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FBI Shares IoCs for Recent Salesforce Intrusion Campaigns

The cybercrime groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395 have been extorting organizations after stealing data from their Salesforce instances. The post FBI Shares IoCs for Recent Salesforce Intrusion Campaigns appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Google Launched Behind-the-Scenes Campaign Against California Privacy Legislation; It Passed Anyway

In April, Rhode Island resident Navah Hopkins received a plea for her help to defeat legislation thousands of miles away in California. The ask came from Google, maker of the world’s most used web browser, Chrome. The tech giant sent a message to an email list that Hopkins and other small business owners were subscribed […] The post Google Launched Behind-the-Scenes Campaign Against California Privacy Legislation; It Passed Anyway appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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West Virginia Credit Union Notifying 187,000 People Impacted by 2023 Data Breach

Two years after the fact, Fairmont Federal Credit Union tells customers their personal, financial, and medical information was compromised. The post West Virginia Credit Union Notifying 187,000 People Impacted by 2023 Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Samsung Patches Zero-Day Exploited Against Android Users

Reported by Meta and WhatsApp, the vulnerability leads to remote code execution and was likely exploited by a spyware vendor. The post Samsung Patches Zero-Day Exploited Against Android Users appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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AI-Powered Villager Pen Testing Tool Hits 11,000 PyPI Downloads Amid Abuse Concerns

A new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered penetration testing tool linked to a China-based company has attracted nearly 11,000 downloads on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository, raising concerns that it could be repurposed by cybercriminals for malicious purposes. Dubbed Villager, the framework is assessed to be the work of Cyberspike, which has positioned the tools as a red teaming

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HiddenGh0st, Winos and kkRAT Exploit SEO, GitHub Pages in Chinese Malware Attacks

Chinese-speaking users are the target of a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that uses fake software sites to distribute malware. "The attackers manipulated search rankings with SEO plugins and registered lookalike domains that closely mimicked legitimate software sites," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Pei Han Liao said. "By using convincing language and small character

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FBI Warns of UNC6040 and UNC6395 Targeting Salesforce Platforms in Data Theft Attacks

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a flash alert to release indicators of compromise (IoCs) associated with two cybercriminal groups tracked as UNC6040 and UNC6395 for a string of data theft and extortion attacks. "Both groups have recently been observed targeting organizations' Salesforce platforms via different initial access mechanisms," the FBI said. UNC6395 is a

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Samsung Fixes Critical Zero-Day CVE-2025-21043 Exploited in Android Attacks

Samsung has released its monthly security updates for Android, including a fix for a security vulnerability that it said has been exploited in zero-day attacks. The vulnerability, CVE-2025-21043 (CVSS score: 8.8), concerns an out-of-bounds write that could result in arbitrary code execution. "Out-of-bounds Write in libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Sep-2025 Release 1 allows remote attackers to

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Apple Warns French Users of Fourth Spyware Campaign in 2025, CERT-FR Confirms

Apple has notified users in France of a spyware campaign targeting their devices, according to the Computer Emergency Response Team of France (CERT-FR). The agency said the alerts were sent out on September 3, 2025, making it the fourth time this year that Apple has notified citizens in the county that at least one of the devices linked to their iCloud accounts may have been compromised as part

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In Other News: $900k for XSS Bugs, HybridPetya Malware, Burger King Censors Research

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Huntress research raises concerns, Google paid out $1.6 million for cloud vulnerabilities, California web browser bill. The post In Other News: $900k for XSS Bugs, HybridPetya Malware, Burger King Censors Research appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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DELMIA Factory Software Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks

A deserialization of untrusted data in the MOM software allows attackers to achieve remote code execution. The post DELMIA Factory Software Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Apple Sends Fresh Wave of Spyware Notifications to French Users

Apple this year sent at least four rounds of notifications to French users potentially targeted by commercial spyware. The post Apple Sends Fresh Wave of Spyware Notifications to French Users appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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New HybridPetya Ransomware Bypasses UEFI Secure Boot With CVE-2024-7344 Exploit

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new ransomware strain dubbed HybridPetya that resembles the notorious Petya/NotPetya malware, while also incorporating the ability to bypass the Secure Boot mechanism in Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) systems using a now-patched vulnerability disclosed earlier this year. Slovakian cybersecurity company ESET said the samples were uploaded

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F5 to Acquire CalypsoAI for $180 Million

F5 is buying CalypsoAI for its adaptive AI inference security solutions, which will be integrated into its Application Delivery and Security Platform. The post F5 to Acquire CalypsoAI for $180 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Critical CVE-2025-5086 in DELMIA Apriso Actively Exploited, CISA Issues Warning

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical security flaw impacting Dassault Systèmes DELMIA Apriso Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5086, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of 10.0. According to

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CISA: CVE Program to Focus on Vulnerability Data Quality

CISA says it is time for the CVE Program to focus on improving trust, responsiveness, and the caliber of vulnerability data. The post CISA: CVE Program to Focus on Vulnerability Data Quality appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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VMScape: Academics Break Cloud Isolation With New Spectre Attack

Exploiting incomplete speculative execution attack mitigations extended to the branch predictor state, VMScape leaks arbitrary memory. The post VMScape: Academics Break Cloud Isolation With New Spectre Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Payment System Vendor Took Year+ to Patch Infinite Card Top-Up Hack: Security Firm

KioSoft was notified about a serious NFC card vulnerability in 2023 and only recently claimed to have released a patch. The post Payment System Vendor Took Year+ to Patch Infinite Card Top-Up Hack: Security Firm appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cloud-Native Security in 2025: Why Runtime Visibility Must Take Center Stage

The security landscape for cloud-native applications is undergoing a profound transformation. Containers, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies are now the default for modern enterprises, accelerating delivery but also expanding the attack surface in ways traditional security models can’t keep up with. As adoption grows, so does complexity. Security teams are asked to monitor sprawling hybrid

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Russian Offensive Cyber Operations: Analyzing Putin’s Foreign Policy Actions

The broad strokes of what cybersecurity leaders need to know about Putin’s foreign policy actions.