Ivanti patches Connect Secure zero-day exploited since mid-March
Ivanti has released security updates to patch a critical Connect Secure remote code execution vulnerability exploited by a China-linked espionage actor to deploy malware since at least mid-March 2025. Tracked as CVE-2025-22457, this critical security flaw is due to a stack-based buffer overflow weakness. It impacts Pulse Connect Secure 9.1x (which reached end-of-support in December), Ivanti […]
Texas State Bar warns of data breach after INC ransomware claims attack
The State Bar of Texas is warning it suffered a data breach after the INC ransomware gang claimed to have breached the organization and began leaking samples of stolen data. The State Bar of Texas is the second-largest bar association in the United States, with over 100,000 licensed attorneys. It regulates the legal profession in […]
Oracle privately confirms Cloud breach to customers
Oracle has finally acknowledged to some customers that attackers have stolen old client credentials after breaching a “legacy environment” last used in 2017, Bloomberg reported. However, while Oracle told clients this is old legacy data that is not sensitive, the threat actor behind the attack has shared data with GeekFeed from the end of 2024 […]
Recent GitHub supply chain attack traced to leaked SpotBugs token
A cascading supply chain attack on GitHub that targeted Coinbase in March has now been traced back to a single token stolen from a SpotBugs workflow, which allowed a threat actor to compromise multiple GitHub projects. The popular static analysis tool SpotBugs was breached in November 2024, leading to the compromise of Reviewdog, which subsequently […]
Genetic data site openSNP to close and delete data over privacy concerns
The openSNP project, a platform for sharing genetic and phenotypic data, will shut down on April 30, 2025, and delete all user submissions over privacy concerns and the risk of misuse by authoritarian governments. The decision was announced earlier this week by co-founder Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, who expressed concerns about how personal genomics data is […]
Verizon Call Filter API flaw exposed customers’ incoming call history
A vulnerability in Verizon’s Call Filter feature allowed customers to access the incoming call logs for another Verizon Wireless number through an unsecured API request. The flaw was discovered by security researcher Evan Connelly on February 22, 2025, and was fixed by Verizon sometime in the following month. However, the total period of exposure is unknown. Verizon’s Call […]
GitHub expands security tools after 39 million secrets leaked in 2024
GitHub announced updates to its Advanced Security platform after it detected over 39 million leaked secrets in repositories during 2024, including API keys and credentials, exposing users and organizations to serious security risks. In a new report by GitHub, the development company says the 39 million secrets were found through its secret scanning service, a security […]
Microsoft adds hotpatching support to Windows 11 Enterprise
Microsoft has announced that hotpatch updates are now available for business customers using Windows 11 Enterprise 24H2 on x64 (AMD/Intel) systems, starting today. On devices where hotpatching is available, Windows allows users to install OS security updates by downloading and installing them in the background without rebooting the device. To do that, it deploys the […]
Royal Mail investigates data leak claims, no impact on operations
Royal Mail is investigating claims of a security breach after a threat actor leaked over 144GB of data allegedly stolen from the company’s systems. When asked to confirm the authenticity of the leaked data, a Royal Mail spokesperson told GeekFeed that the British postal service is aware of an incident at Spectos GmbH, a third-party data collection […]
ChatGPT is down worldwide with something went wrong error
ChatGPT isn’t working for millions of users worldwide. While it’s able to respond to the first message in a conversation, it doesn’t work when you follow up or respond to ChatGPT. You’ll run into “Something went wrong while generating the response. If this issue persists please contact us through our help center at help.openai.com.” error […]