NDSS 2025 – MADWeb 2025, Opening Remarks and Keynote 1
Author, Creator & Presenter: Keynote 1 – Nick Nikiforakis, Stony Book UniversityWorkshop on Measurements, Attacks, and Defenses for the Web...
Month: October 2025
Chinese Threat Group ‘Jewelbug’ Quietly Infiltrated Russian IT Network for Months
A threat actor with ties to China has been attributed to a five-month-long intrusion targeting a Russian IT service provider,...
F5 Breach Exposes BIG-IP Source Code — Nation-State Hackers Behind Massive Intrusion
Oct 15, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Threat Intelligence U.S. cybersecurity company F5 on Wednesday disclosed that unidentified threat actors broke into...
Over 100 VS Code Extensions Exposed Developers to Hidden Supply Chain Risks
New research has uncovered that publishers of over 100 Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions leaked access tokens that could...
Human Risk Report Reveals Overconfidence in Phishing Defenses
Image: Mykyta/Adobe Stock Being confident is cool, but overconfidence is another matter. A new report reveals that despite continued confidence...
Instagram Goes PG-13 as Meta Reshapes Teen Safety and AI Content Rules
Image: Unsplash Instagram just got a movie rating. Meta wants parents to breathe a little easier with new PG-13 rules...
Sophos Firewall v22 is now available in early access
We’re pleased to announce that the early access program (EAP) is now underway for the latest Sophos Firewall release. This...
F5 network compromised
On October 15, 2025, F5 reported that a nation-state threat actor had gained long-term access to some F5 systems and...
October Patch Tuesday beats January ’25 record
Microsoft on Tuesday announced 170 patches affecting 21 product families. Eight of the addressed issues are considered by Microsoft to...
MCPTotal Unfurls Hosting Service to Secure MCP Servers
MCPTotal today launched a hosting service to secure the Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that are now starting to be...
Apple boosts Macs, iPads, Vision Pro with powerful M5 processors
Apple stressed that the biggest advantage of the M5 is how AI-ready the processor is. Each GPU core includes a...
McAfee Wins “Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity” for Scam Detector
We’re proud to share that McAfee has won “Best Use of AI in Cybersecurity” at The 2025 A.I. Awards for...
SAP fixed maximum-severity bug in NetWeaver
SAP fixed maximum-severity bug in NetWeaver Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2025 SAP addressed 13 new flaws, including a maximum severity vulnerability...
Unencrypted satellites expose global communications
Unencrypted satellites expose global communications Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2025 Researchers found nearly half of geostationary satellites leak unencrypted data,...
Flax Typhoon APT exploited ArcGIS server for over a year as a backdoor
Flax Typhoon APT exploited ArcGIS server for over a year as a backdoor Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2025 China-linked cyberespionage...
