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WatchGuard Fireware OS IKEv2 Out-of-Bounds Vulnerability
What is the Vulnerability? A critical Out-of-Bounds Write vulnerability (CVE-2025-9242) exists in the WatchGuard Fireware OS iked process, which handles IKEv2 VPN connections. The flaw allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected devices. The vulnerability impacts both: – Mobile user VPNs using IKEv2, and – Branch Office VPNs using IKEv2 when…
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Hackers Weaponize Windows Hyper-V to Hide Linux VM and Evade EDR Detection [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The threat actor known as Curly COMrades has been observed exploiting virtualization technologies as a way to bypass security solutions and execute custom malware. According to a new report from Bitdefender, the adversary is said to have enabled the Hyper-V role on selected victim systems to deploy a minimalistic, Alpine Linux-based virtual machine. “This hidden…
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SonicWall Confirms State-Sponsored Hackers Behind September Cloud Backup Breach [email protected] (The Hacker News)
SonicWall has formally implicated state-sponsored threat actors as behind the September security breach that led to the unauthorized exposure of firewall configuration backup files. “The malicious activity – carried out by a state-sponsored threat actor – was isolated to the unauthorized access of cloud backup files from a specific cloud environment using an API call,”…
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Google Uncovers PROMPTFLUX Malware That Uses Gemini AI to Rewrite Its Code Hourly [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Google on Wednesday said it discovered an unknown threat actor using an experimental Visual Basic Script (VB Script) malware dubbed PROMPTFLUX that interacts with its Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) model API to write its own source code for improved obfuscation and evasion. “PROMPTFLUX is written in VBScript and interacts with Gemini’s API to request specific…
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Researchers Find ChatGPT Vulnerabilities That Let Attackers Trick AI Into Leaking Data [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new set of vulnerabilities impacting OpenAI’s ChatGPT artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot that could be exploited by an attacker to steal personal information from users’ memories and chat histories without their knowledge. The seven vulnerabilities and attack techniques, according to Tenable, were found in OpenAI’s GPT-4o and GPT-5 models. OpenAI hasRead…
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Securing the Open Android Ecosystem with Samsung Knox [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Raise your hand if you’ve heard the myth, “Android isn’t secure.” Android phones, such as the Samsung Galaxy, unlock new ways of working. But, as an IT admin, you may worry about the security—after all, work data is critical. However, outdated concerns can hold your business back from unlocking its full potential. The truth is,…
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Mysterious ‘SmudgedSerpent’ Hackers Target U.S. Policy Experts Amid Iran–Israel Tensions [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A never-before-seen threat activity cluster codenamed UNK_SmudgedSerpent has been attributed as behind a set of cyber attacks targeting academics and foreign policy experts between June and August 2025, coinciding with heightened geopolitical tensions between Iran and Israel. “UNK_SmudgedSerpent leveraged domestic political lures, including societal change in Iran and investigation into theRead More
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U.S. Sanctions 10 North Korean Entities for Laundering $12.7M in Crypto and IT Fraud [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday imposed sanctions against eight individuals and two entities within North Korea’s global financial network for laundering money for various illicit schemes, including cybercrime and information technology (IT) worker fraud. “North Korean state-sponsored hackers steal and launder money to fund the regime’s nuclear weapons program,” said Under Secretary ofRead More
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Why SOC Burnout Can Be Avoided: Practical Steps [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Behind every alert is an analyst; tired eyes scanning dashboards, long nights spent on false positives, and the constant fear of missing something big. It’s no surprise that many SOCs face burnout before they face their next breach. But this doesn’t have to be the norm. The path out isn’t through working harder, but through…
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CISA Adds Gladinet and CWP Flaws to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation Evidence [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added two security flaws impacting Gladinet and Control Web Panel (CWP) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2025-11371 (CVSS score: 7.5) – A vulnerability in files or directories…
