Security Affairs

The Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 hacking contest has ended, and participants earned $886,250 after demonstrating 49 zero-day flaws. The Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 hacking contest has ended, and participants earned $886,250 after demonstrating 49 zero-day flaws. Sina Kheirkhah (@SinSinology) of Summoning Team (@SummoningTeam) obtained 30.5 Master of Pwn points and won the Master of Pwn earning $222.250. […]

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds SonicWall SMA1000 vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a SonicWall SMA1000 Appliance Management Console (AMC) and Central Management Console (CMC) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23006 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, SonicWall warned customers of a critical […]

Threat actors are targeting Juniper routers with a custom backdoor in a campaign called code-named “J-magic,” attackers are exploiting a Magic Packet flaw. Lumen Technologies researchers reported that the J-magic campaign targets Juniper routers with a custom backdoor using a passive agent based on the cd00r variant (an open-source backdoor by fx). It activates upon detecting […]

SonicWall warns customers of a critical zero-day vulnerability in SMA 1000 Series appliances, likely exploited in the wild. SonicWall is warning customers of a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-23006 (CVSS score of 9,8) impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 Series appliances. The vulnerability is a Pre-authentication deserialization of untrusted data issue in the […]

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds JQuery vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a JQuery persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-11023 (CVSS score: 6.9) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. In jQuery 1.0.3 to 3.4.1, using DOM methods with untrusted HTML containing […]

Bug hunters earned $129,000 for Tesla charger exploits and over $700,000 total in two days at Pwn2Own Automotive 2025. During Day 2 of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 organizers awarded $335,500, which brings the event total to $718,250. So far, the researchers have demonstrated 39 unique zero-days. The team SinSinology leads the Master of Pwn chart. Sina […]

US agencies revealed Chinese threat actors used two advanced exploit chains to breach Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA). The US government’s cybersecurity and law enforcement revealed that Chinese threat actors used at least two sophisticated exploit chains to compromise Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA). A CISA and FBI published a joint advisory warning that Chinese hackers […]

Cisco addressed a critical flaw in its Meeting Management that could allow it to gain administrator privileges on vulnerable instances. Cisco released security updates to fix a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-20156 (CVSS score of 9.9) affecting its Meeting Management. A remote, authenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability to gain administrator privileges on affected instances. […]

Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, creator of the notorious dark web, drug marketplace Silk Road , after 11 years in prison. Donald Trump pardoned Ross Ulbricht, creator of Silk Road, who was convicted in 2015 for narcotics and money-laundering conspiracy and sentenced to life. In October 2013, the FBI shut down the popular black market Silk […]

Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced that $380K was awarded on Day 1 of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025. Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) announced that over $380,000 was awarded on Day 1 of Pwn2Own Automotive 2025, a hacking contest that was held in Tokyo. In total, the organizers awarded $382,750 for 16 unique working […]

Two ransomware groups exploiting Microsoft 365 services and default settings to target internal enterprise users. Sophos researchers started investigating two distinct clusters of activity, tracked as STAC5143 and STAC5777, in response to customer ransomware attacks in November and December 2024. Threat actors used their own Microsoft 365 tenants and exploited a default Teams setting allowing […]

Cloudflare announced that it has blocked a record-breaking 5.6 terabit-per-second (Tbps) distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack. Cloudflare announced that during the week of Halloween 2024, it autonomously detected and blocked a 5.6 Terabit per second (Tbps) DDoS attack, which is the largest attack ever reported. The previous largest DDoS attack blocked by Cloudflare occurred in October […]

A vulnerability in the 7-Zip file software allows attackers to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) Windows security feature. Attackers can exploit a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-0411, in the free, open-source file archiver software 7-Zip to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) Windows security feature. Mark of the Web (MotW) is a security […]

A former CIA analyst, Asif William Rahman, pleaded guilty to leaking top-secret National Defense Information on social media in 2024. Asif William Rahman, a former CIA analyst with Top-Secret clearance since 2016, pleaded guilty to leaking classified information on social media in October 2024. Rahman has access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). On October 17, […]

Researchers warn of a campaign exploiting AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers to create a Mirai botnet variant called Murdoc Botnet. Murdoc Botnet is a new Mirai botnet variant that targets vulnerabilities in AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers, the Qualys Threat Research Unit reported. The botnet has been active since at least […]

CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency, using fake AnyDesk requests to conduct fraudulent security audits. The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) warned of cyber scams involving threat actors impersonating the agency by sending fraudulent AnyDesk connection requests under the guise of security audits. CERT-UA pointed out that it uses the software AnyDesk […]

Kaspersky researchers shared details about multiple vulnerabilities impacting the Mercedes-Benz MBUX infotainment system. Kaspersky published research findings on the first-generation Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) infotainment system, specifically focusing on the Mercedes-Benz Head Unit. The researchers started from the results of another study conducted by KeenLab on the MBUX internals. The experts used a diagnostic software […]

HPE is probing claims by the threat actor IntelBroker who is offering to sell alleged stolen source code and data from the company. Last week, the notorious threat actor IntelBroker announced on a popular cybercrime forum the sale of data allegedly stolen from HPE. IntelBroker, known for leaking data from major organizations, made the headlines […]

Researchers linked the threat actor DoNot Team to a new Android malware that was employed in highly targeted cyber attacks. CYFIRMA researchers linked a recently discovered Android malware to the Indian APT group known as DoNot Team. The Donot Team (aka APT-C-35 and Origami Elephant) has been active since 2016, it focuses on government and military organizations, […]

Researchers found malicious npm and PyPI packages capable of stealing and deleting sensitive data from infected systems. Socket researchers have identified multiple packages in the npm and Python Package Index (PyPI) repository designed to target Solana private keys and drain funds from victims’ wallets. The malicious npm packages allowed the threat actors to exfiltrate Solana […]