Infosec bits for 2025 week 43
Anele Siwela | Oct. 24, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Cybersecurity News
The Cybersecurity Perception Gap: Why Executives and Practitioners See Risk Differently [The Hacker News, The Hacker News]
Students celebrate Cybersecurity Awareness Month [By Injy Wasfy, The Bradley Scout]
Africa Tech Festival 2025 Cybersecurity: Important Things To Know [Travel And Tour World, Travel And Tour World]
Cybersecurity Month perspective: Why AML and cybersecurity are critical to Africa’s crypto future [iol, iol]
Cyberattacks:
Volkswagen Allegedly Hit by Ransomware Attack as 8Base Claims Sensitive Data Theft [Guru Baran, Cyber Security News]
Infrastructure gaps expose SA firms to cyber attacks [Nicola Mawson, It Web]
New Fileless Remcos Attacks Bypassing EDRs Malicious Code into RMClient [Tushar Subhra Dutta, Cyber Securitynews]
Cybersecurity experts warn OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas is vulnerable to attacks that could turn it against a user—revealing sensitive data, downloading malware, or worse [Beatrice Nolan, Fortune]
Vulnerabilities & Patches:
Lanscope Endpoint Manager vulnerability exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2025-61932) [Zeljka Zorz, Help Net Security]
Microsoft Releases Emergency Patch For Windows Server Update Service RCE Vulnerability [https://cybersecuritynews.com/wsus-rce-vulnerability/, Cybersecurity News]
Samsung Galaxy S25 0-Day Exploit Enables Camera Access and Tracking [AnuPriya, Cyber Press]
Counter Ransomware Initiative stresses importance of supply-chain security [Alexander Martin, The Record]
Unmasking MuddyWater’s New Malware Toolkit Driving International Espionage [Mahmoud Zohdy, Mansour Alhmoud, Group IB]
Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2025: Extortion and Ransomware Drive Over Half of Cyberattacks [Jana Cvetko, News Microsoft]
Baohuo Android Malware Hijacks Telegram Accounts via Fake Telegram X [Waqas, Hack Read]
Ransomware Actors Targeting Global Public Sectors and Critical Infrastructure [Mayura Kathir, gbhackers]
Malware Detected on South Africa’s Treasury Infrastructure Portal Amid Growing Cybersecurity Risks [Kay-Lyne Wolfenden, Tech Africa News]
