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Hackers have successfully stolen more than $100 million by exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Balancer protocol. Balancer, a leading DeFi platform known for its automated market-making pools, confirmed that only its V2 Composable Stable Pools were affected by the exploit. The remainder of its pools, including Balancer V3 and other older pools, remain untouched […]

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Baltimore, USA, November 4th, 2025, CyberNewsWire The new 2025 Insider Risk Report, produced by Cybersecurity Insiders in collaboration with Cogility, highlights that nearly all security leaders (93%) say insider threats are as difficult or harder to detect than external cyberattacks. Yet only 23% express strong confidence in stopping them before serious damage occurs. The report […]

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Microsoft is implementing a significant security enhancement to its Authenticator app, introducing automatic detection of jailbroken and rooted devices for Microsoft Entra credentials. Beginning in February 2026, the company will automatically delete all Microsoft Entra credentials stored on jailbroken iOS devices and rooted Android devices to prevent unauthorized access and strengthen the organization’s security posture. […]

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A sophisticated new backdoor named SesameOp has emerged with a novel approach to command-and-control communications that fundamentally challenges traditional security assumptions. Discovered in July 2025 by Microsoft’s Incident Response and Detection and Response Team, this malware represents a significant shift in how threat actors exploit legitimate cloud services for covert operations. Rather than relying on […]

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Zscaler, a leading cloud security company, has announced the acquisition of SPLX, an innovative AI security firm, to enhance its Zero Trust Exchange platform with advanced artificial intelligence protection capabilities. The acquisition aims to help organizations secure their AI investments throughout the entire development and deployment lifecycle. The integration of SPLX’s technology into Zscaler’s platform […]

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Cybercriminals have shifted their focus to a highly profitable target: the trucking and logistics industry. Over the past several months, a coordinated threat cluster has been actively compromising freight companies through deliberate attack chains designed to facilitate multi-million-dollar cargo theft operations. The emergence of this campaign represents a disturbing intersection of physical crime and digital […]

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A critical remote code execution vulnerability affecting XWiki’s SolrSearch component has become the target of widespread exploitation attempts, prompting cybersecurity authorities to add it to their watchlist. The flaw allows attackers with minimal guest privileges to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable systems, posing a significant security risk to organizations using this open-source enterprise wiki platform. […]

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Google has issued a critical security alert for Android devices, highlighting a severe zero-click vulnerability in the system’s core components that could allow attackers to execute malicious code remotely without any user interaction. Disclosed in the November 2025 Android Security Bulletin, this flaw affects multiple versions of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) and underscores […]

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An ongoing malicious advertising campaign is weaponizing legitimate software downloads to deploy OysterLoader malware, previously identified as Broomstick and CleanUpLoader. This sophisticated initial access tool enables cybercriminals to establish footholds in corporate networks, ultimately serving as a delivery mechanism for the notorious Rhysida ransomware gang. The Rhysida ransomware operation has targeted enterprises since emerging from […]

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AMD has disclosed a critical vulnerability affecting its Zen 5 processor lineup that compromises the reliability of random number generation, a fundamental security feature in modern computing. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-62626, impacts the RDSEED instruction used by systems to generate cryptographically secure random numbers essential for encryption, authentication, and other security operations. The vulnerability […]

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The Open VSX Registry and the Eclipse Foundation have completed their investigation into a significant security incident involving exposed developer tokens and malicious extensions. The comprehensive response reveals how the platform is strengthening defenses across the entire VS Code extension ecosystem following the breach. The security incident began when researchers at Wiz identified multiple extension […]

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Cybersecurity researchers and firewall monitoring services have detected a dramatic surge in reconnaissance activity targeting Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) infrastructure. Network sensors collected from security organizations, including data from Shadowserver, show a significant increase in scans directed at TCP ports 8530 and 8531 over the past week. While some scanning activity appears connected to […]

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Apple released iOS 26.1 and iPadOS 26.1, addressing multiple vulnerabilities that could lead to privacy breaches, app crashes, and potential data leaks for iPhone and iPad users. The update targets devices starting from the iPhone 11 series and various iPad models, including the iPad Pro (3rd generation 12.9-inch and later), iPad Pro 11-inch (1st generation […]

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Identity compromise has become one of the most significant threats facing cloud infrastructure, particularly when attackers gain access to legitimate credentials. These valid access keys enable adversaries to bypass traditional security defenses, creating opportunities for widespread exploitation. Amazon Web Services environments have witnessed a surge in such attacks, with the Simple Email Service emerging as […]

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Hackers can exploit Anthropic’s Claude AI to steal sensitive user data. By leveraging the model’s newly added network capabilities in its Code Interpreter tool, attackers can use indirect prompt injection to extract private information, such as chat histories, and upload it directly to their own accounts. This revelation, detailed in Rehberger’s October 2025 blog post, […]

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In a recent setback for Windows administrators, Microsoft’s October 2025 security update addressing a critical vulnerability in Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) has inadvertently broken hotpatching functionality on a subset of Windows Server 2025 systems. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-59287, allows remote code execution in WSUS environments, posing significant risks to enterprise update infrastructures. Microsoft […]

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A sophisticated phishing campaign has emerged, exploiting the trust placed in legitimate cloud hosting services. Threat actors are leveraging Cloudflare Pages and ZenDesk platforms to conduct large-scale credential theft operations targeting unsuspecting users. The campaign demonstrates a concerning trend where established infrastructure services become vectors for social engineering attacks. Security researchers have identified over 600 […]

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Supply chain attacks targeting the JavaScript ecosystem have evolved into sophisticated operations combining domain manipulation with social engineering. On September 8, 2025, threat actors launched a coordinated phishing campaign aimed at compromising high-profile NPM developers. The attack successfully infiltrated the accounts of developer Josh Junon, known as “qix,” and targeted at least four other maintainers, […]

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A Ukrainian national accused of playing a key role in the notorious Conti ransomware operation has been extradited from Ireland to face federal charges in the United States. Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 43, made his first court appearance in the Middle District of Tennessee following his transfer from Irish custody, where he had been held since […]

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In October 2025, threat researchers at Cyble Research and Intelligence Labs uncovered a sophisticated cyber attack leveraging weaponized military documents to distribute an advanced SSH-Tor backdoor targeting defense sector personnel. The campaign centers on a deceptively simple delivery mechanism: a ZIP archive disguised as a Belarusian military document titled “ТЛГ на убытие на переподготовку.pdf” (TLG […]

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