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Active exploitation reported for 7‑Zip ZIP symbolic link vulnerability
NHS England Digital warned that CVE-2025-11001, a 7‑Zip vulnerability affecting symbolic link handling and allowing remote code execution, is being actively exploited; 7‑Zip 25.00 released in July 2025 contains fixes and users are urged to update.
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China-linked PlushDaemon hijacks software updates with new EdgeStepper implant, ESET says
ESET researchers say a China-linked group called PlushDaemon is hijacking software-update traffic using an EdgeStepper network implant that redirects update domains to attacker servers and delivers a chain of malware including LittleDaemon, DaemonicLogistics and the SlowStepper backdoor.
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MI5 warns Chinese agents using social media and fake recruiters to target UK parliament and officials
MI5 has issued an espionage alert warning that Chinese intelligence officers are using social media and fake recruiters to cultivate people with access to sensitive UK information, Security Minister Dan Jarvis told parliament, and the government has removed Chinese-made surveillance equipment from sensitive sites.
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Fortinet warns of FortiWeb OS command injection flaw CVE-2025-58034 exploited in the wild
Fortinet warned that CVE-2025-58034, a medium-severity OS command injection in FortiWeb with a CVSS score of 6.7, has been exploited in the wild; patches are available in specific FortiWeb releases and the company credited a Trend Micro researcher for the report.
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Self‑replicating botnet abuses Ray clusters to mine cryptocurrency, steal data and launch DDoS attacks
Researchers say a campaign called ShadowRay 2.0 has been exploiting internet‑facing Ray clusters using CVE‑2023‑48022 and Ray’s orchestration features to spread a self‑replicating botnet that mines cryptocurrency, steals proprietary data and launches DDoS attacks, with attackers targeting large GPU environments and using automated discovery and multi‑stage payloads.
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French childcare payroll service reports data breach affecting up to 1.2 million people
Pajemploi said a cyberattack detected on November 14 may have exposed personal data for up to 1.2 million employees using its service, including names, birthplaces, addresses and social security numbers; the agency said IBANs, emails and phone numbers were not accessed and affected individuals will be notified.
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Meta gives researchers a WhatsApp Research Proxy and tightens anti-scraping protections
Meta has given selected bug bounty researchers access to a WhatsApp Research Proxy and launched a pilot to study platform abuse, while adding anti‑scraping protections after a public report showed how contact discovery could be abused to enumerate accounts at scale. Meta also patched a Unity‑related vulnerability affecting Quest devices and said it has paid…
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Mandiant ties UNC1549 to long-running campaign using TWOSTROKE and DEEPROOT against aerospace and defence
Google-owned Mandiant linked a cluster it tracks as UNC1549 to a campaign from late 2023 through 2025 in which suspected Iranian espionage actors used backdoors including TWOSTROKE and DEEPROOT to target aerospace, aviation and defence organisations by exploiting third-party credentials, VDI breakouts and targeted phishing.
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Cloudflare investigates global outage causing widespread 500 errors
Cloudflare is investigating a global outage that caused widespread 500 errors and dashboard/API failures; multiple European nodes and tens of thousands of user reports were affected while Cloudflare works on mitigation and some services show signs of recovery.
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Google issues Chrome security update for actively exploited V8 bug
Google released Chrome updates to fix two V8 type confusion vulnerabilities, including CVE-2025-13223 which is being actively exploited; users should update to the listed Chrome versions and other Chromium-based browser vendors should apply fixes when available.
