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Palo Alto Networks Reveals Additional Information on Critical PAN-OS Vulnerability Under Attack

Palo Alto Networks has disclosed a significant security vulnerability affecting PAN-OS that is currently under active exploitation by cybercriminals. This flaw, designated as CVE-2024-3400 with a CVSS score of 10.0, is characterized as “intricate,” arising from the combination of two distinct bugs present in PAN-OS versions 10.2, 11.0, and 11.1.…

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Feds Mishandle Cisco Patches Amid China-Linked Cyber Attacks

Government, Industry Specific, Network Firewalls, Network Access Control CISA Discovers Agencies Misled About Cisco Patch Updates Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • November 13, 2025 Image: PJ McDonnell/Shutterstock The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has raised alarms regarding critical vulnerabilities in Cisco devices, indicating that U.S. government agencies have inadequately addressed…

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Serious Vulnerabilities in Linux CUPS Printing System May Enable Remote Command Execution

A set of serious security vulnerabilities has emerged in the OpenPrinting Common Unix Printing System (CUPS), potentially allowing for remote command execution on Linux systems under specific circumstances. Security researcher Simone Margaritelli detailed that an unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to alter or install printer IPP URLs, which…

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Microsoft Releases Security Update Addressing 118 Vulnerabilities, Including Two Under Active Exploitation

Microsoft has announced the release of security updates addressing 118 vulnerabilities in its software suite, two of which have been identified as actively exploited vulnerabilities in the wild. Among these vulnerabilities, three have been classified as Critical, while 113 are rated Important, and two are deemed Moderate. Notably, this Patch…

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CISA Alerts About Major Fortinet Vulnerability as Palo Alto and Cisco Release Emergency Security Updates

On Wednesday, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the addition of a critical security vulnerability affecting Fortinet products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This action was taken in light of evidence indicating ongoing exploitation of this flaw. Identified as CVE-2024-23113, this vulnerability has a CVSS…

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Exploitation of Critical Veeam Vulnerability Fuels Spread of Akira and Fog Ransomware

Recent cybersecurity reports indicate that threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication software to deploy ransomware variants such as Akira and Fog. Sophos, a recognized cybersecurity vendor, has noted ongoing attacks that utilize compromised VPN credentials alongside the CVE-2024-40711 vulnerability to gain unauthorized…

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Shutdown Delays Federal Response to F5 Hack

Cyberwarfare / Nation-State Attacks, Fraud Management & Cybercrime, Government Major Staffing Cuts and Furloughs Impede Federal Response to F5 Cyberattack Chris Riotta (@chrisriotta) • November 4, 2025 Image: Alexeenko Alexey/Shutterstock The U.S. government is grappling with the aftermath of a sophisticated cyber breach involving F5, an application security vendor, believed…

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Researchers Uncover ‘Deceptive Delight’ Technique for Bypassing AI Models

Cybersecurity Researchers Uncover New Jailbreak Technique for AI Models Recent findings by cybersecurity experts at Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 have revealed a novel adversarial approach known as “Deceptive Delight,” capable of bypassing the safety measures of large language models (LLMs) during interactive dialogues. By interspersing harmful instructions within benign…

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