FortiOS Vulnerability Allows Super-Admin Privilege Escalation – Patch Now!

Super-admin access vulnerability discovered in FortiOS Security Fabric. Exploitation could lead to widespread network breaches. Update now. Fortinet has…

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SecurityWeek Analysis: Over 400 Cybersecurity M&A Deals Announced in 2024

An analysis conducted by SecurityWeek shows that 405 cybersecurity-related mergers and acquisitions were announced in 2024.

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Palo Alto Networks Patches Potentially Serious Firewall Vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks has published 10 new security advisories, including one for a high-severity firewall authentication bypass vulnerability.

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Barcelona-based spyware startup Variston reportedly shuts down

Variston, a Barcelona-based spyware vendor, is reportedly being liquidated. Intelligence Online, a trade publication that covers the surveillance and intelligence industry, reported that a legal notice published in Barcelona’s registry on February 10 confirmed that Variston has gone into liquidation. This comes almost exactly a year after TechCrunch reported that Variston was in the process […]

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Exploitation of Old ThinkPHP, OwnCloud Vulnerabilities Surges

Threat actors are increasingly exploiting two old vulnerabilities in ThinkPHP and OwnCloud in their attacks.

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The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis

Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year. As people grow increasingly isolated, and generative AI helps scammers scale their crimes, the problem could get worse.

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Google Pays Out $55,000 Bug Bounty for Chrome Vulnerability

Google has released a Chrome 133 update to address four high-severity vulnerabilities reported by external researchers.

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FINALDRAFT Malware Exploits Microsoft Graph API for Espionage on Windows and Linux

Threat hunters have shed light on a new campaign targeting the foreign ministry of an unnamed South American nation with bespoke malware capable of granting remote access to infected hosts.
The activity, detected in November 2024, has been attributed by Elastic Security Labs to a threat cluster it tracks as REF7707. Some of the other targets include a telecommunications entity and a university,

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China’s Salt Typhoon hackers continue to breach telecom firms despite US sanctions

Threat intelligence firm Recorded Future said it had observed Salt Typhoon breaching 5 telcos between December 2024 and January 2025.

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CrowdStrike just killed 40 hours of SOC pain: Here’s how they did it

CrowdStrike Unveils AI-Driven SOC Triage, Cutting Incident Response Time by 40+ Hours Weekly


CrowdStrike is launching Charlotte AI Detection Triage, saving SOC teams over 40 hours a week and delivering over 98% accuracy.Read More

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