Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies are being advised to update their Sitecore instances by September 25, 2025, following the discovery of a security flaw that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-53690, carries… Read More "CISA Orders Immediate Patch of Critical Sitecore Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation"
The threat actor behind the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) framework and loader called CastleLoader has also developed a remote access trojan known as CastleRAT. “Available in both Python and C variants, CastleRAT’s core functionality consists of collecting system information, downloading and executing… Read More "TAG-150 Develops CastleRAT in Python and C, Expanding CastleLoader Malware Operations"
Sep 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Enterprise Security A critical security vulnerability impacting SAP S/4HANA, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-42957 (CVSS score: 9.9), was fixed… Read More "SAP S/4HANA Critical Vulnerability CVE-2025-42957 Exploited in the Wild"
Sep 05, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cryptocurrency Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware campaign that has leveraged Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files as part of phishing attacks impersonating the Colombian judicial system. The SVG files, according to VirusTotal, are distributed… Read More "VirusTotal Finds 44 Undetected SVG Files Used to Deploy Base64-Encoded Phishing Pages"
Sep 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added two security flaws impacting TP-Link wireless routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, noting that there is evidence of them being… Read More "CISA Flags TP-Link Router Flaws CVE-2023-50224 and CVE-2025-9377 as Actively Exploited"
Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on a previously undocumented threat cluster dubbed GhostRedirector that has managed to compromise at least 65 Windows servers primarily located in Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam. The attacks, per Slovak cybersecurity company ESET, led to… Read More "GhostRedirector Hacks 65 Windows Servers Using Rungan Backdoor and Gamshen IIS Module"
Sep 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Malware The Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been attributed to a new Microsoft Outlook backdoor called NotDoor in attacks targeting multiple companies from different sectors in NATO member countries. NotDoor “is a… Read More "Russian APT28 Deploys “NotDoor” Outlook Backdoor Against Companies in NATO Countries"
Sep 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananGDPR / Data Privacy The French data protection authority has fined Google and Chinese e-commerce giant Shein $379 million (€325 million) and $175 million (€150 million), respectively, for violating cookie rules. Both companies set advertising cookies on… Read More "Google Fined $379 Million by French Regulator for Cookie Consent Violations"
Sep 04, 2025The Hacker NewsEndpoint Security / Application Security Story teaser text: Cybersecurity leaders face mounting pressure to stop attacks before they start, and the best defense may come down to the settings you choose on day one. In this… Read More "Simple Steps for Attack Surface Reduction"
Sep 04, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new technique that cybercriminals have adopted to bypass social media platform X’s malvertising protections and propagate malicious links using its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Grok. The findings were… Read More "Cybercriminals Exploit X’s Grok AI to Bypass Ad Protections and Spread Malware to Millions"
