September 2025
Critical, make-me-super-user SAP S/4HANA bug under active exploitation
9.9-rated flaw on the loose, so patch now A critical code-injection bug in SAP S/4HANA that allows low-privileged attackers to take over your SAP system is being actively exploited, according to security researchers.…
Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust
Affinity Learning Partnership warns staff after Intradev breach A major UK education trust has warned staff that their personal information may have been compromised following a cyberattack on software developer Intradev in August.…
Attackers snooping around Sitecore, dropping malware via public sample keys
You cut and pasted the machine key from the official documentation? Ouch Unknown miscreants are exploiting a configuration vulnerability in multiple Sitecore products to achieve remote code execution via a publicly exposed key and deploy snooping malware on infected machines.…
Boffins build automated Android bug hunting system
AI agent system said to have found more than 100 zero-day flaws in production apps AI models get slammed for producing sloppy bug reports and burdening open source maintainers with hallucinated issues, but they also have the potential to transform application security through automation.…
China-aligned crew poisons Windows servers to manipulate Google results
Defrauding search with custom malware, Potato-family exploits A new China-aligned cybercrime crew named GhostRedirector has compromised at least 65 Windows servers worldwide - spotted in a June internet scan - using previously undocumented malware to juice gambling sites' rankings in Google search, according to ESET researchers.…
Enterprises sticking with Windows 10 could shell out billions for continued support
Nexthink estimates ESU bills could top $7.3B as millions of devices set to miss upgrade deadline Free support is ending for many editions of Windows 10 on October 14, and enterprises unable to make the jump are on the hook for billions to keep the fixes flowing.…
Sainsbury’s eyes up shoplifters with live facial recognition
Privacy campaigners cry foul as grocer joins Asda, Iceland, and others in retail surveillance boom Sainsbury's, Britain's second-largest supermarket chain, has caught the attention of privacy campaigners by launching an eight-week trial of live facial recognition (LFR) tech in two of its stores to curb shoplifting.…
France fines Google, SHEIN for undercooked cookie policies that led to crummy privacy
Web giant and Chinese e-tailer whacked for dropping trackers without permission France’s data protection authority levied massive fines against Google and SHEIN for dropping cookies on customers without securing their permission, and also whacked Google for showing ads in email service.…
US puts $10M bounty on three Russians accused of attacking critical infrastructure
Seven-year-old Cisco vuln that remains inexplicably unpatched is their way in The US State Department has put a $10 million bounty on the heads of three Russians accused of being intelligence agents hacking America's critical infrastructure - primarily via old Cisco kit, it seems.…
Congressional panel throws cyber threat intel-sharing, funding a lifeline
Clock is ticking US security leaders have urged lawmakers to reauthorize two key pieces of cyber legislation, including one that facilitates threat-intel sharing between the private sector and federal government, before they expire at the end of the month.…