Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Philippe Laulheret of Cisco Talos on Vulnerabilities in ControlVault FirmwareSecurity flaws in Dell's ControlVault firmware allowed attackers to run code on the chip, extract stored secrets and alter its behavior. By chaining these exploits, they could send malicious data to Windows components, said Philippe Laulheret, senior vulnerability researcher at Cisco Talos.

A privilege escalation flaw has been demonstrated in Windows Server 2025 that makes it possible for attackers to compromise any user in Active Directory (AD)

Akamai Researchers Flag 'BadSucessor' in Windows Server 2025An unpatched flaw in Windows Server 2025 that is "trivial" to exploit and present in the default configuration is full domain compromised, warns new research from Akamai. The flaw is present in a new account type known as delegated managed service accounts, or dMSA.

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a set of flaws impacting Palo Alto Networks and SonicWall virtual private network (VPN) clients that could be potentially exploited to gain remote code execution on Windows and macOS systems

Attackers Could Exploit Flaw to Relay Credentials, Compromise SystemsA critical vulnerability in Open Policy Agent could expose NTLM credentials from Windows systems, potentially affecting millions of users. Researchers at Tenable warn that attackers could exploit the flaw through social engineering. Users must update to version v0.68.0 immediately to mitigate risks.

A DarkGate malware campaign observed in mid-January 2024 leveraged a recently patched security flaw in Microsoft Windows as a zero-day using bogus software installers

Mispadu Trojan Is Compromising Windows Security, Posing Threat to Banking SystemsThe novel variant of the banking Trojan Mispadu is targeting Latin American countries, especially Mexico, by exploiting a flaw in Windows SmartScreen. In this latest distribution method, the attackers send spam emails that deliver deceptive URL files that circumvent the SmartScreen banner warning.

The threat actors behind the Mispadu banking Trojan have become the latest to exploit a now-patched Windows SmartScreen security bypass flaw to compromise users in Mexico

Microsoft Word documents exploiting known remote code execution flaws are being used as phishing lures to drop malware called LokiBot on compromised systems

A slew of Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities (including ProxyLogon) fueled a surge in attacks targeting software flaws in 2021, but the trend has continued this year.