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Security researchers from the SAFA team have uncovered four kernel heap overflow vulnerabilities in Avast Antivirus, all traced to the aswSnx kernel driver. The flaws, now tracked collectively as CVE-2025-13032, could allow a local attacker to escalate privileges to SYSTEM on Windows 11 if successfully exploited. The research focused on Avast’s sandbox implementation, a component […]

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Madison, United States, December 5th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Sprocket Security is proud to announce that it has once again been recognized by G2 for “High Performer,” “Best Support,” and “Easiest to Do Business With” in the Winter 2025 Relationship Index for Penetration Testing. This marks the second consecutive quarter Sprocket has earned these honors, reinforcing the […]

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Torrance, California, USA, December 5th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Criminal IP will host a live webinar on December 16 at 11:00 AM Pacific Time (PT), focusing on the shift in cyberattack strategies. The session will examine how an increasing number of incidents now originate from exposed digital assets, rather than from known software vulnerabilities. As organizations rapidly […]

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Netflix has struck a transformative deal to acquire Warner Bros. studios, HBO, and HBO Max from Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $82.7 billion. The move catapults Netflix into a content powerhouse, blending its streaming dominance with Warner’s storied Hollywood legacy. Announced Friday, the agreement values WBD shares at $27.75 each, […]

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Cybercriminals are actively spreading CoinMiner malware through USB drives, targeting workstations across South Korea to mine Monero cryptocurrency. This ongoing campaign uses deceptive shortcut files and hidden folders to trick users into executing malicious scripts without their knowledge. The attack leverages a combination of VBS, BAT, and DLL files that work together to install XMRig, […]

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A sophisticated cyber threat has emerged targeting Windows systems across multiple countries in the Middle East. UDPGangster, a UDP-based backdoor, represents a dangerous new weapon in the arsenal of the MuddyWater threat group, known for conducting cyber espionage operations throughout the Middle East and neighboring regions. This malware gives attackers complete remote control over compromised […]

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Cloudflare’s global network suffered a brief but widespread disruption this morning, lasting approximately 25 minutes, due to an internal change in its Web Application Firewall (WAF) designed to counter a critical vulnerability in React Server Components. The incident, which began around 8:47 GMT, affected the Cloudflare Dashboard, APIs, and proxied services, causing 500 Internal Server […]

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A persistent privilege escalation technique in AWS that allows attackers with limited permissions to execute code under higher-privileged execution roles on EC2 instances and SageMaker notebook instances. First documented by Grzelak in 2016 for EC2, the method exploits modifiable boot-time configurations to inject malicious payloads, bypassing standard IAM controls like PassRole. Recent analysis from Security […]

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A new Remote Access Trojan known as CastleRAT has emerged as a growing threat to Windows systems worldwide. First observed around March 2025, this malware enables attackers to gain complete remote control over compromised machines. The threat comes in two main builds: a lightweight Python version and a more powerful compiled C version, with the […]

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Russian threat actors are running a new wave of phishing campaigns that spoof major European security events to quietly steal cloud credentials. Invitations that look legitimate, often tied to conferences such as the Belgrade Security Conference or the Brussels Indo-Pacific Dialogue, direct targets to polished registration sites that mimic real organizers. Behind this professional surface, […]

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A critical security vulnerability in Apache Tika has been discovered that allows attackers to compromise systems by uploading specially crafted PDF files. Organizations worldwide are urged to patch immediately. Apache Tika is a popular open-source toolkit used by thousands of organizations to extract text and metadata from documents, including PDFs, Word files, and images. Apache […]

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Russian-backed threat actors continue their sophisticated cyber espionage operations against Western institutions through advanced phishing tactics. Calisto, a Russia-nexus intrusion set attributed to the Russian FSB’s Center 18 for Information Security (military unit 64829), has emerged as a persistent threat targeting NATO research entities and strategic organizations. The group has expanded its attack scope to […]

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A new sophisticated threat actor has emerged in the cybersecurity landscape, targeting critical infrastructure across the United States. The adversary, operating under the name WARP PANDA, has demonstrated remarkable technical capabilities in infiltrating VMware vCenter environments at legal, technology, and manufacturing organizations. This group’s emergence marks a significant escalation in cloud-based cyberattacks, with particular focus […]

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Critical security updates have been released to fix two high-severity flaws in the Triton Inference Server that let attackers crash systems remotely from NVIDIA. Both flaws received a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating they are high-priority threats requiring immediate patching. The first vulnerability (CVE-2025-33211) involves improper validation of input quantity. An attacker can exploit this […]

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Attackers are actively exploiting a serious vulnerability in Array Networks’ ArrayOS AG series to gain unauthorized access to enterprise networks. The flaw exists in the DesktopDirect function, a feature designed to provide remote desktop access to administrators. Security researchers have discovered that this command injection vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on affected systems […]

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A major disruption swept across the internet today as Cloudflare, a critical backbone for millions of websites, reported widespread issues with its Dashboard and APIs, triggering 500 Internal Server Errors for users globally. The outage, confirmed by Cloudflare’s status page, began around 08:56 UTC and impacted management tools, automations, and integrations reliant on these services. […]

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A dangerous new Android spyware variant called ClayRat has emerged as a significant threat to mobile device security worldwide. First identified in October by the zLabs team, this malware represents a concerning evolution in mobile threats with capabilities that allow attackers to gain near-complete control over infected devices. The spyware demonstrates sophisticated techniques to steal […]

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A dangerous new wave of phishing attacks is targeting Solana users by changing wallet ownership permissions rather than stealing private keys. A victim lost more than USD 3 million in a single attack, with an additional USD 2 million locked in investment platforms. What makes this attack unique is that the user’s funds remained visible […]

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A critical command injection vulnerability in the open-source network monitoring tool Cacti allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely, potentially compromising the entire monitoring infrastructure. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-66399, affects all versions up to 1.2.28 and stems from inadequate input validation in the SNMP device configuration functionality. The vulnerability resides in the device […]

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A high-severity vulnerability has been disclosed in Splunk affecting its Enterprise and Universal Forwarder products for Windows, stemming from incorrect file permissions during installation and upgrades. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20386 for Splunk Enterprise and CVE-2025-20387 for Universal Forwarder. Allows non-administrator users to access sensitive installation directories and their contents, creating a pathway for privilege […]

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