Amazon, CrowdStrike, Google and Palo Alto Networks claim no change to threat intel sharing under Trump

Top security leaders at some of the largest tech and cybersecurity vendors said public-private collaborative work continues, despite budget cuts and personnel changes.

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VulnCheck spotted 159 actively exploited vulnerabilities in first few months of 2025

The vulnerability threat intelligence firm’s research reinforces a slew of recent reports warning about increased exploits in 2024.

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Attackers hit security device defects hard in 2024

Mandiant said exploits were the most common initial access vector last year, linking software defects to 1 in 3 attacks. The most commonly exploited vulnerabilities affected network edge devices.

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Verizon discovers spike in ransomware and exploited vulnerabilities

Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report noted a 37% increase in ransomware attacks and a 34% increase in exploited vulnerabilities.

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Verizon discovers spike in ransomware and exploited vulnerabilities

Verizon’s 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report noted a 37% increase in ransomware attacks and a 34% increase in exploited vulnerabilities.

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Attackers stick with effective intrusion points, valid credentials and exploits

Infostealers fueled the staying power of identity-based attacks, increasing 84% on a weekly average last year, according to IBM X-Force.

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Is Ivanti the problem or a symptom of a systemic issue with network devices?

Network edge devices — hardware that powers firewalls, VPNs and network routers — have quickly moved up the list of attackers’ preferred intrusion points into enterprise networks. While dozens of companies make and sell these devices, customers of one company in particular — Ivanti — have confronted exploited vulnerabilities in their products more than any […]

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Microsoft patches zero-day actively exploited in string of ransomware attacks

Microsoft said Storm-2460 has exploited the zero-day in the Windows Common Log File System to attack organizations in the U.S., Venezuela, Spain and Saudi Arabia.

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Google addresses 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities in security update

Serbian security services exploited one of the actively exploited vulnerabilities to break into the phone of a youth activist in Serbia, according to Amnesty International.

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