Ethan Brooks

Ethan Brooks is a Senior cybersecurity journalist passionate about threat intelligence and data privacy. His work highlights cyber attacks, hacking, security culture, and cybercrime with The Cyber News.

Microsoft Teams Blocking Users from Accessing Embedded Office Documents

Microsoft Teams users worldwide are experiencing a significant service disruption today, as the collaboration platform fails to open embedded Microsoft…

9 months ago

Critical Citrix Vulnerability Exploited: 28,000+ Instances at Risk of Remote Code Execution

A critical zero-day remote code execution vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway systems is putting thousands of organizations at…

9 months ago

Persistent XSS Vulnerability in IPFire Web Interface via Authenticated Administrator

In a critical security advisory, researchers have disclosed a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in IPFire 2.29’s web-based firewall interface…

9 months ago

New Cache Deception Exploit Circumvents Cache-Server Mismatch

A newly documented cache deception attack exploits subtle discrepancies between caching layers and origin servers to expose sensitive endpoints and…

9 months ago

DOGE Under Fire for Allegedly Storing National Social Security Data in Unsecured Cloud

A whistleblower disclosure filed by the Social Security Administration's Chief Data Officer has raised critical concerns about the Department of…

9 months ago

Critical 0-Day RCE Vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC & Gateway Under Active Exploitation

A critical security bulletin warning that attackers are actively exploiting a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability in NetScaler ADC and…

9 months ago

PhpSpreadsheet Library Vulnerability Allows Injection of Malicious HTML

A critical Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability has been discovered in the popular PHP library PhpSpreadsheet, allowing attackers to inject…

9 months ago

Maryland Department of Transportation Cybersecurity Breach Under Investigation

In a coordinated statement issued today, the Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) and the Maryland Department of Information Technology (DoIT) confirmed…

9 months ago

Auchan Hit by Cyberattack, Customer Data Compromised

On August 21, 2025, the French retail giant Auchan disclosed a significant cybersecurity breach affecting “several hundred thousand” customer loyalty…

9 months ago

Hackers Scanning Microsoft Remote Desktop Web Access From 1000+ IPs

A massive coordinated campaign targeting Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) services, with nearly 2,000 malicious IP addresses conducting simultaneous reconnaissance…

9 months ago