WestJet Data Breach Confirmed In June 2025 Cyberattack
Earlier this year, WestJet revealed that some of its passengers were affected by a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of personal information. The WestJet…
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Patch Tuesday August 2025: 9 High-Risk Vulnerabilities
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update for August 2025 includes fixes for 110 Microsoft vulnerabilities, including nine at higher risk for exploitation and an additional five vulnerabilities…
BlackSuit Ransomware’s Infrastructure Dismantled; Crypto Worth $1M Seized
The Department of Justice—backed by the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), IRS Criminal Investigation, and a web of international partners—took decisive action…
Citrix Vulnerability CVE-2025-6543 Exploited In Attacks
The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has confirmed that a serious vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler systems, identified as CVE-2025-6543, has been exploited in targeted…
FBI Busts $100M Romance Scam, Ghana Men Face U.S. Charges
The U.S. authorities have secured the extradition of three Ghanaian nationals accused of running a fraud operation that stole over $100 million from victims through…
New Zero-Day In WinRAR Abused By RomCom
A new zero-day vulnerability in WinRAR (CVE-2025-8088) is being exploited in the wild by the Russia-aligned hacking group RomCom, according to newly published research from…
Xerox Issues Urgent Security Update
Xerox Corporation has issued urgent security updates addressing two high-impact vulnerabilities in its FreeFlow Core software. The flaws, now tracked as CVE-2025-8355 and CVE-2025-8356, have…
Linux Webcams Abused For Stealthy BadUSB Attacks
A new class of USB-based attacks has come to light. These attacks are not just targeting removable devices, but existing, trusted peripherals already connected to…
Australian Information Commissioner Seeks Civil Penalty Action Over 2022 Optus Data Breach
The Australian Information Commissioner has launched civil penalty proceedings against telecommunications giant Optus over the massive 2022 data breach that exposed the personal data of…
Google Salesforce Breach By UNC6040 Group Exposed
Google has confirmed that a corporate Salesforce database it used to manage small and medium business (SMB) contacts was compromised by a known cybercriminal group.…
August 2025 Android Security Bulletin: Key Fixes Released
Google has released its latest Android Security Bulletin for August 2025, addressing multiple vulnerabilities across the Android ecosystem. Among the most notable vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-21479 and…
Google’s Big Sleep AI Tool Finds 20 Open-Source Bugs
An experimental AI tool developed by Google has identified its first set of real-world security vulnerabilities in widely used open-source projects. The tool, internally codenamed…