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U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office Excel, and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office Excel, and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office Excel, and WinRAR flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the descriptions for these flaws: According […]

August 14, 2025
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Critical FortiSIEM flaw under active exploitation, Fortinet warns

Fortinet warns of a critical FortiSIEM vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25256, that is actively exploited in attacks in the wild. Fortinet warns customers of a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-25256 (CVSS score of 9.8), affecting FortiSIEM for which an exploit exists in the wild. Fortinet gave no details about the exploit, noting it leaves no clear Indicators […]

August 13, 2025
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Charon Ransomware targets Middle East with APT attack methods

New Charon ransomware targets Middle East public sector and aviation, using APT-style tactics, EDR evasion, and victim-specific ransom notes. Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign that employs a previously undocumented ransomware family called Charon to target the Middle East’s public sector and aviation industry. The threat actor behind the activity, according to Trend Micro, […]

August 13, 2025
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August 2025 Patch Tuesday fixes a Windows Kerberos Zero-Day

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2025 fixed 107 flaws, including a publicly disclosed Windows Kerberos zero-day. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for August 2025 fixed 107 vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Components, Office and Office Components, Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based), Azure, GitHub Copilot, Dynamics 365, SQL Server, and Hyper-V Server. 12 vulnerabilities are rated […]

August 13, 2025
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Dutch NCSC: Citrix NetScaler zero-day breaches critical orgs

Dutch NCSC warns CVE-2025-6543 Citrix bug, a memory overflow flaw, is being exploited to breach critical organizations in the Netherlands. The Dutch NCSC warns that the critical Citrix NetScaler flaw CVE-2025-6543 has been exploited to breach critical organizations in the Netherlands. Dutch NCSC experts pointed out that CVE-2025-6543 was exploited for remote code execution. Threat […]

August 12, 2025
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Researchers cracked the encryption used by DarkBit ransomware

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Profero cracked DarkBit ransomware encryption, allowing victims to recover files for free. Good news for the victims of the DarkBit ransomware, researchers at cybersecurity firm Profero cracked the encryption process, allowing victims to recover files for free without paying the ransom. However, at this time, the company has yet to release […]

August 12, 2025
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Chrome sandbox escape nets security researcher $250,000 reward

Researcher earns Google Chrome ’s top $250K bounty for a sandbox escape vulnerability enabling remote code execution. A researcher who goes online with the moniker ‘Micky’ earned $250,000 from Google for reporting a high-severity Chrome vulnerability. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-4609, resides in the Mojo IPC system, an attacker can exploit the flaw to escape […]

August 11, 2025
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Smart Buses flaws expose vehicles to tracking, control, and spying

Researchers showed how hackers can exploit flaws in a bus’ onboard and remote systems for tracking, control and spying. Researchers Chiao-Lin ‘Steven Meow’ Yu of Trend Micro Taiwan and Kai-Ching ‘Keniver’ Wang of CHT Security, found that vulnerabilities in smart bus systems could let hackers remotely track, control, or spy on vehicles, exposing risks from […]

August 11, 2025
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MedusaLocker ransomware group is looking for pentesters

MedusaLocker ransomware gang announced on its Tor data leak site that it is looking for new pentesters. MedusaLocker is a ransomware strain that was first observed in late 2019, it encrypts files on infected systems and demands a ransom, usually in cryptocurrency, for their decryption. The group operates as Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS), meaning affiliates can rent […]

August 11, 2025
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