ASUS recently disclosed a critical security vulnerability affecting routers that have AiCloud enabled, potentially allowing remote attackers to perform unauthorized execution functions on vulnerable devices.
The vulnerability is being tracked as CVE-2025-2492 and was given a CVSS score of 9.2 on a 10.0 scale, making it classified as critical.
According to ASUS researchers, the "improper authentication control vulnerability," which only exists in certain ASUS router firmware series, can be triggered by a "crafted request" on behalf of the attackers.
For the third time in as many months, Apple has released an emergency patch to fix an already exploited zero-day vulnerability impacting a wide range of its products.
The new vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-24201, exists in Apple's WebKit open source browser engine for rendering Web pages in Safari and other apps across macOS, iOS, and iPadOS. WebKit is a frequent target for attackers because of how deeply integrated it is with Apple's ecosystem.
SolarWinds' access controls contain five high and three critical-severity security vulnerabilities that need to be patched yesterday.
While Intel is still investigating the incident, the security industry is bracing itself for years of potential firmware insecurity if the keys indeed were exposed.
The potential leak from MSI Gaming of signing keys for an important security feature in Intel-based firmware could cast a shadow on firmware security for years to come and leave devices that use the keys highly vulnerable to cyberattacks, security experts say.