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Chromium 0-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited
Taylor Hawes
December 15, 2025
🔎 Cyber Watch 🔎
Chromium 0-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited
Security agencies have flagged a serious zero-day flaw in the Chromium browser engine that attackers are exploiting in real environments. This bug, located in the ANGLE graphics layer, can allow an attacker to trigger out-of-bounds memory access and potentially run code or cause crashes when a user visits a crafted page. It affects all major browsers built on Chromium, including Chrome, Edge, Opera, and Brave. Agencies are urging immediate updates to the latest browser versions and implementation of organisational patch policies to reduce exposure to exploitation.
Key takeaway
Organizations using Chromium-based browsers should treat browser updates as an emergency task. Delayed patching turns everyday web use into a direct attack path, even for well-trained users.
🎙️ Tech Briefing On‑Air 🎙️
Ho-Ho-Hold Up—Is That Message Real? Bad Santas Are Sending Seasonal Scams
In this episode, host Selena Larson is joined by Tim Kromphardt and Sarah Sabotka to explain how cybercriminals use holiday themes to push scams. The discussion covers fake delivery alerts, gift offers, and urgent messages that target both consumers and workplaces. Attackers rely on seasonal pressure and familiarity to lower caution and raise click rates. The episode also explains why end-of-year workloads make staff more likely to miss warning signs.
Takeaways: Seasonal scams succeed because timing weakens judgment. During holidays, people expect delivery updates, discounts, and urgent requests, which makes fake messages blend in with normal activity. Security controls alone are not enough in this period. Organizations should raise alert levels, slow down approval processes tied to payments or access, and remind staff to verify requests through a second channel. Treat holiday periods as high-risk windows, not low-activity ones.
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Oxylabs
Oxylabs provides a suite of proxy solutions, including residential, mobile, and ISP proxies, with a large global IP pool and wide geographic coverage. Users can choose proxies by country, city, or even coordinates, which supports data collection, web scraping, and geo-targeted tasks. The platform includes tools like a Web Unblocker that adapts requests to bypass anti-bot systems and CAPTCHA challenges. While the dashboard could offer more features, Oxylabs remains a strong choice for businesses that need robust proxy infrastructure and worldwide reach.
🤖 AI Runtime 🤖
Cybersecurity thought leaders shared detailed views on how AI will shape the threat environment in 2026. Many foresee that attackers will increasingly use AI to automate network probes, adapt malware tactics, and personalize phishing at scale. Organisations, in turn, will need advanced identity defence systems combining behavioural detection with privacy-preserving methods like zero-knowledge proofs to confirm identity without exposing sensitive data. Trust in cloud-based and digital services will become a major security challenge as synthetic personas and deepfakes grow more convincing.
📊 By the Numbers 📊
$4.44 Million
Cost of the average data breach in 2025.
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Until Wednesday’s edition - Let’s keep that zero-day count at zero!