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Subaru Starlink flaw allowed experts to remotely hack cars |
Participants in the Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 earned $886,250 |
U.S. CISA adds SonicWall SMA1000 flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog |
J-magic malware campaign targets Juniper routers |
SonicWall warns of a critical CVE-2025-23006 zero-day likely exploited in the wild |
U.S. CISA adds JQuery flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog |
Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Day 2: organizers awarded $335,500 |
Chinese threat actors used two advanced exploit chains to hack Ivanti CSA |
Cisco addresses a critical privilege escalation bug in Meeting Management |
U.S. President Donald Trump granted a “full and unconditional pardon” to Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road creator |
Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 Day 1: organizers awarded $382,750 for 16 zero-days |
Subaru Starlink flaw allowed experts to remotely hack cars |
Two ransomware groups abuse Microsoft’s Office 365 platform to gain access to target organizations |
Cloudflare blocked a record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack |
A 7-Zip bug allows to bypass the Mark of the Web (MotW) feature |
Former CIA analyst pleaded guilty to leaking top-secret documents |
New Mirai botnet variant Murdoc Botnet targets AVTECH IP cameras and Huawei HG532 routers |
CERT-UA warned of scammers impersonating the agency using fake AnyDesk requests |
HPE is investigating IntelBroker’s claims of the company hack |
Esperts found new DoNot Team APT group’s Android malware |
Malicious npm and PyPI target Solana Private keys to steal funds from victims’ wallets |
Planet WGS-804HPT Industrial Switch flaws could be chained to achieve remote code execution |
A flaw in the W3 Total Cache plugin exposes hundreds of thousands of WordPress sites to attacks |
International Press – Newsletter
Cybercrime
HPE investigates breach as hacker claims to steal source code
Malware stole internal PowerSchool passwords from engineer’s hacked computer
Former CIA Analyst Pleads Guilty to Transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information
Trump pardons Silk Road dark web market creator Ross Ulbricht
TRIPLESTRENGTH Hits Cloud for Cryptojacking, On-Premises Systems for Ransomwarehttps://blog.lumen.com/the-j-magic-show-magic-packets-and-where-to-find-them/
Millions Impacted by PowerSchool Data Breach
Malware
Gmail For Exfiltration: Malicious npm Packages Target Solana Private Keys and Drain Victims’ Wallets
Threat Bulletin: Weaponized Software Targets Chinese-Speaking Organizations
The J-Magic Show: Magic Packets and Where to find them
HellCat and Morpheus | Two Brands, One Payload as Ransomware Affiliates Drop Identical Code
Homebrew macOS Users Targeted With Information Stealer Malware
Lumma Stealer: Fake CAPTCHAs & New Techniques to Evade Detection
Hacking
Hack The Emulated Planet: Vulnerability Hunting Planet WGS-804HPT Industrial Switch
Mercedes-Benz Head Unit security research report
Nebula Broker: offensive operations made in Italy
Attempts to carry out cyberattacks using AnyDesk, allegedly on behalf of CERT-UA
CISA and FBI Release Advisory on How Threat Actors Chained Vulnerabilities in Ivanti Cloud Service Applications
PANdora’s Box: Vulnerabilities Found in NGFW
Lessons From Red Teaming 100 Generative AI Products
Pwn2Own Automotive 2025 – Day Three and Final Results
Hacking Subaru: Tracking and Controlling Cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel
Hidden Waymo feature let researcher customize robotaxi’s display
Intelligence and Information Warfare
Android malware in DoNot APT Operations
Philippines arrests Chinese national suspected of spying on critical infrastructure
Two North Korean Nationals and Three Facilitators Indicted for Multi-Year Fraudulent Remote Information Technology Worker Scheme that Generated Revenue for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
PlushDaemon compromises supply chain of Korean VPN service
Cybersecurity
DORA’s Deadline Looms: Navigating the EU’s Mandate for Threat Led Penetration Testing
DORA Arrives: European Financial Services Faces New Regulation
Record-breaking 5.6 Tbps DDoS attack and global DDoS trends for 2024 Q4
MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years
Trump administration fires members of cybersecurity review board in ‘horribly shortsighted’ decision
Android’s New Identity Check Feature Locks Device Settings Outside Trusted Locations
Under Trump, US Cyberdefense Loses Its Head
Cloudflare Issue Can Leak Chat App Users’ Broad Location
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