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FBI warns of phishing attacks impersonating US city, county officials
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that criminals are impersonating U.S. officials in phishing attacks targeting businesses and individuals who request city and county planning and zoning permits. In a public service announcement published on Monday, the bureau said that the criminals behind this campaign are identifying potential victims using publicly available information, which […]
CISA: Recently patched RoundCube flaws now exploited in attacks
CISA flagged two Roundcube Webmail vulnerabilities as actively exploited in attacks and ordered U.S. federal agencies to patch them within three weeks. Roundcube Webmail is a web-based email client that has been the default mail interface for the widely used cPanel web hosting control panel since 2008. The first vulnerability tagged as actively abused by […]
FBI: Over $20 million stolen in surge of ATM malware attacks in 2025
The FBI warned that Americans lost more than $20 million last year amid a massive surge in ATM “jackpotting” attacks, in which criminals use malware to force cash machines to dispense money. According to a Thursday FBI flash alert, more than 700 ATM jackpotting incidents were reported last year alone in a significant spike compared to […]
CISA warns of five-year-old GitLab flaw exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered government agencies to patch their systems against a five-year-old GitLab vulnerability that is actively being exploited in attacks. GitLab patched this server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw (tracked as CVE-2021-39935) in December 2021, saying it could allow unauthenticated attackers with no privileges to access the CI Lint API, which is […]
CISA flags critical SolarWinds RCE flaw as exploited in attacks
CISA has flagged a critical SolarWinds Web Help Desk vulnerability as actively exploited in attacks and ordered federal agencies to patch their systems within three days. Tracked as CVE-2025-40551, this security flaw stems from an untrusted data deserialization weakness discovered and reported by Horizon3.ai security researcher Jimi Sebree, which can allow unauthenticated attackers to gain remote command […]
Fortinet admins report patched FortiGate firewalls getting hacked
Fortinet customers are seeing attackers exploiting a patch bypass for a previously fixed critical FortiGate authentication vulnerability (CVE-2025-59718) to hack patched firewalls. Until Fortinet provides a fully patched FortiOS release, admins are advised to temporarily disable the vulnerable FortiCloud login feature (if enabled) to secure their systems against attacks. To disable FortiCloud login, you have […]
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, […]
Over 10K Fortinet firewalls exposed to actively exploited 2FA bypass
Over 10,000 Fortinet firewalls are still exposed online and vulnerable to ongoing attacks exploiting a five-year-old critical two-factor authentication (2FA) bypass vulnerability. Fortinet released FortiOS versions 6.4.1, 6.2.4, and 6.0.10 in July 2020 to address this flaw (tracked as CVE-2020-12812) and advised admins who couldn’t immediately patch to turn off username-case-sensitivity to block 2FA bypass attempts […]
CISA orders feds to patch MongoBleed flaw exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) ordered government agencies to secure their systems against a high-severity MongoDB flaw that is actively being exploited in attacks. Dubbed MongoBleed and tracked as CVE-2025-14847, this vulnerability was patched on December 19, 2025, and it stems from how MongoDB Server processes network packets using the zlib library for data compression. Successful […]
Fortinet warns of 5-year-old FortiOS 2FA bypass still exploited in attacks
Fortinet has warned customers that threat actors are still actively exploiting a critical FortiOS vulnerability that allows them to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) when targeting vulnerable FortiGate firewalls. Tracked as CVE-2020-12812, this improper authentication security flaw was found in FortiGate SSL VPN and enables attackers to log in to unpatched firewalls without being prompted for the […]