Security News. From Our Analysts.
Security news from the Brandefense team: new malware, vulnerabilities, data breaches and threat actor activity, summarized for security professionals.
Security News Critical RCE Alert on Western Digital My Cloud OS In Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices, a critical security vulnerability has been identified, which could allow attackers to remotely execute code. 
Security News Critical RCE Alert in Apache Airflow MySQL Provider A critical security vulnerability has been detected in the Apache Airflow MySQL Provider library that could allow threat actors to execute remote code. 
Security News PayPal Data Breach That Puts More Than 34,000 User Accounts in Danger PayPal confirmed in December 2022 that a credential stuffing attack put more than 34,000 accounts at risk. What data was exposed and what users should do. 
Security News Critical RCE Vulnerability Detected on AMD EPYC and Ryzen Processors As part of the AMD security bulletin, security updates have been released that fix 31 vulnerabilities affecting Ryzen, Athlon, and Thread Ripper. 
Security News Critical Vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Snapdragon Affecting Lenovo, Microsoft, and Samsung Devices Detected Qualcomm fixed 22 Snapdragon flaws in its January 2023 bulletin, including CVE-2022-33218 and CVE-2022-33219, affecting Lenovo, Microsoft, Samsung. 
Security News Critical 0-Day Alarm Affecting Windows ALPC As part of the January 2023 updates, Microsoft has released updates that fix 98 security vulnerabilities, including a 0-day vulnerability, Windows ALPC. 
Security News Remote Code Execution Risk in jsonwebtoken (JWT) Library jsonwebtoken 8.5.1 and earlier can allow remote code execution if untrusted input reaches jwt.verify(). Version 9.0.0 fixes it. NVD rejected the CVE ID. 
Security News Bitdefender Releases Decryptor For MegaCortex Bitdefender security researchers have released a decryptor tool for targets attacked by MegaCortex Ransomware. 
Security News Maximum Severity Vulnerability on Synology VPN Plus Server CVE-2022-43931 in Synology VPN Plus Server scores CVSS 10.0 and lets attackers run commands without logging in. Affected versions and the fix to apply. 
Security News Deezer User Data Detected Shared on Underground Forums Deezer user data from a September 2019 third-party breach is shared on underground forums: names, emails, birth dates, IP addresses and usernames. 
Security News Godfather Trojan Activity Targeting Financial Sector Detected Godfather trojan resurfaces, targeting the financial sector with advanced techniques. Learn how Brandefense detects and mitigates this threat. 
Security News Critical RCE Alarm in Linux Kernel A critical vulnerability has been identified in the Linux Kernel that could allow threat actors to disclose sensitive information and execute arbitrary code. All 20 pages
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Last updated June 9, 2026-
Articles on ransomware, APT groups, the dark web, digital risk protection, fraud, sector analysis and VIP security, written for security teams.
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