Japanese beer giant Asahi confirms ransomware attack
Japanese beer-making giant Asahi has disclosed today that a ransomware attack caused the IT disruptions that forced it to shut down factories this week. The Tokyo-based beverage holding company is the largest beer brewer in Japan, employing 30,000 people and producing 100 million hectoliters of beverages. The company also owns the Peroni, Pilsner Urquell, Grolsch, […]
ShinyHunters launches Salesforce data leak site to extort 39 victims
An extortion group has launched a new data leak site to publicly extort dozens of companies impacted by a wave of Salesforce breaches, leaking samples of data stolen in the attacks. The threat actors responsible for these attacks claim to be part of the ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, and Lapsus$ groups, collectively referring to themselves as “Scattered Lapsus$ […]
CommetJacking attack tricks Comet browser into stealing emails
A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that allow access to sensitive data from connected services, like email and calendar. In a realistic scenario, no credentials or user interaction are required and a threat actor can leverage the attack by simply exposing a maliciously crafted URL to […]
Oracle links Clop extortion attacks to July 2025 vulnerabilities
Oracle has linked an ongoing extortion campaign claimed by the Clop ransomware gang to E-Business Suite (EBS) vulnerabilities that were patched in July 2025. While the company has yet to attribute the attack to this ransomware operation, Rob Duhart, the Chief Security Officer of Oracle, confirmed that customers had received extortion emails from the gang. Duhart also […]
Gmail business users can now send encrypted emails to anyone
Google says that Gmail enterprise users can now send end-to-end encrypted emails to people who use any email service or platform. To send an end-to-end encrypted email, Gmail users have to turn on the “Additional encription” option when writing the message, which ensures that the email will be automatically decrypted when the recipient is a Google […]
Microsoft Outlook stops displaying inline SVG images used in attacks
Microsoft says Outlook for Web and the new Outlook for Windows will no longer display risky inline SVG images that are being used in attacks. This change began rolling out worldwide in early September 2025 and is expected to be completed for all customers by mid-October 2025. Redmond added that this change will affect less […]
DrayTek warns of remote code execution bug in Vigor routers
Networking hardware maker DrayTek released an advisory to warn about a security vulnerability in several Vigor router models that could allow remote, unauthenticated actors to execute perform arbitrary code. The flaw, tracked identified as CVE-2025-10547, was reported to the vendor on July 22 by ChapsVision security researcher Pierre-Yves Maes. “The vulnerability can be triggered when unauthenticated remote attackers send […]
HackerOne paid $81 million in bug bounties over the past year
Bug bounty platform HackerOne has paid $81 million in rewards to white-hat hackers worldwide over the past 12 months. HackerOne manages over 1,950 bug bounty programs and provides vulnerability disclosure, penetration testing, and code security services to many organizations. Its list of customers includes high-profile companies such as Anthropic, Crypto.com, General Motors, GitHub, Goldman Sachs, […]
Brave browser surpasses the 100 million active monthly users mark
Brave browser reached 101 million monthly active users and 42 million daily active users this September, marking a new record in the project’s history. At the same time, Brave Search, the project’s privacy-focused search engine that launched in 2021 and relies on its own web index, has grown to 1.6 billion monthly search queries and […]
Microsoft Defender bug triggers erroneous BIOS update alerts
Microsoft is working to resolve a bug that causes Defender for Endpoint to incorrectly tag some devices’ BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) firmware as outdated, prompting users to update it. In a service alert seen by GeekFeed, Redmond said that this known issue affects Dell devices and is caused by a Defender for Endpoint logic bug. “Microsoft have identified […]