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President Trump last week revoked security clearances for Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who was fired by Trump after declaring the 2020 election the most secure in U.S. history. The White House memo, which also suspended clearances for other security professionals at Krebs's employer SentinelOne, comes as CISA is facing huge funding and staffing cuts.

April Microsoft Patch Tuesday. A total of 153 vulnerabilities, 2 times more than in March. Of these, 32 were added between the March and April MSPTs. Three vulnerabilities show signs of exploitation in the wild: 🔻 EoP – Windows Common Log File System Driver (CVE-2025-29824). An attacker can gain SYSTEM privileges. No technical details yet.🔻 […]

China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called “Smishing Triad” mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies. But experts say these groups are now directly targeting customers of international financial institutions, while dramatically expanding their cybercrime infrastructure and support staff.

Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 121 security holes in its Windows operating systems and software, including one vulnerability that is already being exploited in the wild. Eleven of those flaws earned Microsoft's most-dire "critical" rating, meaning malware or malcontents could exploit them with little to no interaction from Windows users.

About Elevation of Privilege – Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (CVE-2024-30085) vulnerability. cldflt.sys is a Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter driver responsible for representing cloud-stored files and folders as if they were located on the local machine. The vulnerability in this driver, fixed as part of the June 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesday, allows an […]

A Minnesota cybersecurity and computer forensics expert whose testimony has featured in thousands of courtroom trials over the past 30 years is facing questions about his credentials and an inquiry from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Legal experts say the inquiry could be grounds to reopen a number of adjudicated cases in which the expert's testimony may have been pivotal.

About Remote Code Execution – Apache Tomcat (CVE-2025-24813) vulnerability. Apache Tomcat is an open-source software that provides a platform for Java web applications. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to upload and execute arbitrary files on the server due to flaws in the handling of uploaded session files and the deserialization mechanism. 🔻 The vendor’s […]

In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had "brought free speech back to America." But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack on the First Amendment rights of journalists, students, universities, government workers, lawyers and judges. This story explores a slew of recent actions by the Trump administration that threaten to undermine all five pillars of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedoms concerning speech, religion, the media, the right to assembly, and the right to petition the government and seek redress for wrongs.

About Remote Code Execution – Kubernetes (CVE-2025-1974) vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with access to the pod network can achieve arbitrary code execution in the context of the ingress-nginx controller. This can lead to disclosure of Secrets accessible to the controller. In the default installation, the controller can access all Secrets cluster-wide. 🔹 On March 24, […]

Many successful phishing attacks result in a financial loss or malware infection. But falling for some phishing scams, like those currently targeting Russians searching online for organizations that are fighting the Kremlin war machine, can cost you your freedom or your life.