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Apple Updates Apple released major updates for all of its operating systems. In addition to new features, these updates patch 33 different vulnerabilities. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Apple%20Updates%20Everything%20-%20iOS%20macOS%2026%20Edition/32286 Microsoft End of Life October 14th, support for Windows 10, Exchange 2016, and Exchange 2019 will end. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-10-support-ends-on-october-14-2025-2ca8b313-1946-43d3-b55c-2b95b107f281#:~:text=As%20a%20reminder%2C%20Windows%2010,one%20that%20supports%20Windows%2011. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/t-9-months-exchange-server-2016-and-exchange-server-2019-end-of-support/4366605 Phishing Targeting Rust Developers Rust developers are reporting similar phishing emails as […]

BASE64 Over DNS The base64 character set exceeds what is allowable in DNS. However, some implementations will work even with these invalid characters. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/BASE64%20Over%20DNS/32274 Google Chrome Update Google released an update for Google Chrome, addressing two vulnerabilities. One of the vulnerabilities is rated critical and may allow code execution. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2025/09/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_9.html Ivanti Updates Ivanti patched a […]

Major npm compromise A number of high-profile npm libraries were compromised after developers fell for a phishing email. This compromise affected libraries with a total of hundreds of millions of downloads a week. https://bsky.app/profile/bad-at-computer.bsky.social/post/3lydioq5swk2y https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/172738 https://github.com/chalk/chalk/issues/656#issuecomment-3266894253 https://www.aikido.dev/blog/npm-debug-and-chalk-packages-compromised HTTP Request Signatures It looks like some search engines and AI bots are starting to use the HTTP […]

Exploit Attempts for Dassault DELMIA Apriso. CVE-2025-5086 Our honeypots detected attacks against the manufacturing management system DELMIA Apriso. The deserialization vulnerability was patched in June and is one of a few critical vulnerabilities patched in recent months. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Exploit%20Attempts%20for%20Dassault%20DELMIA%20Apriso.%20CVE-2025-5086/32256 Android Bulletin Google released its September update, fixing two already-exploited privilege escalation flaws and some remote code […]

pdf-parser: All Streams Didier released a new version of pdf-parser.py. This version fixes a problem with dumping all filtered streams. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/pdf-parser%3A%20All%20Streams/32248 Salesloft Drift Putting OAuth Tokens at Risk OAuth tokens used by Salesloft Drift users to provide access to integrations with Salesforce, Google Workspace, and others have been compromised and heavily abused for additional compromise […]

Interesting Technique to Launch a Shellcode Xavier came across malware that PowerShell and the CallWindowProcA() API to launch code. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Interesting%20Technique%20to%20Launch%20a%20Shellcode/32238 NX Compromised to Steal Wallets and Credentials The popular open source NX build package was compromised. Code was added that uses the help of AI tools like Claude and Gemini to steal credentials from affected […]

Reading Location Position Value in Microsoft Word Documents Jessy investigated how Word documents store the last visited document location in the registry. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Reading%20Location%20Position%20Value%20in%20Microsoft%20Word%20Documents/32224 Weaponizing image scaling against production AI systems AI systems often downscale images before processing them. An attacker can create a harmless looking image that would reveal text after downscaling leading to prompt […]

Airtel Router Scans and Mislabeled Usernames A quick summary of some odd usernames that show up in our honeypot logs https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Airtel%20Router%20Scans%2C%20and%20Mislabeled%20usernames/32216 Apple Patches 0-Day CVE-2025-43300 Apple released an update for iOS, iPadOS and MacOS today patching a single, already exploited, vulnerability in ImageIO. https://support.apple.com/en-us/124925 Microsoft Copilot Audit Logs A user retrieving data via copilot obscures […]

CVE-2017-Adresse geschuetztNever Die The (very) old equation editor vulnerability is still being exploited, as this recent sample analyzed by Xavier shows. The payload of the Excel file attempts to download and execute an infostealer to exfiltrate passwords via email. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/CVE-2017-11882%20Will%20Never%20Die/32196 Windows Kerberos Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Yesterday, Microsoft released a patch for a vulnerability that […]

Do Sextortion Scams Still Work in 2025? Jan looked at recent sextortion emails to check if any of the crypto addresses in these emails received deposits. Sadly, some did, so these scams still work. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Do%20sextortion%20scams%20still%20work%20in%202025%3F/32178 Akira Ransomware Group s use of Drivers Guidepoint Security observed the Akira ransomware group using specific legitimate drivers for privilege […]