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Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw in " Alone – Charity Multipurpose Non-profit WordPress Theme " to take over susceptible sites. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5394 , carries a CVSS score of 9.8. Security researcher Thái An has been credited with discovering and reporting the bug. According to Wordfence, the shortcoming relates to an arbitrary file upload affecting all versions of the plugin prior to and including 7.8.3. It has been addressed in version 7.8.5 released on June 16, 2025. CVE-2025-5394 is rooted in a plugin installation function named "alone_import_pack_install_plugin()" and stems from a missing capability check, thereby allowing unauthenticated users to deploy arbitrary plugins from remote sources via AJAX and achieve code execution. "This vulnerability makes it possible for an unauthenticated attacker to upload arbitrary files to a vulnerable site and achieve remote code execution, which is typically lev...

Apple on Tuesday released security updates for its entire software portfolio, including a fix for a vulnerability that Google said was exploited as a zero-day in the Chrome web browser earlier this month. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6558 (CVSS score: 8.8), is an incorrect validation of untrusted input in the browser's ANGLE and GPU components that could result in a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. While there are no details on how the issue has been weaponized by threat actors, Google acknowledged that an "exploit for CVE-2025-6558 exists in the wild." Clément Lecigne and Vlad Stolyarov of Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have been credited with discovering and reporting the shortcoming. The iPhone maker, in its latest round of software updates, also included patches for CVE-2025-6558, stating the vulnerability impacts the WebKit browser engine that powers its Safari browser. "This is a vulnerability in open-source code and Apple Sof...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed now-patched critical security flaws in the firmware of Dahua smart cameras that, if left unaddressed, could allow attackers to hijack control of susceptible devices. "The flaws, affecting the device's ONVIF protocol and file upload handlers, allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary commands remotely, effectively taking over the device," Bitdefender said in a report shared with The Hacker News. The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-31700 and CVE-2025-31701 (CVSS scores: 8.1), affect the following devices running versions with built timestamps before April 16, 2025 - IPC-1XXX Series IPC-2XXX Series IPC-WX Series IPC-ECXX Series SD3A Series SD2A Series SD3D Series SDT2A Series SD2C Series It's worth noting that users can view the build time by logging in to the web interface of the device and then navigating to Settings -> System Information -> Version . Both shortcomings are classified as...

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Google has announced that it's making available a security feature called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) in open beta to ensure that users are safeguarded against session cookie theft attacks. DBSC, first introduced as a prototype in April 2024, is designed to bind authentication sessions to a device so as to prevent threat actors from using stolen cookies to sign-in to victims' accounts and gain unauthorized access from a separate device under their control. "Available in the Chrome browser on Windows, DBSC strengthens security after you are logged in and helps bind a session cookie – small files used by websites to remember user information – to the device a user authenticated from," Andy Wen, senior director of product management at Google Workspace, said . DBSC is not only meant to secure user accounts post-authentication. It makes it a lot more difficult for bad actors to reuse session cookies and improves session integrity. The company also note...

Threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched critical SAP NetWeaver flaw to deliver the Auto-Color backdoor in an attack targeting a U.S.-based chemicals company in April 2025. "Over the course of three days, a threat actor gained access to the customer's network, attempted to download several suspicious files and communicated with malicious infrastructure linked to Auto-Color malware," Darktrace said in a report shared with The Hacker News. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-31324 , a severe unauthenticated file upload bug in SAP NetWeaver that enables remote code execution (RCE). It was patched by SAP in April. Auto-Color, first documented by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 earlier this February, functions akin to a remote access trojan, enabling remote access to compromised Linux hosts. It was observed in attacks targeting universities and government organizations in North America and Asia between November and December 2024. The malware has been...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a now-patched critical security flaw in a popular vibe coding platform called Base44 that could allow unauthorized access to private applications built by its users. "The vulnerability we discovered was remarkably simple to exploit -- by providing only a non-secret 'app_id' value to undocumented registration and email verification endpoints, an attacker could have created a verified account for private applications on their platform," cloud security firm Wiz said in a report shared with The Hacker News. A net result of this issue is that it bypasses all authentication controls, including Single Sign-On (SSO) protections, granting full access to all the private applications and data contained within them. Following responsible disclosure on July 9, 2025, an official fix was rolled out by Wix, which owns Base44, within 24 hours. There is no evidence that the issue was ever maliciously exploited in the wild. While vibe codin...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security vulnerability impacting PaperCutNG/MF print management software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-2533 (CVSS score: 8.4), is a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) bug that could result in remote code execution. "PaperCut NG/MF contains a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability, which, under specific conditions, could potentially enable an attacker to alter security settings or execute arbitrary code," CISA said in an alert. PaperCut NG/MF is commonly used by schools, businesses, and government offices to manage print jobs and control network printers. Because the admin console typically runs on internal web servers, an exploited vulnerability here could give attackers an easy foothold into broader systems if overlooked. In a potential attack scenar...

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered over a dozen security vulnerabilities impacting Tridium's Niagara Framework that could allow an attacker on the same network to compromise the system under certain circumstances. "These vulnerabilities are fully exploitable if a Niagara system is misconfigured, thereby disabling encryption on a specific network device," Nozomi Networks Labs said in a report published last week. "If chained together, they could allow an attacker with access to the same network — such as through a Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) position — to compromise the Niagara system." Developed by Tridium, an independent business entity of Honeywell, the Niagara Framework is a vendor-neutral platform used to manage and control a wide range of devices from different manufacturers, such as HVAC, lighting, energy management, and security, making it a valuable solution in building management, industrial automation, and smart infrastructure environments. I...

Mitel has released security updates to address a critical security flaw in MiVoice MX-ONE that could allow an attacker to bypass authentication protections. "An authentication bypass vulnerability has been identified in the Provisioning Manager component of Mitel MiVoice MX-ONE, which, if successfully exploited, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to conduct an authentication bypass attack due to improper access control," the company said in an advisory released Wednesday. "A successful exploit of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to user or admin accounts in the system." The shortcoming, which is yet to be assigned a CVE identifier, carries a CVSS score of 9.4 out of a maximum of 10.0. It affects MiVoice MX-ONE versions from 7.3 (7.3.0.0.50) to 7.8 SP1 (7.8.1.0.14). Patches for the issue have been made available in MXO-15711_78SP0 and MXO-15711_78SP1 for MX-ONE versions 7.8 and 7.8 SP1, respectively. Customers using M...

Sophos and SonicWall have alerted users of critical security flaws in Sophos Firewall and Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 Series appliances that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution.  The two vulnerabilities impacting Sophos Firewall are listed below - CVE-2025-6704 (CVSS score: 9.8) - An arbitrary file writing vulnerability in the Secure PDF eXchange (SPX) feature can lead to pre-auth remote code execution, if a specific configuration of SPX is enabled in combination with the firewall running in High Availability (HA) mode CVE-2025-7624 (CVSS score: 9.8) - An SQL injection vulnerability in the legacy (transparent) SMTP proxy can lead to remote code execution, if a quarantining policy is active for Email and SFOS was upgraded from a version older than 21.0 GA Sophos said CVE-2025-6704 affects about 0.05% of devices, while CVE-2025-7624 impacts as many as 0.73% of devices. Both vulnerabilities have been addressed alongside a high-severity command injection v...

You wouldn't run your blue team once a year, so why accept this substandard schedule for your offensive side? Your cybersecurity teams are under intense pressure to be proactive and to find your network's weaknesses before adversaries do. But in many organizations, offensive security is still treated as a one-time event: an annual pentest, a quarterly red team engagement, maybe an audit sprint before a compliance deadline . That's not defense. It's a theater. In the real world, adversaries don't operate in bursts. Their recon is continuous, their tools and tactics are always evolving, and new vulnerabilities are often reverse-engineered into working exploits within hours of a patch release.  So, if your offensive validation isn't just as dynamic, you're not just lagging, you're exposed. It's time to move beyond the once a year pentest. It's time to build an Offensive Security Operations Center . Why annual pentesting falls short Point-in-time penetration tests still serv...

Microsoft has revealed that one of the threat actors behind the active exploitation of SharePoint flaws is deploying Warlock ransomware on targeted systems. The tech giant, in an update shared Wednesday, said the findings are based on an "expanded analysis and threat intelligence from our continued monitoring of exploitation activity by Storm-2603 ." The threat actor attributed to the financially motivated activity is a suspected China-based threat actor that's known to drop Warlock and LockBit ransomware in the past. The attack chains entail the exploitation of CVE-2025-49706, a spoofing vulnerability, and CVE-2025-49704, a remote code execution vulnerability, targeting unpatched on-premises SharePoint servers to deploy the spinstall0.aspx web shell payload. "This initial access is used to conduct command execution using the w3wp.exe process that supports SharePoint," Microsoft said. "Storm-2603 then initiates a series of discovery commands, incl...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), on July 22, 2025, added two Microsoft SharePoint flaws, CVE-2025-49704 and CVE-2025-49706, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. To that end, Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies are required to remediate identified vulnerabilities by July 23, 2025. "CISA is aware of active exploitation of a spoofing and RCE vulnerability chain involving CVE-2025-49706 and CVE-2025-49704, enabling unauthorized access to on-premise SharePoint servers," the agency said in an updated advisory. The inclusion of the two shortcomings, a spoofing vulnerability and a remote code execution vulnerability collectively tracked as ToolShell, to the KEV catalog comes after Microsoft revealed that Chinese hacking groups like Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon leveraged these flaws to breach on-premises SharePoint servers since July 7, 2025. As of writing, the tech...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two security flaws impacting SysAid IT support software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below - CVE-2025-2775 (CVSS score: 9.3) - An improper restriction of XML external entity (XXE) reference vulnerability in the Checkin processing functionality, allowing for administrator account takeover and file read primitives CVE-2025-2776 (CVSS score: 9.3) - An improper restriction of XML external entity (XXE) reference vulnerability in the Server URL processing functionality, allowing for administrator account takeover and file read primitives Both shortcomings were disclosed by watchTowr Labs researchers Sina Kheirkhah and Jake Knott back in May, alongside CVE-2025-2777 (CVSS score: 9.3), a pre-authenticated XXE within the /lshw endpoint. The three vulnerabilities were addressed by SysAid in the on-pre...

Microsoft has formally tied the exploitation of security flaws in internet-facing SharePoint Server instances to two Chinese hacking groups called Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon as early as July 7, 2025 , corroborating earlier reports. The tech giant said it also observed a third China-based threat actor, which it tracks as Storm-2603, weaponizing the flaws as well to obtain initial access to target organizations. "With the rapid adoption of these exploits, Microsoft assesses with high confidence that threat actors will continue to integrate them into their attacks against unpatched on-premises SharePoint systems," the tech giant said in a report published today. A brief description of the threat activity clusters is below - Linen Typhoon (aka APT27 , Bronze Union, Emissary Panda, Iodine, Lucky Mouse, Red Phoenix, and UNC215), which is active since 2012 and has been previously attributed to malware families like SysUpdate, HyperBro, and PlugX Violet Typhoon (aka ...

Cisco on Monday updated its advisory of a set of recently disclosed security flaws in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) to acknowledge active exploitation. "In July 2025, the Cisco PSIRT [Product Security Incident Response Team], became aware of attempted exploitation of some of these vulnerabilities in the wild," the company said in an alert. The network equipment vendor did not disclose which vulnerabilities have been weaponized in real-world attacks, the identity of the threat actors exploiting them, or the scale of the activity. Cisco ISE plays a central role in network access control, managing which users and devices are allowed onto corporate networks and under what conditions. A compromise at this layer could give attackers unrestricted access to internal systems, bypassing authentication controls and logging mechanisms—turning a policy engine into an open door. The vulnerabilities outlined in the alert are all critical-ra...

The recently disclosed critical Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability has been under exploitation as early as July 7, 2025, according to findings from Check Point Research. The cybersecurity company said it observed first exploitation attempts targeting an unnamed major Western government, with the activity intensifying on July 18 and 19, spanning government, telecommunications, and software sectors in North America and Western Europe. Check Point also said the exploitation efforts originated from three different IP addresses – 104.238.159[.]149, 107.191.58[.]76, and 96.9.125[.]147 – one of which was previously tied to the weaponization of security flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) appliances ( CVE-2025-4427 and CVE-2025-4428 ). "We're witnessing an urgent and active threat: a critical zero-day in SharePoint on-prem is being exploited in the wild, putting thousands of global organizations at risk," Lotem Finkelstein, Director of Threat Intelligence at Chec...

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 blends in, thanks to modular techniques and automation that copy normal behavior. The real concern? Control isn't just being challenged—it's being quietly taken. This week's updates highlight how default settings, blurred trust boundaries, and exposed infrastructure are turning everyday systems into entry points. ⚡ Threat of the Week Critical SharePoint Zero-Day Actively Exploited (Patch Released Today) — Microsoft has released fixes to address two security flaws in SharePoint Server that have come under active exploitation in the wild to breach dozens of organizations across the world. Details of exploitation emer...

Microsoft on Sunday released security patches for an actively exploited security flaw in SharePoint and also disclosed 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." CVE-2025-53770 (CVSS score: 9.8), as the exploited vulnerability is tracked, concerns a case of remote code execution that arises due to the deserialization of untrusted data in on-premise versions of Microsoft SharePoint Server. The newly disclosed shortcoming is a spoofing flaw in SharePoint ( CVE-2025-53771 , CVSS score: 7.1). Viettel Cyber Security and an anonymous researcher has been credited with discovering and reporting the bug. "Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Microsoft Office SharePoint...

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 in HPE Networking Instant On Access Points, allowing anyone with knowledge of it to bypass normal device authentication," the company said in an advisory. "Successful exploitation could allow a remote attacker to gain administrative access to the system." Also patched by HPE is an authenticated command injection flaw in the command-line interface of the HPE Networking Instant On Access Points (CVE-2025-37102, CVSS score: 7.2) that a remote attacker could exploit with elevated permissions to run arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system as a privileged user. This also me...