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This is a weird story: The US Secret Service disrupted a network of telecommunications devices that could have shut down cellular systems as leaders gather for the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. The agency said on Tuesday that last month it found more than 300 SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards that could have been used for telecom attacks within the area encompassing parts of New York, New Jersey and...
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GitHub will implement local publishing with mandatory 2FA, granular tokens that expire after seven days, and trusted publishing. The post GitHub Boosting Security in Response to NPM Supply Chain Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The attack was aimed at a European network infrastructure company and it has been linked to the Aisuru botnet. The post Record-Breaking DDoS Attack Peaks at 22 Tbps and 10 Bpps appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The software update includes additional file checks and helps users remove the known rootkit deployed in a recent campaign. The post SonicWall Updates SMA 100 Appliances to Remove Overstep Malware appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Tracked as CVE-2025-59689, the command injection bug could be triggered via malicious emails containing crafted compressed attachments. The post Libraesva Email Security Gateway Vulnerability Exploited by Nation-State Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Cloud security company Wiz has revealed that it uncovered in-the-wild exploitation of a security flaw in a Linux utility called Pandoc as part of attacks designed to infiltrate Amazon Web Services (AWS) Instance Metadata Service (IMDS). The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-51591 (CVSS score: 6.5), which refers to a case of Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) that allows attackers to
Libraesva has released a security update to address a vulnerability in its Email Security Gateway (ESG) solution that it said has been exploited by state-sponsored threat actors. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59689, carries a CVSS score of 6.1, indicating medium severity. "Libraesva ESG is affected by a command injection flaw that can be triggered by a malicious email containing a
"RedNovember" is both lazy and punctual: always quick to do its homework on new vulnerabilities, but always getting the answers from cyber defenders.
The Japanese government suffered the most cybersecurity incidents in 2024 β 447, nearly double the previous year β while failing to manage 16% of critical systems.
JLR extended the pause in production βto give clarity for the coming week as we build the timeline for the phased restart of our operations and continue our investigation.β The post Jaguar Land Rover Says Shutdown Will Continue Until at Least Oct 1 After Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
More than 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards designed to mimic cellphones and overwhelm networks. The post A Massive Telecom Threat Was Stopped Right As World Leaders Gathered at UN Headquarters in New York appeared first on SecurityWeek.
REST Media has garnered millions of views on social media for its content targeting Moldovaβs EU-friendly leadership. Researchers say itβs a pro-Kremlin operation. The post Researchers say media outlet targeting Moldova is a Russian cutout appeared first on CyberScoop.
GitHub will address weak authentication and overly permissive tokens in the NPM ecosystem, following high-profile threat campaigns like those involving Shai-Hulud malware.
The for-hire platform leverages legitimate cloud-native tools to make detection and disruption harder for defenders and SOC analysts.
Cybersecurity leader Jason Manar shares insights on diverse career paths, essential skills, and practical advice for entering and thriving in the high-stress yet rewarding field of cybersecurity.
Dark Reading Confidential Episode 10: Itβs past time for a comprehensive plan to protect vital US systems from nation-state cyberattacks, and increasingly, that responsibility is falling to asset owners across a vast swath of organizations, who likely never bargained for an international cyber conflict playing out in their environments. But here we are. And here's what comes next, according to Frank Cilluffo from the...
Experts say companies often struggle to manage the aftermath when they discover an employeeβs true identity is not what it seemed. The post What to do if your company discovers a North Korean worker in its ranks appeared first on CyberScoop.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two security vulnerabilities impacting Supermicro Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) firmware that could potentially allow attackers to bypass crucial verification steps and update the system with a specially crafted image. The medium-severity vulnerabilities, both of which stem from improper verification of a cryptographic signature, are
Binarly researchers have found a way to bypass a patch for a previously disclosed vulnerability. The post Patch Bypassed for Supermicro Vulnerability Allowing BMC Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Law enforcement authorities in Europe have arrested five suspects in connection with an "elaborate" online investment fraud scheme that stole more than 100 million ($118 million) from over 100 victims in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. According to Eurojust, the coordinated action saw searches in five places across Spain and Portugal, as well as in Italy, Romania and Bulgaria. Bank accounts
CVE-2025-26399 is a patch bypass of CVE-2024-28988, which is a patch bypass of the exploited CVE-2024-28986. The post SolarWinds Makes Third Attempt at Patching Exploited Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday said it took down a network of electronic devices located across the New York tri-state area that were used to threaten U.S. government officials and posed an imminent threat to national security. "This protective intelligence investigation led to the discovery of more than 300 co-located SIM servers and 100,000 SIM cards across multiple sites," the Secret
In all, the agency said it discovered more than 300 servers and 100,000 SIM cards spread across multiple sites within 35 miles of New York. The post Secret Service says it dismantled extensive telecom threat in NYC area appeared first on CyberScoop.
SolarWinds has released hot fixes to address a critical security flaw impacting its Web Help Desk software that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-26399 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as an instance of deserialization of untrusted data that could result in code execution. It affects
The company will expand its platformβs capabilities and accelerate investigative collaboration and go-to-market efforts. The post Unit 221B Raises $5 Million for Threat Intel Aiding Hacker Arrests appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The strength of responsible disclosure is that it can solve problems before they are actioned. The weakness is that it potentially generates a false sense of security in the vendor. The post All Microsoft Entra Tenants Were Exposed to Silent Compromise via Invisible Actor Tokens: Researcher appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Big companies are getting smaller, and their CEOs want everyone to know it. Wells Fargo has cut its workforce by 23% over five years, Bank of America has shed 88,000 employees since 2010, and Verizon's CEO recently boasted that headcount is "going down all the time." What was once a sign of corporate distress has become a badge of honor, with executives celebrating lean operations and AI-driven
A new ranking of Model Context Protocol weaknesses highlights critical risksβfrom prompt injection to command injectionβand provides a roadmap for securing the foundations of agentic AI. The post Top 25 MCP Vulnerabilities Reveal How AI Agents Can Be Exploited appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Apple has introduced a new hardware/software security feature in the iPhone 17: βMemory Integrity Enforcement,β targeting the memory safety vulnerabilities that spyware products like Pegasus tend to use to get unauthorized system access. From Wired: In recent years, a movement has been steadily growing across the global tech industry to address a ubiquitous and insidious type of bugs known as memory-safety...
The botnetβs operators provide customers with access to an infected network of Docker containers so they can conduct DDoS attacks. The post ShadowV2 DDoS Service Lets Customers Self-Manage Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.
In Operation Rewrite, an unspecified actor is using legitimate compromised Web servers to deliver malicious content to visitors for financial gain.
The juvenile suspect surrendered on September 17 and was booked on computer intrusion, extortion, and identity theft charges. The post Scattered Spider Suspect Arrested in US appeared first on SecurityWeek.
GitHub on Monday announced that it will be changing its authentication and publishing options "in the near future" in response to a recent wave of supply chain attacks targeting the npm ecosystem, including the Shai-Hulud attack. This includes steps to address threats posed by token abuse and self-replicating malware by allowing local publishing with required two-factor authentication (2FA),
The company says customer contact information was stolen from a third-party service providerβs platform. The post Automotive Titan Stellantis Discloses Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.