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Cybersecurity researchers discovered an unsecured 16TB database exposing 4.3 billion professional records, including names, emails, and LinkedIn data. Learn what happened, why this massive data leak enables new scams, and how to protect your PII.

New report by Unit 42 reveals the Hamas-linked Ashen Lepus (WIRTE) group is using the AshTag malware suite to target Middle Eastern diplomatic and government entities with advanced, hidden tactics.

Improper Authentication in Elasticsearch PKI realm can lead to user impersonation via specially crafted client certificates. A malicious actor would need to have such a crafted client certificate signed by a legitimate, trusted Certificate Authority.

A vulnerability in Apache Airflow allowed authenticated UI users to view secret values in rendered templates due to secrets not being properly redacted, potentially exposing secrets to users without the appropriate authorization. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 3.1.4, which fixes this issue.

If you use a smartphone, browse the web, or unzip files on your computer, you are in the crosshairs this week. Hackers are currently exploiting critical flaws in the daily software we all rely on—and in some cases, they started attacking before a fix was even ready. Below, we list the urgent updates you need to install right now to stop these active threats. ⚡ Threat of the Week Apple and

In early December 2025, security researchers exposed a cybercrime campaign that had quietly hijacked popular Chrome and Edge browser extensions on a massive scale. A threat group dubbed ShadyPanda spent seven years playing the long game, publishing or acquiring harmless extensions, letting them run clean for years to build trust and gain millions of installs, then suddenly flipping them into

South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang faces intense scrutiny after CEO Park Dae-jun resigns over a data breach that exposed 33.7 million customer accounts. Read about the police raids, US lawsuit, and regulatory orders from PIPC.

Torrance, United States / California, December 12th, 2025, CyberNewsWire In December 2025, CVE-2025-55182 (React2Shell), a vulnerability in React…

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active phishing campaign that's targeting a wide range of sectors in Russia with phishing emails that deliver Phantom Stealer via malicious ISO optical disc images. The activity, codenamed Operation MoneyMount-ISO by Seqrite Labs, has primarily singled out finance and accounting entities, with those in the procurement, legal, payroll

A list of topics we covered in the week of December 8 to December 14 of 2025