Expert found two flaws in DriverHub, pre-installed on Asus motherboards, which allow remote code execution via crafted HTTP requests. Security researcher ‘MrBruh’ discovered two vulnerabilities, tracked as CVE-2025-3462 (CVSS score of 8.4) and CVE-2025-3463 (CVSS score of 9.4), in DriverHub, a driver that is…
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Threat actors use fake AI tools to deliver the information stealer Noodlophile
Threat actors use fake AI tools to trick users into installing the information stealer Noodlophile, Morphisec researchers warn. Morphisec researchers observed attackers exploiting AI hype to spread malware via fake AI tools promoted in viral posts and Facebook groups. Users…
German police seized eXch crypto exchange
Germany’s BKA shut down eXch crypto exchange, seizing its infrastructure over money laundering and illegal trading platform charges. On April 30, 2025, Germany’s Federal Criminal Police (BKA) shut down the eXch crypto exchange (eXch.cx), seizing its infrastructure over money laundering…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 523 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Ascension reveals personal…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 45
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape iClicker site hack targeted students with malware via fake CAPTCHA New Noodlophile Stealer Distributes Via Fake AI Video Generation Platforms Backdoor…
Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion over its location tracking practices
Google will pay the U.S. state of Texas $1.4B to settle lawsuits over unauthorized location tracking and facial recognition data retention. Google will pay nearly $1.4 billion to the state of Texas to settle two lawsuits over tracking users’ locations…
Ascension reveals personal data of 437,329 patients exposed in cyberattack
A data breach at Ascension, caused by a former partner’s compromise, exposed the health information of over 430,000 patients. Ascension is one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, ranking second in the United States by the number of hospitals as of 2019.…
Operation Moonlander dismantled the botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services
Law enforcement dismantled a 20-year botnet behind Anyproxy and 5socks cybercriminals services and arrested four suspects. Authorities dismantled a 20-year-old botnet tied to Anyproxy and 5socks as part of an international operation codenamed “Operation Moonlander”; four men, including three Russians,…
A cyber attack briefly disrupted South African Airways operations
A cyberattack briefly disrupted South African Airways’ website, app, and systems, but core flight operations remained unaffected. South African Airways (SAA) is the national flag carrier of South Africa, the airline is wholly owned by the South African government and…
Cybercriminal services target end-of-life routers, FBI warns
The FBI warns that attackers are using end-of-life routers to deploy malware and turn them into proxies sold on 5Socks and Anyproxy networks. The FBI released a FLASH alert warning about 5Socks and Anyproxy malicious services targeting end-of-life (EOL) routers.…