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WatchGuard warns of critical vulnerability in Firebox firewalls
WatchGuard has released security updates to address a remote code execution vulnerability impacting the company’s Firebox firewalls. Tracked as CVE-2025-9242, this critical security flaw is caused by an out-of-bounds write weakness that can allow attackers to execute malicious code remotely on vulnerable devices following successful exploitation. CVE-2025-9242 affects firewalls running Fireware OS 11.x (end of life), 12.x, […]
Google patches sixth Chrome zero-day exploited in attacks this year
Google has released emergency security updates to patch a Chrome zero-day vulnerability, the sixth one tagged as exploited in attacks since the start of the year. While it didn’t specifically say whether this security flaw is still being actively abused in the wild, the company warned that it has a public exploit, a common indicator […]
ShinyHunters claims 1.5 billion Salesforce records stolen in Drift hacks
The ShinyHunters extortion group claims to have stolen over 1.5 billion Salesforce records from 760 companies using compromised Salesloft Drift OAuth tokens. For the past year, the threat actors have been targeting Salesforce customers in data theft attacks using social engineering and malicious OAuth applications to breach Salesforce instances and download data. The stolen data is then used […]
VC giant Insight Partners warns thousands after ransomware breach
New York-based venture capital and private equity firm Insight Partners is notifying thousands of individuals whose personal information was stolen in a ransomware attack. The company disclosed the cybersecurity incident in February, when it said that a threat actor gained access to its network following a “sophisticated social engineering attack.” Two months later, Insight Partners confirmed that the […]
SonicWall warns customers to reset credentials after breach
SonicWall warned customers today to reset credentials after their firewall configuration backup files were exposed in a security breach that impacted MySonicWall accounts. After detecting the incident, SonicWall has cut off the attackers’ access to its systems and has been collaborating with cybersecurity and law enforcement agencies to investigate the attack’s impact. “As part of […]
Microsoft: Office 2016 and Office 2019 reach end of support next month
Microsoft reminded customers again this week that Office 2016 and Office 2019 will reach the end of extended support in less than 30 days, on October 14, 2025. Redmond also advised organizations using Visio 2016/2019, Project 2016/2019, and related apps to upgrade as soon as possible to avoid security, compliance, and performance issues since they […]
Microsoft and Cloudflare disrupt massive RaccoonO365 phishing service
Microsoft and Cloudflare have disrupted a massive Phishing-as-a-Service (PhaaS) operation, known as RaccoonO365, that helped cybercriminals steal thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials. In early September 2025, in coordination with Cloudflare’s Cloudforce One and Trust and Safety teams, Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) disrupted the cybercrime operation by seizing 338 websites and Worker accounts linked to RaccoonO365. The […]
BreachForums hacking forum admin resentenced to three years in prison
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the 22-year-old behind the notorious BreachForums hacking forum, was resentenced today to three years in prison after a federal appeals court overturned his prior sentence of time served and 20 years of supervised release. Fitzpatrick, of New York, operated under the alias “Pompompurin” and created the BreachForums hacking forum in 2022 after the FBI […]
Microsoft rolls out Copilot Chat to Microsoft 365 Office apps
Microsoft is rolling out Copilot Chat to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote for paying Microsoft 365 business customers. Copilot Chat (short for Microsoft 365 Copilot Chat) is the company’s AI-powered, content-aware chat that enables users to access AI agents. However, unlike Microsoft 365 Copilot, which has access to organizational content, Copilot Chat only works with […]
Google nukes 224 Android malware apps behind massive ad fraud campaign
A massive Android ad fraud operation dubbed “SlopAds” was disrupted after 224 malicious applications on Google Play were used to generate 2.3 billion ad requests per day. The ad fraud campaign was discovered by HUMAN’s Satori Threat Intelligence team, which reported that the apps were downloaded over 38 million times and employed obfuscation and steganography to conceal the […]