Zero-Day
Zeroday Cloud hacking contest offers $4.5 million in bounties
A new hacking competition called Zeroday Cloud, focused on open-source cloud and AI tools, announced a total prize pool of $4.5 million in bug bounties for researchers that submit exploits for various targets. The contest is launched by the research arm of cloud security company Wiz in partnership with Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft, and is scheduled for […]
Oracle patches EBS zero-day exploited in Clop data theft attacks
Oracle is warning about a critical E-Business Suite zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-61882 that allows attackers to perform unauthenticated remote code execution, with the flaw actively exploited in Clop data theft attacks. The flaw is within the Oracle Concurrent Processing product of Oracle E-Business Suite (component: BI Publisher Integration) and has a CVSS base score of 9.8, […]
Chinese hackers exploiting VMware zero-day since October 2024
Broadcom has patched a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in its VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools software, which has been exploited in zero-day attacks since October 2024. While the American technology giant didn’t tag this security bug (CVE-2025-41244) as exploited in the wild, it thanked NVISO threat researcher Maxime Thiebaut for reporting the bug in May. However, […]
CISA orders agencies to patch Cisco flaws exploited in zero-day attacks
CISA has issued a new emergency directive ordering U.S. federal agencies to secure their Cisco firewall devices against two flaws that have been exploited in zero-day attacks. Emergency Directive 25-03 was issued to Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies on September 25 and requires them to patch CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362 vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firewall Threat […]
Cisco warns of ASA firewall zero-days exploited in attacks
Cisco warned customers today to patch two zero-day vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited in attacks and impact the company’s firewall software. The first one (CVE-2025-20333) allows authenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on devices running vulnerable Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software, while the second (CVE-2025-20362) enables remote attackers […]
Cisco warns of IOS zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks
Cisco has released security updates to address a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Cisco IOS and IOS XE Software that is currently being exploited in attacks. Tracked as CVE-2025-20352, the flaw is due to a stack-based buffer overflow weakness found in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) subsystem of vulnerable IOS and IOS XE software, impacting […]
Unpatched flaw in OnePlus phones lets rogue apps text messages
A vulnerability in multiple versions of OxygenOS, the Android-based operating system from OnePlus, allows any installed app to access SMS data and metadata without requiring permission or user interaction. OnePlus, a subsidiary of Oppo, is a Shenzhen-based consumer electronics maker known for developing high-end smartphones at competitive pricing. While other major Chinese brands like Huawei […]
CISA exposes malware kits deployed in Ivanti EPMM attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published an analysis of the malware deployed in attacks exploiting vulnerabilities affecting Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM). The flaws are an authentication bypass in EPMM’s API component (CVE-2025-4427) and a code injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-4428) that allows execution of arbitrary code. The two vulnerabilities affect the following […]
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 […]
Apple backports zero-day patches to older iPhones and iPads
Apple has released security updates to backport patches released last month to older iPhones and iPads, addressing a zero-day bug that was exploited in “extremely sophisticated” attacks. This security flaw is the same one Apple has patched for devices running iOS 18.6.2 and iPadOS 18.6.2, iPadOS 17.7.10, and macOS (Sequoia 15.6.1, Sonoma 14.7.8, and Ventura 13.7.8) on […]