Microsoft restricts IE mode access in Edge after zero-day attacks
Microsoft is restricting access to Internet Explorer mode in Edge browser after learning that hackers are leveraging zero-day exploits in the Chakra JavaScript engine for access…
Month: October 2025
SimonMed says 1.2 million patients impacted in January data breach
U.S. medical imaging provider SimonMed Imaging is notifying more than 1.2 million individuals of a data breach that exposed their sensitive information. SimonMed Imaging is…
Data firms Fivetran, dbt Labs to merge
Data startups Fivetran and dbt Labs will merge in an all-stock deal, creating a combined data infrastructure company with nearly US$600 million ($920 million) in…
Oracle Fixes New E-Business Suite Flaw As CL0P Hits Harvard
Oracle rushed out a patch over the weekend for a new E-Business Suite vulnerability that can be exploited remotely without authentication. The vulnerability – CVE-2025-61884…
Customer payment data stolen in Unity Technologies’s SpeedTree website compromise
Customer payment data stolen in Unity Technologies’s SpeedTree website compromise Pierluigi Paganini October 13, 2025 Malicious code on Unity Technologies’s SpeedTree site skimmed sensitive data…
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters Claim to Have Stolen More Than 1 Billion Salesforce Records
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters, a threat group previously associated with high-profile data thefts, recently claimed responsibility for exfiltrating over one billion records from Salesforce environments worldwide.…
Massive multi-country botnet targets RDP services in the US
A large-scale botnet is targeting Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services in the United States from more than 100,000 IP addresses. The campaign started on October 8…
Hackers Leveraging Microsoft Edge Internet Explorer Mode to Gain Access to Users’ Devices
The cybersecurity landscape witnessed a concerning development as threat actors discovered a novel attack vector targeting Microsoft Edge’s Internet Explorer mode functionality. This sophisticated campaign…
Linux Kernel 6.18-rc1 Released With Extensive Updates Following a Steady Merge Window
Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux 6.18-rc1, marking the start of the release candidate phase for the upcoming kernel version. In his typical…
ShinyHunters Leak Alleged Data from Qantas, Vietnam Airlines and Other Major Firms
On October 3, 2025, Hackread.com published an in-depth report in which hackers claimed to have stolen 989 million records from 39 major companies worldwide by…
Microsoft and the UAE: Driving AI from strategy to real impact
The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) ambition to become a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) was one of the most discussed points at the Gitex…
Microsoft investigates outage affecting Microsoft 365 apps
Microsoft is investigating an ongoing incident that is preventing some customers from accessing Microsoft 365 applications. While the company has yet to share which regions…