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Today — 6 December 2025Main stream

Security News This Week: Oh Crap, Kohler’s Toilet Cameras Aren’t Really End-to-End Encrypted

6 December 2025 at 06:30
Plus: The Trump administration declines to issue sanctions over Salt Typhoon’s hacking spree, officials warn of a disturbingly stealthy Chinese malware specimen, and more.

2.15M Next.js Web Services Exposed Online, Active Attacks Reported – Update Immediately

By: Divya
6 December 2025 at 00:32

Security teams worldwide are rushing to patch systems after the disclosure of a critical React vulnerability, CVE-2025-55182, widely known as “React2Shell.” The flaw affects React Server Components (RSC) and has a maximum CVSS score of 10, the highest possible rating, signaling critical impact and ease of exploitation. Censys telemetry shows that more than 2.15 million internet‑facing services are […]

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FvncBot Android Malware Steals Keystrokes and Injects Harmful Payloads

By: Divya
6 December 2025 at 00:06

A newly discovered Android banking trojan, FvncBot, has emerged as a sophisticated threat targeting mobile banking users in Poland. Researchers from Intel 471 first identified this malware on November 25, 2025, disguised as a security application from mBank, one of Poland’s most prominent banking institutions.​ Novel Malware with Advanced Capabilities FvncBot represents an entirely new […]

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Yesterday — 5 December 2025Main stream

Avast Antivirus Sandbox Vulnerabilities Allow Privilege Escalation

By: Divya
5 December 2025 at 08:46

SAFA researchers uncovered four kernel heap overflow vulnerabilities in Avast Antivirus’s aswSnx.sys driver, designated CVE-2025-13032, affecting versions before 25.3 on Windows. These flaws originate from double-fetch issues in IOCTL handling, allow local attackers to trigger pool overflows for privilege escalation to SYSTEM. The vulnerabilities require sandbox manipulation to access the attack surface, marking a reversal […]

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Threat Actors Distribute CoinMiner Malware through USB Drives to Infect Workstations

5 December 2025 at 08:18

Cybercriminals continue to exploit USB drives as infection vectors, with recent campaigns delivering sophisticated CoinMiner malware that establishes persistent cryptocurrency-mining operations on compromised workstations. Security researchers have documented an evolving threat that leverages social engineering and evasion techniques to avoid detection while mining Monero cryptocurrency on infected systems. In February 2025, AhnLab Security Intelligence Center […]

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MuddyWater Hackers Use UDPGangster Backdoor to Bypass Network Defenses on Windows

5 December 2025 at 07:39

The MuddyWater threat group has escalated its cyber espionage operations by deploying UDPGangster, a sophisticated UDP-based backdoor designed to infiltrate Windows systems while systematically evading traditional network defenses. Recent intelligence gathered by FortiGuard Labs reveals coordinated campaigns targeting high-value victims across Turkey, Israel, and Azerbaijan, employing social engineering tactics paired with advanced anti-analysis techniques that […]

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Apache Tika Core Flaw Allows Attackers to Exploit Systems with Malicious PDF Uploads

By: Divya
5 December 2025 at 07:36

A newly disclosed critical vulnerability in Apache Tika could allow attackers to compromise servers by simply uploading a malicious PDF file, according to a security advisory published by Apache maintainers. Tracked as CVE-2025-66516, the flaw affects Apache Tika core, Apache Tika parsers, and the Apache Tika PDF parser module. CVE ID Severity Vulnerability Type Affected Component Affected Versions CVE-2025-66516 Critical XML External […]

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Hackers Using CastleRAT Malware to Attack Windows Systems and Gain Remote Access

5 December 2025 at 07:06

The cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve as threat actors deploy increasingly sophisticated tools to compromise Windows-based infrastructure. CastleRAT, a Remote Access Trojan that emerged around March 2025, represents a significant addition to the malware arsenal that defenders must now contend with. This newly discovered threat demonstrates the convergence of multiple attack techniques, enabling attackers to […]

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Russian Hackers Imitate European Events in Coordinated Phishing Campaigns

5 December 2025 at 06:22

Russian state-linked hackers are impersonating high-profile European security conferences to compromise cloud email and collaboration accounts at governments, think tanks, and policy organizations, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Volexity. The campaigns, active through late 2025, abuse legitimate Microsoft and Google authentication workflows and rely on painstaking social engineering to trick victims into effectively […]

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Russian Calisto Hackers Target NATO Research with ClickFix Malware

5 December 2025 at 05:58

Russian intelligence-linked cyber threat actors have intensified their operations against NATO research organizations, Western defense contractors, and NGOs supporting Ukraine, employing sophisticated phishing and credential harvesting techniques. The Calisto intrusion set, attributed to Russia’s FSB intelligence service, has escalated its spear-phishing campaigns throughout 2025, leveraging the ClickFix malicious code technique to target high-value entities across […]

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Hackers Exploiting ArrayOS AG VPN Vulnerability to Deploy Webshells

5 December 2025 at 05:19

A critical command injection vulnerability in Array Networks’ ArrayOS AG systems has become the focus of active exploitation campaigns, with Japanese organizations experiencing confirmed attacks since August 2025. According to alerts from JPCERT/CC, threat actors are leveraged the vulnerability to install webshells and establish persistent network access, marking a significant escalation in targeting enterprise VPN infrastructure. The […]

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NCSC Launches Proactive Notification Service to Alert System Owners of Vulnerabilities

By: Divya
5 December 2025 at 05:04

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has introduced a new initiative designed to protect organisations from cyber threats. Working alongside Netcraft, the NCSC has launched the Proactive Notification Service, a groundbreaking program that identifies and alerts system owners about security vulnerabilities affecting their networks. How the Service Works The Proactive Notification Service operates by scanning […]

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Cloudflare Outage Triggers Widespread 500 Internal Server Errors

By: Divya
5 December 2025 at 04:31

Cloudflare has announced that it is currently experiencing a significant outage impacting its Dashboard and Cloudflare API services. Many users around the world are reporting issues such as 500 Internal Server Errors, failed API requests, and sudden disruptions in tools that depend on Cloudflare’s backend systems. According to the cloudflare, the problem mainly affects the […]

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China-Nexus Hackers Target VMware vCenter Systems to Deploy Web Shells and Malware Implants

5 December 2025 at 03:53

Throughout 2025, CrowdStrike has identified multiple intrusions targeting VMware vCenter environments at U.S.-based entities, in which newly identified China-nexus adversary WARP PANDA deployed BRICKSTORM malware. WARP PANDA exhibits sophisticated technical capabilities, advanced operations security skills, and extensive knowledge of cloud and virtual machine environments. In addition to BRICKSTORM, WARP PANDA has deployed JSP web shells […]

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Hackers Abuse Microsoft Teams Notifications to Launch Callback Phishing Attacks

By: Divya
5 December 2025 at 03:48

A sophisticated phishing campaign is targeting users through Microsoft Teams notifications, exploiting the platform’s trusted status to deliver deceptive messages that appear legitimate to both recipients and email security filters. Threat actors are leveraging Teams’ official notification system to send emails from the no-reply@teams.mail.microsoft address, creating a false sense of authenticity that makes detection increasingly difficult. The […]

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Cacti Command Injection Flaw Allows Remote Execution of Malicious Code

By: Divya
5 December 2025 at 03:36

A newly disclosed security flaw in the open-source monitoring platform Cacti could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands on vulnerable servers. The issue, rated High severity and tracked as CVE-2025-66399, affects Cacti versions up to and including 1.2.28. The problem has been fixed in Cacti 1.2.29. The vulnerability stems from improper input validation in the SNMP device configuration workflow. When an authenticated […]

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China-Nexus Hackers Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability in Active Attacks

5 December 2025 at 02:50

Within hours of the public disclosure of CVE-2025-55182 on December 3, 2025, Amazon threat intelligence teams detected active exploitation attempts from multiple China-nexus threat groups, including Earth Lamia and Jackpot Panda. This critical vulnerability in React Server Components carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and poses an immediate threat to organizations running vulnerable versions […]

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CISA, NSA Alert on BRICKSTORM Malware Targeting VMware ESXi and Windows Systems

By: Divya
5 December 2025 at 00:17

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA), joined by Canadian cyber authorities, have issued a joint alert warning of a sophisticated new malware campaign dubbed “BRICKSTORM.” According to the advisory released, state-sponsored hackers from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are actively using this tool to infiltrate and hide […]

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New Stealthy Linux Malware Merges Mirai-based DDoS Botnet with Fileless Cryptominer

5 December 2025 at 00:01

Cybersecurity researchers uncover a sophisticated Linux campaign that blends legacy botnet capabilities with modern evasion techniques. A newly discovered Linux malware campaign is demonstrating the evolving sophistication of threat actors by combining Mirai-derived distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) functionality with a stealthy, fileless cryptocurrency mining operation. According to research from Cyble Research & Intelligence Labs (CRIL), the […]

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