Year-Ender 2025: A Call to Action in Cybersecurity As 2025 draws to a close, it serves as a stark reminder of the escalating threats facing organizations across the globe. This year witnessed a surge in significant security and data breaches that shattered the sense of safety for large corporations, governmental…
GitHub Vulnerability Exposes Over 15,000 Go Repositories to Repojacking Attacks Recent research has unveiled that more than 15,000 Go module repositories on GitHub are at risk of repojacking attacks, a significant cybersecurity concern. Jacob Baines, Chief Technology Officer at VulnCheck, reported that over 9,000 of these vulnerabilities stem from changes…
Uber’s Data Breach: A Case Study in Cybersecurity Risks In a significant cybersecurity incident, Uber disclosed that a massive data breach in October 2016 had compromised the personal information of 57 million users, including both drivers and riders. This breach, which came to light after a year of silence, underscored…
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Snapchat Source Code Leaked on GitHub: Cybersecurity Implications Unfold Recently, the source code for Snapchat, a widely-used social media application, was unlawfully released online. This breach occurred when a hacker leaked the code on GitHub, a Microsoft-owned code repository. The GitHub account, registered under the name Khaled Alshehri with the…
Malicious GitHub Repository Impersonating CVE-2025-55182 Scanner Exposed A GitHub repository masquerading as a vulnerability scanner for CVE-2025-55182, commonly known as “React2Shell,” was recently uncovered as a source of malware. The project, titled React2shell-scanner, was associated with the GitHub user niha0wa but has been removed from the platform after community alerts…
GitHub has confirmed the rotation of specific cryptographic keys following the identification of a significant security vulnerability. This issue poses the risk of unauthorized access to sensitive credentials within production containers. The subsidiary of Microsoft announced that it first learned of the problem on December 26, 2023, and took immediate…
Data Breach at Docker Hub Exposes User Information Docker Hub, a leading cloud-based repository for Docker container images, has suffered a significant data breach. An unauthorized entity gained access to a single database containing sensitive information, prompting serious security concerns. The breach affected nearly 190,000 users, representing a small fraction—less…
The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) made significant strides last year by releasing various iterations of the “OWASP Top 10 For Large Language Models,” culminating in a version 1.1 in October. These documents underscore the rapidly evolving landscape of Large Language Models (LLMs) and the corresponding tactics for exploiting…
