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Trend Micro Apex One flaws exploted in the wild (CVE-2025-54948, CVE-2025-54987)

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Trend Micro Apex One flaws exploted in the wild (CVE-2025-54948, CVE-2025-54987) 2025-08-06 at 15:05 By Zeljka Zorz Unauthenticated command injection vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-54948, CVE-2025-54987) affecting the on-premise version of Trend Micro’s Apex One endpoint security platform are being probed by attackers, the company has warned on Wednesday. Unfortunately for those organizations that use it, a patch […]

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Security tooling pitfalls for small teams: Cost, complexity, and low ROI

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Security tooling pitfalls for small teams: Cost, complexity, and low ROI 2025-08-05 at 10:11 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Aayush Choudhury, CEO at Scrut Automation, discusses why many security tools built for large enterprises don’t work well for leaner, cloud-native teams. He explains how simplicity, integration, and automation are key for

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AI is changing the vCISO game

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AI is changing the vCISO game 2025-07-31 at 08:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Virtual CISO (vCISO) services have moved from niche to mainstream, with vCISO services adoption 2025 data showing a more than threefold increase in just one year. According to Cynomi’s 2025 State of the Virtual CISO report, 67% of MSPs and MSSPs now offer

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Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 “quick recovery” feature

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Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 “quick recovery” feature 2025-07-23 at 18:31 By Zeljka Zorz With the latest Windows 11 update, Microsoft is saying goodbye to the infamous “Blue Screen of Death” and has enabled the quick machine recovery feature by default for Home users. “For nearly four decades, the blue screen shown during an unexpected

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Critical CrushFTP vulnerability exploited. Have you been targeted? (CVE-2025-54309)

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Critical CrushFTP vulnerability exploited. Have you been targeted? (CVE-2025-54309) 2025-07-21 at 15:42 By Zeljka Zorz Unknown attackers have exploited a vulnerability (CVE-2025‑54309) in the CrushFTP enterprise file-transfer server solution to gain administrative access to vulnerable deployments. It’s currently unclear what the attackers are using this access for, but data theft looks most likely. According to

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Critical Wing FTP Server vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-47812)

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Critical Wing FTP Server vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-47812) 2025-07-11 at 15:32 By Zeljka Zorz Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently fixed remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-47812) in Wing FTP Server, security researchers have warned. Wing FTP Server and CVE-2025-47812 Wing FTP Server is a commercial file transfer server solution used by businesses,

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Cisco fixes maximum-severity flaw in enterprise unified comms platform (CVE-2025-20309)

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Cisco fixes maximum-severity flaw in enterprise unified comms platform (CVE-2025-20309) 2025-07-03 at 14:19 By Zeljka Zorz Cisco has found a backdoor account in yet another of its software solutions: CVE-2025-20309, stemming from default credentials for the root account, could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to log into a vulnerable Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM) and

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Windows 10: How to get security updates for free until 2026

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Windows 10: How to get security updates for free until 2026 2025-06-25 at 14:45 By Zeljka Zorz Users who want to stick with Windows 10 beyond its planned end-of-support date but still receive security updates, can enroll into the Windows 10 Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, Microsoft has confirmed on Tuesday. Microsoft’s (self-evident) long-term goal

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Microsoft unveils “centralized” software update tool for Windows

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Microsoft unveils “centralized” software update tool for Windows 2025-05-29 at 14:49 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft is looking to streamline the software updating process for IT admins and users by providing a Windows-native update orchestration platform, and to help organizations upgrade their computer fleet to Windows 11 with the help of Windows Backup for Organizations. The

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Attackers hit MSP, use its RMM software to deliver ransomware to clients

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Attackers hit MSP, use its RMM software to deliver ransomware to clients 2025-05-28 at 14:36 By Zeljka Zorz A threat actor wielding the DragonForce ransomware has compromised an unnamed managed service provider (MSP) and pushed the malware onto its client organizations via SimpleHelp, a legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) tool. “Sophos MDR has medium

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Outsourcing cybersecurity: How SMBs can make smart moves

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Outsourcing cybersecurity: How SMBs can make smart moves 2025-05-23 at 08:32 By Anamarija Pogorelec Outsourcing cybersecurity can be a practical and affordable option. It allows small businesses to get the protection they need without straining their budgets, freeing up time and resources to focus on core operations. 76% of SMBs lack the in-house skills to

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Fake AI platforms deliver malware diguised as video content

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Fake AI platforms deliver malware diguised as video content 2025-05-09 at 16:53 By Zeljka Zorz A clever malware campaign delivering the novel Noodlophile malware is targeting creators and small businesses looking to enhance their productivity with AI tools. But, in an unusual twist, the threat actors are not disguising the malware as legitimate software, but

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Yet another SonicWall SMA100 vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-32819)

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Yet another SonicWall SMA100 vulnerability exploited in the wild (CVE-2025-32819) 2025-05-08 at 15:38 By Zeljka Zorz SonicWall has fixed multiple vulnerabilities affecting its SMA100 Series devices, one of which (CVE-2025-32819) appears to be a patch bypass for an arbitrary file delete vulnerability that was exploited in zero-day attacks in early 2021, and may have also

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PoC exploit for SysAid pre-auth RCE released, upgrade quickly!

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PoC exploit for SysAid pre-auth RCE released, upgrade quickly! 2025-05-07 at 15:45 By Zeljka Zorz WatchTowr researchers have released a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that chains two vulnerabilities in SysAid On-Prem – the self-hosted version of the platform behind SysAid’s popular IT service management and IT helpdesk solutions – to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution on

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Attackers exploited old flaws to breach SonicWall SMA appliances (CVE-2024-38475, CVE-2023-44221)

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Attackers exploited old flaws to breach SonicWall SMA appliances (CVE-2024-38475, CVE-2023-44221) 2025-05-02 at 16:18 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers have been using two previously known vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-38475, CVE-2023-44221) to compromise Sonicwall secure mobile access devices, the vendor has confirmed by updating the associated advisories. CISA has added the two flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog,

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Sonicwall SMA100 vulnerability exploited by attackers (CVE-2021-20035)

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Sonicwall SMA100 vulnerability exploited by attackers (CVE-2021-20035) 2025-04-18 at 14:47 By Zeljka Zorz CVE-2021-20035, an old vulnerability affecting Sonicwall Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 100 series appliances, is being exploited by attackers. Sonicwall confirmed it by updating the original security advisory to reflect the new state of play, and by changing the description of the vulnerability

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Critical flaws fixed in Nagios Log Server

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Critical flaws fixed in Nagios Log Server 2025-04-15 at 13:47 By Zeljka Zorz The Nagios Security Team has fixed three critical vulnerabilities affecting popular enterprise log management and analysis platform Nagios Log Server. About the flaws The vulnerabilities, discovered and reported by security researchers Seth Kraft and Alex Tisdale, include: 1. A stored XSS vulnerability

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Google is making sending end-to-end encrypted emails easy

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Google is making sending end-to-end encrypted emails easy 2025-04-02 at 15:03 By Zeljka Zorz Sending end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) emails from Gmail enterprise accounts is about to become much easier than it is now, Google has announced on Tuesday. The company will first make available this simplified capability to users who want to send E2EE emails

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Windows 11 quick machine recovery: Restoring devices with boot issues

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Windows 11 quick machine recovery: Restoring devices with boot issues 2025-03-31 at 12:46 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft has rolled out quick machine recovery, a new Windows feature aimed at preventing prolonged widespread outages like the one caused by a faulty CrowdStrike update in July 2024. The goal of the feature is to allow IT administrators

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CrushFTP: Patch critical vulnerability ASAP! (CVE-2025-2825)

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CrushFTP: Patch critical vulnerability ASAP! (CVE-2025-2825) 2025-03-27 at 13:14 By Zeljka Zorz CrushFTP has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-2825) in its enterprise file transfer solution that could be exploited by remote, unauthenticated attackers to access vulnerable internet-facing servers (and likely the data stored on them). Attackers, especially ransomware gangs, have a penchant for leveraging 0-day

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