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Cyber News & Articles

Security Tools Alone Don’t Protect You — Control Effectiveness Does 

61% of security leaders reported suffering a breach due to failed or misconfigured controls over the past 12 months. This is despite having an average of 43 cybersecurity tools in place.
This massive rate of security failure is clearly not a security investment problem. It is a configuration problem. Organizations are beginning to understand that a security control installed or deployed is not

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MirrorFace Targets Japan and Taiwan with ROAMINGMOUSE and Upgraded ANEL Malware 

The nation-state threat actor known as MirrorFace has been observed deploying malware dubbed ROAMINGMOUSE as part of a cyber espionage campaign directed against government agencies and public institutions in Japan and Taiwan.
The activity, detected by Trend Micro in March 2025, involved the use of spear-phishing lures to deliver an updated version of a backdoor called ANEL.
“The ANEL file from

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Russian Hackers Using ClickFix Fake CAPTCHA to Deploy New LOSTKEYS Malware 

The Russia-linked threat actor known as COLDRIVER has been observed distributing a new malware called LOSTKEYS as part of an espionage-focused campaign using ClickFix-like social engineering lures.
“LOSTKEYS is capable of stealing files from a hard-coded list of extensions and directories, along with sending system information and running processes to the attacker,” the Google Threat

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Cisco Patches CVE-2025-20188 (10.0 CVSS) in IOS XE That Enables Root Exploits via JWT 

Cisco has released software fixes to address a maximum-severity security flaw in its IOS XE Wireless Controller that could enable an unauthenticated, remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to a susceptible system.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20188, has been rated 10.0 on the CVSS scoring system.
“This vulnerability is due to the presence of a hard-coded JSON Web Token (JWT) on an

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Smashing Security podcast #416: High street hacks, and Disney’s Wingdings woe 

Brits face empty shelves and suspended meal deals as cybercriminals hit major high street retailers, and a terminated Disney employee gets revenge with a little help with Wingdings. Plus Graham challenges Carole to a game of “Malware or metal?”, and we wonder just happens when you have sex on top of a piano?

All this and more is discussed in the latest edition of the award-winning “Smashing Security” podcast by computer security veterans Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault.

Plus! Don’t miss our featured interview with Jon Cho of Dashlane.

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Pakistani Firm Shipped Fentanyl Analogs, Scams to US 

A Texas firm recently charged with conspiring to distribute synthetic opioids in the United States is at the center of a vast network of companies in the U.S. and Pakistan whose employees are accused of using online ads to scam westerners seeking help with trademarks, book writing, mobile app development and logo designs, a new investigation reveals.

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Europol Shuts Down Six DDoS-for-Hire Services Used in Global Attacks 

Europol has announced the takedown of distributed denial of service (DDoS)-for-hire services that were used to launch thousands of cyber-attacks across the world.
In connection with the operation, Polish authorities have arrested four individuals and the United States has seized nine domains that are associated with the now-defunct platforms.
“The suspects are believed to be behind six separate

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OttoKit WordPress Plugin with 100K+ Installs Hit by Exploits Targeting Multiple Flaws 

A second security flaw impacting the OttoKit (formerly SureTriggers) WordPress plugin has come under active exploitation in the wild.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-27007 (CVSS score: 9.8), is a privilege escalation bug impacting all versions of the plugin prior to and including version 1.0.82. 
“This is due to the create_wp_connection() function missing a capability check and

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SysAid Patches 4 Critical Flaws Enabling Pre-Auth RCE in On-Premise Version 

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security flaw in the on-premise version of SysAid IT support software that could be exploited to achieve pre-authenticated remote code execution with elevated privileges.
The vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-2775, CVE-2025-2776, and CVE-2025-2777, have all been described as XML External Entity (XXE) injections, which occur when an attacker is

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Reevaluating SSEs: A Technical Gap Analysis of Last-Mile Protection 

Security Service Edge (SSE) platforms have become the go-to architecture for securing hybrid work and SaaS access. They promise centralized enforcement, simplified connectivity, and consistent policy control across users and devices.
But there’s a problem: they stop short of where the most sensitive user activity actually happens—the browser.
This isn’t a small omission. It’s a structural

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