Security
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US charges 12 more suspects linked to $230 million crypto theft
Twelve more suspects were charged in a RICO conspiracy for their alleged involvement in the theft of over $230 million in cryptocurrency and laundering the funds using crypto exchanges and mixing services. Two other suspects linked to this conspiracy, 20-year-old Malone Lam (aka “Greavys,” “Anne Hathaway,” and “$$$”) and 21-year-old Jeandiel Serrano (aka “Box,” “VersaceGod,” […]
CISA tags recently patched Chrome bug as actively exploited
On Thursday, CISA warned U.S. federal agencies to secure their systems against ongoing attacks exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in the Chrome web browser. Solidlab security researcher Vsevolod Kokorin discovered the flaw (CVE-2025-4664) and shared technical details online on May 5th. Google released security updates to patch it on Wednesday. As Kokorin explained, the vulnerability is due to insufficient policy enforcement […]
Android 16 expands ‘Advanced Protection’ with device-level security
Google is announcing improvements for the Advanced Protection feature in Android 16 that strengthen defenses against sophisticated spyware attacks. The Android platform has been a constant target for spyware campaigns and sophisticated attacks using digital forensics platforms that often rely on zero-day vulnerabilities to infect devices with minimal or no user interaction. Google already offers the ‘Advanced Protection Program‘ […]
Fortinet fixes critical zero-day exploited in FortiVoice attacks
Fortinet released security updates to patch a critical remote code execution vulnerability exploited as a zero-day in attacks targeting FortiVoice enterprise phone systems. The security flaw is a stack-based overflow vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-32756 that also impacts FortiMail, FortiNDR, FortiRecorder, and FortiCamera. As the company explains in a security advisory issued on Tuesday, successful exploitation can allow […]
Ivanti warns of critical Neurons for ITSM auth bypass flaw
Ivanti has released security updates for its Neurons for ITSM IT service management solution that mitigate a critical authentication bypass vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2025-22462, the security flaw can let unauthenticated attackers gain administrative access to unpatched systems in low-complexity attacks, depending on system configuration. As the company highlighted in a security advisory released today, organizations […]
New Intel CPU flaws leak sensitive data from privileged memory
A new “Branch Privilege Injection” flaw in all modern Intel CPUs allows attackers to leak sensitive data from memory regions allocated to privileged software like the operating system kernel. Typically, these regions are populated with information like passwords, cryptographic keys, memory of other processes, and kernel data structures, so protecting them from leakage is crucial. According to ETH […]
Microsoft will update Office apps on Windows 10 until 2028
Microsoft has backtracked on its plan to end support for Office apps on Windows 10 later this year and announced that it will continue providing security updates for three more years, until 2028. This announcement comes after the company warned in January that it would drop support for Microsoft 365 Apps like Word, and they’ll have to upgrade their […]
M&S says customer data stolen in cyberattack, forces password resets
Marks and Spencer (M&S) confirms that customer data was stolen in a cyberattack last month, when ransomware was used to encrypt servers. The attack occurred on April 22, 2025, significantly impacting business operations on the retailer’s 1,400 stores, forcing it to stop accepting online orders. GeekFeed first revealed that the attacks were conducted by DragonForce ransomware affiliates utilizing Scattered […]
ASUS DriverHub flaw let malicious sites run commands with admin rights
The ASUS DriverHub driver management utility was vulnerable to a critical remote code execution flaw that allowed malicious sites to execute commands on devices with the software installed. The flaw was discovered by an independent cybersecurity researcher from New Zealand named Paul (aka “MrBruh“), who found that the software had poor validation of commands sent […]
Hackers now testing ClickFix attacks against Linux targets
A new campaign employing ClickFix attacks has been spotted targeting both Windows and Linux systems using instructions that make infections on either operating system possible. ClickFix is a social engineering tactic where fake verification systems or application errors are used to trick website visitors into running console commands that install malware. These attacks have traditionally targeted Windows […]