Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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1,000 Instantel Industrial Monitoring Devices Possibly Exposed to Hacking

A critical command execution vulnerability has been found by a researcher in Instantel Micromate monitoring units.  The post 1,000 Instantel Industrial Monitoring Devices Possibly Exposed to Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Zero Networks Raises $55 Million for Microsegmentation Solution

Microsegmentation provider Zero Networks has raised $55 million in a Series C funding round led by Highland Europe. The post Zero Networks Raises $55 Million for Microsegmentation Solution appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Critical 10-Year-Old Roundcube Webmail Bug Allows Authenticated Users Run Malicious Code

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a critical security flaw in the Roundcube webmail software that has gone unnoticed for a decade and could be exploited to take over susceptible systems and execute arbitrary code. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-49113, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of 10.0. It has been described as a case of post-authenticated remote code execution via

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Oxford University Launches Its First MBA Cyber Resilience Elective

The University of Oxford has introduced its first cyber resilience elective. 

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MainStreet Bank Data Breach Impacts Customer Payment Cards 

The incident occurred in March and impacted the personally identifiable information of approximately 4.65% of MainStreet Bancshares’ customers. The post MainStreet Bank Data Breach Impacts Customer Payment Cards  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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78% of Security Leaders Say Tool Sprawl Challenges Threat Mitigation

A recent Barracuda Networks survey found that 65% of IT and security professionals say their organizations are juggling too many security tools. 

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Over 30 Vulnerabilities Patched in Android

The latest Android updates fix vulnerabilities in Runtime, Framework, System, and third-party components of the mobile OS. The post Over 30 Vulnerabilities Patched in Android appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Scattered Spider: Understanding Help Desk Scams and How to Defend Your Organization

In the wake of high-profile attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer and Co-op, Scattered Spider has been all over the media, with coverage spilling over into the mainstream news due to the severity of the disruption caused — currently looking like hundreds of millions in lost profits for M&S alone.  This coverage is extremely valuable for the cybersecurity community as it raises

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Australia Enforces Ransomware Payment Reporting

Covered organizations in Australia are now required to report ransomware and other cyber extortion payments within three days. The post Australia Enforces Ransomware Payment Reporting appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Android Trojan Crocodilus Now Active in 8 Countries, Targeting Banks and Crypto Wallets

A growing number of malicious campaigns have leveraged a recently discovered Android banking trojan called Crocodilus to target users in Europe and South America. The malware, according to a new report published by ThreatFabric, has also adopted improved obfuscation techniques to hinder analysis and detection, and includes the ability to create new contacts in the victim's contacts list. "Recent

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Google Researchers Find New Chrome Zero-Day

Reported by the Google Threat Analysis Group, the vulnerability might have been exploited by commercial spyware. The post Google Researchers Find New Chrome Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Microsoft, CrowdStrike Lead Effort to Map Threat Actor Names

Microsoft and CrowdStrike are running a project that aims to align threat actor names, and Google and Palo Alto Networks will also contribute. The post Microsoft, CrowdStrike Lead Effort to Map Threat Actor Names appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Google Chrome to Distrust Two Certificate Authorities Over Compliance and Conduct Issues

Google has revealed that it will no longer trust digital certificates issued by Chunghwa Telecom and Netlock citing "patterns of concerning behavior observed over the past year." The changes are expected to be introduced in Chrome 139, which is scheduled for public release in early August 2025. The current major version is 137.  The update will affect all Transport Layer Security (TLS)

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Microsoft and CrowdStrike Launch Shared Threat Actor Glossary to Cut Attribution Confusion

Microsoft and CrowdStrike have announced that they are teaming up to align their individual threat actor taxonomies by publishing a new joint threat actor mapping. "By mapping where our knowledge of these actors align, we will provide security professionals with the ability to connect insights faster and make decisions with greater confidence," Vasu Jakkal, corporate vice president at Microsoft

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New Chrome Zero-Day Actively Exploited; Google Issues Emergency Out-of-Band Patch

Google on Monday released out-of-band fixes to address three security issues in its Chrome browser, including one that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity flaw is being tracked as CVE-2025-5419, and has been flagged as an out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. "Out-of-bounds read and write in V8 in Google

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Cartier Data Breach: Luxury Retailer Warns Customers that Personal Data Was Exposed

Luxury brand Cartier disclosed a data breach in which an unauthorized party gained access to its systems and obtained some client information. The post Cartier Data Breach: Luxury Retailer Warns Customers that Personal Data Was Exposed appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cryptojacking Campaign Exploits DevOps APIs Using Off-the-Shelf Tools from GitHub

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new cryptojacking campaign that's targeting publicly accessible DevOps web servers such as those associated with Docker, Gitea, and HashiCorp Consul and Nomad to illicitly mine cryptocurrencies. Cloud security firm Wiz, which is tracking the activity under the name JINX-0132, said the attackers are exploiting a wide range of known misconfigurations and

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AI Emerges as the Top Concern for Security Leaders

AI emerges as the top concern for security leaders, surpassing concerns of ransomware.

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Cryptojackers Caught Mining Monero via Exposed DevOps Infrastructure

Cryptocurrency mining operation hits exposed Consul dashboards, Docker Engine APIs and Gitea code-hosting instances to push Monero miner. The post Cryptojackers Caught Mining Monero via Exposed DevOps Infrastructure appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Preinstalled Apps on Ulefone, Krüger&Matz Phones Let Any App Reset Device, Steal PIN

Three security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in preloaded Android applications on smartphones from Ulefone and Krüger&Matz that could enable any app installed on the device to perform a factory reset and encrypt an application. A brief description of the three flaws is as follows - CVE-2024-13915 (CVSS score: 6.9) - A pre-installed "com.pri.factorytest" application on Ulefone and