Tag Zero-Day

August 23, 2025

Hello all, Perhaps it is because I’m becoming jaded to all of the incessant histrionics about the latest new zero-day vulnerability, and the patches needed to fix flaws, and threat actors scoring big yet again; but there wasn’t much that…

August 16, 2025

Hello all, I knew it would be a busy week since it was Patch Tuesday, but I didn’t know it would be this busy. Hundreds of new vulnerabilities were reported that need evaluation, prioritization, and remediation. Some of the reveals…

August 9, 2025

Hello all, Hacker Summer Camp in Las Vegas has now concluded. There were quite a few new vulnerabilities and security gaps revealed, along with a nice quantity of new and interesting products. Expect that the next couple of weeks will…

August 2, 2025

Hello all, Most of last week was quiet with a steady rumble of Microsoft sourced phishing emails growing in popularity, and then toward the latter part of the week Arctic Wolf and Huntress warned about a concerning increase in successful…

July 26, 2025

Hello all, Last week I warned about a new zero-day in Microsoft SharePoint on-premises that had just become public knowledge. It escalated quickly, not necessarily with threat actor activity, but with news articles and cyber professionals everywhere urging action. With…

July 19, 2025

Hello all, What started out as a somewhat quiet week, with only one nasty item early on from Google Chrome, escalated slowly with the last few days bringing reveals of multiple critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in products by Cisco, CrushFTP,…

July 12, 2025

Hello all, Wow, another Patch Tuesday for the records! Microsoft offered up fixes for 137 flaws, with at least one zero-day in the mix. Adobe patched 58 vulnerabilities across multiple products, Ivanti plugged more holes, Fortinet patched just about everything…

July 5, 2025

Hello all, The United States of America turned 249 on Friday. Hopefully, all of our US based readers still have all of their digits and have recovered most of their hearing from the celebratory fireworks, both public and private. Speaking…

June 28, 2025

Hello all, As we close out the first half of the year, there were a number of new vulnerability and defects revealed that need attention. We must stay diligent to remediate, patch, and mitigate these issues as they arise. On…

June 21, 2025

Hello all, Iranian cyber-criminals are among the world’s best and most effective. And with the middle eastern war now involving the United States, expect that many of these well-trained spies and thieves will become agents of chaos and destruction targeting…

June 14, 2025

Hello all, As expected, Microsoft and a cadre of other vendors unleashed updates this past week. I shouldn’t be surprised that the quantity appears to be increasing, but I am. With the concerted push for the past few years on…

June 7, 2025

Hello all, With the Patch Tuesday onslaught coming next week, I was happy to see that this was another somewhat quiet week as far as vulnerabilities and zero-day reveals are concerned. Last month I was quite wrong in my prediction…