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2025 Cybersecurity Reality Check: Breaches Hidden, Attack Surfaces Growing, and AI Misperceptions Rising

Bitdefender’s 2025 Cybersecurity Assessment Report paints a sobering picture of today’s cyber defense landscape: mounting pressure to remain silent after breaches, a gap between leadership and frontline teams, and a growing urgency to shrink the enterprise attack surface.
The annual research combines insights from over 1,200 IT and security professionals across six countries, along with an

Hackers Exploit Milesight Routers to Send Phishing SMS to European Users

Unknown threat actors are abusing Milesight industrial cellular routers to send SMS messages as part of a smishing campaign targeting users in European countries since at least February 2022.
French cybersecurity company SEKOIA said the attackers are exploiting the cellular router’s API to send malicious SMS messages containing phishing URLs, with the campaigns primarily targeting Sweden, Italy,

Descope Raises $35 Million in Seed Round Extension

The identity and access management provider will invest in agentic identity R&D, expand to new regions, and hire new talent.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2025:Prioritizing Identity to Safeguard Critical Infrastructure

This year’s theme focuses on government entities and small and medium-sized businesses that are vital to protecting the systems and services that keep our communities running.

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Broadcom Fails to Disclose Zero-Day Exploitation of VMware Vulnerability

Impacting VMware Aria Operations and VMware Tools, the flaw can be exploited to elevate privileges on the VM.

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New Android Banking Trojan “Klopatra” Uses Hidden VNC to Control Infected Smartphones

A previously undocumented Android banking trojan called Klopatra has compromised over 3,000 devices, with a majority of the infections reported in Spain and Italy.
Italian fraud prevention firm Cleafy, which discovered the sophisticated malware and remote access trojan (RAT) in late August 2025, said it leverages Hidden Virtual Network Computing (VNC) for remote control of infected devices and

Battering RAM Attack Breaks Intel and AMD Security Tech With $50 Device

Intel and AMD say the research is not in scope of their threat model because the attack requires physical access to a device.

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Ukraine Warns of CABINETRAT Backdoor + XLL Add-ins Spread via Signal ZIPs

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has warned of new targeted cyber attacks in the country using a backdoor called CABINETRAT.
The activity, observed in September 2025, has been attributed to a threat cluster it tracks as UAC-0245. The agency said it spotted the attack following the discovery of software tools taking the form of XLL files, which refer to Microsoft Excel

Imgur blocks UK users after data watchdog signals possible fine

People in the United Kingdom are no longer able to access content hosted on the Imgur, a popular media sharing site, after a UK data watchdog warned it may impose a monetary penalty on the parent company, MediaLab. […]

Sendit sued by the FTC for illegal collection of children data

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing Sendit’s operating company and its CEO for unlawful collection of data from underage users, as well as deceptive subscription practices. […]

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