A severe remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Erlang’s Open Telecom Platform (OTP) Secure Shell daemon (sshd) is being actively exploited. According to a new analysis by Palo Alto’s Unit 42, CVE-2025-32433, rated 10.0 on the CVSS scale, allows unauthenticated attackers to execute commands by sending specific SSH messages before authentication. Vulnerable versions include Erlang/OTP … Ler mais
HomeBlog AI Applications in Cybersecurity There is a really great series of online events highlighting cool uses of AI in cybersecurity, titled Prompt||GTFO. Videos from the first three events are online. And here’s where to register to attend, or participate, in the fourth. Some really great stuff here. Tags: AI, cybersecurity, videos Posted on August … Ler mais
A surge in fraudulent “AI-powered” trading platforms has been observed exploiting deepfake technology and fabricated online content to deceive investors. According to a new investigation by Group-IB, scammers are deploying convincing fake videos, phony reviews and targeted online ads to lure victims into fraudulent investment schemes. At the heart of these campaigns are AI-generated deepfake … Ler mais
Manpower, one of the world’s leading staffing agencies, has confirmed that a data breach has affected 144,189 people. In a filing with the Office of the Main Attorney General, Manpower said it notified affected individuals on August 11 that their personal information, including their names, had been compromised. The breach occurred months ago, with the … Ler mais
Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor introduced with Windows 7 was already removed for Windows Insiders as of July 2025, with the release of Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27891 to the Canary … Ler mais
Microsoft has asked customers this week to disregard incorrect CertificateServicesClient (CertEnroll) errors that appear after installing the July 2025 preview update and subsequent Windows 11 24H2 updates. In recent months, Microsoft has addressed multiple similar issues affecting various Windows features that triggered erroneous warnings with no actual impact. For instance, last month, Redmond advised users … Ler mais
Officials from the City of St. Paul, Minnesota, have confirmed that the Interlock ransomware group has published employee data online after refusing the attackers’ payment demands. Mayor Melvin Carter said that the gang appeared to have published approximately 43GB of data stolen from St. Paul City Council systems. “The files they posted appear to come … Ler mais
Security researchers at Infoblox Threat Intel have revealed the complex workings of VexTrio, a highly skilled cybercriminal network that has been active since at least 2017. This discovery highlights the ongoing dangers in the digital economy. Formerly known simply as VexTrio, this group now dubbed VexTrio Viper leverages advanced traffic distribution systems (TDSs), lookalike domains, … Ler mais
GitLab has released critical security patches addressing multiple high-severity vulnerabilities that could enable attackers to execute account takeovers and stored cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks across both Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) platforms. The vulnerabilities, disclosed in patch releases 18.2.2, 18.1.4, and 18.0.6, represent serious security risks that require immediate attention from administrators. Critical … Ler mais
Microsoft has disclosed three critical security vulnerabilities in its Office suite that could enable attackers to execute malicious code remotely on affected systems. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2025-53731, CVE-2025-53740, and CVE-2025-53730, were released on August 12, 2025, and pose significant security risks to organizations and individual users worldwide. All three vulnerabilities stem fromuse-after-freememory corruption issues … Ler mais
