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Cyber Security News From Around The World

Latest news as of 7/14/2025, 12:32:11 PM

Bleeping Computer

1 month ago

Microsoft ships emergency patch to fix Windows 11 installation issues

Microsoft has released an out-of-band update to address a known issue causing some Windows 11 systems to enter recovery and fail to start while trying to install the KB5058405 May 2025 security update. [...]

The Hacker News

1 month ago

The Secret Defense Strategy of Four Critical Industries Combating Advanced Cyber Threats

The evolution of cyber threats has forced organizations across all industries to rethink their security strategies. As attackers become more sophisticated — leveraging encryption, living-off-the-land techniques, and lateral movement to evade traditional defenses — security teams are finding more threats wreaking havoc before they can be detected. Even after an attack has been identified, it can

Bleeping Computer

1 month ago

Qualcomm fixes three Adreno GPU zero-days exploited in attacks

Qualcomm has released security patches for three zero-day vulnerabilities in the Adreno Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) driver that impact dozens of chipsets and are actively exploited in targeted attacks. [...]

The Hacker News

1 month ago

Fake Recruiter Emails Target CFOs Using Legit NetBird Tool Across 6 Global Regions

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a new spear-phishing campaign that uses a legitimate remote access tool called Netbird to target Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and financial executives at banks, energy companies, insurers, and investment firms across Europe, Africa, Canada, the Middle East, and South Asia. "In what appears to be a multi-stage phishing operation, the attackers

The Register

1 month ago

Lumma infostealer takedown may have inflicted only a flesh wound as crew keeps lifting info

PLUS: Ransomware gang using tech support scam; Czechia accuses China of infrastructure attack; And more! Despite last week’s FBI announcement that it helped to the crew behind the Lumma infostealer, the malware continues to operate.… Infosec In Brief take down

Bleeping Computer

1 month ago

Exploit details for max severity Cisco IOS XE flaw now public

Technical details about a maximum-severity Cisco IOS XE WLC arbitrary file upload flaw tracked as CVE-2025-20188 have been made publicly available, bringing us closer to a working exploit. [...]

The Hacker News

1 month ago

New Linux Flaws Allow Password Hash Theft via Core Dumps in Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora

Two information disclosure flaws have been identified in apport and systemd-coredump, the core dump handlers in Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora, according to the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU). Tracked as CVE-2025-5054 and CVE-2025-4598, both vulnerabilities are race condition bugs that could enable a local attacker to obtain access to access sensitive information. Tools like

The Register

1 month ago

Mysterious leaker GangExposed outs Conti kingpins in massive ransomware data dump

'It's a high-stakes intelligence war' he told El Reg A mystery whistleblower calling himself GangExposed has exposed key figures behind the Conti and Trickbot ransomware crews, publishing a trove of internal files and naming names.… exclusive

The Hacker News

1 month ago

U.S. DoJ Seizes 4 Domains Supporting Cybercrime Crypting Services in Global Operation

A multinational law enforcement operation has resulted in the takedown of an online cybercrime syndicate that offered services to threat actors to ensure that their malicious software stayed undetected from security software. To that effect, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said it seized four domains and their associated server facilitated the crypting service on May 27, 2025, in

Dark Reading

1 month ago

'Earth Lamia' Exploits Known SQL, RCE Bugs Across Asia

A "highly active" Chinese threat group is taking proverbial candy from babies, exploiting known bugs in exposed servers to steal data from organizations in sensitive sectors.