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Microsoft Corp. today issued security updates to fix more than 80 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and software. There are no known "zero-day" or actively exploited vulnerabilities in this month's bundle from Redmond, which nevertheless includes patches for 13 flaws that earned Microsoft's most-dire "critical" label. Meanwhile, both Apple and Google recently released updates to fix zero-day bugs in their devices.

A court has ordered Google to pay $425m in a class action lawsuit after it was found to have misled users about their online privacy.

A new Android malware called RatOn evolved from a basic tool capable of conducting Near Field Communication (NFC) attacks to a sophisticated remote access trojan with Automated Transfer System (ATS) capabilities to conduct device fraud. "RatOn merges traditional overlay attacks with automatic money transfers and NFC relay functionality – making it a uniquely powerful threat," the Dutch mobile

Phishers are abusing Apple and Microsoft infrastructure to send out call-back phishing emails with legitimate sender and return addresses.

Cybersecurity never slows down. Every week brings new threats, new vulnerabilities, and new lessons for defenders. For security and IT teams, the challenge is not just keeping up with the news—it’s knowing which risks matter most right now. That’s what this digest is here for: a clear, simple briefing to help you focus where it counts. This week, one story stands out above the rest: the

A threat actor possibly of Russian origin has been attributed to a new set of attacks targeting the energy sector in Kazakhstan. The activity, codenamed Operation BarrelFire, is tied to a new threat group tracked by Seqrite Labs as Noisy Bear. The threat actor has been active since at least April 2025. "The campaign is targeted towards employees of KazMunaiGas or KMG where the threat entity

A misconfiguration in the sudoers file permits passwordless execution of specific Bash shell scripts via sudo, exposing a critical privilege escalation vulnerability. When such scripts are writable by a web-facing user (www-data) or accessible through a command injection vector, an attacker can overwrite or replace them with malicious payloads. Upon execution with sudo, these scripts run with elevated privileges, allowing the attacker to gain full root access remotely.

A recent report has revealed that many VPNs might allow others to sniff your data—and they're not being honest about who's behind them.

The French data protection authority has fined Google and Chinese e-commerce giant Shein $379 million (€325 million) and $175 million (€150 million), respectively, for violating cookie rules. Both companies set advertising cookies on users' browsers without securing their consent, the National Commission on Informatics and Liberty (CNIL) said. Shein has since updated its systems to comply with

Google has issued updates to patch a whopping 111 Android vulnerabilities, including two actively exploited ones.