Thursday , February 20 2025

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CISA and FBI ALERT
Ghost ransomware to breach organizations in 70 countries

Ghost ransomware

The FBI and CISA reported on Wednesday that the ransomware group Ghost has been exploiting software and firmware vulnerabilities as recently as January. The group targets internet services with old, unpatched vulnerabilities that users could have addressed years ago. Cybersecurity researchers began alerting the public about the group in 2021. …

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Hacker chains multiple vulns to attack Palo Alto Firewall

Palo Alto

Palo Alto Networks has issued urgent warnings about threat actors to exploit vulnerabilities in PAN-OS, the operating system powering its next-generation firewalls. Coordinated attacks can exploit flaws in authentication and privilege escalation to gain unauthorized access to unpatched devices, threatening the security of enterprise networks. CVE-2025-0108 is a serious authentication …

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CVE-2018-19410 Exposes 600 PRTG Instances in Bangladesh

PRTG Instances

The Cyber Threat Intelligence Unit of BGD e-GOV CIRT has found 600 vulnerable PRTG instances in Bangladesh, affected by the critical CVE-2018-19410 vulnerability. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to create admin users, risking unauthorized access and data breaches. It primarily impacts PRTG Network Monitor versions prior to 18.2.40.1683 and …

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CISA Warns Active Exploitation of Apple iOS Security Flaw

Apple iOS

CISA has issued an urgent warning about a critical zero-day vulnerability in Apple iOS and iPadOS, known as CVE-2025-24200, which is currently being exploited in targeted attacks. An authorization bypass flaw in Apple’s USB Restricted Mode allows attackers with physical access to turn off security protections on locked devices, risking …

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AMD Patches High-Severity SMM Vulns Affecting EPYC and Ryzen Processors

SMM

AMD has released security patches for two high-severity vulnerabilities in its System Management Mode (SMM). If exploited, these could let attackers execute arbitrary code and compromise system integrity. CVE-2024-0179 and CVE-2024-21925 are high-severity vulnerabilities with a CVSS score of 8.2. AMD reported that these flaws, identified by Quarkslab, impact several …

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CISA Releases Advisories For 20 Industrial Control Systems (ICS)

20

On February 13, 2025, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued 20 advisories about serious vulnerabilities in Industrial Control Systems (ICS) and medical devices. These disclosures aim to tackle increasing cyber threats to critical infrastructure and operational technology (OT). The advisories cover vulnerabilities in products from various manufacturers, including …

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“Astaroth” Phishing Kit Bypasses 2FA Of Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, M365

Astaroth

The new Astaroth Phishing Kit can bypass two-factor authentication to steal login credentials for Gmail, Yahoo, and Microsoft. It uses a reverse proxy, captures credentials in real-time, and hijacks sessions. The new phishing kit called Astaroth has been found on cybercrime networks by SlashNext threat researchers. Astaroth can bypass two-factor …

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Intel Patched 374 Vulnerabilities in multiple products

374 Vulnerabilities

In 2024, Intel addressed a remarkable 374 vulnerabilities across its software, firmware, and hardware products, distributing bug bounty rewards for approximately half of these issues. Intel’s latest product security report reveals that the highest number of resolved bugs last year (272) were in utilities (146), drivers (68), applications (35), SDKs …

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Microsoft 2025 February Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 55 flaws

February 2025 Patch

Microsoft’s February 2025 Patch Tuesday includes security updates for 55 vulnerabilities, including four zero-days, two of which are currently being exploited. This Patch Tuesday addresses three critical remote code execution vulnerabilities. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: 19 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities 2 Security Feature …

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SAP Security Patch February 2025: Multi Vulns Addressed

Security Patch

SAP has issued new security patches for 19 vulnerabilities and updated 2 previous Security Notes. This Patch Day features fixes for various issues, including a high-risk authorization flaw in SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence. The critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-0064, CVSS 8.7) enables an attacker with admin rights to impersonate any user in …

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