There’s something about the start of a new year that invites fresh perspective. The calendars reset, inboxes refill, and we all quietly hope this is the year things feel a little more manageable. In cybersecurity, that optimism is often met with reality — not because we’re pessimists, but because experience teaches us to ask the right questions early.
A friend recently joked that when someone tells a cybersecurity professional they’ve been compromised, our instinctive response is, “Was MFA enabled?” It’s our version of IT’s most infamous question: “Did you try rebooting it?” Funny, yes — but also revealing. The most important safeguards are often the simplest, and the most overlooked.
That’s one of the things I love about this industry. Beneath all the complexity, progress still comes from curiosity, thoughtful communication, and a willingness to slow down just enough to get the fundamentals right.
🔒 Security Tip of the Week:
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, revisit your “basics checklist.” Identity protections, backups, patching, and user awareness may not be glamorous, but they quietly prevent more incidents than any shiny new tool. Sometimes the smartest move is asking the obvious question — kindly, early, and without assumption.
Here’s to starting the year with clarity, a little lightness, and systems that work as intended — before we have to ask the reboot question.
If you need help identifying where to start with your Security program or how to get to that next level of program maturity, contact Pinpoint Security today!
-Amber Nelson, CMO
📰 Weekly News Roundup:
🏴☠️ Infamous BreachForums Marketplace Hacked Again
The resurrected cybercrime marketplace BreachForums has suffered a significant data breach, exposing the details of approximately 324,000 users. A rival hacker released the stolen database—containing usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords—on the ShinyHunters platform, marking another chaotic turn for the illicit community.
The resurrected cybercrime marketplace BreachForums has suffered a significant data breach, exposing the details of approximately 324,000 users. A rival hacker released the stolen database—containing usernames, email addresses, and hashed passwords—on the ShinyHunters platform, marking another chaotic turn for the illicit community.
💸 Betterment Confirms Breach Used for Crypto Scams
Digital investment advisor Betterment has confirmed a breach involving a third-party marketing platform, which attackers used to distribute fake cryptocurrency reward emails to customers. While the company states that client funds remain secure, the unauthorized access exposed personal information including names, physical addresses, and dates of birth.
Digital investment advisor Betterment has confirmed a breach involving a third-party marketing platform, which attackers used to distribute fake cryptocurrency reward emails to customers. While the company states that client funds remain secure, the unauthorized access exposed personal information including names, physical addresses, and dates of birth.
📹 Hikvision Discloses Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Hikvision has issued alerts for two critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-66176 and CVE-2025-66177) affecting its access control and video recording devices. These flaws allow unauthenticated attackers on the same local network to disrupt services or cause device malfunctions without requiring any user interaction.
Hikvision has issued alerts for two critical buffer overflow vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-66176 and CVE-2025-66177) affecting its access control and video recording devices. These flaws allow unauthenticated attackers on the same local network to disrupt services or cause device malfunctions without requiring any user interaction.
🚨 CISA Adds Gogs Vulnerability to Known Exploited List
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-8110) in the Gogs self-hosted Git service to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw, which is being actively exploited in the wild, allows attackers to escape restricted directories and potentially execute arbitrary code on affected systems.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-8110) in the Gogs self-hosted Git service to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw, which is being actively exploited in the wild, allows attackers to escape restricted directories and potentially execute arbitrary code on affected systems.
🛡️ Trend Micro Patches Critical RCE in Apex Central
Trend Micro has released an urgent patch for a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-69258) in its Apex Central management console. The security defect allows unauthenticated threat actors to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges, prompting security experts to recommend immediate updates for all on-premise installations.
Trend Micro has released an urgent patch for a critical remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2025-69258) in its Apex Central management console. The security defect allows unauthenticated threat actors to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges, prompting security experts to recommend immediate updates for all on-premise installations.