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Microsoft 365 phishing
Microsoft 365 users targeted in device code phishing attacks

Attackers are targeting Microsoft 365 users with device code authorization phishing, a technique that fools users into approving access tokens, Proofpoint warns. The method …

door
Cisco email security appliances rooted and backdoored via still unpatched zero-day

A suspected Chinese-nexus threat group has been compromising Cisco email security devices and planting backdoors and log-purging tools on them since at least late November …

SonicWall SMA 1000
Exploited SonicWall zero-day patched (CVE-2025-40602)

SonicWall has patched a local privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-40602) affecting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 appliances and is urging customers to apply the …

Fortinet
Attackers are exploiting auth bypass vulnerability on FortiGate firewalls (CVE-2025-59718)

Attackers are exploiting a recently revealed vulnerability (CVE-2025-59718) to bypass authentication on Fortinet’s FortiGate firewalls, and are leveraging the achieved …

arrest
European police busts Ukraine scam call centers

Law enforcement agencies from several European countries have arrested twelve persons suspected of being involved in scamming victims across Europe, Eurojust announced today. …

SoundCloud
SoundCloud breached, hit by DoS attacks

Audio streaming service SoundCloud has suffered a breach and has been repeatedly hit by denial of service attacks, the company confirmed on Monday. In the days leading up to …

Apple
Update your Apple devices to fix actively exploited vulnerabilities! (CVE-2025-14174, CVE-2025-43529)

Apple has issued security updates with fixes for two WebKit vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-14174, CVE-2025-43529) that have been exploited as zero-days. Several days before the …

Kali Linux 2025.4
Kali Linux 2025.4: New tools and “quality-of-life” improvements

OffSec has released Kali Linux 2025.4, a new version of its widely used penetration testing and digital forensics platform. Most of the changes are related to appearance and …

malicious package
Malicious Rust packages targeted Web3 developers

A malicious Rust crate (package) named evm-units, aimed at stealing cryptocurrency from unsuspecting developers, has been pulled from the official public package registry for …

X
Max-severity vulnerability in React, Node.js patched, update ASAP (CVE-2025-55182)

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-55182) in React Server Components (RSC) may allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code exection on the application server, the …

criminal
Massive gambling network doubles as hidden C2 and anonymity infrastructure, researchers say

A sprawling network that’s seemingly maintained to serve (illegal) online gambling opportunities and deliver malware to Indonesian citizens is likely also being used to …

Android
Google fixes Android vulnerabilities “under targeted exploitation” (CVE-2025-48633, CVE-2025-48572)

Google has shipped patches for 51 Android vulnerabilities, including two high-severity flaws (CVE-2025-48633, CVE-2025-48572) that “may be under limited, targeted …

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