-now-under-way/
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ServiceNow Seeking $7B Acquisition Of Exposure Management Vendor Armis: Report
Tags: cyberServiceNow is looking to acquire cyber exposure management vendor Armis in a deal that could be valued at up to $7 billion, according to a report. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/servicenow-seeking-7b-acquisition-of-exposure-management-vendor-armis-report
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Asahi to Launch Cybersecurity Overhaul After Crippling Cyber-Attack
Asahi Group’s CEO said he is considering creating a dedicated cyber unit following the ransomware attack that crippled the company First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/asahi-launch-cybersecurity/
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Asahi to Launch Cybersecurity Overhaul After Crippling Cyber-Attack
Asahi Group’s CEO said he is considering creating a dedicated cyber unit following the ransomware attack that crippled the company First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/asahi-launch-cybersecurity/
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Asahi to Launch Cybersecurity Overhaul After Crippling Cyber-Attack
Asahi Group’s CEO said he is considering creating a dedicated cyber unit following the ransomware attack that crippled the company First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/asahi-launch-cybersecurity/
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Asahi to Launch Cybersecurity Overhaul After Crippling Cyber-Attack
Asahi Group’s CEO said he is considering creating a dedicated cyber unit following the ransomware attack that crippled the company First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/asahi-launch-cybersecurity/
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NCSC Playbook Embeds Cyber Essentials in Supply Chains
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has called on businesses to apply Cyber Essentials to suppliers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ncsc-playbook-cyber-essentials/
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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…