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SolarWinds Releases Hotfix for Critical CVE-2025-26399 Remote Code Execution Flaw

SolarWinds has released hot fixes to address a critical security flaw impacting its Web Help Desk software that, if successfully exploited, could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on susceptible systems.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-26399 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as an instance of deserialization of untrusted data that could result in code execution. It affects

Unit 221B Raises $5 Million for Threat Intel Aiding Hacker Arrests

The company will expand its platform’s capabilities and accelerate investigative collaboration and go-to-market efforts.

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GitHub tightens npm security with mandatory 2FA, access tokens

GitHub is introducing a set of defenses against supply-chain attacks on the platform that led to multiple large-scale incidents recently. […]

CISA Announces Steve Casapulla as Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security

All Microsoft Entra Tenants Were Exposed to Silent Compromise via Invisible Actor Tokens: Researcher

The strength of responsible disclosure is that it can solve problems before they are actioned. The weakness is that it potentially generates a false sense of security in the vendor.

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Lean Teams, Higher Stakes: Why CISOs Must Rethink Incident Remediation

Big companies are getting smaller, and their CEOs want everyone to know it. Wells Fargo has cut its workforce by 23% over five years, Bank of America has shed 88,000 employees since 2010, and Verizon’s CEO recently boasted that headcount is “going down all the time.” What was once a sign of corporate distress has become a badge of honor, with executives celebrating lean operations and AI-driven

ShadowV2 Botnet Exploits Misconfigured AWS Docker Containers for DDoS-for-Hire Service

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet that customers can rent access to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against targets of interest.
The ShadowV2 botnet, according to Darktrace, predominantly targets misconfigured Docker containers on Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud servers to deploy a Go-based malware that turns infected systems into attack nodes

Top 25 MCP Vulnerabilities Reveal How AI Agents Can Be Exploited

A new ranking of Model Context Protocol weaknesses highlights critical risks—from prompt injection to command injection—and provides a roadmap for securing the foundations of agentic AI.

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ShadowV2 DDoS Service Lets Customers Self-Manage Attacks

The botnet’s operators provide customers with access to an infected network of Docker containers so they can conduct DDoS attacks.

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NPM package caught using QR Code to fetch cookie-stealing malware

Newly discovered npm package ‘fezbox’ employs QR codes to hide a second-stage payload to steal cookies from a user’s web browser. The package, masquerading as a utility library, leverages this innovative steganographic technique to harvest sensitive data, such as user credentials, from a compromised machine. […]

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