Veeam has rolled out patches to contain a critical security flaw impacting its Backup & Replication software that could result in remote code execution under certain conditions. The security defect, tracked as CVE-2025-23121, carries a CVSS score of 9.9 out of a maximum of 10.0. "A vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) on the Backup Server by an authenticated domain user," the

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1. No Rock Stars, No Mercedes: A Russian Expo Shows the Cost of Divorce With the West  The New York Times
2. Vladimir Putin’s investment forum fails to attract western companies  Financial Times
3. Russia's flagship economic forum offers scant hope of foreign investment revival  Reuters
4. In Saint Petersburg, 'Putin's Davos' features the Kremlin elite and their allies  Le Monde.fr
5. St. Petersburg Economic Forum 2025 Opens With ‘Multipolar’ Focus  The Moscow Times

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Iran has throttled internet access in the country in a purported attempt to hamper Israel's ability to conduct covert cyber operations, days after the latter launched an unprecedented attack on the country, escalating geopolitical tensions in the region. Fatemeh Mohajerani, the spokesperson of the Iranian Government, and the Iranian Cyber Police, FATA, said the internet slowdown was designed to

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1. What are the risks of bombing Iran's nuclear sites?  BBC
2. Iran’s secretive nuclear site that only a US bomb could hit  BBC
3. Exclusive | Israel Built Its Case for War With Iran on New Intelligence. The U.S. Didn’t Buy It.  WSJ
4. Trump and U.S. intelligence appear at odds over Iran's nuclear progress  NBC News
5. The nuclear risk of going to war with Iran  MSNBC News

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A now-patched security flaw in Google Chrome was exploited as a zero-day by a threat actor known as TaxOff to deploy a backdoor codenamed Trinper. The attack, observed in mid-March 2025 by Positive Technologies, involved the use of a sandbox escape vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-2783 (CVSS score: 8.3). Google addressed the flaw later that month after Kaspersky reported in-the-wild

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