Elevation-of-Privilege Vulns Dominate Microsoft's Patch Tuesday

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Elevation-of-Privilege Vulns Dominate Microsoft's Patch Tuesday

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Application Security Vulnerabilities & Threats Threat Intelligence News Elevation-of-Privilege Vulns Dominate Microsoft's Patch TuesdayElevation-of-Privilege Vulns Dominate Microsoft's Patch TuesdayElevation-of-Privilege Vulns Dominate Microsoft's Patch Tuesday The company's August security update consisted of patches for 111 unique Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). August 12, 2025 The biggest concern for security teams in Microsoft's August 2025 patch update — the second consecutive ...

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CISA Warns N-able Bugs Under Attack, Patch Now

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Two critical N-able vulnerabilities enable local code execution and command injection; they require authentication to exploit, suggesting they wouldn't be seen at the beginning of an exploit chain.

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US Sanctions Crypto Exchange Tied to Russian Ransomware

Data Breach Today UK • 2 hours ago

US Treasury Says Crypto Exchange Helped Launder $100 Million for Ransomware Gangs The U.S. Department of Treasury sanctioned Thursday a Russian founder and co-owners of the Garantex cryptocurrency exchange in a bid to tighten methods criminal hackers use to launder extortion money and Kremlin sanctions busting. Regulators also sanctioned Garantex successor Grinex.

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Norway confirms dam intrusion by Pro-Russian hackers

Security Affairs • 8 hours ago

Norway’s security service PST says pro-Russian hackers took over a dam in April, opening outflow valves. Norway’s Police Security Service (PST) says pro-Russian hackers seized control of a dam’s systems in April, opening outflow valves. On April 7, the attackers took control of a dam in Bremanger, western Norway, opening a flood gate to release […]

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Multiple ZTNA Products Authentication Bypass

FortiGuard Threat Signal • 1 hour ago

Threat Signal Report Multiple ZTNA Products Authentication Bypass Description What is the Vulnerability? A series of critical vulnerabilities affecting leading zero trust platforms - Zscaler, Netskope, and Check Point (Perimeter 81) - have been disclosed following a seven-month research campaign by security researchers David Cash and Richard Warren. These flaws include authentication bypasses, privilege escalation, and hardcoded credentials, significantly weakening the core security assumptions

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