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New Veeam vulnerabilities expose backup servers to RCE attacks
Veeam released security updates to patch multiple security flaws in its Backup & Replication software, including a critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2025-59470, this RCE security flaw affects Veeam Backup & Replication 13.0.1.180 and all earlier version 13 builds. “This vulnerability allows a Backup or Tape Operator to perform remote code execution […]
ownCloud urges users to enable MFA after credential theft reports
File-sharing platform ownCloud warned users today to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) to block attackers using compromised credentials from stealing their data. ownCloud has over 200 million users worldwide, including hundreds of enterprise and public-sector organizations such as the European Organization for Nuclear Research, the European Commission, German tech company ZF Group, insurance firm Swiss Life, […]
Google Search AI hallucinations push Google to hire “AI Answers Quality” engineers
AI, including AI Overviews on Google Search, can hallucinate and often make up stuff or offer contradicting answers when asked in two different ways. A new job listing suggests that Google is hiring engineers to verify AI answers and improve their quality, as it’s reimagining the search experience. “In Google Search, we’re reimagining what it means to search […]
UK announces plan to strengthen public sector cyber defenses
The United Kingdom has announced a new cybersecurity strategy, backed by more than £210 million ($283 million), to boost cyber defenses across government departments and the wider public sector. The new measures are part of the Government Cyber Action Plan that establishes a dedicated Government Cyber Unit to coordinate risk management and incident response, aiming to make online public services more […]
OpenAI is reportedly getting ready to test ads in ChatGPT
Multiple reports suggest that OpenAI is going ahead with its plans to add ads to ChatGPT, but the experiment will be initially limited to its employees. Journalist Alex Heath reports that OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo recently told employees that OpenAI is mulling ads in an internal version of ChatGPT. This means OpenAI will begin […]
OpenAI is rolling out GPT-5.2 “Codex-Max” for some users
OpenAI is testing a new model for Codex called “GPT-5.2-Codex-Max,” and it’s already rolling out to users with a subscription. Some users have spotted a new model, GPT-5.2-Codex-Max, when they ask Codex what model it is using. OpenAI rolled out Codex with GPT-5.2 in December, but at that point, no “max” variant was offered to paid users. […]
Taiwan says China’s attacks on its energy sector increased tenfold
The National Security Bureau in Taiwan says that China’s attacks on the country’s energy sector increased tenfold in 2025 compared to the previous year. A report from the agency highlights that attackers targeted critical infrastructure in nine key sectors, and the total number of cyber incidents linked to China grew by 6%. The emergency rescue […]
Microsoft cancels plans to rate limit Exchange Online bulk emails
Microsoft announced today that it has canceled plans to impose a daily limit of 2,000 external recipients on Exchange Online bulk email senders. The change was announced in April 2024, when Microsoft said that it would add new External Recipient Rate (ERR) limits starting January 2025 to fight spam, with plans to begin enforcing the limit on […]
New D-Link flaw in legacy DSL routers actively exploited in attacks
Threat actors are exploiting a recently discovered command injection vulnerability that affects multiple D-Link DSL gateway routers that went out of support years ago. The vulnerability is now tracked as CVE-2026-0625 and affects the dnscfg.cgi endpoint due to improper input sanitization in a CGI library. An unauthenticated attacker could leverage this to execute remote commands via DNS configuration parameters. Vulnerability intelligence company […]
Kimwolf Android botnet abuses residential proxies to infect internal devices
The Kimwolf botnet, an Android variant of the Aisuru malware, has grown to more than two million hosts, most of them infected by exploiting vulnerabilities in residential proxy networks to target devices on internal networks. Researchers observed increased activity for the malware since last August. Over the past month, Kimwolf has intensified its scanning of […]