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Microsoft Mitigates Record 5.72 Tbps DDoS Attack Driven by AISURU Botnet

Microsoft on Monday disclosed that it automatically detected and neutralized a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack targeting a single endpoint in Australia that measured 5.72 terabits per second (Tbps) and nearly 3.64 billion packets per second (pps). The tech giant said it was the largest DDoS attack ever observed in the cloud, and that it originated from a TurboMirai-class Internet of

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Chrome 142 Update Patches Exploited Zero-Day

The flaw was reported by Google's Threat Analysis Group and was likely exploited by a commercial spyware vendor. The post Chrome 142 Update Patches Exploited Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Google Issues Security Fix for Actively Exploited Chrome V8 Zero-Day Vulnerability

Google on Monday released security updates for its Chrome browser to address two security flaws, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-13223 (CVSS score: 8.8), a type confusion vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution or program crashes. "Type

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New EVALUSION ClickFix Campaign Delivers Amatera Stealer and NetSupport RAT

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malware campaigns using the now-prevalent ClickFix social engineering tactic to deploy Amatera Stealer and NetSupport RAT. The activity, observed this month, is being tracked by eSentire under the moniker EVALUSION. First spotted in June 2025, Amatera is assessed to be an evolution of ACR (short for "AcridRain") Stealer, which was available under the

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Iranian Hackers Target Defense and Government Officials in Ongoing Campaign

The state-sponsored APT has been targeting the victims’ family members to increase pressure on their targets. The post Iranian Hackers Target Defense and Government Officials in Ongoing Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Official 2026 Cybersecurity Market Report: Predictions And Statistics

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Nov. 17, 2025 – Read the full report The imperative to protect increasingly digitized businesses, governments, schools, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and industrial control systems (ICS), as well as semiconductors, medical The post Official 2026 Cybersecurity Market Report: Predictions And Statistics appeared first on Cybercrime Magazine.

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DoorDash Says Personal Information Stolen in Data Breach

Names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers were compromised after an employee fell for a social engineering attack. The post DoorDash Says Personal Information Stolen in Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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5 Plead Guilty in US to Helping North Korean IT Workers

Audricus Phagnasay, Jason Salazar, Alexander Paul Travis, Erick Ntekereze, and Oleksandr Didenko have pleaded guilty. The post 5 Plead Guilty in US to Helping North Korean IT Workers appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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⚡ Weekly Recap: Fortinet Exploited, China's AI Hacks, PhaaS Empire Falls & More

This week showed just how fast things can go wrong when no one’s watching. Some attacks were silent and sneaky. Others used tools we trust every day — like AI, VPNs, or app stores — to cause damage without setting off alarms. It’s not just about hacking anymore. Criminals are building systems to make money, spy, or spread malware like it’s a business. And in some cases, they’re using the same

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5 Reasons Why Attackers Are Phishing Over LinkedIn

Phishing attacks are no longer confined to the email inbox, with 1 in 3 phishing attacks now taking place over non-email channels like social media, search engines, and messaging apps. LinkedIn in particular has become a hotbed for phishing attacks, and for good reason. Attackers are running sophisticated spear-phishing attacks against company executives, with recent campaigns seen targeting

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Dragon Breath Uses RONINGLOADER to Disable Security Tools and Deploy Gh0st RAT

The threat actor known as Dragon Breath has been observed making use of a multi-stage loader codenamed RONINGLOADER to deliver a modified variant of a remote access trojan called Gh0st RAT. The campaign, which is primarily aimed at Chinese-speaking users, employs trojanized NSIS installers masquerading as legitimate like Google Chrome and Microsoft Teams, according to Elastic Security Labs. "The

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Logitech Confirms Data Breach Following Designation as Oracle Hack Victim

Logitech was listed on the Cl0p ransomware leak website in early November, but its disclosure does not mention Oracle. The post Logitech Confirms Data Breach Following Designation as Oracle Hack Victim appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Widespread Exploitation of XWiki Vulnerability Observed

The exploitation of the recent XWiki vulnerability has expanded to botnets, cryptocurrency miners, scanners, and custom tools. The post Widespread Exploitation of XWiki Vulnerability Observed appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Rust Adoption Drives Android Memory Safety Bugs Below 20% for First Time

Google has disclosed that the company's continued adoption of the Rust programming language in Android has resulted in the number of memory safety vulnerabilities falling below 20% for the first time. "We adopted Rust for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerability density compared to Android’s C and C++ code. But the biggest surprise was Rust's impact on

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2025 Edition

Microsoft this week pushed security updates to fix more than 60 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including at least one zero-day bug that is already being exploited. Microsoft also fixed a glitch that prevented some Windows 10 users from taking advantage of an extra year of security updates, which is nice because the zero-day flaw and other critical weaknesses patched today affect all versions of Windows, including Windows 10.

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RondoDox Exploits Unpatched XWiki Servers to Pull More Devices Into Its Botnet

The botnet malware known as RondoDox has been observed targeting unpatched XWiki instances against a critical security flaw that could allow attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-24893 (CVSS score: 9.8), an eval injection bug that could allow any guest user to perform arbitrary remote code execution through a request to the "/bin/get/Main/

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Five Plead Guilty in U.S. for Helping North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate 136 Companies

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday announced that five individuals have pleaded guilty to assisting North Korea's illicit revenue generation schemes by enabling information technology (IT) worker fraud in violation of international sanctions. The five individuals are listed below - Audricus Phagnasay, 24 Jason Salazar, 30 Alexander Paul Travis, 34 Oleksandr Didenko, 28, and Erick

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Fortinet Confirms Active Exploitation of Critical FortiWeb Vulnerability

Security firms say the flaw has been actively exploited for weeks, even as Fortinet quietly shipped fixes and CISA added the bug to its KEV catalog. The post Fortinet Confirms Active Exploitation of Critical FortiWeb Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Personal details of Tate galleries job applicants leaked online

Sensitive information relates to more than 100 individuals and their refereesPersonal details submitted by applicants for a job at Tate art galleries have been leaked online, exposing their addresses, salaries and the phone numbers of their referees, the Guardian has learned.The records, running to hundreds of pages, appeared on a website unrelated to the government-sponsored organisation, which operates the Tate Modern and Tate Britain galleries in London, Tate St Ives in Cornwall and Tate Liverpool. Continue reading...

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North Korean Hackers Turn JSON Services into Covert Malware Delivery Channels

The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have once again tweaked their tactics by using JSON storage services to stage malicious payloads. "The threat actors have recently resorted to utilizing JSON storage services like JSON Keeper, JSONsilo, and npoint.io to host and deliver malware from trojanized code projects, with the lure," NVISO researchers Bart Parys, Stef