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Today's cyber news highlights significant threats and trends impacting the cybersecurity landscape. CrowdSec reported a breach where an attacker accessed and copied 170 private GitHub repositories using an ex-employee's account, emphasizing risks related to insider threats and account management. Additionally, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added three Linux kernel vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, indicating active exploitation in the wild and a continued focus on securing open-source software. Meanwhile, Flock is facing a decline in contracts for its license plate readers, leading to voluntary severance offerings for employees, showcasing the impact of public sentiment on technology adoption.
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Two vulnerabilities were discovered in cjose, a C library implementing the JOSE standard, which could result in denial of service, execution of arbitrary code or plain text recovery in specific setups. For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.6.2.3-1+deb13u1.
Three feds spoke about future plans for the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, and lessons they’ve learned.
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Security firm Infoblox shines light on malicious infrastructure lurking beneath illegal gambling sites
Point-in-time audits and sampled assessments offer only snapshots; continuous control monitoring provides evidence that security controls are working today.
The post “We Think the Security Control Is Working” Is No Longer Good Enough appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Your consumer identity and access management (CIAM) system is the foundation of your customer experience. It’s how users sign in, access services, and engage with your applications. As your business scales across geographies, ensuring authentication is always available becomes a core architectural r...
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented Brazilian banking malware operation that delivers a toolkit called KREMLIN.
Elastic Security Labs is tracking the activity under the moniker REF9334. Active since at least May 2025, the threat actor has used lures that impersona...
The federal government has inserted a provision into a funding deal with the state of California that would make the state abandon its gold standard net neutrality law, broadband affordability laws, and public safety protections. Doing so would be a huge step back for California, and would actually...
'Enemies of the regime' on notice
This is the first public acknowledgment that the U.S. military put a space weapon in Earth's orbit.
Several security issues were fixed in kitty.
Several security issues were fixed in SRT.
CenterPoint Energy disclosed a breach compromising some customers' personal information after an attacker leaked data allegedly stolen from the utility company. [...]
python-sql could allow an attacker to perform SQL injection attacks.
Snapcast could be made to expose sensitive information or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Cybersecurity agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands have detailed a Windows malware that they say Iran's intelligence service uses to spy on dissidents, journalists, and activists around the world.
The malware is controlled via the Telegram messaging app and can cop...
Shibboleth could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
According to the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Iran has used this and similar cyber activity to “support the repression of individuals who are seen as a threat to the regime, such as dissidents, activists and journalists.”
It was discovered that SimpleSAMLphp incorrectly validated cryptographic
signatures in XML messages. An authenticated attacker could possibly use
this issue to impersonate users or gain elevated privileges. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-3465)
It was disco...
Attackers already exploiting the critical flaw, and Cisco warns they may be able to cover their tracks once they're in
AI-assisted researchers flooded Vercel with reports, forcing the company to automate vulnerability triage.
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