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September 5, 2025
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CISA Orders Immediate Patch of Critical Sitecore Vulnerability Under Active Exploitation

Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies are being advised to update their Sitecore instances by September 25, 2025, following the discovery of a security flaw that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-53690, carries a CVSS score of 9.0 out of a maximum...

September 5, 2025
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TAG-150 Develops CastleRAT in Python and C, Expanding CastleLoader Malware Operations

The threat actor behind the malware-as-a-service (MaaS) framework and loader called CastleLoader has also developed a remote access trojan known as CastleRAT. “Available in both Python and C variants, CastleRAT’s core functionality consists of collecting system information, downloading and executing additional payloads, and executing commands via CMD and PowerShell,”...

September 5, 2025
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SAP S/4HANA Critical Vulnerability CVE-2025-42957 Exploited in the Wild

A critical security vulnerability impacting SAP S/4HANA, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, has come under active exploitation in the wild. The command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-42957 (CVSS score: 9.9), was fixed by SAP as part of its monthly updates last month. “SAP S/4HANA allows an attacker with...

September 5, 2025
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Automation Is Redefining Pentest Delivery

Pentesting remains one of the most effective ways to identify real-world security weaknesses before adversaries do. But as the threat landscape has evolved, the way we deliver pentest results hasn’t kept pace. Most organizations still rely on traditional reporting methods—static PDFs, emailed documents, and spreadsheet-based tracking. The problem? These...

September 5, 2025
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VirusTotal Finds 44 Undetected SVG Files Used to Deploy Base64-Encoded Phishing Pages

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malware campaign that has leveraged Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files as part of phishing attacks impersonating the Colombian judicial system. The SVG files, according to VirusTotal, are distributed via email and designed to execute an embedded JavaScript payload, which then decodes and injects...

September 4, 2025
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Russian APT28 Deploys “NotDoor” Outlook Backdoor Against Companies in NATO Countries

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been attributed to a new Microsoft Outlook backdoor called NotDoor in attacks targeting multiple companies from different sectors in NATO member countries. NotDoor “is a VBA macro for Outlook designed to monitor incoming emails for a specific trigger word,” S2...

September 4, 2025
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GhostRedirector Hacks 65 Windows Servers Using Rungan Backdoor and Gamshen IIS Module

Cybersecurity researchers have lifted the lid on a previously undocumented threat cluster dubbed GhostRedirector that has managed to compromise at least 65 Windows servers primarily located in Brazil, Thailand, and Vietnam. The attacks, per Slovak cybersecurity company ESET, led to the deployment of a passive C++ backdoor called Rungan...

September 4, 2025
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Cybercriminals Exploit X’s Grok AI to Bypass Ad Protections and Spread Malware to Millions

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new technique that cybercriminals have adopted to bypass social media platform X’s malvertising protections and propagate malicious links using its artificial intelligence (AI) assistant Grok. The findings were highlighted by Nati Tal, head of Guardio Labs, in a series of posts on X. The...

September 4, 2025
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Google Fined $379 Million by French Regulator for Cookie Consent Violations

The French data protection authority has fined Google and Chinese e-commerce giant Shein $379 million (€325 million) and $175 million (€150 million), respectively, for violating cookie rules. Both companies set advertising cookies on users’ browsers without securing their consent, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) said. Shein...

September 4, 2025
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CISA Flags TP-Link Router Flaws CVE-2023-50224 and CVE-2025-9377 as Actively Exploited

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added two security flaws impacting TP-Link wireless routers to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, noting that there is evidence of them being exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below – CVE-2023-50224 (CVSS score: 6.5)...