CISA Warns of MongoDB Server Vulnerability(CVE-2025-14847) Exploited in Attacks
30
Dec
2025

CISA Warns of MongoDB Server Vulnerability(CVE-2025-14847) Exploited in Attacks

CISA has added a critical MongoDB Server vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning that the flaw is…

Silver Fox Targets Indian Users With Tax-Themed Emails Delivering ValleyRAT Malware
30
Dec
2025

Silver Fox Targets Indian Users With Tax-Themed Emails Delivering ValleyRAT Malware

The threat actor known as Silver Fox has turned its focus to India, using income tax-themed lures in phishing campaigns…

Major software issue occurred in PSNI system for managing emergency calls
30
Dec
2025

Top 10 technology ethics stories of 2025

Throughout 2025, Computer Weekly’s technology and ethics coverage highlighted the human and socio-technical impacts of data-driven systems, particularly artificial intelligence…

Critical 0-Day RCE Vulnerability in Networking Devices Exposes 70,000+ Hosts
30
Dec
2025

Critical 0-Day RCE Vulnerability in Networking Devices Exposes 70,000+ Hosts

A critical zero-day vulnerability has been discovered in XSpeeder’s SXZOS firmware, affecting tens of thousands of SD-WAN appliances, edge routers,…

mishap coffee on laptop
30
Dec
2025

2025 exposed the risks we ignored while rushing AI

This blog is part of a series where we highlight new or fast-evolving threats in the consumer security landscape. This…

AI SOC Workflows
30
Dec
2025

How to Integrate AI into Modern SOC Workflows

Artificial intelligence (AI) is making its way into security operations quickly, but many practitioners are still struggling to turn early…

EU Data Act comes into force amid fears of regulation fatigue
30
Dec
2025

Top 10 European IT stories of 2025

In this year’s review of Computer Weekly’s coverage of IT stories in continental Europe, we feature developments in the Netherlands,…

70,000+ MongoDB Servers Vulnerable to MongoBleed Exploit
30
Dec
2025

70,000+ MongoDB Servers Vulnerable to MongoBleed Exploit

A critical vulnerability in MongoDB Server is putting tens of thousands of databases worldwide at risk. Dubbed MongoBleed and tracked as CVE-2025-14847, this…

Top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2025
30
Dec
2025

Top 10 IT careers and skills stories of 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) played a significant role in the tech skills landscape in 2025, from helping teachers do their jobs…

Hackers Exploit Copilot Studio’s New Connected Agents Feature to Gain Backdoor Access
30
Dec
2025

Hackers Exploit Copilot Studio’s New Connected Agents Feature to Gain Backdoor Access

Microsoft’s newly unveiled “Connected Agents” feature in Copilot Studio, announced at Build 2025, is creating a significant security vulnerability. Attackers…

Mustang Panda Uses Signed Kernel-Mode Rootkit to Load TONESHELL Backdoor
30
Dec
2025

Mustang Panda Uses Signed Kernel-Mode Rootkit to Load TONESHELL Backdoor

Dec 30, 2026Ravie LakshmananMalware / Cyber Espionage The Chinese hacking group known as Mustang Panda has leveraged a previously undocumented…

AI compliance: Dealing with data change and proliferation
30
Dec
2025

Top 10 information management stories of 2025

No data, no artificial intelligence (AI) party. Without data, AI – whether traditional, generative, or agentic – cannot exist. No…