Cybersecurity News | Daily Recap [22 Sep 2025]

Daily Recap, A critical Entra ID flaw allowed impersonation of Global Administrators across tenants and patches have been issued, while ransomware hit European airport check-in systems disrupting flights in multiple hubs. Threat actors, malware, and notable incidents span Turla/Gamaredon collaboration, BlockBlasters theft, GoAnywhere MFT zero-days, and CopyCop’s AI-driven disinformation expansion. #EntraID #TurlaGamaredon #BlockBlasters #GoAnywhereMFT #CopyCop

Identity & Access

  • A critical Microsoft Entra ID flaw (CVE-2025-55241) involving legacy Actor tokens and the Azure AD Graph API allowed impersonation of Global Administrators across tenants and has been patched by Microsoft – Entra ID, Entra Patch, Entra Analysis

Aviation Disruptions

Vulnerabilities & Incidents

  • Fortra released patches for a critical remote‑command execution flaw in GoAnywhere MFT (high risk to exposed systems) — GoAnywhere Patch
  • SonicWall urged customers to reset all credentials after accidentally exposing configuration backup files containing sensitive data, warning of immediate account compromise risk – SonicWall Reset

Threat Actors & Malware

  • ESET links Russian groups Turla and Gamaredon in collaborative operations where Gamaredon enables Turla to deploy and restart the Kazuar backdoor against high‑value targets in Ukraine – Turla/Gamaredon
  • A verified Steam game, BlockBlasters, was used to distribute malware that stole over $150,000 in cryptocurrency from hundreds of users, underscoring risks to streamers and crypto‑rich accounts – BlockBlasters Theft

Research & Exploits

  • Researchers demonstrated combining L1TF and half‑Spectre transient‑execution techniques to leak VM data in public clouds and were awarded $150,000, calling for stronger cloud mitigations – L1TF Research
  • Weekly threat research roundup highlights widespread disclosures, supply‑chain attacks, a self‑replicating npm worm (Shai‑Hulud), and cross‑platform loader, adware, and credential‑stealing campaigns — useful telemetry for defenders – Threat Recap

AI & Identity

  • Toronto startup Mycroft raised $3.5 million to build an AI‑powered security and compliance platform for startups and SMBs focused on automating cybersecurity and IT operations – Mycroft Funding
  • Guidance warns that unmanaged non‑human identities (service accounts and AI agents) with broad permissions increase attack surface and recommends a unified identity security fabric to discover, govern, and automate control of these identities – AI Agents

Product Issues & Updates

  • Microsoft acknowledged a bug in recent updates affecting Windows 11 24H2 that breaks DRM‑protected video and live TV playback and plans a fix in upcoming updates – Windows DRM

Disinformation & Influence

  • Report shows Russian influence network CopyCop expanding use of LLMs (including Llama3) and AI‑generated media to scale disinformation and destabilize support for Ukraine across multiple countries – CopyCop Expansion

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