Researchers can disclose two brand-new vulnerabilities in OpenSSH now that patches have been released.
Qualys discovered the bugs in January, per its disclosure timeline. These vulnerabilities allow miscreants to perform machine-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks on the OpenSSH client and pre-authentication denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.
Patches for CVE-2025-26465 and CVE-2025-26466 were released this morning. Although their respective severity scores (6.8 and 5.9 out of 10) don't necessarily scream "patch me right away" – it certainly doesn't seem as bad as last year's regreSSHion issue – they're both likely to raise some degree of concern given the tool's prominence.
First observed in March 2024, “BlackLock” (aka El Dorado or Eldorado) has rapidly emerged as a major player in the ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) ecosystem. By Q4 2024, it ranked as the 7th most prolific ransomware group on data-leak sites, fueled by a staggering 1,425% increase in activity from Q3. BlackLock uses a double extortion tactic—encrypting data while stealing sensitive information—to pressure victims with the threat of public exposure. Its ransomware is built to target Windows, VMWare ESXi, and Linux environments, though the Linux variant offers fewer features than its Windows counterpart.
The National Assembly, Ecuador's unicameral legislature, says it was able to "identify and counteract" attempts by malicious hackers to breach sensitive systems.
