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⚡ Weekly Recap: SharePoint 0-Day, Chrome Exploit, macOS Spyware, NVIDIA Toolkit RCE and More

Even in well-secured environments, attackers are getting in—not with flashy exploits, but by quietly taking advantage of weak settings, outdated encryption, and trusted tools left unprotected. These attacks don’t depend on zero-days. They work by staying unnoticed—slipping through the cracks in what we monitor and what we assume is safe. What once looked suspicious now […]

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Assessing the Role of AI in Zero Trust

By 2025, Zero Trust has evolved from a conceptual framework into an essential pillar of modern security. No longer merely theoretical, it’s now a requirement that organizations must adopt. A robust, defensible architecture built on Zero Trust principles does more than satisfy baseline regulatory mandates. It underpins cyber resilience, secures third-party partnerships, and ensures uninterrupted […]

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Another Supply Chain Vulnerability

ProPublica is reporting: Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems—with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel—leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica investigation has found. The arrangement, which was critical to Microsoft winning the federal government’s cloud computing […]

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Europol targets Kremlin-backed cybercrime gang NoName057(16)

A pro-Kremlin cybercrime network has been taken offline after an international law enforcement operation disrupted over 100 of its servers, detained two gang members, and issued arrest warrants for seven more. The hacking group NoName057(16) has been operating since 2022, launching cyber attacks on government organisations, media bodies, critical infrastructure, and private companies in Ukraine, […]

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PoisonSeed Attack Turns Out to Be Not a FIDO Bypass After All

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a novel attack technique that allows threat actors to downgrade Fast IDentity Online (FIDO) key protections by deceiving users into approving authentication requests from spoofed company login portals. FIDO keys are hardware- or software-based authenticators designed to eliminate phishing by binding logins to specific domains using public-private key cryptography. In this […]

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Microsoft Releases Urgent Patch for SharePoint RCE Flaw Exploited in Ongoing Cyber Attacks

Microsoft on Sunday released security patches for an actively exploited security flaw in SharePoint and also released details of another vulnerability that it said has been addressed with “more robust protections.” The tech giant acknowledged it’s “aware of active attacks targeting on-premises SharePoint Server customers by exploiting vulnerabilities partially addressed by the July Security Update.” […]

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Hard-Coded Credentials Found in HPE Instant On Devices Allow Admin Access

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) has released security updates to address a critical security flaw affecting Instant On Access Points that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and gain administrative access to susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-37103, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. “Hard-coded login credentials were found […]

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3,500 Websites Hijacked to Secretly Mine Crypto Using Stealth JavaScript and WebSocket Tactics

A new attack campaign has compromised more than 3,500 websites worldwide with JavaScript cryptocurrency miners, marking the return of browser-based cryptojacking attacks once popularized by the likes of CoinHive. Although the service has since shuttered after browser makers took steps to ban miner-related apps and add-ons, researchers from the c/side said they found evidence of […]

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CMMC 2.0 Is Coming—Here’s What You Missed in Our Webinar with Vanta

CMMC 2.0 Is Coming—Here’s What You Missed in Our Webinar with Vanta Straight Talk on What CMMC 2.0 Means—and How to Get Ready Before It’s Too Late Spoiler alert: CMMC isn’t just coming—it’s knocking. That’s why, on July 16th, we teamed up with our friends at Vanta for a no-fluff, high-impact webinar on how to […]

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