Vendors
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CISA adds critical ASUS Live Update flaw to known exploited vulnerabilities catalog
CISA added a critical ASUS Live Update vulnerability, CVE-2025-59374 (CVSS 9.3), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog citing active exploitation; the flaw stems from a past supply chain compromise and vendors say affected builds were limited to devices meeting specific targeting conditions.
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Cisco warns of active exploitation of AsyncOS zero-day by China-nexus APT
Cisco warned that a maximum-severity AsyncOS zero-day (CVE-2025-20393) is being actively exploited by a China-nexus APT, targeting Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager appliances; exploitation requires the Spam Quarantine feature to be exposed to the internet, and Cisco, CISA and other firms have issued mitigations and alerts.
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SonicWall issues patch for actively exploited SMA 100 series privilege escalation bug
SonicWall released fixes for CVE-2025-40602, a local privilege escalation in SMA 100 series appliances that has been actively exploited; the flaw was reportedly used with CVE-2025-23006 to achieve unauthenticated root code execution, and users are urged to apply patches promptly.
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Kaspersky links new Operation ForumTroll phishing wave to targeted attacks on Russian academics
Kaspersky detected a targeted October 2025 phishing campaign tied to Operation ForumTroll that used eLibrary impersonation and personalized one‑time links to deliver a PowerShell chain and the Tuoni remote access framework to academics in Russia; the group’s origins remain unknown.
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Amazon says it disrupted GRU-linked campaign that targeted misconfigured edge network devices
Amazon says it disrupted a years-long campaign attributed to the Russian GRU that shifted from exploiting software flaws to targeting misconfigured edge devices on customer cloud infrastructure, and that it has protected affected EC2 instances, notified customers and shared intelligence.
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Texas sues five TV makers over alleged secret collection of viewing data
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL, alleging their smart TVs used Automated Content Recognition to capture and transmit viewing data without consent; Paxton’s office also warned of national security risks tied to China-based companies.
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PornHub targeted by ShinyHunters after Premium member activity data reportedly stolen
PornHub says it is being extorted by the ShinyHunters gang after activity data for some Premium members was reportedly stolen in a Mixpanel-related incident; Mixpanel says it can find no indication the records were taken in its November 2025 incident.
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Researchers: Popular Chrome VPN extension collected AI chatbot prompts and responses
Security researchers reported that the Chrome extension Urban VPN Proxy was observed collecting prompts and responses from multiple AI chatbots, sending captured conversation data to external servers; researchers linked the behavior to a July 9, 2025 update and raised concerns about downstream sharing with affiliated data firms.
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700Credit breach exposes data of 5.8 million dealership customers
700Credit said a breach that originated at an integration partner exposed personal data of more than 5.8 million vehicle dealership customers, including Social Security numbers; the company is notifying affected individuals and offering TransUnion monitoring.
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GitHub repositories used to deliver new PyStoreRAT JavaScript RAT
Researchers say GitHub-hosted Python repositories have been used to deliver a JavaScript-based RAT called PyStoreRAT that executes remote HTA payloads, deploys a Rhadamanthys stealer and includes persistence and evasion measures; Chinese vendor QiAnXin also reported a separate SetcodeRat campaign.
