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The vulnerability, which Cisco said it discovered during internal security testing, could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute high-privilege commands. The post Cisco discloses maximum-severity defect in firewall software appeared first on CyberScoop.

The two messaging apps replied separately, commenting on user rights and efforts to counter crime. The post Russia restricts WhatsApp, Telegram calls, alleging criminal, terrorist activity appeared first on CyberScoop.

Researchers aren’t aware of any active exploitation of the software, but the issue is being dealt with simultaneously as attackers are trying to brute force the company’s security appliances. The post Fortinet SIEM issue coincides with spike in brute-force traffic against company’s SSL VPNs appeared first on CyberScoop.

Despite serious alarm raised by officials, organizations have not applied the patch for Microsoft Exchange servers en masse. The post Microsoft Patch Tuesday follows SharePoint attacks, Exchange server warnings appeared first on CyberScoop.

OpenAI and Microsoft have said that GPT-5 is one of their safest and secure models out of the box yet. An AI red-teamer called its performance “terrible.”  The post Guess what else GPT-5 is bad at? Security appeared first on CyberScoop.

The presentation Monday revises the old Spectre vulnerability in a new scenario, demonstrating there’s not enough focus on the danger. The post Researchers determine old vulnerabilities pose real-world threat to sensitive data in public clouds appeared first on CyberScoop.

The initiative seeks to patch vulnerabilities in open-source code before they are exploited by would-be attackers. Now comes the hard part — putting the systems to the test in the real world. The post DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge reveals winning models for automated vulnerability discovery and patching appeared first on CyberScoop.

The public disclosure and advisories came late Wednesday during Black Hat, but Microsoft said the timing was coordinated. The post CISA, Microsoft warn organizations of high-severity Microsoft Exchange vulnerability appeared first on CyberScoop.

About 20 organizations have been impacted and the pace of attacks is rising. Threat researchers and SonicWall are scrambling to determine the root cause. The post SonicWall firewalls hit by active mass exploitation of suspected zero-day appeared first on CyberScoop.

Android partners and customers have experienced a temporary respite from double-digit vulnerabilities this summer. Google issued no security patches in its update last month. The post Google addresses six vulnerabilities in August’s Android security update appeared first on CyberScoop.