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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Researchers disclose two CVSS 10.0 flaws in Red Lion Sixnet RTUs
Security researchers have disclosed two CVSS 10.0 vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-40151 and CVE-2023-42770) in Red Lion Sixnet RTUs that can allow unauthenticated attackers to execute commands as root; vendors and agencies advise patching, enabling authentication and blocking TCP access.
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Critical ICTBroadcast flaw (CVE-2025-2611) exploited to deploy reverse shells
A critical input-validation flaw in ICTBroadcast (CVE-2025-2611, CVSS 9.3) allows unauthenticated command injection via a session cookie; researchers including VulnCheck say the bug is being exploited to run reverse shells on exposed servers, and no patch information is currently available.
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U.S. seizes $15 billion in Bitcoin, sanctions Southeast Asia cybercrime network tied to alleged Cambodian leader
U.S. authorities announced the seizure of 127,271 Bitcoin (about $15 billion) tied to Chen Zhi and unsealed an indictment alleging he ran the Prince Group, a Cambodia-based network of scam compounds linked to human trafficking and global fraud; coordinated U.S. and U.K. sanctions targeted people, businesses and the Huione Group.
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ReliaQuest: Chinese-linked group converted ArcGIS server into long-term backdoor
ReliaQuest reported that a state-linked group known as Flax Typhoon modified an ArcGIS Java extension into a web shell, implanted it in backups and used it to run discovery, deploy a SoftEther-based VPN bridge and maintain access for over a year.
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AMD issues fixes for ‘RMPocalypse’ flaw that can break SEV‑SNP protections
AMD has released fixes for a vulnerability termed RMPocalypse that researchers say can let a malicious hypervisor corrupt the Reverse Map Paging table during initialization and defeat SEV‑SNP protections; AMD has assigned CVE‑2025‑0033 and lists affected EPYC processors.
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Researchers describe “Pixnapping” Android side‑channel that can steal 2FA codes
A team of academic researchers disclosed “Pixnapping,” a side‑channel pixel‑stealing technique that can recover on‑screen data including two‑factor codes on Android by exploiting rendering APIs and graphical operations, and Google has issued patches under CVE‑2025‑48561 while some issues remain unpatched.
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Council of Europe authorises EU to sign UN cybercrime convention
The Council of Europe authorised the European Commission and member states to sign the UN Convention against Cybercrime, a treaty adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 2024 that sets common rules for criminalising cyber offences and exchanging electronic evidence, with safeguards to protect human rights.
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SimonMed says 1.2 million patients impacted in January data breach
SimonMed Imaging said more than 1.2 million people were affected by a data breach that gave attackers access to its network from Jan. 21 to Feb. 5; Medusa ransomware claimed the theft and the company said it found no evidence of misuse as of Oct. 10.
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Netherlands places Nexperia under special administrative measures over governance concerns
The Netherlands has placed Chinese-owned Nexperia under special administrative measures under the Goods Availability Act, citing governance failures and risks to European chip capabilities; the company’s owner Wingtech has disputed the move and said it will effectively freeze operations.
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Trend Micro: RondoDox botnet campaign expands to exploit more than 50 flaws across 30 vendors
Trend Micro said RondoDox campaigns have widened to exploit more than 50 vulnerabilities across over 30 vendors, using a loader-as-a-service model that bundles RondoDox with Mirai and Morte, and researchers linked the activity to large-scale botnet operations and coordinated RDP attacks.
