Cristian Luțic
Cristian Luțic is a cybersecurity professional and Editor-in-Chief of iSec.News, with experience in security enablement, risk analysis, and vulnerability reporting. As Editor-in-Chief, he is responsible for editorial standards, source verification, and publication oversight at iSec News.
From professional sports to cybersecurity, his career path may have been unconventional, but it has been driven by the same core values: discipline, perseverance, and a passion for doing meaningful, impactful work.
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Critical Sneeit WordPress plugin RCE actively exploited, security firm reports
A critical remote code execution flaw (CVE-2025-6389) in the Sneeit Framework WordPress plugin is being exploited in the wild; Wordfence said attackers have created admin accounts and uploaded web shells. The issue affects versions up to 8.3 and was fixed in 8.4. Separately, VulnCheck observed an ICTBroadcast exploit delivering a DDoS botnet called “frost.”
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MuddyWater using UDP-based backdoor ‘UDPGangster’ in Turkey, Israel and Azerbaijan campaigns
Fortinet FortiGuard Labs says MuddyWater has been using a UDP-based backdoor named UDPGangster to target users in Turkey, Israel and Azerbaijan via spear-phishing Word documents that rely on macros; the backdoor includes persistence mechanisms and extensive anti-analysis checks before contacting a UDP command-and-control server.
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Leaked Intellexa Materials Link Predator Spyware to Zero-Day Exploits and Diverse Delivery Vectors
Leaked documents and technical analysis link Intellexa’s Predator spyware to exploitation of multiple zero-day vulnerabilities and a range of delivery methods, including messaging links and malicious ads, according to Amnesty International, Google Threat Intelligence and Recorded Future; Pakistan has denied the allegations.
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CISA details BRICKSTORM backdoor used by PRC-linked hackers against vSphere and Windows environments
CISA has published technical details of BRICKSTORM, a Golang backdoor used by PRC-linked threat actors to maintain stealthy, long-term access to VMware vSphere and Windows environments; CrowdStrike and other firms link the tool to UNC5221 and Warp Panda, while the Chinese embassy has denied the allegations.
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Cloudflare says emergency React2Shell patch caused brief network outage
Cloudflare said an emergency change to its Web Application Firewall to mitigate the critical React2Shell vulnerability briefly made its network unavailable, causing widespread 500 errors. The React flaw can allow unauthenticated remote code execution and researchers report active exploitation and circulating proof-of-concept exploits.
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JPCERT/CC confirms active exploitation of command injection in Array AG gateways
JPCERT/CC says a command injection vulnerability in Array Networks AG Series gateways has been exploited since August 2025 to drop web shells; Array fixed the flaw in May and users are urged to apply ArrayOS 9.4.5.9 or disable DesktopDirect and block semicolon-containing URLs if they cannot patch immediately.
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UK’s NCSC pilots Proactive Notifications to warn organisations of exposed devices
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre has begun piloting Proactive Notifications, a Netcraft-delivered service that scans public internet data to warn organisations about exposed devices and recommend updates; it complements the NCSC’s Early Warning alerts but is not a replacement and has no announced end to the pilot phase.
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Silver Fox uses fake Microsoft Teams installers in false-flag ValleyRAT campaign
Security researchers report that the Silver Fox group has run an SEO poisoning campaign since November 2025 that uses fake Microsoft Teams installers to deliver ValleyRAT to organisations in China; technical analysis from ReliaQuest and Nextron Systems details layered infection chains, false-flag indicators and the use of vulnerable drivers.
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U.S. to release six-part national cybersecurity strategy in January, sources say
Sources say the Trump administration plans to release a five-page, six-pillar national cybersecurity strategy in January, emphasizing deterrence, workforce, procurement, infrastructure and emerging technologies; an executive order and exact timing remain unconfirmed.
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GoldFactory modifies banking apps to spread Android remote-access trojans across Southeast Asia, Group-IB reports
Group-IB said GoldFactory has been distributing modified banking apps across Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia to deploy Android remote-access trojans that abuse accessibility services, and researchers uncovered a pre-release variant called Gigaflower with advanced data-extraction features.
