CrushFTP flaw (CVE-2025-31161, CVSS 9.8) is being actively exploited.

Full system takeover via authentication bypass (no login needed)

—First attacks seen March 30
—815 vulnerable servers
— Targets: marketing, retail, semiconductor sectors
— Malware used: MeshAgent, Telegram bots

FCEB agencies must patch by April 28. Exploit guide is public. Attackers are moving fast.

🔗 See details: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/cisa-adds-crushftp-vulnerability-to-kev.html

👀 AI is coding faster—but leaking secrets faster too.

New GitGuardian data (2025):
🔹 Copilot repos leak secrets 40% more often.
🔹 6.4% exposed credentials — 1,200+ cases.

As AI builds, non-human identities are exploding—and attackers are watching.

CISOs must rethink security NOW.

Learn why ➔ https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2025/04/the-new-frontier-of-security-risk-ai.html

🚨 CERT-UA warns: Military, police, and local governments are targeted by phishing emails dropping two new threats:

🛠️ GIFTEDCROOK stealer (C/C++, browser data theft)
⚡ Reverse shell via PowerShell scripts from "PSSW100AVB" GitHub repo

Tools: PyRDP, RemoteApps — silent file theft, clipboard hijack.

👉 Full details: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/uac-0226-deploys-giftedcrook-stealer.html

Security teams aren't drowning in threats. They're drowning in alerts.

👀 Most "AI copilots" just sit there, waiting for instructions. Meanwhile, real attacks slip through.

⚡ Agentic AI flips the script:
→ Investigates autonomously
→ Prioritizes real risk
→ Cuts analyst burnout

The future is autonomous. See why → https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/agentic-ai-in-soc-dawn-of-autonomous.html

🚨 Hackers are abusing SourceForge to spread crypto miners & clipper malware disguised as Microsoft Office downloads.

➡️ 4,600+ users hit (Jan–Mar 2025)
➡️ 90% victims = Russian speakers
➡️ Attack chain uses Telegram API, fake URLs & Google Ads

🔗 Read: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/cryptocurrency-miner-and-clipper.html

🚨 Hackers could have owned your AWS servers—easily.

A flaw in Amazon’s SSM Agent let attackers write scripts with root access by gaming plugin IDs (../).

If you haven’t updated—you're still at risk.

👀 Read more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/amazon-ec2-ssm-agent-flaw-patched-after.html

🚨 Critical alert for Fortinet users! A 9.3 CVSS flaw (CVE-2024-48887) in FortiSwitch lets hackers remotely change admin passwords — no login needed.

🔧 Fix it: Upgrade ASAP (7.6.1+, 7.4.5+, 7.2.9+, 7.0.11+, 6.4.15+)

⚡ No exploits yet—but Fortinet bugs have been weaponized before.

👉 Full details: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/fortinet-urges-fortiswitch-upgrades-to.html

🚨 Critical alert: 30 new security flaws found in Adobe ColdFusion—11 rated Critical.

⚡ Top threats: arbitrary code execution, file system read, security bypass.

CVE-2025-24446 | CVSS 9.1
CVE-2025-24447 | CVSS 9.1
CVE-2025-30281 | CVSS 9.1
(and more)

No active exploits yet—but don’t wait.

🔗 Update now or risk being the next headline: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/adobe-patches-11-critical-coldfusion.html

🔥 Security teams are drowning in complexity—and AI copilots aren't a future fix. They're already critical in 2025.

From instant policy answers to auto-summarizing risk reports, AI is reshaping how top teams stay ahead.

🧠 But AI isn’t magic. Humans still rule judgment.

How the smartest teams are striking the balance 👉 https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2025/04/supercharging-security-compliance-with.html

Microsoft’s April update patches 126 flaws—but CVE-2025-29824, already exploited in ransomware attacks, has no fix for Windows 10.

🔗 More details: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/microsoft-patches-126-flaws-including.html

CISA demands federal agencies patch by April 29.

🚨 New Windows zero-day (CVE-2025-29824) exploited in ransomware attacks!

⚡ Attackers used PipeMagic malware, hidden in MSBuild files, and hijacked legit sites to spread payloads. Linked to RansomEXX gang.

Full report 👉 https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/pipemagic-trojan-exploits-windows-clfs.html

🔒 Patch ASAP if you haven't!

🚨 New CISA Alert!

Gladinet CentreStack flaw (CVE-2025-30406, CVSS 9.0) is actively exploited.

▶️ Hard-coded machineKey enables remote code execution.
▶️ Exploited as a zero-day in March 2025.

🔗 Details: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/cisa-warns-of-centrestacks-hard-coded.html

Patch or rotate keys now.

⚡ New Malware Alert!

Chinese-linked ToddyCat exploited an ESET flaw (CVE-2024-11859) to drop new malware TCESB — bypassing defenses and hijacking devices.

Update now | Stay alert.

Details 👉https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/new-tcesb-malware-found-in-active.html

🔥 Non-human identities (NHIs) are exploding — and leaking secrets faster than ever.

In 2024:
• 23.77M secrets leaked on GitHub (+25%)
• NHIs outnumber humans 45-to-1
• 70% of leaked secrets still active
• Private repos = 8x more leaks than public
• Copilot = 40% more leaks
• Docker Hub = 100K+ valid secrets exposed

The attack surface is out of control. Secrets management must evolve—fast.

🔎 Full 2025 Report: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/explosive-growth-of-non-human.html

🔥 AI scams just leveled up.

Lovable AI scored 1.8/10 on Guardio Labs' security test—the easiest tool for cybercrooks to build phishing sites in minutes.

👀 It auto-deploys fake Microsoft pages, steals credentials, and even sets up admin dashboards.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/lovable-ai-found-most-vulnerable-to.html

🚨 AkiraBot has attacked 420,000 domains, using OpenAI’s GPT-4o-mini to flood contact forms and chats with SEO spam — even beating CAPTCHA.

🔥 Targets include Shopify, Wix, GoDaddy, and Squarespace. Nobody's safe.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/akirabot-targets-420000-sites-with.html

🚨 Europol's Operation Endgame just busted 5+ SmokeLoader customers linked to ransomware, spyware, and crypto theft.

Meanwhile, new malware loaders like ModiLoader, GootLoader, and FakeUpdates are hitting users with phishing, fake installs, and drive-by attacks.

🔗 Full story: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/europol-arrests-five-smokeloader.html

🔥 Gamaredon (aka Shuckworm) hit a Western military mission in Ukraine with a new, stealthier GammaSteel malware, Symantec warns.

📂 Infected USBs → Hidden shortcut traps → Live exfil via Telegram & Telegraph.

🔗 Full story: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/gamaredon-uses-infected-removable.html

🎲 53% of #DevSecOps teams are gambling with open source security.

New 2025 report from ActiveState reveals:

→ Risky workflows
→ Sluggish MTTD/MTTR
→ Traditional tools are failing fast

Ready to fix faster—without falling behind?

🔗Read now → https://thn.news/vuln-management-2025

🚨 New npm malware alert: pdf-to-office targets Atomic and Exodus wallets.

➡️ Injects malicious code to hijack crypto transfers.
➡️ Malware persists even after uninstalling.
➡️ 334+ downloads so far.

Supply chain attacks are rising.

Full report: https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/malicious-npm-package-targets-atomic.html

AI agents aren’t just "tools" anymore — they're your new workforce.

But behind every agent is a non-human identity (NHI) — and that's where real risks live.

🔒 Machine-speed attacks
🔒 Invisible backdoors (Shadow AI)
🔒 Cross-system breaches

Learn how to secure AI at the source ➔ https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/the-identities-behind-ai-agents-deep.html