Cisco discloses maximum-severity defect in firewall software
The vulnerability, which Cisco said it discovered during internal security testing, could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute high-privilege commands.
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Russia restricts WhatsApp, Telegram calls, alleging criminal, terrorist activity
The two messaging apps replied separately, commenting on user rights and efforts to counter crime.
Fortinet SIEM issue coincides with spike in brute-force traffic against company’s SSL VPNs
Researchers aren’t aware of any active exploitation of the software, but the issue is being dealt with simultaneously as attackers are trying to brute force the company’s…
Microsoft Patch Tuesday follows SharePoint attacks, Exchange server warnings
Despite serious alarm raised by officials, organizations have not applied the patch for Microsoft Exchange servers en masse.
Guess what else GPT-5 is bad at? Security
OpenAI and Microsoft have said that GPT-5 is one of their safest and secure models out of the box yet. An AI red-teamer called its performance “terrible.”
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Researchers determine old vulnerabilities pose real-world threat to sensitive data in public clouds
The presentation Monday revises the old Spectre vulnerability in a new scenario, demonstrating there’s not enough focus on the danger.
DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge reveals winning models for automated vulnerability discovery and patching
The initiative seeks to patch vulnerabilities in open-source code before they are exploited by would-be attackers. Now comes the hard part — putting the systems to the…
CISA, Microsoft warn organizations of high-severity Microsoft Exchange vulnerability
The public disclosure and advisories came late Wednesday during Black Hat, but Microsoft said the timing was coordinated.
SonicWall firewalls hit by active mass exploitation of suspected zero-day
About 20 organizations have been impacted and the pace of attacks is rising. Threat researchers and SonicWall are scrambling to determine the root cause.