Tag: vulnerability
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Why vulnerability reports stall inside shared hosting companies
Tags: vulnerabilitySecurity teams keep sending vulnerability notifications, and the same pattern keeps repeating. Many alerts land, few lead to fixes. A new qualitative study digs into what … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/12/17/hosting-provider-vulnerability-notifications-remediation/
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FortiGate firewall credentials being stolen after vulnerabilities discovered
Tags: access, advisory, ai, attack, authentication, best-practice, breach, ceo, cisa, credentials, cve, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, exploit, firewall, flaw, fortinet, hacker, infrastructure, Internet, kev, least-privilege, login, malicious, network, password, software, theft, threat, update, vulnerabilityCSO. “So far, the pattern of activity has appeared to be opportunistic in nature. While it is difficult to estimate the number of devices directly vulnerable to this vulnerability, there are hundreds of thousands of Fortinet appliances accessible on the public internet through specialized search engines. This allows threat actors to opportunistically attempt exploitation against…
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Leading Through Ambiguity: Decision-Making in Cybersecurity Leadership
Ambiguity isn’t just a challenge. It’s a leadership test – and most fail it. I want to start with something that feels true but gets ignored way too often. Most of us in leadership roles have a love hate relationship with ambiguity. We say we embrace it… until it shows up for real. Then we…
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Leading Through Ambiguity: Decision-Making in Cybersecurity Leadership
Ambiguity isn’t just a challenge. It’s a leadership test – and most fail it. I want to start with something that feels true but gets ignored way too often. Most of us in leadership roles have a love hate relationship with ambiguity. We say we embrace it… until it shows up for real. Then we…
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Echo Secures $35M to Tackle Cloud Vulnerabilities With AI
Secure-by-Design Startup Uses AI Agents to Safeguard Containers, VMs and Libraries. Cloud security startup Echo has closed a $35 million Series A funding round to boost development of its AI-native OS. The platform starts with secure container images and aims to extend to VMs and libraries, helping enterprises minimize risk from open-source software. First seen…
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NDSS 2025 Selective Data Protection against Memory Leakage Attacks for Serverless Platforms
Session 6B: Confidential Computing 1 Authors, Creators & Presenters: Maryam Rostamipoor (Stony Brook University), Seyedhamed Ghavamnia (University of Connecticut), Michalis Polychronakis (Stony Brook University) PAPER LeakLess: Selective Data Protection against Memory Leakage Attacks for Serverless Platforms As the use of language-level sandboxing for running untrusted code grows, the risks associated with memory disclosure vulnerabilities and…
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Multiple Fortinet Products Exploited In Attacks, Rapid Patching Urged
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging Fortinet customers to prioritize patching for a critical-severity vulnerability, which impacts multiple products from the vendor and has been exploited in cyberattacks. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2025/cisa-multiple-fortinet-products-exploited-in-attacks-rapid-patching-urged
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OpenShift GitOps Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Escalate Privileges to Root
Red Hat has disclosed a significant security flaw in OpenShift GitOps that could allow authenticated users to take complete control of a cluster. Assigned the identifier CVE-2025-13888, this vulnerability allows namespace administrators to elevate their privileges beyond their intended scope, potentially gaining root access to the entire system. Category Information CVE ID CVE-2025-13888 Vendor Severity Important…
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Russian Hackers Launch Attacks on Network Edge Devices in Western Critical Infrastructure
Tags: attack, blizzard, cyber, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, network, russia, threat, vulnerabilityRussian state-sponsored hackers are intensifying attacks on misconfigured network edge devices across Western critical infrastructure, marking a significant tactical shift as 2025 comes to a close. According to new insights from Amazon Threat Intelligence, this campaign linked with high confidence to Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and the Sandworm/APT44/Seashell Blizzard cluster has deprioritized overt vulnerability…
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Internet-Based Solar Panel Systems Vulnerable to Rapid Cyberattacks
The rapid global expansion of solar energy infrastructure has created an unprecedented cyber vulnerability. As millions of homes, businesses, and hospitals adopt renewable power sources supported by government initiatives like the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and Europe’s Renewable Energy Directive. Security researchers have uncovered a critical flaw: many solar systems still rely on decades-old industrial…
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Critical FortiGate SSO Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Real-World Attacks
Fortinet’s FortiGate appliances face immediate threat from two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities being actively exploited in production environments. Fortinet released advisories for CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719 on December 9, 2025, identifying critical flaws in FortiCloud SSO authentication mechanisms. These vulnerabilities enable unauthenticated attackers to bypass SSO login protections through crafted SAML messages when FortiCloud SSO is…
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Microsoft Outlines Mitigation for React2Shell RCE Vulnerability in React Server Components
Tags: authentication, cve, cvss, cyber, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, rce, remote-code-execution, risk, vulnerabilityMicrosoft has released comprehensive guidance on CVE-2025-55182, a critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting React Server Components and the Next.js framework. Assigned a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability enables attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable servers through a single malicious HTTP request, representing an unprecedented risk to modern React-based web…
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Internet-Based Solar Panel Systems Vulnerable to Rapid Cyberattacks
The rapid global expansion of solar energy infrastructure has created an unprecedented cyber vulnerability. As millions of homes, businesses, and hospitals adopt renewable power sources supported by government initiatives like the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and Europe’s Renewable Energy Directive. Security researchers have uncovered a critical flaw: many solar systems still rely on decades-old industrial…
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CISA Alerts on Apple WebKit Zero-Day Actively Used in Cyberattacks
Tags: apple, cisa, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, exploit, infrastructure, kev, macOS, risk, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting multiple Apple products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, signaling active exploitation in the wild. CVE-2025-43529 represents a severe use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, Apple’s rendering engine, that poses a significant risk to millions of users across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other…
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Russian Hackers Launch Attacks on Network Edge Devices in Western Critical Infrastructure
Tags: attack, blizzard, cyber, hacker, infrastructure, intelligence, network, russia, threat, vulnerabilityRussian state-sponsored hackers are intensifying attacks on misconfigured network edge devices across Western critical infrastructure, marking a significant tactical shift as 2025 comes to a close. According to new insights from Amazon Threat Intelligence, this campaign linked with high confidence to Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) and the Sandworm/APT44/Seashell Blizzard cluster has deprioritized overt vulnerability…
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CISA Alerts on Apple WebKit Zero-Day Actively Used in Cyberattacks
Tags: apple, cisa, cve, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, exploit, infrastructure, kev, macOS, risk, vulnerability, zero-dayThe Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical zero-day vulnerability affecting multiple Apple products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, signaling active exploitation in the wild. CVE-2025-43529 represents a severe use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, Apple’s rendering engine, that poses a significant risk to millions of users across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and other…
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Demystifying risk in AI
Tags: access, ai, best-practice, bsi, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, csf, cyber, cybersecurity, data, framework, google, governance, group, infrastructure, intelligence, ISO-27001, LLM, mitre, ml, monitoring, nist, PCI, risk, risk-management, strategy, technology, threat, training, vulnerabilityThe data that is inserted in a request.This data is evaluated by a training model that involves an entire architecture.The result of the information that will be delivered From an information security point of view. That is the point that we, information security professionals, must judge in the scope of evaluation from the perspective of…
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Amazon: Russian GRU hackers favor misconfigured devices over vulnerabilities
Amazon Threat Intelligence reports Russian GRU hackers are increasingly breaking into critical infrastructure by abusing misconfigured devices instead of exploiting software vulnerabilities. First seen on hackread.com Jump to article: hackread.com/amazon-russia-gru-hackers-misconfigured-vulnerabilities/
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Russia-linked hackers breach critical infrastructure organizations via edge devices
New research offers the latest evidence that vulnerable network edge equipment is a pressing concern. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/russian-hackers-critical-infrastructure-energy-edge-devices/808005/
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Amazon warns that Russia’s Sandworm has shifted its tactics
Researchers said attackers linked to Russia’s military intelligence agency have moved from vulnerability exploits to focus on poorly configured network edge devices to keep its access to target networks. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/amazon-threat-intel-russia-attacks-energy-sector-sandworm-apt44/
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Hackers are exploiting critical Fortinet flaws days after patch release
Threat actors are exploiting two critical Fortinet flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719, days after patch release, impacting multiple Fortinet products. Threat actors started exploiting two critical flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-59718 and CVE-2025-59719 (CVSS score of 9.1), in Fortinet products days after patch release, Arctic Wolf warns. Last week, Fortinet addressed 18 vulnerabilities, including the two flaws…
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React2Shell Vulnerability Actively Exploited to Deploy Linux Backdoors
The security vulnerability known as React2Shell is being exploited by threat actors to deliver malware families like KSwapDoor and ZnDoor, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and NTT Security.”KSwapDoor is a professionally engineered remote access tool designed with stealth in mind,” Justin Moore, senior manager of threat intel research at Palo Alto…
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React2Shell Vulnerability Actively Exploited to Deploy Linux Backdoors
The security vulnerability known as React2Shell is being exploited by threat actors to deliver malware families like KSwapDoor and ZnDoor, according to findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 and NTT Security.”KSwapDoor is a professionally engineered remote access tool designed with stealth in mind,” Justin Moore, senior manager of threat intel research at Palo Alto…
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DenialService and Source Code Exposure in React Server Components
In early December 2025, the React core team disclosed two new vulnerabilities affecting React Server Components (RSC). These issues Denial-of-Service and Source Code Exposure were found by security researchers probing the fixes for the previous week’s critical RSC vulnerability, known as “React2Shell”. While these newly discovered bugs do not enable Remote Code Execution, meaning… First…
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JumpCloud Remote Assist Windows Agent Vulnerability Allows Privilege Escalation
A critical local privilege escalation vulnerability in the JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows agent allows any low-privileged user on a Windows system to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges or crash the machine. Tracked as CVE-2025-34352, the flaw affects JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows versions prior to 0.317.0 and has been rated High severity (CVSS v4.0: 8.5). JumpCloud is a widely used cloud-based Directory-as-a-Service and…
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JumpCloud Remote Assist Windows Agent Vulnerability Allows Privilege Escalation
A critical local privilege escalation vulnerability in the JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows agent allows any low-privileged user on a Windows system to gain NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM privileges or crash the machine. Tracked as CVE-2025-34352, the flaw affects JumpCloud Remote Assist for Windows versions prior to 0.317.0 and has been rated High severity (CVSS v4.0: 8.5). JumpCloud is a widely used cloud-based Directory-as-a-Service and…
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DenialService and Source Code Exposure in React Server Components
In early December 2025, the React core team disclosed two new vulnerabilities affecting React Server Components (RSC). These issues Denial-of-Service and Source Code Exposure were found by security researchers probing the fixes for the previous week’s critical RSC vulnerability, known as “React2Shell”. While these newly discovered bugs do not enable Remote Code Execution, meaning… First…