A clever new Linux malware is breaking into systems and then shutting the door behind it to avoid detection

A hacker was recently spotted patching someone’s vulnerable cloud Linux instance – but they did not do it out of the goodness of their heart. Security researchers Red Canary observed a threat actor abusing a maximum severity flaw, tracked as Read More …

Deep dive into CVE‑2025‑29824 in Windows

On April 8, 2025, Microsoft patched 121 vulnerabilities across its products, including CVE-2025-29824—the only one known to be exploited in the wild. This particular flaw enabled adversaries to escalate Windows privileges by leveraging a bug in the clfs.sys driver. Microsoft Read More …

Cisco warns of worrying major security flaw in firewall command center – patch now

Cisco recently fixed a maximum-severity vulnerability in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) product, and urged users to apply either the patch, or the mitigation, as soon as possible. FMC is a centralized platform for configuring, monitoring, and analyzing Cisco Read More …

Evolution of the PipeMagic backdoor: from the RansomExx incident to CVE-2025-29824

In April 2025, Microsoft patched 121 vulnerabilities in its products. According to the company, only one of them was being used in real-world attacks at the time the patch was released: CVE-2025-29824. The exploit for this vulnerability was executed by Read More …

Fortinet Releases Security Advisory for Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

An authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel [CWE-288] vulnerability in FortiOS, FortiProxy & FortiPAM may allow an unauthenticated attacker to seize control of a managed device via crafted FGFM requests, if the device is managed by a FortiManager, Read More …

WinRAR vulnerability exploited by two different groups

On July 30, 2025, WinRAR released a new version (7.13 Final) to patch a vulnerability which was used in two separate malware campaigns. WinRAR is a popular file archiving and data compression tool that allows users to compress files into Read More …

Security flaws in a carmaker’s web portal let one hacker remotely unlock cars from anywhere

A security researcher said flaws in a carmaker’s online dealership portal exposed the private information and vehicle data of its customers, and could have allowed hackers to remotely break into any of its customers’ vehicles. Eaton Zveare, who works as Read More …

Arctic Wolf Observes July 2025 Uptick in Akira Ransomware Activity Targeting SonicWall SSL VPN

In late July 2025, Arctic Wolf observed an increase in ransomware activity targeting SonicWall firewall devices for initial access. In the intrusions reviewed, multiple pre-ransomware intrusions were observed within a short period of time, each involving VPN access through SonicWall Read More …

Apple patches multiple vulnerabilities in iOS and iPadOS. Update now!

Apple released a security update for iOS and iPadOS to patch multiple vulnerabilities, including one that could leak sensitive information when visiting a malicious website and one that allows an attacker to display false information in the address bar. In Read More …