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08 May 2025
Health technology and consumer electronics firm Masimo detected unauthorized activity on its network in late April.
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08 May 2025
The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed distributing a new malware called LOSTKEYS as part of an espionage-focused campaign using ClickFix-like social engineering lures.
"LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files from a hard-coded list of extensions and directories, along with sending system information and running processes to the attacker," the Google Threat
08 May 2025
A recent campaign driven by Venom Spider, a financially-motivated threat group, is using spear-phishing emails to target hiring managers.
08 May 2025
Cisco has released software fixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to a susceptible system.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188, has been rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system.
"This vulnerability is due to the presence of a hard-coded JSON Web Token (JWT) on an
07 May 2025
A Texas firm recently charged with conspiring to distribute synthetic opioids in the United States is at the center of a vast network of companies in the U.S. and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals.
07 May 2025
Cisco unveils its Quantum Network Entanglement Chip and new Quantum Labs, laying the groundwork for a scalable quantum internet that connects distributed quantum computers into a unified, powerful system.
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07 May 2025
According to a recent report, 94% of Fortune 50 companies have employee identity data exposed as a consequence of phishing attacks.
07 May 2025
Code quality and security firm CodeAnt has secured $2 million in seed funding and it has been valued at $20 million.
The post CodeAnt AI Raises $2 Million for Code Quality and Application Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.
07 May 2025
CrowdStrike said the planned cuts will affect approximately 500 employees and will span the first half of fiscal 2026.
The post CrowdStrike Plans Layoffs to Pursue $10B ARR Target appeared first on SecurityWeek.
07 May 2025
Ox Security has raised a total $94 million since its launch in 2021 with ambitious plans to cash in on two fast-moving trends.
The post Ox Security Bags $60M Series B to Tackle Appsec Alert Fatigue appeared first on SecurityWeek.
07 May 2025
By baking minimum expectations into procurement conversations, the plan is to steer software vendors to “secure-by-design and default” basics.
The post New UK Framework Pressures Vendors on SBOMs, Patching and Default MFA appeared first on SecurityWeek.
07 May 2025
Europol has announced the takedown of distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services that were used to launch thousands of cyber-attacks across the world.
In connection with the operation, Polish authorities have arrested four individuals and the United States has seized nine domains that are associated with the now-defunct platforms.
"The suspects are believed to be behind six separate
07 May 2025
A second security flaw impacting the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) WordPress plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-27007 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a privilege escalation bug impacting all versions of the plugin prior to and including version 1.0.82.
"This is due to the create_wp_connection() function missing a capability check and
07 May 2025
NCSC's CTO urges organisations to recognise “decade-long, national-scale technology change” required to prepare for the post-quantum threat.
07 May 2025
The US has sanctioned Myanmar warlord Saw Chit Thu and his militia for their roles in cyber scams causing billions in losses to American victims.
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07 May 2025
The REAL ID enforcement could have impacts on biometric data security and privacy.
07 May 2025
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaw in the on-premise version of SysAid IT support software that could be exploited to achieve pre-authenticated remote code execution with elevated privileges.
The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-2775, CVE-2025-2776, and CVE-2025-2777, have all been described as XML External Entity (XXE) injections, which occur when an attacker is
07 May 2025
Meta has won its WhatsApp hacking lawsuit against Israeli spyware company NSO Group in an “important step forward for privacy and security”.
The post Spyware Maker NSO Ordered to Pay $167 Million Over WhatsApp Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
07 May 2025
Security Service Edge (SSE) platforms have become the go-to architecture for securing hybrid work and SaaS access. They promise centralized enforcement, simplified connectivity, and consistent policy control across users and devices.
But there's a problem: they stop short of where the most sensitive user activity actually happens—the browser.
This isn’t a small omission. It’s a structural
07 May 2025
Threat actors with links to the Play ransomware family exploited a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day as part of an attack targeting an unnamed organization in the United States.
The attack, per the Symantec Threat Hunter Team, part of Broadcom, leveraged CVE-2025-29824, a privilege escalation flaw in the Common Log File System (CLFS) driver. It was patched by