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Serial Hacker Sentenced for Breaching and Defacing Multiple Organizations’ Websites

A 26-year-old cybercriminal from South Yorkshire has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment for orchestrating a global hacking campaign that compromised millions of user accounts and defaced government and news websites across multiple countries. Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky from Rotherham was convicted on August 15, 2025, after...

ShinyHunters Hackers Allegedly Release New Exploit for SAP 0-Day Vulnerabilities

Cybersecurity researchers and organizations worldwide were alerted to the public release of a weaponized exploit targeting critical SAP vulnerabilities, marking a significant escalation in threats against enterprise SAP environments. The exploit, which combines two previously zero-day vulnerabilities in SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer, represents a...

Microsoft Defender AI Identifies Plaintext Credentials in Active Directory

Microsoft has unveiled a groundbreaking AI-powered security enhancement for its Defender for Identity platform that addresses a critical vulnerability plaguing organizations worldwide: exposed plain text credentials stored within Active Directory systems. The new feature, announced on August 14, 2025, represents a significant advancement in...

PyPI to Prevent Domain Resurrection Attacks by Blocking Access Through Expired Domains

The Python Package Index (PyPI) has implemented new security measures to prevent domain resurrection attacks, a sophisticated supply-chain threat where malicious actors purchase expired domains to hijack user accounts through password reset mechanisms. Since early June 2025, PyPI has proactively unverified over 1,800 email...

Palo Alto Networks Founder and CTO Retires After 20-Year Tenure

Nir Zuk, the visionary founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Palo Alto Networks, has officially retired after more than two decades of transforming the cybersecurity landscape. The 54-year-old Israeli entrepreneur, who founded the company in 2005 and pioneered the next-generation firewall technology, announced...

Linux Kernel Netfilter Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Gain Elevated Privileges

A critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter ipset subsystem has been disclosed, allowing attackers to achieve privilege escalation through an out-of-bounds write primitive. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-53141, affects Linux kernel versions up to commit 041bd1e4 and kernel 6.12.2, presenting significant risks...