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OttoKit WordPress Plugin with 100K+ Installs Hit by Exploits Targeting Multiple Flaws
07
May
2025

OttoKit WordPress Plugin with 100K+ Installs Hit by Exploits Targeting Multiple Flaws

May 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Web Security A second security flaw impacting the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) WordPress plugin has come…

Europol Shuts Down Six DDoS-for-Hire Services Used in Global Attacks
07
May
2025

Europol Shuts Down Six DDoS-for-Hire Services Used in Global Attacks

May 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananDark Web / Cybercrime Europol has announced the takedown of distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services that…

A Technical Gap Analysis of Last-Mile Protection
07
May
2025

A Technical Gap Analysis of Last-Mile Protection

May 07, 2025The Hacker NewsBrowser Security / Enterprise Security Security Service Edge (SSE) platforms have become the go-to architecture for…

SysAid Patches 4 Critical Flaws Enabling Pre-Auth RCE in On-Premise Version
07
May
2025

SysAid Patches 4 Critical Flaws Enabling Pre-Auth RCE in On-Premise Version

May 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / IT Service Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaw in the on-premise version of SysAid…

Play Ransomware
07
May
2025

Play Ransomware Exploited Windows CVE-2025-29824 as Zero-Day to Breach U.S. Organization

Threat actors with links to the Play ransomware family exploited a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a…

Discord PyPI Package
07
May
2025

Researchers Uncover Malware in Fake Discord PyPI Package Downloaded 11,500+ Times

May 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananSoftware Supply Chain / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index…

NSO Group Fined $168M for Targeting 1,400 WhatsApp Users With Pegasus Spyware
07
May
2025

NSO Group Fined $168M for Targeting 1,400 WhatsApp Users With Pegasus Spyware

May 07, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Spyware A federal jury on Tuesday decided that NSO Group must pay Meta-owned WhatsApp WhatsApp…

Hackers Exploit Samsung MagicINFO, GeoVision IoT Flaws to Deploy Mirai Botnet
06
May
2025

Hackers Exploit Samsung MagicINFO, GeoVision IoT Flaws to Deploy Mirai Botnet

May 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananInternet of Thing / Vulnerability Threat actors have been observed actively exploiting security flaws in GeoVision end-of-life…

New Investment Scams
06
May
2025

New Investment Scams Use Facebook Ads, RDGA Domains, and IP Checks to Filter Victims

Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on two threat actors that orchestrate investment scams through spoofed celebrity endorsements and conceal…

The Silent Drivers Behind 2025's Worst Breaches
06
May
2025

The Silent Drivers Behind 2025’s Worst Breaches

It wasn’t ransomware headlines or zero-day exploits that stood out most in this year’s Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report…

Microsoft Warns Default Helm Charts Could Leave Kubernetes Apps Exposed to Data Leaks
06
May
2025

Microsoft Warns Default Helm Charts Could Leave Kubernetes Apps Exposed to Data Leaks

May 06, 2025Ravie LakshmananCloud Security / DevOps Microsoft has warned that using pre-made templates, such as out-of-the-box Helm charts, during…

Entra ID Data Protection
06
May
2025

Entra ID Data Protection: Essential or Overkill?

Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) is the backbone of modern identity management, enabling secure access to the applications,…