zero-day vulnerabilities

June’s Patch Tuesday has arrived, and with it comes a sprawling set of Microsoft Windows security updates that every system administrator and home user needs to evaluate. The June 2025 Patch Day, just announced by Microsoft, demonstrates the ongoing complexity of keeping the world’s most widely...

A new zero-day vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word, tracked as CVE-2025-47169, which exposes millions of Windows users to the risk of remote code execution through a heap-based buffer overflow. The flaw, already listed by Microsoft in its official Security Update Guide...

A critical vulnerability has once again cast a spotlight on the complex and ever-evolving landscape of web browser security, with CVE-2025-5419—a formidable out-of-bounds read and write flaw found in Chromium’s V8 JavaScript engine—emerging as a real-world threat now reportedly under active...

When it comes to protecting Windows PCs, few areas are more surrounded by myth, misconception, and outdated advice than antivirus software. For decades, security-focused users swapped stories of malware outbreaks, slowdowns caused by bloated security suites, and the secret tricks they swore...

Barely halfway into the year, Microsoft’s security landscape has been rocked by an alarming spate of freshly discovered, high-risk vulnerabilities stretching across its flagship offerings: Windows, Azure, Office, Developer Tools, and an assortment of services on which countless organizations...

In recent weeks, the cybersecurity landscape for enterprise Windows deployments has been shaken by the disclosure of a new zero-day vulnerability in Active Directory—dubbed "BadSuccessor." Security forums, tech news outlets, and IT administrators across the globe are keenly following...

The addition of five new vulnerabilities to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog arrives at a pivotal moment for both enterprise and individual cybersecurity stakeholders. As the digital landscape expands and cybercriminal...

Cookie-based attacks and overlooked tokens have quietly lingered on the periphery of infosec conference talks for years, but recent research presented at OffensiveCon25 has shone a spotlight on the very heart of Windows 11's Kernel Transaction Manager (KTM). This kernel subsystem—once considered...

In the rapidly shifting landscape of Windows security, the spotlight once again falls on Microsoft’s legacy components—this time, the Microsoft Scripting Engine. As of the May 2025 Patch Tuesday release, Microsoft confirmed that CVE-2025-30397, a major zero-day vulnerability in its Scripting...

Security vulnerabilities in web browsers are nothing new, but the threats posed by flaws in Chromium’s V8 JavaScript engine tend to capture particular attention in the security community. The recently disclosed CVE-2025-5280, described as an “out of bounds write” vulnerability in V8, has...

Few actions in tech are as deceptively simple, yet as consequential, as keeping one’s browser updated. This week, Google sounded an unmistakable alarm: update Chrome immediately, or risk exposure to a slate of newly discovered vulnerabilities with the potential for far-reaching consequences...

On May 27, 2025, Microsoft released an out-of-band update, KB5061977, for Windows 11 version 24H2, elevating the OS build to 26100.4066. This emergency patch addresses a security vulnerability currently under active exploitation. While specific details about the vulnerability remain undisclosed...

As the cybersecurity landscape continues to evolve, organizations increasingly rely on software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for essential operations such as cloud-based data backup and disaster recovery. However, with this shift comes new and complex threats—highlighted by the US Cybersecurity...

On a day when many IT administrators were just beginning to catch their breath after the regularly scheduled monthly Patch Tuesday, Microsoft caught the Windows ecosystem by surprise with an out-of-band security update: KB5061977 for OS Build 26100.4066. This rapid-fire release, issued on May...

May’s Patch Tuesday from Microsoft has sent ripples through the Windows ecosystem once again, as the tech titan rolled out a crucial series of security updates addressing no fewer than five actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. While Patch Tuesday is a familiar ritual for IT...

In a significant cybersecurity development, Commvault, a leading provider of data protection and backup solutions, has confirmed that a nation-state threat actor exploited a zero-day vulnerability, designated as CVE-2025-3928, to breach its Microsoft Azure environment. This incident has raised...

The sudden exposure of key Commvault infrastructure has ignited urgent concern among SaaS providers and cybersecurity professionals alike, highlighting an increasingly complex threat landscape for cloud-based data protection platforms. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...

Millions of Windows users across India are facing a heightened cybersecurity alert, as the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) sounded an urgent warning in mid-May. In its detailed advisory, CERT-In identified a series of severe vulnerabilities across Microsoft’s expansive software...

Commvault, a leading provider of data protection and information management solutions, has recently been at the center of significant cybersecurity incidents. These events have prompted advisories from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and have raised concerns...

Amid escalating tensions in the global cybersecurity landscape, a new wave of sophisticated attacks has forced organizations to confront the risks buried deep within their cloud ecosystems. The latest alert, issued by the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)...