Cybersecurity
General cybersecurity topics.
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10 Cyber Security Tools for 2025
Cybersecurity tools protect devices, systems, applications, networks, and data from cyber threats. These solutions improve security posture, manage compliance, and maintain reputation, preventing costly fixes.
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U.S. Considers Ban on TP-Link Routers Amid China Security Concerns
The U.S. government is considering a ban on TP-Link routers due to national security concerns linked to China, potentially reshaping the consumer router market and highlighting supply chain vulnerabilities.
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Linux Kernel Receives Patch to Fortify Cryptographic Random Number Generation
The Linux kernel, a foundational component of countless computing systems worldwide, has recently received an essential security update addressing a vulnerability within its cryptographic random number generator (RNG). This patch, identified as CVE-2025-40109, aims to ensure the integrity of randomness crucial for secure operations, from encryption to digital signatures.
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WordPress Sites Targeted by Critical Post SMTP Plugin Vulnerability
A critical vulnerability in the Post SMTP WordPress plugin (CVE-2025-11833) is actively being exploited, risking websites with over 400,000 active installations. Attackers can access email logs to intercept sensitive information, reset administrator passwords, and gain full control of websites. The vulnerability was discovered on October 11, 2025, and a patch (version 3.6.1) was released on…
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The Evolution of SOC Operations: How Continuous Exposure Management Transforms Security Operations
Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are struggling to keep pace with the volume of daily alerts, often dedicating significant time to false positives and reactive adjustments to detection rules. A lack of environmental context and relevant threat intelligence hampers analysts’ ability to efficiently verify malicious alerts, leading to excessive manual triage of benign notifications. Addressing the…
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SleepyDuck Malware Evolves with Ethereum C2 Resilience
A new sophisticated remote access trojan, dubbed “SleepyDuck,” has been discovered in the Open VSX registry, a marketplace for IDE extensions. Initially published as a benign extension on October 31, 2025, it was updated on November 1, 2025, to include malicious capabilities and has since garnered over 14,000 downloads.
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AI-Targeted Cloaking Attacks Emerge, Threatening Information Integrity
Researchers have identified a novel ‘AI-targeted cloaking attack’ that manipulates AI crawlers into citing fabricated information as legitimate facts, impacting search results and potentially spreading misinformation.