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Fortinet confirms silent patch for FortiWeb zero-day exploited in attacks
Fortinet has confirmed that it has silently patched a critical zero-day vulnerability in its FortiWeb web application firewall, which is now “massively exploited in the wild.” The flaw was silently patched after reports that unauthenticated attackers were exploiting an unknown FortiWeb path traversal flaw in early October to create new administrative users on Internet-exposed devices. The attacks were first […]
Checkout.com snubs hackers after data breach, to donate ransom instead
UK financial technology company Checkout announced that the ShinyHunters threat group has breached one of its legacy cloud storage systems and is now extorting the company for a ransom. The company says that although the stolen data affects a significant portion of its merchant base, it will not pay a ransom and will instead invest […]
US announces new strike force targeting Chinese crypto scammers
U.S. federal authorities have established a new task force to disrupt Chinese cryptocurrency scam networks that defraud Americans of nearly $10 billion annually. The Scam Center Strike Force team, supported by agents from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Department of Justice, the FBI, and the Secret Service, investigates and prosecutes criminal groups operating large-scale cryptocurrency investment […]
Google backpedals on new Android developer registration rules
Google is backpedaling on its decision to introduce new identity verification rules for all developers, stating that it will also introduce accounts for limited app distribution and will allow users to install apps from unverified devs. As announced in August, Google was planning to introduce what it called “Developer Verification” starting in 2026 to block malware […]
ASUS warns of critical auth bypass flaw in DSL series routers
ASUS has released new firmware to patch a critical authentication bypass security flaw impacting several DSL series router models. Tracked as CVE-2025-59367, this vulnerability allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to log into unpatched devices exposed online in low-complexity attacks that don’t require user interaction. ASUS has released firmware version 1.1.2.3_1010 to address this vulnerability for DSL-AC51, DSL-N16, […]
DoorDash hit by new data breach in October exposing user information
DoorDash has disclosed a data breach that hit the food delivery platform this October. Beginning yesterday evening, DoorDash, which serves millions of customers across the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, started emailing those impacted by the newly discovered security incident. Your personal information affected “On October 25, 2025, our team identified a cybersecurity incident that involved […]
Fortinet FortiWeb flaw with public PoC exploited to create admin users
A Fortinet FortiWeb path traversal vulnerability is being actively exploited to create new administrative users on exposed devices without requiring authentication. The issue is fixed in FortiWeb 8.0.2, and admins are urged to update as soon as possible and check for signs of unauthorized access The exploitation was first spotted by threat intelligence company Defused […]
Kraken ransomware benchmarks systems for optimal encryption choice
The Kraken ransomware, which targets Windows, Linux/VMware ESXi systems, is testing machines to check how fast it can encrypt data without overloading them. According to Cisco Talos researchers, Kraken’s feature is a rare capability that uses temporary files to choose between full and partial data encryption. The Kraken ransomware emerged at the begining of the […]
CISA warns of Akira ransomware Linux encryptor targeting Nutanix VMs
US government agencies are warning that the Akira ransomware operation has been spotted encrypting Nutanix AHV virtual machines in attacks. An updated joint advisory from CISA, the FBI, the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and several international partners alerts that Akira ransomware has expanded its […]
New ‘IndonesianFoods’ spammer floods npm with 150,000 packages
An auto-spamming payload published on npm spams the registry by spawning new packages every seven seconds, creating large volumes of junk. The replicating payload, dubbed ‘IndonesianFoods,’ due to its distinctive package naming scheme that picks random Indonesian names and food terms, has published over 100,000 packages according to Sonatype, and the number is growing exponentially. […]