U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Microsoft Windows and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2025-6218 is a WinRAR directory traversal flaw (formerly […]
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 address 57 vulnerabilities, including three critical flaws. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for December 2025 addressed 57 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Exchange Server, Azure, Copilot, PowerShell, and Windows Defender. Three vulnerabilities are rated Critical, while the rest are […]
Mirai-based Broadside botnet targets vulnerable TBK Vision DVRs, posing a potential threat to the maritime logistics sector, Cydome warns. Cydome researchers have identified a new Mirai botnet variant dubbed Broadside that is targeting the maritime logistics sector by exploiting the command injection vulnerability CVE-2024-3721 in TBK DVR devices used on vessels. “Cydome’s Cybersecurity Research Team has identified […]
Poland arrested three Ukrainian nationals accused of using hacking devices to target IT systems and obtain sensitive defense-related data. Polish police arrested three Ukrainian nationals for allegedly trying to damage IT systems and obtaining sensitive defense-related data using advanced hacking equipment. The police arrested three Ukrainian men after finding Flipper hacking gear, spy-device detectors, SIM […]
Ransomware payments reported to FinCEN exceeded $4.5B by 2024, with 2023 marking a record year at $1.1B across 1,512 incidents. FinCEN analyzed ransomware trends using Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) reports filed from January 2022 to February 2025. During this period, organizations reported 4,194 ransomware incidents and more than $2.1 billion in payments. For comparison, from […]
The FBI warns of criminals altering images shared on social media and using them as fake proof of life photos in virtual kidnapping ransom scams. The FBI warns that criminals are altering publicly available photos to create fake “proof-of-life” images used in virtual kidnapping scams, posing as kidnappers and demanding ransom. “The Federal Bureau of […]
Clop ransomware stole data from Barts Health NHS after exploiting a zero-day in its Oracle E-Business Suite. Barts Health NHS confirmed that Clop ransomware group stole data by exploiting zero-day CVE-2025-61882 in its Oracle E-Business Suite. The cybercrime group added the organization to its dark web data leak site and leaked the stolen information. The […]
Multiple China-linked threat actors began exploiting the CVE-2025-55182, aka React2Shell flaw, within hours, AWS Security warns. Multiple China-linked threat actors began exploiting the CVE-2025-55182, also known as the React2Shell flaw, within hours, according to AWS Security. The researchers confirmed that this vulnerability doesn’t affect AWS services, however they opted to share threat intelligence data to […]
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a Meta React Server Components flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a a Meta React Server Components flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-55182 (CVSS Score of 10.0), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability is a pre-authentication remote code execution […]
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