Below I’ve curated cyber security news from the world-wide-web – the lefthand column is from “The Hacker News” website and on the right is news from “Security Week”. Both are top cyber security news sites. In the very least this shows that threats are daily and they are very real.
Hacker News
- Taiwan NSB Alerts Public on Data Risks from...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 5, 2025 at 6:12 am
Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB) has warned that China-developed applications like RedNote (aka Xiaohongshu), Weibo, TikTok, WeChat, and Baidu Cloud pose security risks due to excessive data collection and data transfer to China. The alert comes following an inspection of these apps carried […]
- Alert: Exposed JDWP Interfaces Lead to Crypto...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 5, 2025 at 5:44 am
Threat actors are weaponizing exposed Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) interfaces to obtain code execution capabilities and deploy cryptocurrency miners on compromised hosts. "The attacker used a modified version of XMRig with a hard-"coded configuration, allowing them to avoid suspicious […]
- NightEagle APT Exploits Microsoft Exchange Flaw...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 4, 2025 at 12:59 pm
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a previously undocumented threat actor called NightEagle (aka APT-Q-95) that has been observed targeting Microsoft Exchange servers as a part of a zero-day exploit chain designed to target government, defense, and technology sectors in China. According […]
- Your AI Agents Might Be Leaking Data — Watch...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 4, 2025 at 9:31 am
Generative AI is changing how businesses work, learn, and innovate. But beneath the surface, something dangerous is happening. AI agents and custom GenAI workflows are creating new, hidden ways for sensitive enterprise data to leak—and most teams don’t even realize it. If you’re building, […]
- Critical Sudo Vulnerabilities Let Local Users...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 4, 2025 at 9:30 am
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two security flaws in the Sudo command-line utility for Linux and Unix-like operating systems that could enable local attackers to escalate their privileges to root on susceptible machines. A brief description of the vulnerabilities is below - […]
- Google Ordered to Pay $314M for Misusing Android...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 4, 2025 at 7:17 am
Google has been ordered by a court in the U.S. state of California to pay $314 million over charges that it misused Android device users' cellular data when they were idle to passively send information to the company. The verdict marks an end to a legal class-action complaint that was originally […]
- Massive Android Fraud Operations Uncovered:...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 3, 2025 at 4:02 pm
A mobile ad fraud operation dubbed IconAds that consisted of 352 Android apps has been disrupted, according to a new report from HUMAN. The identified apps were designed to load out-of-context ads on a user's screen and hide their icons from the device home screen launcher, making it harder for […]
- Over 40 Malicious Firefox Extensions Target...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 3, 2025 at 10:53 am
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered over 40 malicious browser extensions for Mozilla Firefox that are designed to steal cryptocurrency wallet secrets, putting users' digital assets at risk. "These extensions impersonate legitimate wallet tools from widely-used platforms such as Coinbase, […]
- The Hidden Weaknesses in AI SOC Tools that No One...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 3, 2025 at 10:30 am
If you’re evaluating AI-powered SOC platforms, you’ve likely seen bold claims: faster triage, smarter remediation, and less noise. But under the hood, not all AI is created equal. Many solutions rely on pre-trained AI models that are hardwired for a handful of specific use cases. While that […]
- Chinese Hackers Exploit Ivanti CSA Zero-Days in...by info@thehackernews.com (The Hacker News) on July 3, 2025 at 9:25 am
The French cybersecurity agency on Tuesday revealed that a number of entities spanning governmental, telecommunications, media, finance, and transport sectors in the country were impacted by a malicious campaign undertaken by a Chinese hacking group by weaponizing several zero-day vulnerabilities […]
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