CISA confirms hackers exploited Oracle E-Business Suite SSRF flaw
CISA has confirmed that an Oracle E-Business Suite flaw tracked as CVE-2025-61884 is being exploited in attacks, adding it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. GeekFeed previously reported that CVE-2025-61884 is an unauthenticated server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the Oracle Configurator runtime component, which was linked to a leaked exploit used in July attacks. The US cybersecurity […]
Google won’t fix new ASCII smuggling attack in Gemini
Google has decided not to fix a new ASCII smuggling attack in Gemini that could be used to trick the AI assistant into providing users with fake information, alter the model’s behavior, and silently poison its data. ASCII smuggling is an attack where special characters from the Tags Unicode block are used to introduce payloads […]
Cursor, Windsurf IDEs riddled with 94+ n-day Chromium vulnerabilities
The latest releases of Cursor and Windsurf integrated development environments are vulnerable to more than 94 known and patched security issues in the Chromium browser and the V8 JavaScript engine. An estimated 1.8 million developers, the userbase for the two IDEs, are exposed to the risks. Ox Security researchers explain that both development environments are built on old software […]
Hackers exploit 34 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Ireland
On the first day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025, security researchers exploited 34 unique zero-days and collected $522,500 in cash awards. The highlight of the day was Bongeun Koo and Evangelos Daravigkas of Team DDOS chaining eight zero-day flaws to hack the QNAP Qhora-322 Ethernet wireless router via the WAN interface and gain access to a QNAP TS-453E NAS device. […]
Microsoft: Recent Windows updates cause login issues on some PCs
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows updates released since August 29, 2025, are breaking authentication on systems sharing Security Identifiers. Windows uses unique alphanumeric strings known as Security Identifiers (SIDs) to track and manage user accounts, groups, and computer accounts. SIDs are also used internally by the operating system for access control, permissions management, and security auditing, […]
Russian hackers evolve malware pushed in “I am not a robot” captchas
The Russian state-backed Star Blizzard hacker group has ramped up operations with new, constantly evolving malware families (NoRobot, MaybeRobot) deployed in complex delivery chains that start with ClickFix social engineering attacks. Also known as ColdRiver, UNC4057, and Callisto, the Star Blizzard threat group abandoned the LostKeys malware less than a week after researchers published their analysis and leveraged the […]
Microsoft: Hackers target universities in “payroll pirate” attacks
A cybercrime gang tracked as Storm-2657 has been targeting university employees in the United States to hijack salary payments in “pirate payroll” attacks since March 2025. Microsoft Threat Intelligence analysts who spotted this campaign found that the threat actors are targeting Workday accounts; however, other third-party human resources (HR) software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms could also be […]
RondoDox botnet targets 56 n-day flaws in worldwide attacks
A new large-scale botnet called RondoDox is targeting 56 vulnerabilities in more than 30 distinct devices, including flaws first disclosed during Pwn2Own hacking competitions. The attacker focuses on a wide range of exposed devices, including DVRs, NVRs, CCTV systems, and web servers and have been active since June. The RondoDox botnet leverages what Trend Micro researchers call an […]
Microsoft: Windows Backup now available for enterprise users
Microsoft announced this week the general availability of Windows Backup for Organizations, a new enterprise-grade backup tool that helps simplify backups and makes the transition to Windows 11 easier. First announced at the Microsoft Ignite conference in November 2024, this opt-in feature is turned off by default and has been available in public preview since May 2025. […]
SonicWall: Firewall configs stolen for all cloud backup customers
SonicWall has confirmed that all customers that used the company’s cloud backup service are affected by the security breach last month. Previously, the vendor stated that the incident “exposed firewall configuration backup files stored in certain MySonicWall accounts,” without sharing additional details. MySonicWall is an online customer portal used for managing product access, licensing, registration, […]