The goal is not to remove oversight, but to replace brittle manual processes with intelligent automation that operates within clearly defined guardrails.
Singapore's Cyber Security Agency has warned of a maximum-severity arbitrary file upload vulnerability in SmarterTools SmarterMail email software, tracked as CVE-2025-52691, which could be leveraged to facilitate unauthenticated code execution, The Hacker News reports.
Cybernews reports that mounting software complexity, AI usage, supply chain dependencies, and evolving threats were noted by BeyondTrust Chief Security Advisor Morey Haber to fuel the escalation of zero-day exploits in 2025.
TechRepublic reports that admin accounts could be covertly hijacked through the abuse of a new critical privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache StreamPipes, tracked as CVE-2025-47411.
The U.S. had 14,486 internet-exposed MongoDB servers exposed to the critical MongoBleed bug, tracked as CVE-2025-14847, making it second only to China, according to Security Affairs.
IBM has warned that exploitation of a critical authentication bypass bug in its API Connect end-to-end application programming interface solution, tracked as CVE-2025-13915, could enable remote app access, The Hacker News reports.
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