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Microsoft 365 Direct Send Abused for Phishing

Hackers are abusing the Microsoft 365 Direct Send feature to deliver phishing emails that bypass email security controls. The post Microsoft 365 Direct Send Abused for Phishing appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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MOVEit Transfer Faces Increased Threats as Scanning Surges and CVE Flaws Are Targeted

Threat intelligence firm GreyNoise is warning of a "notable surge" in scanning activity targeting Progress MOVEit Transfer systems starting May 27, 2025—suggesting that attackers may be preparing for another mass exploitation campaign or probing for unpatched systems.MOVEit Transfer is a popular managed file transfer solution used by businesses and government agencies to share sensitive data

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OneClik Malware Targets Energy Sector Using Microsoft ClickOnce and Golang Backdoors

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed a new campaign dubbed OneClik that leverages Microsoft's ClickOnce software deployment technology and bespoke Golang backdoors to compromise organizations within the energy, oil, and gas sectors. "The campaign exhibits characteristics aligned with Chinese-affiliated threat actors, though attribution remains cautious," Trellix researchers Nico Paulo

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Critical Open VSX Registry Flaw Exposes Millions of Developers to Supply Chain Attacks

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical vulnerability in the Open VSX Registry ("open-vsx[.]org") that, if successfully exploited, could have enabled attackers to take control of the entire Visual Studio Code extensions marketplace, posing a severe supply chain risk. "This vulnerability provides attackers full control over the entire extensions marketplace, and in turn, full control

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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Block Chinese AI From Federal Agencies

The proposal seeks to ban all use of the technology in the U.S. government, with exceptions for use in research and counterterrorism efforts. The post Bipartisan Bill Aims to Block Chinese AI From Federal Agencies appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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WhatsApp Banned on US House of Representatives Devices

WhatsApp is banned from U.S. House of Representatives devices.

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Critical RCE Flaws in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC Allow Unauthenticated Attackers to Gain Root Access

Cisco has released updates to address two maximum-severity security flaws in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) that could permit an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands as the root user. The vulnerabilities, assigned the CVE identifiers CVE-2025-20281 and CVE-2025-20282, carry a CVSS score of 10.0 each. A description of the defects is

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New FileFix Method Emerges as a Threat Following 517% Rise in ClickFix Attacks

The ClickFix social engineering tactic as an initial access vector using fake CAPTCHA verifications increased by 517% between the second half of 2024 and the first half of this year, according to data from ESET. "The list of threats that ClickFix attacks lead to is growing by the day, including infostealers, ransomware, remote access trojans, cryptominers, post-exploitation tools, and even

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Man Who Hacked Organizations to Advertise Security Services Pleads Guilty

Nicholas Michael Kloster has pleaded guilty to computer hacking after targeting at least two organizations. The post Man Who Hacked Organizations to Advertise Security Services Pleads Guilty appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Bonfy.AI Raises $9.5 Million for Adaptive Content Security Platform

Bonfy.AI has emerged from stealth mode to help organizations prevent cybersecurity, privacy and compliance risks. The post Bonfy.AI Raises $9.5 Million for Adaptive Content Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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FDA Urges Secure Cyber Practices for Medical Product Manufacturing

The FDA highlights the importance of embedding cybersecurity into medical product manufacturing. 

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The Hidden Risks of SaaS: Why Built-In Protections Aren't Enough for Modern Data Resilience

SaaS Adoption is Skyrocketing, Resilience Hasn’t Kept Pace SaaS platforms have revolutionized how businesses operate. They simplify collaboration, accelerate deployment, and reduce the overhead of managing infrastructure. But with their rise comes a subtle, dangerous assumption: that the convenience of SaaS extends to resilience. It doesn’t. These platforms weren’t built with full-scale data

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CISA Warns AMI BMC Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

CISA is urging federal agencies to patch a recent AMI BMC vulnerability and a half-a-decade-old bug in FortiOS by July 17. The post CISA Warns AMI BMC Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Central Kentucky Radiology Data Breach Impacts 167,000

The personal information of 167,000 individuals was compromised in an October 2024 data breach at Central Kentucky Radiology. The post Central Kentucky Radiology Data Breach Impacts 167,000 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Critical Cisco ISE Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution 

Two critical vulnerabilities in Cisco ISE could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges. The post Critical Cisco ISE Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Code Execution  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Iranian APT35 Hackers Targeting Israeli Tech Experts with AI-Powered Phishing Attacks

An Iranian state-sponsored hacking group associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been linked to a spear-phishing campaign targeting journalists, high-profile cyber security experts, and computer science professors in Israel. "In some of those campaigns, Israeli technology and cyber security professionals were approached by attackers who posed as fictitious assistants to

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British Man Suspected of Being the Hacker IntelBroker Arrested, Charged

25-year-old Kai West, believed to be the hacker IntelBroker, was arrested in France and charged by the United States. The post British Man Suspected of Being the Hacker IntelBroker Arrested, Charged appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Cyber Criminals Exploit Open-Source Tools to Compromise Financial Institutions Across Africa

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a series of cyber attacks targeting financial organizations across Africa since at least July 2023 using a mix of open-source and publicly available tools to maintain access. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 is tracking the activity under the moniker CL-CRI-1014, where "CL" refers to "cluster" and "CRI" stands for "criminal motivation." It's suspected

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Critical Citrix NetScaler Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day

Citrix has released patches for a critical vulnerability in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway exploited as a zero-day. The post Critical Citrix NetScaler Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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CISA Adds 3 Flaws to KEV Catalog, Impacting AMI MegaRAC, D-Link, Fortinet

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added three security flaws, each impacting AMI MegaRAC, D-Link DIR-859 router, and Fortinet FortiOS, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2024-54085 (CVSS score: 10.0) - An authentication bypass by spoofing