CISO Strategy CISO Communities – Cybersecurity’s Secret Weapon Closed CISO communities act as an information exchange, advice center, pressure valve, and safe haven from critical oversight. Kevin TownsendDecember 16, 2025
Data Breaches User Data Compromised in SoundCloud Hack SoundCloud said the information of 20% of users was accessed by hackers who breached its systems. Eduard KovacsDecember 16, 2025
Vulnerabilities In-the-Wild Exploitation of Fresh Fortinet Flaws Begins Threat actors are exploiting the two critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities against FortiGate appliances. Ionut ArghireDecember 16, 2025
Data Breaches 700Credit Data Breach Impacts 5.8 Million Individuals Hackers stole names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers from the credit report and identity verification services provider. Ionut ArghireDecember 15, 2025
Vulnerabilities Apple Patches Two Zero-Days Tied to Mysterious Exploited Chrome Flaw Apple has released macOS and iOS updates to patch two WebKit zero-days exploited in an “extremely sophisticated” attack. Eduard KovacsDecember 15, 2025
Malware & Threats Notepad++ Patches Updater Flaw After Reports of Traffic Hijacking Notepad++ found a vulnerability in the way the software updater authenticates update files. Eduard KovacsDecember 12, 2025
Artificial Intelligence Trump Signs Executive Order to Block State AI Regulations Members of Congress from both parties have pushed for more regulations on AI, saying there is not enough oversight for the powerful technology. Associated PressDecember 11, 2025
Vulnerabilities Google Patches Mysterious Chrome Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild The Chrome zero-day does not have a CVE and it's unclear who reported it and which browser component it affects. Eduard KovacsDecember 11, 2025
Endpoint Security Intel, AMD Processors Affected by PCIe Vulnerabilities The PCIe flaws, found by Intel employees, can be exploited for information disclosure, escalation of privilege, or DoS. Eduard KovacsDecember 10, 2025
Vulnerabilities Microsoft Patches 57 Vulnerabilities, Three Zero-Days Microsoft has addressed a Windows vulnerability exploited as zero-day that allows attackers to obtain System privileges. Ionut ArghireDecember 9, 2025
Tracking & Law Enforcement US Posts $10 Million Bounty for Iranian Hackers The US seeks information on the leader of Emennet Pasargad, Mohammad Bagher Shirinkar, and long-time employee Fatemeh Sedighian Kashi. Ionut ArghireDecember 9, 2025
CISO Conversations CISO Conversations: Keith McCammon, CSO and Co-founder at Red Canary From a basement computer lab to the C-Suite: How Keith McCammon built his career and Red Canary with zero formal training. Kevin TownsendDecember 8, 2025
Vulnerabilities Exploitation of React2Shell Surges An increasing number of threat actors have been attempting to exploit the React vulnerability CVE-2025-55182 in their attacks. Eduard KovacsDecember 8, 2025
Incident Response Cloudflare Outage Caused by React2Shell Mitigations The critical React vulnerability has been exploited in the wild by Chinese and other threat actors. Eduard KovacsDecember 5, 2025
Vulnerabilities Chinese Hackers Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability AWS has seen multiple China-linked threat groups attempting to exploit the React vulnerability CVE-2025-55182. Eduard KovacsDecember 5, 2025
Application Security React2Shell: In-the-Wild Exploitation Expected for Critical React Vulnerability A researcher has pointed out that only instances using a newer feature are impacted by CVE-2025-55182. Eduard KovacsDecember 4, 2025
Endpoint Security Microsoft Silently Mitigated Exploited LNK Vulnerability Windows now displays in the properties tab of LNK files critical information that could reveal malicious code. Ionut ArghireDecember 3, 2025
Mobile & Wireless Android Zero-Days Patched in December 2025 Security Update Google warns that two out of the 107 vulnerabilities patched in Android this month have been exploited in limited, targeted attacks. Ionut ArghireDecember 2, 2025
Identity & Access Facial Recognition’s Trust Problem Two technologies — one for public safety, one for controlled entry — show why trust in facial recognition must be earned, not assumed. Kevin TownsendDecember 1, 2025
ICS/OT CISA Warns of ScadaBR Vulnerability After Hacktivist ICS Attack CISA has added CVE-2021-26829 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Eduard KovacsDecember 1, 2025