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Threat Attack Daily - 23rd of April 2025

Ransomware Attack Update for the 23rd of April 2025

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in xfig fig2dev 3.2.9a. This vulnerability affects the function read_arcobject. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-46400. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in xfig fig2dev 3.2.9a. This affects the function genge_itp_spline. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-46399. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

A vulnerability was found in xfig fig2dev 3.2.9a. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function read_objects. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-46398. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is no exploit available.

A vulnerability was found in xfig fig2dev 3.2.9a. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function bezier_spline. The manipulation leads to stack-based buffer overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-46397. Attacking locally is a requirement. There is no exploit available.

AI-Powered Tools Protect Containerized Environments Against Sophisticated Attacks
Container security experts skilled in AI-driven defense tools are becoming critical as organizations rely more on containerized applications. These experts must contend with ephemeral workloads, secure CI/CD pipelines and implement real-time anomaly detection to protect cloud-native environments.

European Commission Also Fines Apple 500 Million Euros
European regulators said Facebook conducted an end run around privacy regulations by requiring users to pay a monthly subscription fee or else accept that their personal data would be fed to advertisers. The European Commission fined the social media giant 200 million euros.

Breach Victim Tally Soars Since Firm Filed an Initial Breach Report in Early April
Kelly Benefits is notifying nine large clients and nearly 264,000 individuals that their sensitive personal information was potentially compromised in a December data theft incident. The tally of affected people has climbed eight-fold since the company’s first estimate earlier this month.

2019 Phishing Incident at California-Based PIH Health Affected Nearly 190,000
A regional healthcare network with three California hospitals serving Los Angeles and Orange Counties has agreed to pay federal regulators $600,000 and implement a corrective action plan to resolve potential HIPAA violations identified during an investigation into a 2019 phishing breach.

Series D Round Comes at $3.5B Valuation, Fuels Product Expansion Beyond Containers
Chainguard’s $356 million Series D haul will help it push beyond securing containers to protecting virtual machines and language libraries. CEO Dan Lorenc says customers want security that scales with open-source adoption, especially amid rising software supply chain threats.

Alleged Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability Discovered on MBC Website

In the latest "Secure Future Initiative" progress report, Microsoft describes efforts to rebuild its security culture, including making security a core priority for employees during performance reviews and launching a new Secure by Design UX Toolkit.