From The Hacker News – Mozilla Patches Critical Firefox Bug Similar to Chrome’s Recent Zero-Day Vulnerability
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From The Hacker News – Mozilla Patches Critical Firefox Bug Similar to Chrome’s Recent Zero-Day Vulnerability

Mozilla has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting its Firefox browser for Windows, merely days after Google patched a similar flaw in Chrome that came under active exploitation as a zero-day. The security vulnerability, CVE-2025-2857, has been described as a case of an incorrect handle that could lead to a sandbox escape. "Following the recent Chrome sandbox escape (
From The Hacker News – Hackers Repurpose RansomHub’s EDRKillShifter in Medusa, BianLian, and Play Attacks
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From The Hacker News – Hackers Repurpose RansomHub’s EDRKillShifter in Medusa, BianLian, and Play Attacks

A new analysis has uncovered connections between affiliates of RansomHub and other ransomware groups like Medusa, BianLian, and Play. The connection stems from the use of a custom tool that's designed to disable endpoint detection and response (EDR) software on compromised hosts, according to ESET. The EDR killing tool, dubbed EDRKillShifter, was first documented as used by RansomHub actors in
From The Hacker News – New Security Flaws Found in VMware Tools and CrushFTP — High Risk, No Workaround
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From The Hacker News – New Security Flaws Found in VMware Tools and CrushFTP — High Risk, No Workaround

Broadcom has issued security patches to address a high-severity security flaw in VMware Tools for Windows that could lead to an authentication bypass. Tracked as CVE-2025-22230, the vulnerability is rated 7.8 on the ten-point Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). "VMware Tools for Windows contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to improper access control," Broadcom said in an