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FreePBX Servers Targeted by Zero-Day Flaw, Emergency Patch Now Available

FreePBX Servers Targeted by Zero-Day Flaw, Emergency Patch Now Available

Aug 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananZero-Day / Vulnerability The Sangoma FreePBX Security Team has issued an advisory warning about an actively exploited FreePBX zero-day vulnerability that impacts systems with an administrator control panel (ACP) exposed to the… 

Feds Seize .4M VerifTools Fake-ID Marketplace, but Operators Relaunch on New Domain

Feds Seize $6.4M VerifTools Fake-ID Marketplace, but Operators Relaunch on New Domain

Aug 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananCryptocurrency / Cybercrime Authorities from the Netherlands and the United States have announced the dismantling of an illicit marketplace called VerifTools that peddled fraudulent identity documents to cybercriminals across the world. To… 

Google Warns Salesloft OAuth Breach Extends Beyond Salesforce, Impacting All Integrations

Google Warns Salesloft OAuth Breach Extends Beyond Salesforce, Impacting All Integrations

Aug 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananData Breach / Salesforce Google has revealed that the recent wave of attacks targeting Salesforce instances via Salesloft Drift is much broader in scope than previously thought, stating it impacts all integrations.… 

TamperedChef Malware Disguised as Fake PDF Editors Steals Credentials and Cookies

TamperedChef Malware Disguised as Fake PDF Editors Steals Credentials and Cookies

Aug 29, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Windows Security Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cybercrime campaign that’s using malvertising tricks to direct victims to fraudulent sites to deliver a new information stealer called TamperedChef. “The objective is… 

Researchers Find VS Code Flaw Allowing Attackers to Republish Deleted Extensions Under Same Names

Researchers Find VS Code Flaw Allowing Attackers to Republish Deleted Extensions Under Same Names

Aug 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananMalware / Ransomware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a loophole in the Visual Studio Code Marketplace that allows threat actors to reuse names of previously removed extensions. Software supply chain security outfit ReversingLabs… 

Salt Typhoon Exploits Cisco, Ivanti, Palo Alto Flaws to Breach 600 Organizations Worldwide

Salt Typhoon Exploits Cisco, Ivanti, Palo Alto Flaws to Breach 600 Organizations Worldwide

The China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor known as Salt Typhoon has continued its attacks targeting networks across the world, including organizations in the telecommunications, government, transportation, lodging, and military infrastructure sectors. “While these actors… 

Hidden Vulnerabilities of Project Management Tools & How FluentPro Backup Secures Them

Hidden Vulnerabilities of Project Management Tools & How FluentPro Backup Secures Them

Every day, businesses, teams, and project managers trust platforms like Trello, Asana, etc., to collaborate and manage tasks. But what happens when that trust is broken? According to a recent report by Statista, the average… 

Malicious Nx Packages in ‘s1ngularity’ Attack Leaked 2,349 GitHub, Cloud, and AI Credentials

Malicious Nx Packages in ‘s1ngularity’ Attack Leaked 2,349 GitHub, Cloud, and AI Credentials

The maintainers of the nx build system have alerted users to a supply chain attack that allowed attackers to publish malicious versions of the popular npm package and other auxiliary plugins with data-gathering capabilities. “Malicious… 

U.S. Treasury Sanctions DPRK IT-Worker Scheme, Exposing 0K Crypto Transfers and M+ Profits

U.S. Treasury Sanctions DPRK IT-Worker Scheme, Exposing $600K Crypto Transfers and $1M+ Profits

Aug 28, 2025Ravie LakshmananArtificial Intelligence / Malware The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced a fresh round of sanctions against two individuals and two entities for their role in…