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Salesforce
Gainsight breach: Salesforce details attack window, issues investigation guidance

The number of Salesforce customers affected by the recent compromise of Gainsight-published applications is yet to be publicly confirmed, but Salesforce released indicators of …

brain
New “HashJack” attack can hijack AI browsers and assistants

Security researchers at Cato Networks have uncovered a new indirect prompt injection technique that can force popular AI browsers and assistants to deliver phishing links or …

key
Popular code formatting sites are exposing credentials and other secrets

Widely used code formatting sites JSONFormatter and CodeBeautify are exposing sensitive credentials, API keys, private keys, configuration files and other secrets, watchTowr …

Windows Fake Update
Fake “Windows Update” screens fuels new wave of ClickFix attacks

A convincing (but fake) “Windows Update” screen can be the perfect lure for tricking users into infecting their computers with malware. Add a multi-stage delivery …

Salesforce
Salesforce Gainsight compromise: Early findings and customer guidance

In the wake of Salesforce’s announcement about “unusual activity involving Gainsight-published applications” and the company’s revocation of access and …

Salesforce
Salesforce investigates new incident echoing Salesloft Drift compromise

In what may be a repeat of the Salesloft Drift supply chain compromise, Salesforce confirmed that they’ve identified unusual activity involving Gainsight-published apps …

AI
Security gap in Perplexity’s Comet browser exposed users to system-level attacks

There is a serious security problem inside Comet, the AI-powered agentic browser made by Perplexity, SquareX researchers say: Comet’s MCP API allows the browser’s …

Apple
MacOS DigitStealer malware poses as DynamicLake, targets Apple Silicon M2/M3 devices

A new infostealer is targeting macOS users by masquerading as the legitimate DynamicLake UI enhancement and productivity utility and possibly Google’s Drive for desktop app. …

7-zip
Public PoC exploit for 7-Zip vulnerability is available (CVE-2025-11001)

NHS England Digital, the technology arm of the publicly-funded health service for England, has issued a warning about a 7-Zip vulnerability (CVE-2025-11001) being exploited by …

Fortinet
Stealth-patched FortiWeb vulnerability under active exploitation (CVE-2025-58034)

Attackers are actively exploiting another FortiWeb vulnerability (CVE-2025-58034) that Fortinet fixed without making its existence public at the time. About CVE-2025-58034 …

cloudflare
Internet slowly recovers after far-reaching Cloudflare outage

A currently undisclosed issue has crippled Cloudflare’s network and has rendered a large swathe of internet’s most popular sites and services temporily …

Google Chrome
Google patches yet another exploited Chrome zero-day (CVE-2025-13223)

Google has shipped an emergency fix for a Chrome vulnerability (CVE-2025-13223) reported as actively exploited in the wild by its Threat Analysis Group (TAG). About …

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