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A critical vulnerability in the implementation of the TACACS+ protocol for Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication controls or access sensitive data. The flaw originates from the software’s failure to properly verify whether a required TACACS+ shared secret is configured, creating a window for machine-in-the-middle (MitM) […]

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A critical vulnerability in NVIDIA’s Merlin Transformers4Rec library (CVE-2025-23298) enables unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution (RCE) with root privileges via unsafe deserialization in the model checkpoint loader.  The discovery underscores the persistent security risks inherent in ML/AI frameworks’ reliance on Python’s pickle serialization. NVIDIA Merlin Vulnerability Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) stated […]

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Numerous mobile applications have been found to expose critical user information through misconfigured Firebase services, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access databases, storage buckets, Firestore collections, and Remote Config secrets. This widespread issue first came to light when security researcher Mike Oude Reimer published findings on 16 September 2025, demonstrating that approximately 150 different Firebase endpoints […]

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Organizations commonly allow traffic to core services like Google Meet, YouTube, Chrome update servers, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to ensure uninterrupted operations.  A newly demonstrated domain fronting technique weaponizes this trust to establish covert command-and-control (C2) channels, enabling attackers to tunnel malicious traffic through Google’s own infrastructure without raising suspicion. Domain Fronting Technique Praetorian […]

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Luxembourg, Luxembourg, September 25th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, today announced the findings of its Q1-Q2 2025 Radar report into DDoS attack trends. DDoS attacks have reached unprecedented scale and disruption in 2025, and businesses need to act fast to protect themselves from this evolving threat. The […]

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On the eve of Moldova’s parliamentary elections scheduled for September 28, 2025, cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated Russian-backed disinformation campaign designed to undermine public confidence in Moldova’s pro-European leadership. The campaign began surfacing in April 2025, when analysts first observed a cluster of newly registered domains publishing biased news articles in both Romanian and […]

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A critical vulnerability in Hikvision security cameras, first disclosed in 2017, is being actively exploited by hackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information. SANS researchers observed a recent surge in malicious activity targeting a specific flaw, identified as CVE-2017-7921, which carries a critical severity score of 10.0 on the CVSS scale. The exploit attempts […]

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Critical vulnerabilities discovered in Supermicro Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware have exposed a troubling pattern where inadequate security fixes create new attack vectors, allowing sophisticated adversaries to bypass signature verification mechanisms and maintain persistent control over enterprise server infrastructure. These flaws, affecting multiple generations of Supermicro motherboards, demonstrate how design weaknesses in firmware validation processes […]

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A severe vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s ksmbd SMB server implementation has been disclosed, potentially allowing authenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems.  The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-38561 and assigned a CVSS score of 8.5, represents a significant security risk for Linux systems utilizing the kernel-based SMB server functionality. The flaw disclosed […]

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A sophisticated cybercriminal campaign has emerged targeting Indonesian and Vietnamese Android users with banking trojans disguised as legitimate government identity applications and payment services. The malicious operation, active since approximately August 2024, employs advanced evasion techniques to deliver variants of the BankBot trojan family while maintaining an extensive infrastructure of over 100 domains. The threat […]

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A critical stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has emerged in the popular DotNetNuke (DNN) Platform, threatening websites powered by this widely-used content management system. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59545 with a severity score of 9.1 out of 10, affects all DNN Platform versions prior to 10.1.0 and allows attackers to execute malicious scripts through the platform’s […]

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Phishing campaigns are getting harder to spot, sometimes hiding in files you’d never suspect. ANY.RUN’s cybersecurity analysts recently uncovered one such case: a malicious SVG disguised as a PDF, hosted on a legitimate domain and packed with hidden redirects. By mid-September, it scaled into a full spam wave with Microsoft-themed lures. Let’s look at how […]

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Cisco has disclosed a zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2025-20352, in its widely used IOS and IOS XE software, confirming it is being actively exploited in the wild. The flaw exists in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem and can allow a remote attacker to achieve remote code execution (RCE) or cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition on […]

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Three sophisticated malware families have emerged as significant threats to telecommunications and manufacturing sectors across Central and South Asia, representing a coordinated campaign that exploits legitimate system processes to deliver powerful backdoor capabilities. RainyDay, Turian, and a new variant of PlugX have been systematically abusing DLL search order hijacking techniques to execute malicious loaders, establishing […]

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In recent months, a sophisticated threat actor leveraging North Korean IT worker employment fraud has surfaced, demonstrating how social engineering can bypass traditional security controls. The adversary’s modus operandi involves posing as remote software engineers, submitting legitimate-looking résumés, completing coding assessments, and ultimately blending into corporate environments. Initial signs were subtle: benign emails, genuine code […]

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Chromium-based browsers, including Chrome, Edge, and Brave, manage installed extensions via JSON preference files stored under %AppData%\Google\User Data\Default\Preferences (for domain-joined machines) or Secure Preferences (for standalone systems).  Synacktiv research indicates that by directly altering these files, attackers can make the browser load any extensions without the user’s consent or involvement from the Chrome Web Store. A […]

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A man in his forties has been arrested in West Sussex, England, in connection with a cyber-attack that has caused days of widespread disruption at several major European airports, including London’s Heathrow. The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) confirmed the man was arrested on Tuesday evening on suspicion of offenses under the Computer Misuse Act […]

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A sophisticated technique that allows attackers to execute malicious code directly in memory is gaining traction, posing a significant challenge to modern Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions. This method, which involves an in-memory Portable Executable (PE) loader, enables a threat actor to run an executable within an already trusted process, effectively bypassing security checks […]

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In recent weeks, cybersecurity teams have observed a surge in malicious GitHub repositories masquerading as legitimate security and financial software. Threat actors have crafted convincing forks of projects bearing names like Malwarebytes, LastPass, Citibank, and SentinelOne, populated with trojanized installers and scripts that deliver stealthy malware payloads. These repositories exploit the trust developers place in […]

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A severe security vulnerability in OnePlus OxygenOS has been discovered that allows any installed application to read SMS and MMS messages without requesting permission or notifying users.  The flaw, designated CVE-2025-10184, affects multiple OnePlus devices running OxygenOS versions 12 through 15, potentially compromising SMS-based multi-factor authentication (MFA) systems and exposing sensitive personal communications to unauthorized […]

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