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768 CVEs Exploited in 2024, Reflecting a 20% Increase from 639 in 2023
03
Feb
2025

768 CVEs Exploited in 2024, Reflecting a 20% Increase from 639 in 2023

Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security As many as 768 vulnerabilities with designated CVE identifiers were reported as exploited…

PyPI Introduces Archival Status to Alert Users About Unmaintained Python Packages
03
Feb
2025

PyPI Introduces Archival Status to Alert Users About Unmaintained Python Packages

Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananOpen Source / Software Security The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) registry have announced a…

Attack Surface Management
03
Feb
2025

What Is Attack Surface Management?

Attack surfaces are growing faster than security teams can keep up – to stay ahead, you need to know what’s…

Now Targets 1,030 Sites and 73 Financial Institutions
03
Feb
2025

Now Targets 1,030 Sites and 73 Financial Institutions

Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananFinancial Security / Malware Brazilian Windows users are the target of a campaign that delivers a banking…

Crazy Evil Gang Targets Crypto with StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer Malware
03
Feb
2025

Crazy Evil Gang Targets Crypto with StealC, AMOS, and Angel Drainer Malware

A Russian-speaking cybercrime gang known as Crazy Evil has been linked to over 10 active social media scams that leverage…

BEC Fraud Network
01
Feb
2025

U.S. and Dutch Authorities Dismantle 39 Domains Linked to BEC Fraud Network

Feb 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybercrime / Fraud Prevention U.S. and Dutch law enforcement agencies have announced that they have dismantled 39…

BeyondTrust Zero-Day Breach
01
Feb
2025

BeyondTrust Zero-Day Breach Exposed 17 SaaS Customers via Compromised API Key

Feb 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Zero-Day BeyondTrust has revealed it completed an investigation into a recent cybersecurity incident that targeted…

Zero-Click WhatsApp Spyware Attack
01
Feb
2025

Meta Confirms Zero-Click WhatsApp Spyware Attack Targeting 90 Journalists, Activists

Feb 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananPrivacy / Surveillance Meta-owned WhatsApp on Friday said it disrupted a campaign that involved the use of…

Malvertising Scam
01
Feb
2025

Malvertising Scam Uses Fake Google Ads to Hijack Microsoft Advertising Accounts

Feb 01, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalvertising / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malvertising campaign that’s targeting Microsoft advertisers with bogus…

Critical Backdoor in Contec
31
Jan
2025

CISA and FDA Warn of Critical Backdoor in Contec CMS8000 Patient Monitors

Jan 31, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Healthcare The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Food and Drug Administration…

Google Bans 158,000 Malicious Android App Developer Accounts in 2024
31
Jan
2025

Google Bans 158,000 Malicious Android App Developer Accounts in 2024

Google said it blocked over 2.36 million policy-violating Android apps from being published to the Google Play app marketplace in…

Chinese DeepSeek AI
31
Jan
2025

Italy Bans Chinese DeepSeek AI Over Data Privacy and Ethical Concerns

Italy’s data protection watchdog has blocked Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepSeek’s service within the country, citing a lack of…