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With a 4M cybersecurity worker shortage, agentic AI helps SOCs move beyond triage, enabling proactive security once thought impossible. With a deficit of 4 million cybersecurity workers worldwide, it’s no surprise that most SOCs are still stuck in triage mode. That’s why agentic AI is stepping in to fill the gap. And this boost to […]
Nine NuGet packages by “shanhai666” can deploy delayed payloads to disrupt databases and industrial systems. Socket’s Threat Research Team discovered nine malicious NuGet packages, published between 2023 and 2024 by “shanhai666,” that can deploy time-delayed payloads to disrupt databases and industrial control systems. Scheduled to trigger in August 2027 and November 2028, the packages were […]
QNAP patched seven zero-days used at Pwn2Own 2025 affecting QTS, QuTS hero, Hyper Data Protector, Malware Remover, and HBS 3. Taiwanese vendor QNAP patched seven zero-day vulnerabilities exploited at Pwn2Own Ireland 2025. The flaws affected QTS, QuTS hero, Hyper Data Protector, Malware Remover, and HBS 3 Hybrid Backup Sync. The vulnerabilities addressed by the company […]
Microsoft uncovered Whisper Leak, a side-channel attack that lets network snoopers infer AI chat topics despite encryption, risking user privacy. Microsoft revealed a new side-channel attack called Whisper Leak, which lets attackers who can monitor network traffic infer what users discuss with remote language models, even when the data is encrypted. The company warned that […]
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. China-linked hackers target U.S. non-profit in long-term espionage campaign A new Italian citizen was targeted with […]
An Italian political adviser was targeted with Paragon’s Graphite spyware, becoming the fifth Italian in the ongoing government surveillance activity. Italian political adviser Francesco Nicodemo said he was targeted with Paragon’s Graphite spyware, becoming the fifth Italian in the ongoing government surveillance activity. Graphite is an invasive, non-auditable spyware that covertly accesses sensitive phone data; […]
A now-patched Samsung Galaxy flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-21042, was exploited as a zero-day to deploy LANDFALL spyware in targeted attacks in Middle East. Samsung patched a flaw exploited as a zero-day, tracked as CVE-2025-21042 (CVSS score of 8.8), to deploy LANDFALL spyware on Galaxy devices in Middle East attacks. “Unit 42 researchers have uncovered a […]
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Cisco patched a critical flaw in its Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) software that allowed attackers to execute commands with root privileges. Cisco released security updates to address a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20354 (CVSS score 9.8), in the Unified Contact Center Express (UCCX) software. An attacker can exploit the flaw to execute commands with root […]
Russia-linked group InedibleOchotense used fake ESET installers in phishing attacks on Ukrainian targets in May 2025. Russia-linked group InedibleOchotense used trojanized ESET installers in phishing attacks against Ukrainian entities detected in May 2025. The campaign used emails and Signal messages to deliver trojanized ESET installers that installed both legitimate software and the Kalambur backdoor. “Another […]