Cybercrime Groups ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider Join Forces in Extortion Attacks on Businesses

An ongoing data extortion campaign targeting Salesforce customers may soon turn its attention to financial services and technology service providers, as ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider appear to be working hand in hand, new findings show. "This latest wave of ShinyHunters-attributed attacks...

Fortinet多款产品 输入验证错误漏洞

Fortinet FortiOS and others are products of Fortinet, Inc.Fortinet FortiOS is a dedicated security operating system on the FortiGate network security platform.Fortinet FortiProxy SSL VPN is a software application.Fortinet FortiPAM is a platform for privilege access control. An input validation...

PT-2025-32874 · Fortinet · Fortipam +2

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: FortiOS versions prior to 7.6.3 FortiProxy versions prior to 7.6.3 FortiPAM versions prior to 1.5.1 Description: An Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability CWE-190 may allow an authenticated user to affect the device’s SSL-VPN availabili...

SonicWall Confirms Patched Vulnerability Behind Recent VPN Attacks, Not a Zero-Day

SonicWall has revealed that the recent spike in activity targeting its Gen 7 and newer firewalls with SSL VPN enabled is related to an older, now-patched bug and password reuse. "We now have high confidence that the recent SSL VPN activity is not connected to a zero-day vulnerability," the compan...

Fake VPN and Spam Blocker Apps Tied to VexTrio Used in Ad Fraud, Subscription Scams

The malicious ad tech purveyor known as VexTrio Viper has been observed developing several malicious apps that have been published on Apple and Google's official app storefronts under the guise of seemingly useful applications. These apps masquerade as VPNs, device "monitoring" apps, RAM cleaners...

SonicWall Investigating Potential SSL VPN Zero-Day After 20+ Targeted Attacks Reported

SonicWall said it's actively investigating reports to determine if there is a new zero-day vulnerability following reports of a spike in Akira ransomware actors in late July 2025. "Over the past 72 hours, there has been a notable increase in both internally and externally reported cyber incidents...

CVE-2025-51726

CyberGhostVPNSetup.exe Windows installer is signed using the weak cryptographic hash algorithm SHA-1, which is vulnerable to collision attacks. This allows a malicious actor to craft a fake installer with a forged SHA-1 certificate that may still be accepted by Windows signature verification...

A week in security (July 28 – August 3)

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CVE-2025-51726

CyberGhostVPNSetup.exe Windows installer is signed using the weak cryptographic hash algorithm SHA-1, which is vulnerable to collision attacks. This allows a malicious actor to craft a fake installer with a forged SHA-1 certificate that may still be accepted by Windows signature verification...

PT-2025-31866 · Cyberghost · Cyberghostvpnsetup.Exe

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: CyberGhostVPNSetup.exe versions affected versions not specified Description: CyberGhostVPNSetup.exe Windows installer is signed using the weak cryptographic hash algorithm SHA-1, which is vulnerable to collision attacks. This allows a malicio...

CVE-2025-40600

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in the SonicOS SSL VPN interface allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause service disruption...

Vulnerability fixed in SonicWall SonicOS

SonicWall has fixed a vulnerability in SonicOS. The vulnerability is in how SonicOS' SSL VPN interface handles externally controlled formatting strings. This can be exploited by external, unauthenticated attackers, leading to service disruptions. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to affect...

VPN use rises following Online Safety Act’s age verification controls

As the UK's Online Safety Act came into effect on Friday—along with its age verification controls—the use of virtual private network VPN services has skyrocketed by up to 20-fold across the region. Top10VPN, which monitors VPN traffic around the world, spotted UK VPN traffic spiking 1,327% on Jul...

VPN use rises following Online Safety Act’s age verification controls

As the UK's Online Safety Act came into effect on Friday—along with its age verification controls—the use of virtual private network VPN services has skyrocketed by up to 20-fold across the region. Top10VPN, which monitors VPN traffic around the world, spotted UK VPN traffic spiking 1,327% on Jul...

SonicWall Urges Patch After 3 Major VPN Vulnerabilities Disclosed

watchTowr's latest research details critical SonicWall SMA100 flaws CVE-2025-40596, 40597, 40598. Discover how pre-auth stack/heap overflows and XSS put SSL-VPNs at risk. Patch now!...

CVE-2025-40600

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in the SonicOS SSL VPN interface allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause service disruption...

CVE-2025-40600

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in the SonicOS SSL VPN interface allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause service disruption...

CVE-2025-40600

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in the SonicOS SSL VPN interface allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause service disruption...

CVE-2025-40600

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in the SonicOS SSL VPN interface allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause service disruption...

CVE-2025-40600

The CVE-2025-40600 affects SonicWall SonicOS SSL VPN interface, where an externally-controlled format string error allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to cause service disruption (DoS). The issue is tied to handling of format strings in SSL VPN, with a critical CVSS base score (9.8) and netw...