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⚡ Weekly Recap: WhatsApp Worm, Critical CVEs, Oracle 0-Day, Ransomware Cartel & More

Every week, the cyber world reminds us that silence doesn’t mean safety. Attacks often begin quietly — one unpatched flaw, one overlooked credential, one backup left unencrypted. By the time alarms sound, the damage is done.
This week’s edition looks at how attackers are changing the game — linking different flaws, working together across borders, and even turning trusted tools into weapons.

SonicWall SSL VPN Accounts in Attacker Crosshairs

Threat actors have rapidly compromised more than 100 SonicWall SSL VPN accounts pertaining to over a dozen entities.

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SimonMed Imaging Data Breach Impacts 1.2 Million

SimonMed Imaging was targeted by the Medusa ransomware group, which claimed to have stolen 200 Gb of data.

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Why Unmonitored JavaScript Is Your Biggest Holiday Security Risk

Think your WAF has you covered? Think again. This holiday season, unmonitored JavaScript is a critical oversight allowing attackers to steal payment data while your WAF and intrusion detection systems see nothing. With the 2025 shopping season weeks away, visibility gaps must close now.
Get the complete Holiday Season Security Playbook here.
Bottom Line Up Front
The 2024 holiday season saw major

NPM Infrastructure Abused in Phishing Campaign Aimed at Industrial and Electronics Firms

Threat actors used automation to create over 175 malicious NPM packages targeting more than 135 organizations.

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Harvard investigating breach linked to Oracle zero-day exploit

Harvard University is investigating a data breach after the Clop ransomware gang listed the school on its data leak site, saying the alleged breach was likely caused by a recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Oracle’s E-Business Suite servers. […]

Oracle Patches EBS Vulnerability Allowing Access to Sensitive Data

It’s unclear if the new Oracle E-Business Suite flaw, which can be exploited remotely without authentication, has been used in the wild.

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Researchers Warn RondoDox Botnet is Weaponizing Over 50 Flaws Across 30+ Vendors

Malware campaigns distributing the RondoDox botnet have expanded their targeting focus to exploit more than 50 vulnerabilities across over 30 vendors.
The activity, described as akin to an “exploit shotgun” approach, has singled out a wide range of internet-exposed infrastructure, including routers, digital video recorders (DVRs), network video recorders (NVRs), CCTV systems, web servers, and

Microsoft Locks Down IE Mode After Hackers Turned Legacy Feature Into Backdoor

Microsoft said it has revamped the Internet Explorer (IE) mode in its Edge browser after receiving “credible reports” in August 2025 that unknown threat actors were abusing the backward compatibility feature to gain unauthorized access to users’ devices.
“Threat actors were leveraging basic social engineering techniques alongside unpatched (0-day) exploits in Internet Explorer’s JavaScript

Spanish Authorities Dismantle ‘GXC Team’ Crime-as-a-Service Operation

The authorities arrested GoogleXcoder, the alleged administrator of GXC Team, which offered phishing kits and Android malware.

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