Why backups are key to driving down cyber insurance
It wasn’t long ago that the cyber insurance market was in a highly precarious position. In the aftermath of the pandemic, ransomware surged as attacks…
Month: June 2025
Smart air fryers ordered to stop invading our digital privacy
In a confirmation that we’ve gone full Black Mirror, the UK’s privacy czar has wagged a finger at air fryer manufacturers and told them to…
ASUS Armoury Crate Vulnerability Lets Hackers Gain System-Level Access on Windows
A critical vulnerability in ASUS’s popular Armoury Crate software has exposed millions of Windows users to the risk of system-level compromise, according to a recent…
New Flodrix Botnet Variant Exploits Langflow AI Server RCE Bug to Launch DDoS Attacks
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananBotnet / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a new campaign that’s actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in…
Hackers Exploiting Chrome Zero‑Day Vulnerability in the Wild
A newly discovered zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome, tracked as CVE-2025-2783, is being actively exploited by hackers in sophisticated cyber-espionage campaigns. Security researchers have observed…
TP-Link Router Flaw CVE-2023-33538 Under Active Exploit, CISA Issues Immediate Alert
Jun 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananNetwork Security / IoT Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw in TP-Link…
Malicious Loan App on iOS & Google Play Store Infected 150K+ Users Devices
A malicious loan application masquerading as a legitimate financial service has infected over 150,000 iOS and Android devices before being removed from official app stores.…
150K+ Users Affected by Malicious Loan Apps on iOS and Google Play
Over 150,000 users across Google Play and the Apple App Store have fallen victim to a malicious SpyLoan application named “RapiPlata,” which was identified in…
State-sponsored hackers compromised the email accounts of several Washington Post journalists
State-sponsored hackers compromised the email accounts of several Washington Post journalists Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2025 State-sponsored hackers compromised the email accounts of several journalists…
CISA Warns of iOS 0-Click Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild
CISA has added a critical iOS zero-click vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning that the flaw has been actively exploited by sophisticated…
How Threat Actors Abuse OEM Permissions for Privilege Escalation
Threat actors are increasingly exploiting legitimate channels to achieve privilege escalation, posing a severe risk to millions of devices worldwide. While conventional exploits remain a…
Washington Post investigating cyberattack on journalists’ email accounts
The Washington Post is investigating a cyberattack on email accounts of some of its journalists, according to a source familiar with the matter and an…