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About Remote Code Execution – Veeam Backup & Replication (CVE-2025-23120) vulnerability. Veeam B&R is a client-server software solution for centralized backup of virtual machines in VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V environments. A deserialization flaw (CWE-502) lets an attacker run arbitrary code on a Veeam server. The necessary conditions: the Veeam server must be part of […]

Authorities in at least two U.S. states last week independently announced arrests of Chinese nationals accused of perpetrating a novel form of tap-to-pay fraud using mobile devices. Details released by authorities so far indicate the mobile wallets being used by the scammers were created through online phishing scams, and that the accused were relying on a custom Android app to relay tap-to-pay transactions from mobile devices located in China.

March Linux Patch Wednesday. Total vulnerabilities: 1083. 😱 879 in the Linux Kernel. 🤦‍♂️ Two vulnerabilities show signs of exploitation in the wild: 🔻 Code Injection – GLPI (CVE-2022-35914). An old vulnerability from CISA KEV, but first patched on March 3 in RedOS Linux.🔻 Memory Corruption – Safari (CVE-2025-24201). Fixed in WebKitGTK packages in Linux […]

A message posted on Monday to the homepage of the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the latest exhibit in the Trump administration's continued disregard for basic cybersecurity protections. The message instructed recently-fired CISA employees to get in touch so they can be rehired and then immediately placed on leave, asking employees to send their Social Security number or date of birth in a password-protected email attachment -- presumably with the password needed to view the file included in the body of the email.

About Spoofing – Windows File Explorer (CVE-2025-24071) vulnerability. The vulnerability is from the March Microsoft Patch Tuesday. The VM vendors didn’t highlight it in their reviews. A week later, on March 18, researcher 0x6rss published a write-up and a PoC exploit. According to him, the vulnerability is exploited in the wild, and the exploit has […]

A clever malware deployment scheme first spotted in targeted attacks last year has now gone mainstream. In this scam, dubbed "ClickFix," the visitor to a hacked or malicious website is asked to distinguish themselves from bots by pressing a combination of keyboard keys that causes Microsoft Windows to download password-stealing malware.

March Microsoft Patch Tuesday. 77 CVEs, 20 of which were added during the month. 7 vulnerabilities with signs of exploitation in the wild: 🔻 RCE – Windows Fast FAT File System Driver (CVE-2025-24985)🔻 RCE – Windows NTFS (CVE-2025-24993)🔻 SFB – Microsoft Management Console (CVE-2025-26633)🔻 EoP – Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem (CVE-2025-24983)🔻 InfDisc – Windows NTFS […]

Microsoft today issued more than 50 security updates for its various Windows operating systems, including fixes for a whopping six zero-day vulnerabilities that are already seeing active exploitation.

Authorities in India today arrested the alleged co-founder of Garantex, a cryptocurrency exchange sanctioned by the U.S. government in 2022 for facilitating tens of billions of dollars in money laundering by transnational criminal and cybercriminal organizations. Sources close to the investigation told KrebsOnSecurity the Lithuanian national Aleksej Besciokov, 46, was apprehended while vacationing on the coast of India with his family.

New episode “In the Trend of VM” (#12): 8 February CVEs & Why the Darknet Matters for VM Specialists. Now with a new design and new video editing. 😉 📹 Video on YouTube and LinkedIn🗞 Post on Habr (rus)🗒 Digest on the PT website Content: 🔻 00:00 Greetings 🔻 00:23 Remote Code Execution – Windows […]