Tag: software
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XWiki Remote Code Execution Flaw Actively Weaponized for Coinmining
Tags: crypto, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, malware, remote-code-execution, software, threat, vulnerabilityA critical security vulnerability in XWiki collaboration software is being actively exploited by threat actors to deploy cryptocurrency mining malware on vulnerable systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-24893, represents a serious threat to organizations running unpatched XWiki installations. Cybersecurity researchers at VulnCheck have captured concrete evidence of active exploitation through their canary network. CVE Details…
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XWiki Remote Code Execution Flaw Actively Weaponized for Coinmining
Tags: crypto, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, malware, remote-code-execution, software, threat, vulnerabilityA critical security vulnerability in XWiki collaboration software is being actively exploited by threat actors to deploy cryptocurrency mining malware on vulnerable systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-24893, represents a serious threat to organizations running unpatched XWiki installations. Cybersecurity researchers at VulnCheck have captured concrete evidence of active exploitation through their canary network. CVE Details…
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Notable post-quantum cryptography initiatives paving the way toward Q-Day
Tags: attack, awareness, cisa, cisco, communications, computer, computing, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, framework, google, government, group, guide, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, linux, microsoft, mitre, ml, nist, nvidia, open-source, service, side-channel, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIndustry heavyweights line up behind PQC: Google”¯Chrome became the first mainstream browser to support hybrid post”‘quantum key exchanges by default late last year.The approach combines classical elliptic-curve encryption, for backwards compatibility, with lattice-based PQC derived from ML-KEM.Other industry giants, including Amazon and IBM, have also begun laying foundations for quantum-safe cryptography. For example, IBM has…
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Notable post-quantum cryptography initiatives paving the way toward Q-Day
Tags: attack, awareness, cisa, cisco, communications, computer, computing, crypto, cryptography, cyber, cybersecurity, data, encryption, finance, framework, google, government, group, guide, ibm, infrastructure, intelligence, Internet, iot, linux, microsoft, mitre, ml, nist, nvidia, open-source, service, side-channel, software, supply-chain, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIndustry heavyweights line up behind PQC: Google”¯Chrome became the first mainstream browser to support hybrid post”‘quantum key exchanges by default late last year.The approach combines classical elliptic-curve encryption, for backwards compatibility, with lattice-based PQC derived from ML-KEM.Other industry giants, including Amazon and IBM, have also begun laying foundations for quantum-safe cryptography. For example, IBM has…
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Delmia Apriso Systems Under Attack
CISA Says Hackers Actively Exploit Manufacturing Operations Management Platform. Software made by a French multinational that’s used to manage manufacturing across the globe is under active attack, warned the Cybersecurity Infrastructure and Security Agency in the second such warning in two months. Hackers are exploiting two vulnerabilities in the Delmia Apriso platform. First seen on…
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Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise
Tags: softwareThe Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a compromise on its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/python-rejects-15m-grant-from-us-govt-fearing-ethical-compromise/
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F5 asserts limited impact from prolonged nation-state attack on its systems
The networking software and security company claims most customers are not concerned about their configuration data stolen during the attack. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/f5-attack-limited-impact-earnings-call/
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New TEE.Fail Side-Channel Attack Extracts Secrets from Intel and AMD DDR5 Secure Enclaves
A group of academic researchers from Georgia Tech, Purdue University, and Synkhronix have developed a side-channel attack called TEE.Fail that allows for the extraction of secrets from the trusted execution environment (TEE) in a computer’s main processor, including Intel’s Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) and Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) and AMD’s Secure Encrypted Virtualization with Secure…
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Check Point Allies with NVIDIA to Secure AI Platforms
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. today revealed it has developed a cybersecurity platform to secure artificial intelligence (AI) factories in collaboration with NVIDIA. Announced at the NVIDIA GTC conference, the AI Cloud Protect platform enables cybersecurity teams to leverage dynamic objects to enforce policies in real time using NVIDIA BlueField-3 data processing units (DPUs) to..…
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Beyond The CVE: Deep Container Analysis with Anchore
As an Associate Professor of Cybersecurity, I spend a lot of time thinking about risk, and increasingly, that risk lives within the software supply chain. The current industry focus on CVEs is a necessary, but ultimately insufficient, approach to securing modern, containerized applications. Frankly, relying on basic vulnerability scanning alone is like putting a single……
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How evolving regulations are redefining CISO responsibility
Tags: attack, awareness, breach, ciso, communications, compliance, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, governance, identity, incident response, intelligence, iot, nis-2, phone, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, sbom, service, software, threat, tool, vulnerabilityIncreasing attacks on IoT and OT device vulnerabilities Cyberattacks are increasingly driven by software vulnerabilities embedded in OT and IoT devices. The 2025 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report noted that 20% of breaches were vulnerability-based, which is a close second to credential abuse, accounting for 22% of breaches. Year over year, breaches resulting from software…
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Versa zum zweiten Mal in Folge als Leader und Outperformer im Gigaom-SD-WAN-Report ausgezeichnet
Versa Networks, Spezialist für Secure-Access-Service-Edge (SASE), wurde im neuen ‘2025 GigaOm Radar Report for Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) Solutions” als Leader und Outperformer bewertet. Damit zeichnen die Analysten zum zweiten Mal in Folge Versa-Secure-SD-WAN als herausragende Lösung aus. Der diesjährige Bericht untersuchte 31 SD-WAN-Lösungen und stufte die Anbieter anhand zahlreicher Kriterien als ‘Leader”, ‘Challenger”…
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Pi-hole XSS CVE-2025-53533: kritische Sicherheitslücke entdeckt
Pi-hole XSS CVE-2025-53533. In der DNS-Software in der Weboberfläche. Der Template-Fehler im Webfrontend kann gravierende Folgen haben. First seen on tarnkappe.info Jump to article: tarnkappe.info/artikel/cyberangriffe/pi-hole-xss-cve-2025-53533-kritische-sicherheitsluecke-entdeckt-322254.html
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API Security Attack Vectors That Expose Sensitive Data
APIs have become the critical enablers of modern software ecosystems, powering seamless data exchange and integration across applications, platforms, and devices. From payment processing and social media to healthcare, IoT, and enterprise systems, APIs allow organizations to deliver functionality efficiently while connecting diverse software components. This growing interconnectivity also expands the surface for API security……
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API Security Attack Vectors That Expose Sensitive Data
APIs have become the critical enablers of modern software ecosystems, powering seamless data exchange and integration across applications, platforms, and devices. From payment processing and social media to healthcare, IoT, and enterprise systems, APIs allow organizations to deliver functionality efficiently while connecting diverse software components. This growing interconnectivity also expands the surface for API security……
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Gamaredon Phishing Campaign Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability to Target Government Agencies
Tags: attack, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, government, group, malicious, phishing, software, threat, vulnerabilityCybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated phishing campaign orchestrated by the notorious Gamaredon threat group, specifically targeting government entities through exploitation of a critical WinRAR vulnerability. The attack leverages CVE-2025-8088, a path traversal vulnerability in the popular file compression software, to deliver weaponized RAR archives that silently deploy malicious payloads without requiring user interaction beyond…
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Apache Tomcat Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution on Vulnerable Servers
The Apache Software Foundation has disclosed two security vulnerabilities affecting multiple versions of Apache Tomcat, with one flaw posing a serious risk of remote code execution on vulnerable servers. The flaws impact Apache Tomcat versions 9, 10, and 11, prompting urgent warnings for administrators to upgrade their installations immediately. CVE ID Vulnerability Severity CVSS Score…
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Apache Tomcat Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution on Vulnerable Servers
The Apache Software Foundation has disclosed two security vulnerabilities affecting multiple versions of Apache Tomcat, with one flaw posing a serious risk of remote code execution on vulnerable servers. The flaws impact Apache Tomcat versions 9, 10, and 11, prompting urgent warnings for administrators to upgrade their installations immediately. CVE ID Vulnerability Severity CVSS Score…
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QNAP warns of critical ASP.NET flaw in its Windows backup software
QNAP warned customers to patch a critical ASP.NET Core vulnerability that also impacts the company’s NetBak PC Agent, a Windows utility for backing& up data to a QNAP network-attached storage (NAS) device. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/qnap-warns-its-windows-backup-software-is-also-affected-by-critical-aspnet-flaw/
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Ex-CISA head thinks AI might fix code so fast we won’t need security teams
Jen Easterly says most breaches stem from bad software, and smarter tech could finally clean it up First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/jen_easterly_ai_cybersecurity/
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Dependency-Track: Open-source component analysis platform
Software is a patchwork of third-party components, and keeping tabs on what’s running under the hood has become a challenge. The open-source platform Dependency-Track tackles … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/10/27/dependency-track-open-source-component-analysis-platform/
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NDSS 2025 Oreo: Protecting ASLR Against Micro-Architectural Attacks
Authors, Creators & Presenters: Shixin Song (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Joseph Zhang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Mengjia Yan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) PAPER Oreo: Protecting ASLR Against Microarchitectural Attacks Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) is one of the most prominently deployed mitigations against memory corruption attacks. ASLR randomly shuffles program virtual addresses to prevent attackers…
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Are Facial Recognition and Passkeys the Same? Exploring Key Concepts
Explore the key differences between facial recognition and passkeys for authentication. Understand their unique concepts, security implications, and use cases in software development. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/10/are-facial-recognition-and-passkeys-the-same-exploring-key-concepts/
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Absturz der Softwarequalität: Normalisierung einer Katastrophe
Tags: softwareSeit Jahren kollabiert die Software-Qualität vor unseren Augen, und wir steuern auf eine Katastrophe zu. Die Tage bin ich auf einen Nachdenk-Artikel mit dem Titel “Der große Einbruch der Softwarequalität: Wie wir die Katastrophe normalisiert haben” gestoßen, den ich der … First seen on borncity.com Jump to article: www.borncity.com/blog/2025/10/26/absturz-der-softwarequalitaet-normalisierung-einer-katastrophe/
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Hackers Exploit WordPress Arbitrary Installation Vulnerabilities in the Wild
Tags: control, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, hacker, malicious, software, vulnerability, wordpressCybersecurity firm Wordfence has uncovered a renewed wave of mass exploitation targeting critical vulnerabilities in two popular WordPress plugins, allowing unauthenticated attackers to install malicious software and potentially seize control of websites. The flaws, first disclosed in late 2024, affect GutenKit and Hunk Companion plugins, which boast over 40,000 and 8,000 active installations respectively. Despite…
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Top 10 Best Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASB) in 2025
The year 2025 marks a new era in enterprise cloud adoption, characterized by a complex tapestry of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) platforms, and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings. While cloud services deliver unparalleled agility and scalability, they also introduce significant security blind spots and compliance challenges for organizations. Employees are leveraging an ever-increasing number of cloud…
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NDSS 2025 Off-Path TCP Hijacking In Wi-Fi Networks: A Packet-Size Side Channel Attack
SESSION Session 1A: WiFi and Bluetooth Security PAPER Off-Path TCP Hijacking in Wi-Fi Networks: A Packet-Size Side Channel Attack In this paper, we unveil a fundamental side channel in Wi-Fi networks, specifically the observable frame size, which can be exploited by attackers to conduct TCP hijacking attacks. Authors, Creators & Presenters: Ziqiang Wang (Southeast University),…