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Today's cybersecurity landscape highlights several critical threats and vulnerabilities. Microsoft has patched a zero-day vulnerability in Outlook (CVE-2026-124194) that is reportedly being actively exploited. Additionally, a serious vulnerability in Barracuda’s email security gateways could allow attackers root access to the devices. The ransomware attack on Vanderbilt University continues to unfold, with reports of significant data theft. Notably, Google has addressed its eighth Chrome zero-day of the year, emphasizing ongoing exploitation of browser vulnerabilities. Moreover, the rising trend of spyware targeting everyday users is alarming, with attackers increasingly infiltrating personal devices. Finally, a supply chain attack affecting Qubole has compromised sensitive customer data, further underlining the risks associated with third-party services.
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When official systems can't support everyday workflows, employees turn to spreadsheets — creating "shadow spreadsheets" that circulate unchecked. Grist shows how these spreadsheets expose sensitive data, create version sprawl, and remove the audit trails security teams depend on. [...]
Möchten CISOs neue Strategien wie Zero Trust einführen, ist die richtige Kommunikation entscheidend.HZ Creations – shutterstock.com
Die Umsetzung großer Transformationsinitiativen, wie die Einführung von Zero Trust, erfordert mehr als nur technisches Verständnis – und genau...
Criminals make malicious ChatGPT and Grok conversations appear at the top of common Google searches—leading users straight to the Atomic macOS Stealer.
Cybersecurity researchers have documented four new phishing kits named BlackForce, GhostFrame, InboxPrime AI, and Spiderman that are capable of facilitating credential theft at scale.
BlackForce, first detected in August 2025, is designed to steal credentials and perform Man-in-the-Browser (MitB) at...
Authorities disrupt hacktivists and data thieves, malicious VS Code extensions target developers, and CyberVolk returns with a flawed RaaS.
Written by: Aragorn Tseng, Robert Weiner, Casey Charrier, Zander Work, Genevieve Stark, Austin Larsen
Introduction
On Dec. 3, 2025, a critical unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in React Server Components, tracked as CVE-2025-55182 (aka "React2Shell"), was publicly disclosed....
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Threat actors have hacked at least nine organizations by exploiting the recently patched Gladinet CentreStack flaw.
The post Gladinet CentreStack Flaw Exploited to Hack Organizations appeared first on SecurityWeek.
ImmuniWeb has unveiled a major update to its ImmuniWeb AI Platform, based on ongoing research as well as valuable feedback from customers and partners in over 50 countries. This cumulative Q4 update builds on the Q3 update announced in early October. Most Q4 improvements focus on security testing fo...
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Cryptographic API;
- ACPI drivers;
- Hardware monitoring drivers;
- InfiniBand drivers;
- Mailbox framework;...
Critical vulnerabilities found in third-party applications eligible for award under 'in scope by default' move Microsoft is overhauling its bug bounty program to reward exploit hunters for finding vulnerabilities across all its products and services, even those without established bounty schemes.…
Justice Department alleges federal auditors were misled over compliance with FedRAMP and DoD requirements The US is suing a former senior manager at Accenture for allegedly misleading the government about the security of an Army cloud platform.…
The Akira ransomware group took credit for the Fieldtex Products hack in November, claiming to have stolen 14 Gb of data.
The post Fieldtex Data Breach Impacts 238,000 appeared first on SecurityWeek.
We break down what happens to stolen data after a phishing attack: how it ends up on the shadow market and gets used in new phishing schemes, and what risks this poses. We also offer tips on how to protect your accounts, and minimize any impact.
Analyst firm Gartner has issued a blunt warning to organizations: Agentic AI browsers introduce serious new security risks and should be blocked "for the foreseeable future."
Read more in my article on the Fortra blog.
Rights groups say digital-only record is leaking data and courting trouble Civil society groups are urging the UK's data watchdog to investigate whether the Home Office's digital-only eVisa scheme is breaching GDPR, sounding the alarm about systemic data errors and design failures that are exposing...
Security issues were discovered in Chromium which could result in the execution of arbitrary code, denial of service, or information disclosure. An additional CVE (that has yet to be assigned) is fixed in this release; Google is aware of an expoit in the wild for that issue. For the oldstable distri...
Because user input is not sufficiently sanitized, attackers could exploit the flaw to define external entities within an XML request.
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XSS remains the top software weakness, followed by SQL injection and CSRF. Buffer overflow issues and improper access control make it to top 25.
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