At the end of August, GreyNoise recorded a sharp surge in scanner activity targeting Cisco ASA devices. Experts
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Researchers at FortiGuard Labs have documented a new campaign deploying the MostereRAT remote access trojan, which targets Windows
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Researchers at Silent Push have uncovered infrastructure linked to the Chinese cyber-espionage groups Salt Typhoon and UNC4841. The
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Researchers at Arctic Wolf have reported a new campaign, dubbed GPUGate, in which adversaries exploit Google Ads and
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An independent researcher named Alexander Popov has unveiled a novel exploitation technique for a critical Linux kernel vulnerability,
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At least eighteen widely used JavaScript packages on NPM—with a combined weekly download volume exceeding two billion—were briefly
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Insikt Group has published a comprehensive study on two influence networks that were active during the conflict between
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A newly disclosed vulnerability in the HTTP/2 protocol, dubbed MadeYouReset (CVE-2025-8671), was revealed on August 13, 2025. The
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Anthropic has announced an expansion of regional restrictions governing access to its services. Previously, availability was curtailed in
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A critical vulnerability has been identified in Apache Jackrabbit, exposing systems to remote code execution and the potential
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In mid-August, researchers encountered a new ransomware strain, Cephalus, in two separate incidents. Following the recent emergence of
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The Australian Institute of Criminology has unveiled a comprehensive study exposing the inner workings of ransomware syndicates and
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In recent months, specialists at Acronis TRU have observed a surge in attacks where adversaries deploy counterfeit installers
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Penelope is a powerful shell handler built as a modern netcat replacement for RCE exploitation, aiming to simplify,
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Two security researchers, operating under the pseudonyms BobDaHacker and BobTheShoplifter, have claimed to uncover “catastrophic” vulnerabilities in the
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A critical vulnerability, CVE-2025-42957, has been identified in SAP S/4HANA, carrying a near-maximum CVSS score of 9.9. The
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On August 20, Apple released an unscheduled security update for all major platforms—iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and others. The
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PortSwigger researcher Gareth Hayes has unveiled a novel technique for stealing data directly from HTML attributes using inline
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Security researcher Matthew Bryant has introduced a new tool called Thermoptic—an HTTP proxy that disguises network requests as
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The Seqrite Labs APT-Team has uncovered a new campaign targeting Kazakhstan’s energy sector. Tracked since April 2025, the
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