A backbone of our economy, Fortune 500 companies employ more than 31 million people worldwide. According to data analyzed by the Enzoic research team, over the past three years of 2022, 2023, and 2024, more than three million employee-linked accounts…
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Critical Next.js auth bypass vulnerability opens web apps to compromise (CVE-2025-29927)
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-29927) in the open source Next.js framework can be exploited by attackers to bypass authorization checks and gain unauthorized access to web pages they should no have access to (e.g., the web app’s admin panel). Vercel –…
iProov Workforce MFA mitigates risk of account takeovers
iProov launched iProov Workforce MFA. This device-independent, FIDO Alliance-certified, biometric authentication solution helps organizations mitigate the risk of one of workforce security’s most crucial concerns: account takeover. Using biometric authentication as part of an MFA process adds an irrefutable layer…
How AI, corruption and digital tools fuel Europe’s criminal underworld
Europol has released its 2025 report on serious and organized crime in the EU. The EU Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (EU-SOCTA) is based on intelligence from EU countries and global law enforcement. The findings are stark. Organized crime…
Enterprises walk a tightrope between AI innovation and security
AI/ML tool usage surged globally in 2024, with enterprises integrating AI into operations and employees embedding it in daily workflows, according to Zscaler. The report reveals a 3,000+% year-over-year growth in enterprise use of AI/ML tools, highlighting the rapid adoption…
Finders Keypers: Open-source AWS KMS key usage finder
Finders Keypers is an open-source tool for analyzing the current usage of AWS KMS keys. It supports both AWS customer managed KMS keys and AWS Managed KMS keys. Use cases include: Identifying the blast radius of specific KMS keys and…
Cloud providers aren’t delivering on security promises
Security concerns around cloud environments has prompted 44% of CISOs to change cloud service provider, according to Arctic Wolf. This is being driven by the fact that 24% don’t believe their cloud environment is secure, and 43% think cloud service…
Week in review: Veeam Backup & Replication RCE fixed, free file converter sites deliver malware
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Critical Veeam Backup & Replication RCE vulnerability fixed, patch ASAP! (CVE-2025-23120) Veeam has released fixes for a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-23120) affecting its…
53% of security teams lack continuous and up-to-date visibility
Enterprises lack visibility into their own data, creating security risks that are compounding as organizations and their employees increase AI adoption, according to Bedrock Security. The majority of organizations struggle to track sensitive information across sprawling cloud environments, leaving them…
Malicious ads target Semrush users to steal Google account credentials
Cyber crooks are exploiting users’ interest in Semrush, a popular SEO, advertising, and market research SaaS platform, to steal their Google account credentials. The fraudulent campaign Malwarebytes researchers have spotted a campaign consisting of a slew of malicious ads shown…