Topic: Mitigation Strategies
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Azure AD Credentials Leaked in Public App Settings
A critical vulnerability in Azure Active Directory was discovered, where credentials were exposed in public configuration files, allowing potential exploitation. Attackers could use these credentials to impersonate trusted applications, gaining unauthorized access to sensitive data and systems wi...
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Law Firms Under Siege: Cybercriminals Target Client Data
Law firms are prime targets for cyberattacks due to the vast amounts of sensitive client data they hold, with smaller practices being particularly vulnerable due to a lack of dedicated security staff. Common security weaknesses include weak passwords, outdated software, poor data handling by empl...
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Remote Access Abuse: The #1 Sign of a Ransomware Attack
Abuse of remote access software and services is the most common warning sign of an impending ransomware attack, as cybercriminals exploit tools like RDP, AnyDesk, and PowerShell to gain domain administrator privileges. Key defenses include configuring security tools to allow only trusted applicat...
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500+ Scattered Spider Phishing Domains Threaten Multiple Industries
Security experts identified over 500 suspicious domains linked to Scattered Spider, indicating an expansion of phishing campaigns across industries like tech, retail, aviation, and new sectors like healthcare and finance. The group uses advanced social engineering, typosquatted domains, and malwa...
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GitHub Abused in Malware-as-a-Service Attack Campaign
Security researchers found a malware campaign using GitHub repositories to distribute threats like SmokeLoader and AsyncRAT via a malware-as-a-service model, linked to the Amadey botnet and Emmenhtal loaders. Attackers shifted from phishing emails to hosting malicious scripts on GitHub, exploitin...
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Quick Read: The Rise of the Machines
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, its ability to perform tasks previously managed by humans grows exponentially. Automation, powered by AI, is set to revolutionize industries by taking over…
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DDR5 Memory Vulnerable to Rowhammer Attack
A team from ETH Zurich and Google has executed a practical Rowhammer attack on DDR5 memory, bypassing built-in protections in SK Hynix devices and assigned CVE-2025-6202. The attack, named Phoenix, reverse-engineers DDR5's Target Row Refresh protocols to induce consistent bit flips, enabling priv...
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HUMAN's Page Intelligence: Smarter Invalid Traffic Detection
HUMAN Security's Page Intelligence fills a critical gap in digital advertising by detecting invalid traffic in real-time between user clicks and engagement, complementing pre-bid filters and post-campaign audits. The solution uses a lightweight tag and over 400 algorithms to analyze visitor behav...
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AI Fine-Tuning Can Secretly Teach Bad Habits, Study Reveals
AI models can transfer hidden behaviors ("subliminal learning") through seemingly neutral data, even when undesirable traits are filtered out, as revealed by an Anthropic study. Harmful biases can propagate subliminally, with models picking up subtle patterns rather than explicit cues, posing ris...
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New Ethics Rules for Cybersecurity Research: What You Need to Know
Major cybersecurity conferences are implementing new ethics requirements for research submissions, requiring authors to include stakeholder-based ethics analyses in their papers. A new framework has been developed to help researchers systematically identify all affected parties and assess potenti...
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Dell Laptops Vulnerable to Persistent ReVault Backdoor Attacks
Security researchers found critical firmware vulnerabilities in over 100 Dell laptop models, exposing them to persistent backdoor attacks via flaws in ControlVault3 and ControlVault3+ hardware security modules. Exploiting these flaws (including out-of-bounds writes and memory corruption bugs) ena...
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Critical Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Discovered in Azure ML
A security flaw in Azure Machine Learning (AML) allows attackers with basic storage access to escalate privileges, execute malicious code, and potentially compromise entire Azure subscriptions. The vulnerability stems from AML's handling of invoker scripts, which attackers can manipulate to gain ...
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Critical Sudo Privilege Escalation Flaws Patched (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)
Linux administrators must urgently patch two new Sudo vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-32462 and CVE-2025-32463), which allow local attackers to escalate privileges and gain root access under specific conditions. CVE-2025-32462 is a low-severity flaw in the host option, while CVE-2025-32463 is a critica...
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Can We Stop AI Hallucinations as Models Get Smarter?
AI systems increasingly generate false or fabricated information ("hallucinations"), with advanced models like OpenAI's o3 and o4-mini hallucinating at rates of 33% and 48%, raising reliability concerns in critical fields like medicine and law. Hallucinations stem from AI's creative synthesis of ...
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Cisco Warns: Patch This Critical RCE & DoS Bug Now
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-20352) in Cisco's IOS and IOS XE Software allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service if they have compromised credentials. The flaw exists in the SNMP subsystem and can be triggered by sending a crafted packet, with exploitati...
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CISA Warns of Critical Git Flaw Under Active Exploitation
CISA has issued an urgent warning about a critical vulnerability in Git (CVE-2025-48384) that allows arbitrary code execution and requires federal agencies to patch by September 15th. The flaw arises from improper handling of carriage return characters in configuration files, which attackers can ...
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Dutch Orgs Hacked via Citrix Netscaler Flaw CVE-2025-6543
Dutch organizations were targeted by cyberattacks exploiting Citrix NetScaler vulnerability CVE-2025-6543, allowing remote code execution or denial-of-service, with breaches obscured by attackers. The flaw, a memory overflow issue in Citrix NetScaler systems, was exploited as a zero-day before pa...
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Thousands of Ruckus Networks Devices Vulnerable Due to Unpatched Flaws
Thousands of Ruckus Networks devices are exposed to critical unpatched vulnerabilities, allowing attackers to take control of enterprise wireless environments. The flaws affect Ruckus Virtual Smart Zone (vSZ) and Ruckus Network Director (RND), enabling risks like hardcoded credentials, authentica...
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CISA Urges Immediate Patch for Exploited Citrix Bleed 2 Vulnerability
Federal agencies and businesses using Citrix NetScaler systems must urgently patch **CVE-2025-5777** after CISA confirmed active attacks, issuing a strict 24-hour deadline for remediation. The vulnerability affects **NetScaler ADC and Gateway devices** running outdated versions, allowing unauthor...
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84,000+ Roundcube Servers at Risk from Active Exploit
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-49113) in Roundcube webmail servers (versions 1.1.0–1.6.10) exposes over 84,000 systems to remote code execution due to improper input sanitization in the `$_GET['_from']` parameter. Attackers can exploit the flaw via CSRF, credential scraping, or brute-force te...
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A Troubling Marketplace: Stolen Government Email Accounts
Active police and government email accounts are being sold for as low as $40 on underground markets, enabling cybercriminals to impersonate officials, manipulate legal processes, and steal sensitive data across multiple countries. Attackers use methods like credential stuffing, infostealer malwar...
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Microsoft SaaS Vulnerability Exposed Apps for 2 Years
A critical security flaw in Microsoft’s Entra ID, called nOAuth, has exposed thousands of enterprise applications for two years, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive data by exploiting unverified email claims. The vulnerability bypasses security measures like MFA and Zero Trust, affecting ov...
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