by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 22, 2025 | IT Security
State-sponsored Iranian hacker group MuddyWater has targeted more than 100 government entities in attacks that deployed version 4 of the Phoenix backdoor. The threat actor is also known as Static Kitten, Mercury, and Seedworm, and it typically targets government and...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 22, 2025 | IT Security
Security researchers collected $792,750 in cash after exploiting 56 unique zero-day vulnerabilities during the second day of the Pwn2Own Ireland 2025 hacking competition. Today’s highlight was Ken Gannon of Mobile Hacking Lab and Dimitrios Valsamaras of...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 22, 2025 | IT Security
Partner Content In a world where one wrong click can set off a catastrophic breach, organizations must control what their users have access to if they want to stop mission-critical assets from being leaked or stolen. Identity governance and administration (IGA) is as...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 22, 2025 | IT Security
A spearphishing attack that lasted a single day targeted members of the Ukrainian regional government administration and organizations critical for the war relief effort in Ukraine, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNICEF, and various NGOs....
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 22, 2025 | IT Security
A vulnerability in the popular Rust crate async-tar has affected the fast uv Python package manager, which uses a forked version that’s now patched – but the most widely downloaded version remains unfixed. The vulnerability is an error in the header parsing code...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 22, 2025 | IT Security
Here’s what to know about the malware with an insatiable appetite for valuable data, so much so that it tops this year’s infostealer detection charts 22 Oct 2025 • , 3 min. read Infostealers remain one of the most persistent threats on today’s threat...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 22, 2025 | IT Security
The UK’s data protection regulator declined to launch an investigation into a leak at the Ministry of Defence that risked the lives of thousands of Afghans connected with the British Armed Forces. The MoD was responsible for the accidental data breach, which...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 21, 2025 | IT Security
Security researchers are warning that Vidar Stealer infections are likely to increase after the malware developer released a new major version with upgraded capabilities. According to an announcement from the developer this month, Vidar 2.0 has been rewritten in C,...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 21, 2025 | IT Security
On the first day of Pwn2Own Ireland 2025, security researchers exploited 34 unique zero-days and collected $522,500 in cash awards. The highlight of the day was Bongeun Koo and Evangelos Daravigkas of Team DDOS chaining eight zero-day flaws to hack the QNAP Qhora-322...
by Syndicated News Feed | Oct 21, 2025 | IT Security
Partner Content As cyber risk continues to escalate, many organizations face a disconnect between cybersecurity investments and actual risk reduction. Despite increased security budgets, formal cyber risk programs, and adoption of new frameworks, recent data shows...
