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CISA Flags Actively Exploited Vulnerability in SonicWall SMA Devices

CISA Flags Actively Exploited Vulnerability in SonicWall SMA Devices

Apr 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a security flaw impacting SonicWall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series gateways to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities… 

Apple Patches Two Actively Exploited iOS Flaws Used in Sophisticated Targeted Attacks

Apple Patches Two Actively Exploited iOS Flaws Used in Sophisticated Targeted Attacks

Apr 17, 2025Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Vulnerability Apple on Wednesday released security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS Sequoia, tvOS, and visionOS to address two security flaws that it said have come under active exploitation in the… 

Experts Uncover Four New Privilege Escalation Flaws in Windows Task Scheduler

Experts Uncover Four New Privilege Escalation Flaws in Windows Task Scheduler

Apr 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananEndpoint Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have detailed four different vulnerabilities in a core component of the Windows task scheduling service that could be exploited by local attackers to achieve privilege escalation… 

Google Blocked 5.1B Harmful Ads and Suspended 39.2M Advertiser Accounts in 2024

Google Blocked 5.1B Harmful Ads and Suspended 39.2M Advertiser Accounts in 2024

Apr 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Malvertising Google on Wednesday revealed that it suspended over 39.2 million advertiser accounts in 2024, with a majority of them identified and blocked by its systems before it could… 

Gamma AI Platform Abused in Phishing Chain to Spoof Microsoft SharePoint Logins

Gamma AI Platform Abused in Phishing Chain to Spoof Microsoft SharePoint Logins

Threat actors are leveraging an artificial intelligence (AI) powered presentation platform named Gamma in phishing attacks to direct unsuspecting users to spoofed Microsoft login pages. “Attackers weaponize Gamma, a relatively new AI-based presentation tool, to… 

New BPFDoor Controller Enables Stealthy Lateral Movement in Linux Server Attacks

New BPFDoor Controller Enables Stealthy Lateral Movement in Linux Server Attacks

Apr 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananCyber Espionage / Network Security Cybersecurity researchers have unearthed a new controller component associated with a known backdoor called BPFDoor as part of cyber attacks targeting telecommunications, finance, and retail sectors in… 

Chinese Android Phones Shipped with Fake WhatsApp, Telegram Apps Targeting Crypto Users

Chinese Android Phones Shipped with Fake WhatsApp, Telegram Apps Targeting Crypto Users

Cheap Android smartphones manufactured by Chinese companies have been observed pre-installed with trojanized apps masquerading as WhatsApp and Telegram that contain cryptocurrency clipper functionality as part of a campaign since June 2024. While using malware-laced… 

U.S. Govt. Funding for MITRE’s CVE Ends April 16, Cybersecurity Community on Alert

U.S. Govt. Funding for MITRE’s CVE Ends April 16, Cybersecurity Community on Alert

Apr 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability Management / Incident Response The U.S. government funding for non-profit research giant MITRE to operate and maintain its Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program will expire Wednesday, an unprecedented development that…