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Red Report 2025: Unmasking a 3X Spike in Credential Theft and Debunking the AI Hype

Credential theft surged 3× in a year—but AI-powered malware? More hype than reality. The Red Report 2025 by Picus Labs reveals attackers still rely on proven tactics like stealth & automation to execute the "perfect heist." [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/red-report-2025-unmasking-a-3x-spike-in-credential-theft-and-debunking-the-ai-hype/
GitLab patches critical authentication bypass vulnerabilities

GitLab released security updates for Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE), fixing nine vulnerabilities, among which two critical severity ruby-saml library authentication bypass flaws. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gitlab-patches-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerabilities/
Microsoft says button to restore classic Outlook is broken

​Microsoft is investigating a known issue that causes the new Outlook email client to crash when users click the "Go to classic Outlook" button, which should help them switch back to the classic Outlook. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-button-to-restore-classic-outlook-is-broken/
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Windows Notepad to get AI text summarization in Windows 11

Microsoft is now testing an AI-powered text summarization feature in Notepad and a Snipping Tool "Draw & Hold" feature that helps draw perfect shapes. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-notepad-to-get-ai-text-summarization-in-windows-11/
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New SuperBlack ransomware exploits Fortinet auth bypass flaws

A new ransomware operator named 'Mora_001' is exploiting two Fortinet vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to firewall appliances and deploy a custom ransomware strain dubbed SuperBlack. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-superblack-ransomware-exploits-fortinet-auth-bypass-flaws/
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Microsoft apologizes for removing VSCode extensions used by millions

Microsoft has reinstated the 'Material Theme - Free' and 'Material Theme Icons - Free' extensions on the Visual Studio Marketplace after finding that the obfuscated code they contained wasn't actually malicious. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-apologizes-for-removing-vscode-extensions-used-by-millions/
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Coinbase phishing email tricks users with fake wallet migration

A large-scale Coinbase phishing attack poses as a mandatory wallet migration, tricking recipients into setting up a new wallet with a pre-generated recovery phrase controlled by attackers. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/coinbase-phishing-email-tricks-users-with-fake-wallet-migration/
New Akira ransomware decryptor cracks encryptions keys using GPUs

Security researcher Yohanes Nugroho has released a decryptor for the Linux variant of Akira ransomware, which utilizes GPU power to retrieve the decryption key and unlock files for free. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/gpu-powered-akira-ransomware-decryptor-released-on-github/
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Fake "Security Alert" issues on GitHub use OAuth app to hijack accounts

A widespread phishing campaign has targeted nearly 12,000 GitHub repositories with fake "Security Alert" issues, tricking developers into authorizing a malicious OAuth app that grants attackers full control over their accounts and code. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-security-alert-issues-on-github-use-oauth-app-to-hijack-accounts/
Critical RCE flaw in Apache Tomcat actively exploited in attacks

A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Apache Tomcat tracked as CVE-2025-24813 is actively exploited in the wild, enabling attackers to take over servers with a simple PUT request. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-rce-flaw-in-apache-tomcat-actively-exploited-in-attacks/
Microsoft: March Windows updates mistakenly uninstall Copilot

​Microsoft says the March 2025 Windows cumulative updates automatically and mistakenly remove the AI-powered Copilot digital assistant from some Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-march-windows-updates-mistakenly-uninstall-copilot/
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Supply chain attack on popular GitHub Action exposes CI/CD secrets

A supply chain attack on the widely used 'tj-actions/changed-files' GitHub Action, used by 23,000 repositories, potentially allowed threat actors to steal CI/CD secrets from GitHub Actions build logs. [...]

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/supply-chain-attack-on-popular-github-action-exposes-ci-cd-secrets/
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