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Samsung Announces Security Improvements for Galaxy Smartphones

New Samsung Galaxy features include protections for on-device AI, expanded cross-device threat detection, and quantum-resistant encryption for network security. The post Samsung Announces Security Improvements for Galaxy Smartphones appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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U.S. Sanctions North Korean Andariel Hacker Behind Fraudulent IT Worker Scheme

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Tuesday sanctioned a member of a North Korean hacking group called Andariel for their role in the infamous remote information technology (IT) worker scheme. The Treasury said Song Kum Hyok, a 38-year-old North Korean national with an address in the Chinese province of Jilin, enabled the fraudulent operation by using

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ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact

Industrial solutions providers Siemens, Schneider Electric and Phoenix Contact have released July 2025 Patch Tuesday ICS security advisories. The post ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Addressed by Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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How To Automate Ticket Creation, Device Identification and Threat Triage With Tines

Run by the team at workflow orchestration and AI platform Tines, the Tines library features over 1,000 pre-built workflows shared by security practitioners from across the community - all free to import and deploy through the platform’s Community Edition. A recent standout is a workflow that handles malware alerts with CrowdStrike, Oomnitza, GitHub, and PagerDuty. Developed by Lucas Cantor at

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Unpatched Ruckus Vulnerabilities Allow Wireless Environment Hacking

Multiple vulnerabilities in Ruckus Wireless management products could be exploited to fully compromise the managed environments. The post Unpatched Ruckus Vulnerabilities Allow Wireless Environment Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Canadian Electric Utility Says Power Meters Disrupted by Cyberattack

Nova Scotia Power is notifying individuals affected by the recent data breach, including in the United States. The post Canadian Electric Utility Says Power Meters Disrupted by Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Chinese Hacker Xu Zewei Arrested for Ties to Silk Typhoon Group and U.S. Cyber Attacks

A Chinese national has been arrested in Milan, Italy, for his alleged links to a state-sponsored hacking group known as Silk Typhoon and for carrying out cyber attacks against American organizations and government agencies. The 33-year-old, Xu Zewei, has been charged with nine counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to cause damage to and obtain information by unauthorized access to protected

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Ivanti, Fortinet, Splunk Release Security Updates

Ivanti, Fortinet, and Splunk have released patches for critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities in their products. The post Ivanti, Fortinet, Splunk Release Security Updates appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Microsoft Patches 130 Vulnerabilities, Including Critical Flaws in SPNEGO and SQL Server

For the first time in 2025, Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates did not bundle fixes for exploited security vulnerabilities, but acknowledged one of the addressed flaws had been publicly known. The patches resolve a whopping 130 vulnerabilities, along with 10 other non-Microsoft CVEs that affect Visual Studio, AMD, and its Chromium-based Edge browser. Of these 10 are rated Critical and the

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Alleged Chinese State Hacker Wanted by US Arrested in Italy

Xu Zewei has been arrested on charges that he is a member of the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group Hafnium (Silk Typhoon). The post Alleged Chinese State Hacker Wanted by US Arrested in Italy appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix at least 137 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. None of the weaknesses addressed this month are known to be actively exploited, but 14 of the flaws earned Microsoft's most-dire "critical" rating, meaning they could be exploited to seize control over vulnerable Windows PCs with little or no help from users.

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Adobe Patches Critical Code Execution Bugs

Adobe patches were also released for medium-severity flaws in After Effects, Audition, Dimension, Experience Manager Screens, FrameMaker, Illustrator, Substance 3D Stager, and Substance 3D Viewer. The post Adobe Patches Critical Code Execution Bugs appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Microsoft Patches 130 Vulnerabilities for July 2025 Patch Tuesday

Patch Tuesday July 2025: Microsoft rolled out fixes for 130 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day in SQL Server. The post Microsoft Patches 130 Vulnerabilities for July 2025 Patch Tuesday appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Impostor Uses AI to Impersonate Rubio and Contact Foreign and US Officials

The warning came after the department discovered that an impostor attempted to reach out to at least three foreign ministers, a U.S. senator and a governor. The post Impostor Uses AI to Impersonate Rubio and Contact Foreign and US Officials appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Hackers Use Leaked Shellter Tool License to Spread Lumma Stealer and SectopRAT Malware

In yet another instance of threat actors repurposing legitimate tools for malicious purposes, it has been discovered that hackers are exploiting a popular red teaming tool called Shellter to distribute stealer malware. The company behind the software said a company that had recently purchased Shellter Elite licenses leaked their copy, prompting malicious actors to weaponize the tool for

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Legitimate Shellter Pen-Testing Tool Used in Malware Attacks

A stolen copy of Shellter Elite shows how easily legitimate security tools can be repurposed by threat actors when vetting and oversight fail. The post Legitimate Shellter Pen-Testing Tool Used in Malware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Anatsa Android Banking Trojan Hits 90,000 Users with Fake PDF App on Google Play

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an Android banking malware campaign that has leveraged a trojan named Anatsa to target users in North America using malicious apps published on Google's official app marketplace. The malware, disguised as a "PDF Update" to a document viewer app, has been caught serving a deceptive overlay when users attempt to access their banking application, claiming

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The Wild Wild West of Agentic AI – An Attack Surface CISOs Can’t Afford to Ignore

As organizations rush to adopt agentic AI, security leaders must confront the growing risk of invisible threats and new attack vectors. The post The Wild Wild West of Agentic AI – An Attack Surface CISOs Can’t Afford to Ignore appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Phishing Scams Can Deceive Large Language Models

LLMs have been observed leading users to phishing links. 

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Malicious Pull Request Targets 6,000+ Developers via Vulnerable Ethcode VS Code Extension

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a supply chain attack targeting a Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension called Ethcode that has been installed a little over 6,000 times. The compromise, per ReversingLabs, occurred via a GitHub pull request that was opened by a user named Airez299 on June 17, 2025. First released by 7finney in 2022, Ethcode is a VS Code extension that's used to