Tag: exploit
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 557 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. French authorities investigate AI ‘undressing’ deepfakes on X Thousands of ColdFusion exploit attempts spotted during Christmas…
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RondoDox Botnet is Using React2Shell to Hijack Thousands of Unpatched Devices
RondoDox hackers exploit the React2Shell flaw in Next.js to target 90,000+ devices, including routers, smart cameras, and small business websites. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/rondodox-botnet-react2shell-hijack-unpatched-devices/
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Thousands of ColdFusion exploit attempts spotted during Christmas holiday
GreyNoise observed thousands of attacks targeting about a dozen Adobe ColdFusion vulnerabilities during the Christmas 2025 holiday. GreyNoise reports a coordinated campaign exploiting about a dozen Adobe ColdFusion vulnerabilities, with thousands of attack attempts observed during the Christmas 2025 holiday. >>GreyNoise observed a coordinated exploitation campaign targeting Adobe ColdFusion servers over the Christmas 2025 holiday period.
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NDSS 2025 AlphaDog: No-Box Camouflage Attacks Via Alpha Channel Oversight
Session 7D: ML Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Qi Xia (University of Texas at San Antonio), Qian Chen (University of Texas at San Antonio) PAPER AlphaDog: No-Box Camouflage Attacks via Alpha Channel Oversight Traditional black-box adversarial attacks on computer vision models face significant limitations, including intensive querying requirements, time-consuming iterative processes, a lack of universality,…
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Cybersecurity Snapshot: Predictions for 2026: AI Attack Acceleration, Automated Remediation, Custom-Made AI Security Tools, Machine Identity Threats, and More
Tags: access, ai, attack, automation, breach, ciso, cloud, computer, conference, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, defense, detection, exploit, governance, group, identity, intelligence, mitigation, risk, service, threat, tool, zero-dayIn this special edition, Tenable leaders forecast key 2026 trends, including: AI will make attacks more plentiful and less costly; machine identities will become the top cloud risk; preemptive cloud and exposure management will dethrone runtime detection; and automated remediation gets the go-ahead. Key takeaways AI will supercharge the speed and volume of traditional cyber…
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RondoDox Botnet Exploiting Devices With React2Shell Flaw
The Campaign Compromises Open-Source Vulnerability to Hack IoT Devices at Scale. Security firm CloudSEK has uncovered a botnet campaign that is exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability in the Meta-developed, open-source React framework across a variety of devices since December. The security firm attributed the campaign to RondoDox. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/rondodox-botnet-exploiting-devices-react2shell-flaw-a-30436
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Over 10K Fortinet firewalls exposed to actively exploited 2FA bypass
Tags: 2fa, attack, authentication, data-breach, exploit, firewall, fortinet, Internet, mfa, vulnerabilityOver 10,000 Internet-exposed Fortinet firewalls are still vulnerable to attacks exploiting a five-year-old two-factor authentication (2FA) bypass vulnerability. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-10-000-fortinet-firewalls-exposed-to-ongoing-2fa-bypass-attacks/
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Google Tasks Feature Exploited in New Sophisticated Phishing Campaign
Over 3,000 organisations, predominantly in manufacturing, fell victim to a sophisticated phishing campaign in December 2025 that leveraged Google’s own application infrastructure to bypass enterprise email security controls. Attackers sent deceptive messages from noreply-application-integration@google.com, marking a critical shift in how threat actors exploit trusted platforms. Unlike traditional phishing attempts that rely on domain spoofing or compromised…
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RondoDoX Botnet Abuses React2Shell Vulnerability for Malware Deployment
Tags: attack, botnet, control, cyber, data-breach, exploit, infrastructure, iot, malware, threat, vulnerabilityCloudSEK has uncovered a sustained nine-month campaign by the RondoDoX botnet operation, revealing rapid exploitation of emerging vulnerabilities including the critical React2Shell vulnerability. Analysis of exposed command-and-control logs spanning March through December 2025 demonstrates how threat actors swiftly adapted attack infrastructure following public disclosure, pivoting from traditional IoT targets to weaponizing Next.js applications within days…
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The biggest cybersecurity and cyberattack stories of 2025
2025 was a big year for cybersecurity, with cyberattacks, data breaches, threat groups reaching new notoriety levels, and, of course, zero-day flaws exploited in breaches. Some stories, though, were more impactful or popular with our readers than others. This article explores 15 of the biggest cybersecurity stories of 2025. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to…
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: GhostAd Drain, macOS Attacks, Proxy Botnets, Cloud Exploits, and 12+ Stories
The first ThreatsDay Bulletin of 2026 lands on a day that already feels symbolic, new year, new breaches, new tricks. If the past twelve months taught defenders anything, it’s that threat actors don’t pause for holidays or resolutions. They just evolve faster. This week’s round-up shows how subtle shifts in behavior, from code tweaks to…
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React2Shell under attack: RondoDox Botnet spreads miners and malware
RondoDox botnet exploits the critical React2Shell flaw (CVE-2025-55182) to infect vulnerable Next.js servers with malware and cryptominers. CloudSEK researchers warn that the RondoDox botnet is exploiting the critical React2Shell flaw (CVE-2025-55182) to drop malware and cryptominers on vulnerable Next.js servers. >>CloudSEK’s report details a persistent nine-month RondoDoX botnet campaign targeting IoT devices and web applications. Recently, the…
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Cryptohack Roundup: $7M Trust Wallet Hack
Indian Police Arrests Ex-Coinbase Staffer Over Data Breach Charges. This week, a $7 million Trust Wallet extension hack, arrest of an ex-Coinbase support agent, the U.S. sued alleged perpetrators of a $14M scam, Polymarket hack update, early release scheduled for former Alameda CEO, backlash on Flow’s post-exploit rollback plan and Grubhub-linked holiday Bitcoin scam. First…
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RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical React2Shell Flaw to Hijack IoT Devices and Web Servers
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a persistent nine-month-long campaign that has targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices and web applications to enroll them into a botnet known as RondoDox.As of December 2025, the activity has been observed leveraging the recently disclosed React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS score: 10.0) flaw as an initial access vector, CloudSEK said…
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Infosecurity’s Top 10 Cybersecurity Stories of 2025
Explore Infosecurity Magazine’s most-read cybersecurity stories of 2025, from major vendor shake-ups and zero-day exploits to AI-driven threats and supply chain attacks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/infosecurity-top-10-stories-2025/
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Critical vulnerability in IBM API Connect could allow authentication bypass
Tags: api, authentication, control, exploit, flaw, governance, ibm, mitigation, monitoring, radius, resilience, service, software, update, vmware, vulnerabilityInterim fixes provided: IBM said that the issue was discovered during internal testing, and it has provided interim fixes for each affected version of the software, with individual update details for VMware, OCP/CP4I, and Kubernetes.The only mitigation suggested for the flaw, according to IBM’s security bulletin, is this: “Customers unable to install the interim fix…
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Sunken Ships: Will Orgs Learn From Ivanti EPMM Attacks?
The April/May zero-day exploitations of Ivanti’s mobile device management platform meant unprecedented pwning of thousands of orgs by a Chinese APT, and history will probably repeat itself. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/sunken-ships-ivanti-epmm-attacks
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Malicious Manipulation of LLMs for Scalable Vulnerability Exploitation
A groundbreaking study from researchers at the University of Luxembourg reveals a critical security paradigm shift: large language models (LLMs) are being weaponized to automatically generate functional exploits from public vulnerability disclosures, effectively transforming novice attackers into capable threat actors. The research demonstrates that threat actors no longer need deep technical expertise to compromise enterprise…
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Critical Apache StreamPipes Flaw Allows Attackers to Take Over Admin Accounts
Apache StreamPipes has released an urgent security advisory addressing CVE-2025-47411, a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting versions 0.69.0 through 0.97.0. The flaw allows attackers with legitimate non-administrator accounts to exploit the user ID creation mechanism and hijack administrator credentials, gaining full control over the streaming data platform. The Vulnerability The vulnerability stems from improper handling…
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Singapore CSA warns of maximun severity SmarterMail RCE flaw
Singapore’s CSA warns of CVE-2025-52691, a critical SmarterMail flaw enabling unauthenticated remote code execution via arbitrary file upload. Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) warns of a maximum severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-52691 (CVSS score of 10.0), in SmarterMail. The vulnerability enables unauthenticated remote code execution via arbitrary file upload. >>Successful exploitation of the…
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RondoDox botnet exploits React2Shell flaw to breach Next.js servers
The RondoDox botnet has been observed exploiting the critical React2Shell flaw (CVE-2025-55182) to infect vulnerable Next.js servers with malware and cryptominers. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/rondodox-botnet-exploits-react2shell-flaw-to-breach-nextjs-servers/
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MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847): the US, China, and the EU are among the top exploited GEOs
MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) lets attackers remotely leak memory from unpatched MongoDB servers using zlib compression, without authentication. A critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-14847 (MongoBleed), was disclosed right after Christmas, an unwelcome “gift” for the cybersecurity community, impacting MongoDB Server deployments that use zlib network compression. MongoDB is a popular open-source NoSQL database used to store and manage data…
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Zero-day vulnerabilities: what they are and how to respond
Zero-day vulnerabilities often attract attention and concern because of their unpredictability. They are, by definition, weaknesses that are unknown to software vendors and therefore have no official fix at the point of discovery. When discovered and exploited by malicious actors, they allow attackers to bypass controls before organisations even realise there is a problem. The”¦…
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An early end to the holidays: ‘Heartbleed of MongoDB’ is now under active exploit
You didn’t think you’d get to enjoy your time off without a major cybersecurity incident, did you? First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/12/30/mongodb_vuln_exploited_cve_2025_14847/
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CISA Alerts on Active Exploitation of MongoDB Vulnerability CVE-2025-14847
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a critical warning about the active exploitation of CVE-2025-14847, a severe vulnerability affecting MongoDB and MongoDB Server. The flaw was added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on December 29, 2025, signaling that threat actors are actively targeting this security weakness in real-world attacks.…
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CSA Issues Alert on Critical SmarterMail Bug Allowing Remote Code Execution
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has issued a bulletin warning of a maximum-severity security flaw in SmarterTools SmarterMail email software that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-52691, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It relates to a case of arbitrary file upload that could enable code execution…
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CSA Issues Alert on Critical SmarterMail Bug Allowing Remote Code Execution
The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has issued a bulletin warning of a maximum-severity security flaw in SmarterTools SmarterMail email software that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-52691, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. It relates to a case of arbitrary file upload that could enable code execution…
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75,000 MongoDBs Exposed as Attackers Exploit ‘MongoBleed’
Tags: data, data-breach, exploit, flaw, group, Internet, mitigation, ransomware, risk, software, vulnerabilityPatches Issued for MongoBleed as Ransomware Groups Target Flaw to Steal Data. Tens of thousands of internet-exposed MongoDB databases are at risk as attackers actively target a critical vulnerability in the software to steal sensitive data, with ransomware groups having joined the fray, researchers warn. MongoDB has issued patches and mitigation advice. First seen on…