Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

ShinyHunters exploited a critical Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day to breach over 100 organizations, mostly universities, before a patch was available. Mandiant and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group published an analysis of an active ShinyHunters campaign on June 11, one day after Oracle finally issued an advisory for the vulnerability being exploited. The gap matters: the activity ran […]

Patch Rollout Slows and Ransomware Incident Volume Rises, Finds Latest Verizon DBIRThe frequency of hackers exploiting vulnerabilities in hardware and software to gain initial access to a victim's environment continues to surge, and half of all successful breaches also now involve some type of "ransomware action," according Verizon's 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report.

Also, North Korean Hackers Remotely Wipe Android DevicesThis week, the U.K. government probed Chinese electric buses for a kill switch, APT37 abused Google's Find Hub in South Korea, Conduent said its January hack will cost it more, Hyundai disclosed a breach and Patch Tuesday. OWASP added two new categories to its Top 10 web application vulnerabilities.

Threat actors with ties to China exploited the ToolShell security vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint to breach a telecommunications company in the Middle East after it was publicly disclosed and patched in July 2025

Concerns Grow Over F5 Hacking Amid Stalled Government ShutdownFederal officials are scrambling to contain nation-state hackers exploiting stolen source code from networking devices and software maker F5 amid staffing pressures created by the ongoing government shutdown. Stolen files reportedly include undisclosed vulnerabilities F5 had been researching.

Cybersecurity company F5 has released security updates to address BIG-IP vulnerabilities stolen in a breach detected on August 9, 2025. [...]

The security landscape now moves at a pace no patch cycle can match. Attackers aren’t waiting for quarterly updates or monthly fixes—they adapt within hours, blending fresh techniques with old, forgotten flaws to create new openings. A vulnerability closed yesterday can become the blueprint for tomorrow’s breach

Cybersecurity never slows down. Every week brings new threats, new vulnerabilities, and new lessons for defenders. For security and IT teams, the challenge is not just keeping up with the news—it’s knowing which risks matter most right now. That’s what this digest is here for: a clear, simple briefing to help you focus where it counts

Threat actors have been observed exploiting a now-patched critical SAP NetWeaver flaw to deliver the Auto-Color backdoor in an attack targeting a U.S.-based chemicals company in April 2025

Unknown threat actors have breached the National Nuclear Security Administration's network in attacks exploiting a recently patched Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability chain. [...]

Unknown threat actors have reportedly breached the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) network in attacks exploiting a recently patched Microsoft SharePoint zero-day vulnerability chain. [...]

On Sunday, July 20, Microsoft Corp. issued an emergency security update for a vulnerability in SharePoint Server that is actively being exploited to compromise vulnerable organizations. The patch comes amid reports that malicious hackers have used the Sharepoint flaw to breach U.S. federal and state agencies, universities, and energy companies.

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious campaign related to the North Korean state-sponsored threat actor known as Kimsuky that exploits a now-patched vulnerability impacting Microsoft Remote Desktop Services to gain initial access

Fortinet has revealed that threat actors have found a way to maintain read-only access to vulnerable FortiGate devices even after the initial access vector used to breach the devices was patched

Also: Google Fixes YouTube Vulnerabilities That Could Have Exposed User EmailsThis week: Microsoft, Ivanti and Google release fixes for critical vulnerabilities and urge priority patching; Lee Enterprises confirms a cyberattack disrupted newspaper operations; and thousands of KerioControl Firewalls exposed to critical remote code execution flaws.

But we mean, you've had nearly four years to patch One of the critical security flaws exploited by China's Salt Typhoon to breach US telecom and government networks has had a patch available for nearly four years - yet despite repeated warnings from law enforcement and private-sector security firms, nearly all public-facing Microsoft Exchange Server instances with this vulnerability remain unpatched.…

CISA and the FBI warned today that attackers are still exploiting Ivanti Cloud Service Appliances (CSA) security flaws patched since September to breach vulnerable networks. [...]

The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) revealed today that the Electoral Commission was breached in August 2021 because it failed to patch its on-premise Microsoft Exchange Server against ProxyShell vulnerabilities. [...]

Chinese Cyber Espionage Campiagn Is 'Much Larger Than Previously Known'Chinese hackers breached thousands of vulnerable Fortigate network security appliances in a cyber-espionage campaign "much larger than previously known," a Dutch cybersecurity agency warned Tuesday. Even fully patched FortiGate devices may still be infected.

The TellYouThePass ransomware gang has been exploiting the recently patched CVE-2024-4577 remote code execution vulnerability in PHP to deliver webshells and execute the encryptor payload on target systems. [...]