Google has disclosed that the company’s continued adoption of the Rust programming language in Android has resulted in the number of memory safety vulnerabilities falling below 20% of total vulnerabilities for the first time. “We adopted Rust for its security and are seeing a 1000x reduction in memory safety vulnerabilityRead More »Rust Adoption Drives Android Memory Safety Bugs Below 20% for First Time
Microsoft this week pushed security updates to fix more than 60 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including at least one zero-day bug that is already being exploited. Microsoft also fixed a glitch that prevented some Windows 10 users from taking advantage of an extra year ofRead More »Microsoft Patch Tuesday, November 2025 Edition
The botnet malware known as RondoDox has been observed targeting unpatched XWiki instances against a critical security flaw that could allow attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-24893 (CVSS score: 9.8), an eval injection bug that could allow any guest user to perform arbitrary remoteRead More »RondoDox Exploits Unpatched XWiki Servers to Pull More Devices Into Its Botnet
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Friday announced that five individuals have pleaded guilty to assisting North Korea’s illicit revenue generation schemes by enabling information technology (IT) worker fraud in violation of international sanctions. The five individuals are listed below – Audricus Phagnasay, 24 Jason Salazar, 30 Alexander PaulRead More »Five Plead Guilty in U.S. for Helping North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate 136 Companies
Short-finned pilot wales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) eat at lot of squid: To figure out a short-finned pilot whale’s caloric intake, Gough says, the team had to combine data from a variety of sources, including movement data from short-lasting tags, daily feeding rates from satellite tags, body measurements collected via aerial drones,Read More »Friday Squid Blogging: Pilot Whales Eat a Lot of Squid
Security firms say the flaw has been actively exploited for weeks, even as Fortinet quietly shipped fixes and CISA added the bug to its KEV catalog. The post Fortinet Confirms Active Exploitation of Critical FortiWeb Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The North Korean threat actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign have once again tweaked their tactics by using JSON storage services to stage malicious payloads. “The threat actors have recently resorted to utilizing JSON storage services like JSON Keeper, JSONsilo, and npoint.io to host and deliver malware from trojanized codeRead More »North Korean Hackers Turn JSON Services into Covert Malware Delivery Channels
The goal is to produce a cyber force capable of defeating threats posed by major adversaries such as China. The post CYBERCOM 2.0: Pentagon Unveils Plan to Fix Cyber Talent Shortfalls appeared first on SecurityWeek.
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: My coauthor Nathan E. Sanders and I are speaking at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC at noon ET on November 17, 2025. The event is hosted by the POPVOX Foundation and the topicRead More »Upcoming Speaking Engagements
Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: EchoGram attack undermines AI guardrails, Asahi brewer still crippled after ransomware attack, Sora 2 system prompt uncovered. The post In Other News: Deepwatch Layoffs, macOS Vulnerability, Amazon AI Bug Bounty appeared first on SecurityWeek.
