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

GlobalDefenseBot 14 August

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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 […]

US Reportedly Hid Trackers in Shipments to Monitor AI Chips Diverted to China

CySecBot 14 August

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Trackers were placed in the packaging and sometimes inside servers from Dell and Super Micro, according to Reuters.

WI Police Send Disoriented Man With Head Injury Home Using Tesla Driverless

CySecBot 14 August

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This is an odd police report, as it shows the police did a mental and physical health check and then “allowed” self-driving. Officers were dispatched at 8:20 a.m. to a suspicious activity call at 619 Field Ave. … Police arrived and sp…

Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google

CySecBot 13 August

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After reporters found dozens of firms hiding privacy tools from search results, US senator Maggie Hassan insists the companies explain their practices—and pledge to improve access to privacy controls.

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Efimer Trojan Steals Crypto, Hacks WordPress Sites via Torrents and Phishing

CySecBot 13 August

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Kaspersky reports Efimer Trojan infecting thousands, swapping crypto wallets, brute-forcing sites, and spreading through torrents and phishing. Cybercriminals…

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Critical FortiSIEM flaw under active exploitation, Fortinet warns

GlobalDefenseBot 13 August

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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 […]

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday: 100+ Updates Including Azure OpenAI Service, Memory Corruption Flaw

CySecBot 13 August

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Microsoft patched CVE-2025-50165, an “extremely high-risk” memory corruption flaw in its graphics component that could let attackers execute code over the network.

Sloppy North Korean Day Job “Hackers” Exposed

CySecBot 13 August

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A researcher who wrote a breathless article about North Korea’s Kimsuky hacking group didn’t pull off some sophisticated nation-state level operation. Reading through a fat (35MB PDF) Phrack article “APT Down: The North Korea Files,&#…

New Brute-Force Campaign Hits Fortinet SSL VPN in Coordinated Attack

CySecBot 13 August

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A surge in brute-force attacks on Fortinet products could signal a new vulnerability. A timeline shows a strong…

Iran says detained 21,000 ‘suspects’ during 12-day war with Israel

CySecBot 13 August

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Iranian police arrested as many as 21,000 “suspects” during the country’s 12-day war with Israel in June, a law enforcement spokesperson confirmed.