How attackers exploit cloud misconfigurations across AWS, AI models, and Kubernetes
December 10, 2025hacker newsCloud security/threat detection Cloud security is changing. Attackers can no longer just break down doors. They are finding unlocked windows in your configuration, identity, and code. Standard security tools often miss these threats because they appear to be normal activity. To stop them, we need to see exactly how these attacks occur […]
WinRAR vulnerability CVE-2025-6218 is under active attack by multiple threat groups
December 10, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerabilities/Malware The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a security flaw affecting the WinRAR file archiver and compression utility to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6218 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a path traversal bug that allows code execution. […]
Russia’s Vezimiany volcano exploded on its own 69 years ago. It is now almost fully grown.
In late November, Russia’s restless volcano could erupt, sending a cloud of ash 10 kilometers into the sky and pushing the mountain closer to its original height. Vezimianny Volcano is a dramatic cone-shaped stratovolcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s far east. It self-destructed in 1956, but a 2020 study found that it had largely […]
New discoveries at Hadrian’s Wall are changing the picture of what life was like on the border of the Roman Empire
Two millennia ago, the Roman Empire reached the limits of its power in Britain. The island marked the northernmost border of the Roman Empire and the point at which the ancient superpower’s expansion came to a halt. The Romans launched several invasions and kept 10% of the entire army in the province but failed to […]
Diagnostic dilemma: Donor scratched by skunk, organ transplant infects man with rabies
Patient: Michigan man Symptoms: About five weeks after a man underwent a left kidney transplant at an Ohio hospital, he began experiencing tremors, leg weakness, urinary incontinence, and even confusion. What happened next: About a week after these initial symptoms appeared, the man was admitted to the hospital with additional health problems, including a fever […]
Microsoft issues security fixes for 56 flaws, including active exploits and two zero-days
Microsoft ended 2025 by releasing patches for 56 security flaws in various products across the Windows platform. This includes one vulnerability that is being exploited in the wild. Of the 56 deficiencies, 3 were rated critical and 53 were rated critical. Two other flaws are listed as publicly known at the time of release. These […]
Fortinet, Ivanti, and SAP issue emergency patches for authentication and code execution flaws
December 10, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerabilities / Endpoint Security Fortinet, Ivanti, and SAP have moved to address critical security flaws in their products that, if successfully exploited, could lead to authentication bypass and code execution. The Fortinet vulnerability affects FortiOS, FortiWeb, FortiProxy, and FortiSwitchManager and is related to a case of improper validation of cryptographic signatures. These […]
Hinge CEO steps down to launch AI dating app Overtone
Hinge CEO Justin McLeod has left his position to launch a new AI dating product called Overtone. Match Group, the dating giant that owns apps like Hinge, Tinder and OkCupid, is backing Overtone with pre-seed financing and plans to take a “beneficial ownership position,” according to a press release. With support from Match, Overtone was […]
Fal raises $140 million in new funding led by Sequoia, triples valuation to $4.5 billion
Fal, a startup that hosts image, video, and audio AI models for developers, announced it has raised $140 million in Series D led by Sequoia, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Nvidia, and other existing investors. Existing investors include Andreessen Horowitz. The latest round of funding, Fal’s third this year, values the company at $4.5 billion, […]
Cashew Research uses AI to take aim at the $90 billion market research industry
Market research is a $90 billion industry that helps brands figure out how to best present themselves to potential customers. But that market insight isn’t cheap or quick. Cashew Research wants to use AI to change this. Cashew, based in Calgary, Alberta, uses AI to develop market research plans and surveys for brands based on […]