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OverviewFor executive leadership, the emergence of Kyber ransomware represents a significant and immediate threat due to its specialized, dual-platform deployment capability targeting mission-critical virtualization infrastructure (VMware ESXi) and core Windows file systems. This cross-platform approach, coupled with effective anti-recovery measures, drastically elevates the risk of a total operational disruption. Organizations should treat Kyber not merely as another ransomware strain,...

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Microsoft GitHub Repository Windows-driver-samples Workflow Remote Code Execution The GitHub public repository at https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-driver-samples has a GitHub Action configured which allows for Remote Code Execution on the GitHub runner: https://github.com/microsoft/Windows-driver-samples/blob/main/.github/workflows/tag-codeowner-on-issue.ymlThe vulnerability lies in this part of the GitHub workflow: run: | python3 - <<EOF import os import re import requests issue_body = """${{ github.event.issue.body }}""" selected_path = NoneThe issue...

In this episode, we unpack state-sponsored and phishing trends from the 2025 Talos Year in Review. Amy and Martin Lee explore the alarming rise of internal phishing campaigns that bypass traditional perimeter defenses, including the widespread weaponization of Microsoft 365&apos;s Direct Send feature. Beyond simple phishing, we analyze the aggressive, blended operations of state-sponsored actors from China and North...

In 2025, attackers increasingly targeted weaknesses in multi-factor authentication (MFA) workflows, and phishing attacks leveraged valid, compromised credentials to launch lures from trusted accounts. The trends focused entirely on trust, or the lack thereof, in everyday business operations.PhishingIn 2025, phishing attacks were used for initial access in 40% of incidents, maintaining their prevalence. Attackers ramped up cascaded phishing campaigns,...

View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service, or configuration information may be altered without authentication. The following versions of Silex Technology SD-330AC and AMC Manager are affected: SD-330AC <=1.42 (CVE-2026-32955, CVE-2026-32956, CVE-2026-32957, CVE-2026-32958, CVE-2015-5621, CVE-2026-32959, CVE-2026-32960, CVE-2026-32961, CVE-2026-32962, CVE-2024-24487, CVE-2026-32963, CVE-2026-32964, CVE-2026-32965) AMC Manager <=5.0.2 (CVE-2026-32955, CVE-2026-32956, CVE-2026-32957, CVE-2026-32958, CVE-2015-5621, CVE-2026-32959, CVE-2026-32960,...

As macOS adoption grows among developers and DevOps, it has become a high value target; however, native "living-off-the-land" (LOTL) techniques for the platform remain significantly under-documented compared to Windows. Adversaries can bypass security controls by repurposing native features like Remote Application Scripting (RAS) for remote execution and abusing Spotlight metadata (Finder comments) to stage payloads in a way that evades static file...

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What is the Vulnerability? CVE-2026-34197 is a high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability affecting Apache ActiveMQ Classic. The flaw resides in the exposed Jolokia JMX-HTTP interface and allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying system via crafted broker management requests. Recent reporting...

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