Tag: zero-day
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2025: total prize money reached $1,078,750
Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 wrapped up with $383,750 awarded on the final day, pushing the total prize money to $1,078,750 over three days. On the final day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, participants earned $383,750 for demonstrating zero-day in VMware Workstation, ESXi, Windows, NVIDIA, and Firefox. During the competition, the participants earned a total of $1,078,750, demonstrating…
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Critical Firefox 0-Day Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution
Mozilla has urgently patched two critical 0-day vulnerabilities in its popular web browser Firefox, both of which could allow remote attackers to execute malicious code on user systems. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2025-4918 and CVE-2025-4919, were disclosed on May 17, 2025, and are addressed in Firefox version 138.0.4. Security experts are strongly advising all users…
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Pwn2Own Day 3: Zero-Day Exploits Windows 11, VMware ESXi, and Firefox
The Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 last day ended with impressive technological accomplishments, bringing the total prize money over one million dollars. Security researchers demonstrated sophisticated exploitation techniques against high-profile targets including Windows 11, VMware ESXi, and Mozilla Firefox, revealing critical zero-day vulnerabilities that vendors must now address. The three-day hacking competition showcased 28 unique zero-day vulnerabilities,…
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Week in review: Microsoft patches 5 actively exploited 0-days, recently fixed Chrome vulnerability exploited
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes 5 actively exploited zero-days On May 2025 … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/05/18/week-in-review-microsoft-patches-5-actively-exploited-0-days-recently-fixed-chrome-vulnerability-exploited/
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VMware ESXi, Firefox, Red Hat Linux SharePoint Hacked Pwn2Own Day 2
Security researchers demonstrated their prowess on the second day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, discovering critical vulnerabilities across major enterprise platforms and earning $435,000 in bounties. The competition, now in its second day at the OffensiveCon conference in Berlin, has awarded a cumulative total of $695,000 with participants revealing 20 unique zero-day vulnerabilities thus far. With…
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Pwn2Own Berlin 2025 Day Two: researcher earned 150K hacking VMware ESXi
On day two of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, participants earned $435,000 for demonstrating zero-day in SharePoint, ESXi, VirtualBox, RHEL, and Firefox. On day two of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, bug hunters earned a total of $435,000, which brings the contest total to $695,000, after $260,000 was awarded during the first day of the competition. The participants demonstrated…
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Hackers exploit VMware ESXi, Microsoft SharePoint zero-days at Pwn2Own
During the second day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, competitors earned $435,000 after exploiting zero-day bugs in multiple products, including Microsoft SharePoint, VMware ESXi, Oracle VirtualBox, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Mozilla Firefox. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-exploit-vmware-esxi-microsoft-sharepoint-zero-days-at-pwn2own/
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Turkish APT Exploits Chat App Zero-Day to Spy on Iraqi Kurds
Even after their zero-day turned into an n-day, attackers known as Marbled Dust or Sea Turtle continued to spy on military targets that had failed to patch Output Messenger. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/turkish-apt-exploits-chat-app-zero-day-spy-iraqi-kurds
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Actively abused Ivanti EPMM zero-days fixed
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/actively-abused-ivanti-epmm-zero-days-fixed
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Breach Roundup: SAP NetWeaver Flaw Draws Hackers
Tags: breach, conference, credentials, flaw, hacker, ivanti, microsoft, north-korea, russia, sap, zero-dayAlso, DOGE Employee’s Credentials Found in Infostealer Dumps. This week, SAP NetWeaver flaw drew hackers, zero-days in Ivanti EPMM, DOGE employee’s credentials found in infostealer dumps and Nucor halted operations. North Korean hackers targeted South Koreans with fake conference invites, Russian hackers targeted webmail servers and Microsoft fixed 72 flaws. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Government webmail hacked via XSS bugs in global spy campaign
Hackers are running a worldwide cyberespionage campaign dubbed ‘RoundPress,’ leveraging zero-day and n-day flaws in webmail servers to steal email from high-value government organizations. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/government-webmail-hacked-via-xss-bugs-in-global-spy-campaign/
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SAP cyberattack widens, drawing Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon comparisons
Multiple firms are tracking the zero-day attacks on Europe’s top software firm. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/sap-cyberattack-widens-drawing-salt-typhoon-and-volt-typhoon-comparisons/
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CISA Alerts on Active Exploitation of Zero-Day Vulnerability in Multiple Fortinet Products
Tags: cisa, communications, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, detection, email, exploit, fortinet, infrastructure, network, vulnerability, zero-dayThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent warning regarding five zero-day vulnerabilities affecting multiple Fortinet products, after evidence emerged of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-32756, impact Fortinet’s FortiVoice, FortiMail, FortiNDR, FortiRecorder, and FortiCamera platforms, widely used in enterprise environments for unified communications, email, network detection,…
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Windows 11 and Red Hat Linux hacked on first day of Pwn2Own
On the first day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2025, security researchers were awarded $260,000 after successfully demonstrating zero-day exploits for Windows 11, Red Hat Linux, Docker Desktop, and Oracle VirtualBox. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-11-and-red-hat-linux-virtualbox-hacked-on-first-day-of-pwn2own/
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CISA Alerts on Five Active Zero-Day Windows Vulnerabilities Being Exploited
Tags: cisa, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, infrastructure, kev, microsoft, mitigation, network, risk, vulnerability, windows, zero-dayCybersecurity professionals and network defenders, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added five newly identified Windows 0-day vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. These vulnerabilities, currently exploited in the wild, present significant risks for organizations relying on Microsoft Windows environments. The CISA urges all stakeholders to prioritize immediate mitigation efforts…
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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches 78 Vulnerabilities, 5 Zero-Day Flaws
Microsoft patched vulnerabilities for the Common Log File System driver, Microsoft Edge, SharePoint, and more. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-microsoft-patch-tuesday-may-2025/
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Russia-Linked APT28 Exploited MDaemon Zero-Day to Hack Government Webmail Servers
A Russia-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber espionage operation targeting webmail servers such as Roundcube, Horde, MDaemon, and Zimbra via cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, including a then-zero-day in MDaemon, according to new findings from ESET.The activity, which commenced in 2023, has been codenamed Operation RoundPress by the Slovak cybersecurity company. It has…
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Ivanti patches two zero-days under active attack as intel agency warns customers
Vendor says vulns are linked with 2 mystery open source libraries integrated into EPMM product First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2025/05/14/ivanti_patches_two_zerodays_and/
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Focused Phishing: Attack Targets Victims With Trusted Sites and Live Validation
New phishing tactics are abusing trusted domains, real CAPTCHAs, and server-side email validation to selectively target victims with customized fake login pages. Keep Aware’s latest research breaks down the full attack chain and how these zero-day phish operate. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/focused-phishing-attack-targets-victims-with-trusted-sites-and-live-validation/
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New Fortinet and Ivanti Zero Days Exploited in the Wild
Fortinet and Ivanti published advisories on the same day revealing that attackers are exploiting new zero days, one of which is rated critical First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/fortinet-ivanti-zero-days/
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2025 fixed 5 actively exploited zero-days
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for May 2025 addressed 75 security flaws across multiple products, including five zero-day flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates addressed 75 security vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, .NET and Visual Studio, Azure, Nuance PowerScribe, Remote Desktop Gateway Service, and Microsoft Defender. Of the flaws fixed by the…
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Microsoft tackles 5 Windows zero-days on May Patch Tuesday
The company addresses 72 unique CVEs this month, but several AI features bundled in a larger-than-usual update could bog down some networks. First seen on techtarget.com Jump to article: www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/news/366623978/Microsoft-tackles-5-Windows-zero-days-on-May-Patch-Tuesday
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Microsoft Patches 78 Security Issues, 5 Active Zero-Day Exploits
In its May 2025 security update, Microsoft has rolled out patches for 78 vulnerabilities spanning its product ecosystem. Most notably, five of these flaws (a.k.a. zero-day exploits) have already been exploited in the wild. May 2025 Patch Tuesday: 78 Vulnerabilities… First seen on sensorstechforum.com Jump to article: sensorstechforum.com/microsoft-patches-78-vulnerabilities-five-zero-day-exploits/
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Fortinet fixed actively exploited FortiVoice zero-day
Fortinet fixed a critical remote code execution zero-day vulnerability actively exploited in attacks targeting FortiVoice enterprise phone systems. Fortinet released security updates to address a critical remote code execution zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-32756, that was exploited in attacks targeting FortiVoice enterprise phone systems. The vulnerability is a stack-based overflow issue that impacts in FortiVoice, FortiMail, FortiNDR,…
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Chinese Hackers Exploit SAP NetWeaver Zero-Day Vulnerability to Target Critical Infrastructure
Tags: china, cve, cyber, espionage, exploit, flaw, hacker, infrastructure, remote-code-execution, sap, threat, vulnerability, zero-dayEclecticIQ analysts have uncovered a sophisticated cyber-espionage campaign orchestrated by China-nexus nation-state Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) targeting critical infrastructure worldwide. In April 2025, these threat actors launched a high-tempo exploitation campaign against SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, exploiting a zero-day vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-31324. This unauthenticated file upload flaw allows remote code execution (RCE), providing attackers…
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Windows CLFS Zero-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild
Microsoft has disclosed two critical security vulnerabilities in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver that are currently being exploited in the wild. Released on May 13, 2025, the vulnerabilities-identified as CVE-2025-32706 and CVE-2025-32701-both allow local privilege escalation and have been classified as >>Important
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Microsoft Fixes 78 Flaws, 5 Zero-Days Exploited; CVSS 10 Bug Impacts Azure DevOps Server
Microsoft on Tuesday shipped fixes to address a total of 78 security flaws across its software lineup, including a set of five zero-days that have come under active exploitation in the wild.Of the 78 flaws resolved by the tech giant, 11 are rated Critical, 66 are rated Important, and one is rated Low in severity.…
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Windows Ancillary for WinSock 0-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited to Gain Admin Access
Microsoft has confirmed active exploitation of a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock, tracked as CVE-2025-32709. This use-after-free flaw enables local attackers with basic user privileges to gain SYSTEM-level access, posing significant risks to unpatched systems. First publicly documented on 13 May 2025, the vulnerability carries a base score…
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Microsoft Fixes Seven Zero-Days in May Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has patched seven zero-day bugs, five of which were exploited in the wild First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/microsoft-seven-zerodays-may-patch/
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New Microsoft Scripting Engine Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Remote Code Attacks
Critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft’s Scripting Engine (CVE-2025-30397) has been confirmed to enable remote code execution (RCE) attacks over networks, raising urgent concerns for enterprises and individual users alike. The flaw, classified as a type confusion weakness (CWE-843), allows attackers to bypass security mechanisms by manipulating how the engine processes data types in memory. Microsoft…