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Cisco patches critical CVE-2025-20337 bug in Identity Services Engine with CVSS 10 Severity

Security Affairs

Cisco addressed a critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-20337 (CVSS score of 10), in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco Identity Services Engine Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC). If Cisco Identity Services Engine is running Release 3.4 ” reads the report published by the IT giant. For devices on Release 3.3

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Cloak ransomware group hacked the Virginia Attorney General’s Office

Security Affairs

“Cloaks attack strategy involves acquiring network access through Initial Access Brokers (IABs) or social engineering methods such as phishing, malvertising, exploit kits, and drive-by downloads disguised as legitimate updates like Microsoft Windows installers.” ” reads a report published by Halcyon.

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Cisco addressed two critical flaws in its Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Security Affairs

Cisco addressed critical flaws in Identity Services Engine, preventing privilege escalation and system configuration changes. and CVE-2025-20125 (CVSS score of 9.1), in Identity Services Engine (ISE). Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook and Mastodon Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs hacking,newsletter)

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Iran and China-linked actors used ChatGPT for preparing attacks

Security Affairs

Rather than using advanced hacking techniques, they exploited systems with default credentials to compromise target networks. Observed ChatGPT behavior mainly involved reconnaissance, threat actors used the OpenAI’s platform to seek info on companies, services, and vulnerabilities, similar to search engine queries.

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E-skimming campaign uses Unicode obfuscation to hide the Mongolian Skimmer

Security Affairs

“The added obfuscation does introduce confusion (we call this obfuscation potency) but it does not add any resiliency (how hard it is to reverse engineer, using manual or automated methods). ” Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook Pierluigi Paganini ( SecurityAffairs – hacking, Mongolian Skimmer)

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Russia warns financial sector organizations of IT service provider LANIT compromise

Security Affairs

If the developments and software products of the LANIT group of companies are used in your infrastructure and LANIT engineers are provided remote access to them, it is also recommended to change the connection data.” designated military-industrial base entities such as Rostec and United Aircraft Corporation.” ” said U.S.

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Top 9 Trends In Cybersecurity Careers for 2025

eSecurity Planet

It is generalized and entry-level, but it demonstrates a core level of competency that can be a building block of almost any career in cybersecurity, whether in administration, engineering, or development. It’s obviously a step to penetration testing, but it’s also helpful for architect, engineer, and analyst jobs.