Security News > 2025 > April

DragonForce expands ransomware model with white-label branding scheme
2025-04-26 15:23

The ransomware scene is re-organizing, with one gang known as DragonForce working to gather other operations under a cartel-like structure. [...]

WooCommerce admins targeted by fake security patches that hijack sites
2025-04-26 14:09

A large-scale phishing campaign targets WooCommerce users with a fake security alert urging them to download a "critical patch" that adds a Wordpress backdoor to the site. [...]

ToyMaker Uses LAGTOY to Sell Access to CACTUS Ransomware Gangs for Double Extortion
2025-04-26 10:38

Cybersecurity researchers have detailed the activities of an initial access broker (IAB) dubbed ToyMaker that has been observed handing over access to double extortion ransomware gangs like...

Signalgate lessons learned: If creating a culture of security is the goal, America is screwed
2025-04-25 23:58

Infosec is a team sport … unless you're in the White House Opinion Just when it seems they couldn't be that careless, US officials tasked with defending the nation go and do something else that...

Amid CVE funding fumble, 'we were mushrooms, kept in the dark,' says board member
2025-04-25 22:19

What next for US-bankrolled vulnerability tracker? It's edging closer to a more independent, global future Kent Landfield, a founding member of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)...

Windows 11's Recall AI is now rolling out on Copilot+ PCs
2025-04-25 21:08

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows Recall is rolling out to everyone with Windows 11 KB5055627 on Copilot+ PCs. [...]

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Facts on Your Phone
2025-04-25 21:08

Text “SQUID” to 1-833-SCI-TEXT for daily squid facts. The website has merch. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

Windows 11 KB5055627 update released with 30 new changes, fixes
2025-04-25 20:18

​​Microsoft has released the KB5055627 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 with many new features gradually rolling out, and some new bug fixes for everyone. [...]

Craft CMS RCE exploit chain used in zero-day attacks to steal data
2025-04-25 19:44

Two vulnerabilities impacting Craft CMS were chained together in zero-day attacks to breach servers and steal data, with exploitation ongoing, according to CERT Orange Cyberdefense. [...]

More Ivanti attacks may be on horizon, say experts who are seeing 9x surge in endpoint scans
2025-04-25 19:00

GreyNoise says it is the kind of activity that typically precedes new vulnerability disclosures Ivanti VPN users should stay alert as IP scanning for the vendor's Connect Secure and Pulse Secure...