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NailaoLocker ransomware is a new threat that targeted European healthcare organizations from June to October 2024. Orange Cyberdefense CERT uncovered a malware campaign, tracked as The Green Nailao campaign, that targeted European organizations, including healthcare, in late 2024, using ShadowPad, PlugX, and the previously undocumented NailaoLocker ransomware. The Orange Cyberdefense CERT investigated four attackers with […]

Microsoft addressed a privilege escalation vulnerability in Power Pages, the flaw is actively exploited in attacks. Microsoft has addressed two critical vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-21355 (CVSS score: 8.6) and CVE-2025-24989 (CVSS score: 8.2), respectively impacting Bing and Power Pages. CVE-2025-21355 is a missing authentication for critical Function in Microsoft Bing, an unauthorized attacker could exploit the flaw […]

Citrix addressed a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability impacting NetScaler Console and NetScaler Agent under certain conditions. Citrix released security updates to address a high-severity security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-12284 (CVSS score of 8.8) impacting NetScaler Console (formerly NetScaler ADM) and NetScaler Agent. The vulnerability is an improper privilege management that could allow attackers to escalate privileges […]

Palo Alto Networks warns that the vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 is actively exploited with two other flaws to compromise PAN-OS firewalls. Palo Alto Networks warns that threat actors are chaining the vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 with two other vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-0108 with CVE-2024-9474, to compromise PAN-OS firewalls. The vulnerability CVE-2025-0111 is a file read issue in PAN-OS, an […]

Russia-linked threat actors exploit Signal ‘s “linked devices” feature to hijack accounts, per Google Threat Intelligence Group. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) researchers warn of multiple Russia-linked threat actors targeting Signal Messenger accounts used by individuals of interest to Russian intelligence. The experts speculate that the tactics, techniques, and procedures used to target Signal will […]

Venture capital firm Insight Partners suffered a cyberattack involving unauthorized access to its information systems. A cyber attack hit venture capital firm Insight Partners, threat actors gained unauthorized access to its information systems. Venture Capital (VC) is a form of private equity financing provided by firms or funds to startup, early-stage, and emerging companies, that […]

Two OpenSSH vulnerabilities could allow machine-in-the-middle (MitM) and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks under certain conditions. The Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) has discovered two vulnerabilities in OpenSSH. The first, tracked as CVE-2025-26465 (CVSS score: 6.8) can be exploited by an attacker to conduct an active machine-in-the-middle attack on the OpenSSH client when the VerifyHostKeyDNS option is enabled. The […]

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SonicWall SonicOS and Palo Alto PAN-OS vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added SonicWall SonicOS and Palo Alto PAN-OS vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The two vulnerabilities are: Researchers recently warned that threat actors exploit a […]

Juniper Networks has addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-21589, impacting the Session Smart Router. Juniper Networks addressed a critical authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-21589 (CVSS score of 9.8), affecting its Session Smart Router product. “An Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Juniper Networks Session Smart Router may allow a network-based […]

China-linked threat actor Winnti targeted Japanese companies in the manufacturing, materials, and energy sectors in March 2024 as part of a campaign dubbed RevivalStone. Researchers from cybersecurity firm LAC uncovered a new cyberespionage campaign, tracked as RevivalStone, carried out by the China-linked APT group Winnti in March 2024. Threat actors targeted Japanese companies in the manufacturing, […]

Xerox VersaLink C7025 Multifunction printer flaws could allow attackers to capture authentication credentials via pass-back attacks via LDAP and SMB/FTP services. Rapid7 researchers discovered vulnerabilities in Xerox Versalink C7025 Multifunction printers (MFPs) that could allow attackers to capture authentication credentials via pass-back attacks via LDAP and SMB/FTP services. The vulnerabilities are: The vulnerabilities impact Xerox […]

Microsoft discovered a new variant of the Apple macOS malware XCSSET that was employed in limited attacks in the wild. Microsoft Threat Intelligence discovered a new variant of the macOS malware XCSSET in attacks in the wild. XCSSET is a sophisticated modular macOS malware that targets users by infecting Xcode projects, it has been active since at […]

Dutch police seized 127 servers of the bulletproof hosting service Zservers/XHost after government sanctions. On February 11, 2025, the US, UK, and Australia sanctioned a Russian bulletproof hosting services provider and two Russian administrators because they supported Russian ransomware LockBit operations. Alexander Igorevich Mishin and Aleksandr Sergeyevich Bolshakov are the two Russian nationals and administrators of Zservers. […]

Netskope Threat Labs researchers discovered a Golang-based backdoor using Telegram for C2 communication, possibly of Russian origin. Netskope Threat Labs found a Golang-based backdoor using Telegram for C2. The malware, still in development but functional, exploits cloud apps to evade detection. The experts believe the new Go backdoor could have a Russian origin. Upon executing […]

Pro-Russia collective NoName057(16) launched DDoS attacks on Italian sites, targeting airports, the Transport Authority, major ports, and banks. The pro-Russia hacker group NoName057(16) launched a new wave of DDoS attacks this morning against multiple Italian entities. The group targeted the websites of Linate and Malpensa airports, the Transport Authority, the bank Intesa San Paolo, and […]

Researchers warn that the whoAMI attack lets attackers publish an AMI with a specific name to execute code in an AWS account. Cybersecurity researchers at Datadog Security Labs devised a new name confusion attack technique, called whoAMI, that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary code execution within the Amazon Web Services (AWS) account by publishing […]

Russia-linked group Storm-2372 used the device code phishing technique since Aug 2024 to steal login tokens from governments, NGOs, and industries. Microsoft Threat Intelligence researchers warn that threat actor Storm-2372, likely linked to Russia, has been targeting governments, NGOs, and various industries across multiple regions since August 2024. The attackers employ a phishing technique called […]

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U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Apple iOS and iPadOS and Mitel SIP Phones vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Apple iOS and iPadOS and Mitel SIP Phones vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The two vulnerabilities are: This week Apple released […]