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Threat Context monthly, April 2025: EncryptHub & Media Land leak

Welcome to the Threat Context Monthly blog series where we provide a comprehensive roundup of the most relevant cybersecurity news and threat information from KrakenLabs, Outpost24’s cyber threat intelligence team. Here’s what you need to know from April about EncryptHub, EncryptRAT, and the Media Land leak.

Raising the Security Bar: Essential Measures to Combat Emerging Cyber Threats

Cyber threats are evolving all the time, and the pace of advancement is increasing. From malware and ransomware attacks to increasingly sophisticated phishing techniques and zero-day exploits, threat actors are constantly working to find new ways to breach our defenses, so we need to take proactive steps to raise security standards and keep our organizations on the front foot in the fight against cybercrime. In this piece, we'll discuss some essential measures you can take to do this, highlighting best practices and security technologies that can enable you to build a more threat-resilient organization.

The 2025 Remediation Operations Report: Why Organizations Still Struggle in 2025

The second annual Remediation Operations Report from Seemplicity paints a clear picture: while organizations are investing more in security, they’re not necessarily getting faster or more effective at fixing what matters. This year’s data highlights a growing gap between strategic intent and day-to-day execution. Security leaders want to move faster, collaborate better, and prioritize smarter. But process bottlenecks and legacy workflows keep getting in the way.

OWASP Announces BLADE Business Logic Attack Framework to Give Enterprises Better Tools to Fight Sophisticated Bots

Update to attack framework announced to coincide with recognition as an industry standard The Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP) announced today that the Business Logic Attack Definition Framework (BLADE Framework) has become The OWASP BLADE Framework Project. The name change reflects the acceptance of the attack framework as an OWASP project and recognition of the framework as an industry standard.

Emerging Threat: SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer CVE-2025-31324

On April 24th, 2025, SAP disclosed CVE-2025-31324, a critical missing authorization check vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) affecting the Metadata Uploader component of SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer. This vulnerability fails to restrict file upload content, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to achieve full remote code execution (RCE) on affected servers.

Security Bulletin: CVE Program Funding Concerns and Emerging Alternatives

On April 16, 2025, a critical moment unfolded in the cybersecurity world when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s funding for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) Program, operated by MITRE, was set to expire. The CVE system is a globally relied-upon database for cataloging known cyber vulnerabilities and has been a cornerstone of vulnerability management for over 25 years since its public launch in 1999.

Zero-Day Readiness: How ASPM Can Help CISOs Respond Faster

Zero-day vulnerabilities are the new normal in cybersecurity. In 2023 alone, more than 100 high-profile zero-day incidents were reported. Despite the early warning signs, major corporations and government agencies, from giants like Google and Cisco to the U.S. Government, continue to be blindsided by zero-day threats into 2025. In December 2024, for example, the U.S.

Can This AI Save My Job? (Google Gemini 2.5 Pro)

In this video, I’ll be putting Google’s Gemini 2.5 AI to the test — challenging it to generate 100% secure and safe code for a note taking application. The catch? My job is on the line... and the code has to pass all security checks to avoid critical vulnerabilities. I’ll be diving into how Gemini 2.5 performs under pressure and examining whether AI can truly be trusted with secure coding. Resources.

Exploited! SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer Unauthenticated File-Upload Vulnerability (CVE-2025-31324)

SAP has released an out-of-band patch for a critical unrestricted file-upload flaw, CVE-2025-31324, in the NetWeaver Visual Composer “Metadata Uploader.” A missing authorization check allows unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files (e.g., JSP, WAR) and instantly execute code on the SAP Java stack. If left unpatched, the weakness can expose sensitive ERP data and disrupt core business workflows across finance, HR, and manufacturing systems. In this article.

6 common authentication vulnerabilities in web apps

Authentication is used by most web applications. Both for letting users have access to individual accounts, but also for protecting certain resources from the public. Basic authentication allows an individual to prove to the application that they are the user that is trying to access it. Unfortunately, authentication vulnerabilities are often found by pen testers too. While there are many forms of authentication, the most common implementations are that of the username and password.