January 2025 – Page 2 – Learn and Explore

January 30, 2025
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New Aquabot Botnet Exploits CVE-2024-41710 in Mitel Phones for DDoS Attacks

A Mirai botnet variant dubbed Aquabot has been observed actively attempting to exploit a medium-severity security flaw impacting Mitel phones in order to ensnare them into a network capable of mounting distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2024-41710 (CVSS score: 6.8), a case of command injection...

January 30, 2025
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Unpatched PHP Voyager Flaws Leave Servers Open to One-Click RCE Exploits

Three security flaws have been disclosed in the open-source PHP package Voyager that could be exploited by an attacker to achieve one-click remote code execution on affected instances. “When an authenticated Voyager user clicks on a malicious link, attackers can execute arbitrary code on the server,” Sonar researcher Yaniv...

January 29, 2025
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Lazarus Group Uses React-Based Admin Panel to Control Global Cyber Attacks

The North Korean threat actor known as the Lazarus Group has been observed leveraging a “web-based administrative platform” to oversee its command-and-control (C2) infrastructure, giving the adversary the ability to centrally supervise all aspects of their campaigns. “Each C2 server hosted a web-based administrative platform, built with a React...

January 29, 2025
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New SLAP & FLOP Attacks Expose Apple M-Series Chips to Speculative Execution Exploits

A team of security researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology and Ruhr University Bochum has demonstrated two new side-channel attacks targeting Apple silicon that could be exploited to leak sensitive information from web browsers like Safari and Google Chrome. The attacks have been codenamed Data Speculation Attacks via Load...

January 29, 2025
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AI in Cybersecurity: What’s Effective and What’s Not – Insights from 200 Experts

Curious about the buzz around AI in cybersecurity? Wonder if it’s just a shiny new toy in the tech world or a serious game changer? Let’s unpack this together in a not-to-be-missed webinar that goes beyond the hype to explore the real impact of AI on cybersecurity. Join Ravid...

January 29, 2025
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Critical Cacti Security Flaw (CVE-2025-22604) Enables Remote Code Execution

A critical security flaw has been disclosed in the Cacti open-source network monitoring and fault management framework that could allow an authenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution on susceptible instances. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-22604, carries a CVSS score of 9.1 out of a maximum of 10.0. “Due...

January 29, 2025
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How Interlock Ransomware Infects Healthcare Organizations

Ransomware attacks have reached an unprecedented scale in the healthcare sector, exposing vulnerabilities that put millions at risk. Recently, UnitedHealth revealed that 190 million Americans had their personal and healthcare data stolen during the Change Healthcare ransomware attack, a figure that nearly doubles the previously disclosed total. This breach...

January 29, 2025
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Zyxel CPE Devices Face Active Exploitation Due to Unpatched CVE-2024-40891 Vulnerability

Cybersecurity researchers are warning that a critical zero-day vulnerability impacting Zyxel CPE Series devices is seeing active exploitation attempts in the wild. “Attackers can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on affected devices, leading to complete system compromise, data exfiltration, or network infiltration,” GreyNoise researcher Glenn Thorpe said...

January 29, 2025
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Broadcom Warns of High-Severity SQL Injection Flaw in VMware Avi Load Balancer

Broadcom has alerted of a high-severity security flaw in VMware Avi Load Balancer that could be weaponized by malicious actors to gain entrenched database access. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-22217 (CVSS score: 8.6), has been described as an unauthenticated blind SQL injection. “A malicious user with network access may...

January 29, 2025
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UAC-0063 Expands Cyber Attacks to European Embassies Using Stolen Documents

The advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as UAC-0063 has been observed leveraging legitimate documents obtained by infiltrating one victim to attack another target with the goal of delivering a known malware dubbed HATVIBE. “This research focuses on completing the picture of UAC-0063’s operations, particularly documenting their expansion beyond...