Daily Cybersecurity News Roundup – October 08, 2025

Stay updated with the latest cybersecurity news! This daily roundup covers critical vulnerabilities, emerging threats, and significant data breaches to keep you informed and secure in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

1. CISA Expands Free OT Cybersecurity Services for Critical Infrastructure

Published: 2025-10-08

CISA is expanding its free cybersecurity services for operational technology systems to scale vulnerability scanning and risk assessments for more critical infrastructure organizations, including smaller ones, amid rising threats from groups like Volt Typhoon targeting sectors such as power and water.

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2. Red Hat GitLab Compromise Affects Over 800 Organizations

Published: 2025-10-02

A major Red Hat GitLab compromise affected over 800 organizations with 570GB of stolen data from 28,000 repositories.

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3. Veradigm Faces Third-Party Attack Exposing Data of 65,000 Individuals

Published: 2025-07-01

A third-party attack on healthcare provider Veradigm exposed sensitive data of at least 65,000 individuals from a December 2024 incident.

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4. Government Shutdown and CISA Act Expiration Weaken U.S. Cyber Defenses

Published: 2025-10-08

The government shutdown and the expiration of the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 severely weaken U.S. cyber defenses by reducing CISA staffing and contractor support, halting vulnerability patching and incident response, and discouraging private sector information sharing.

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5. Asahi Suffers Ransomware Attack by Qilin Group

Published: 2025-10-08

Japan’s leading beer brand Asahi suffered a ransomware attack by the Qilin group, which stole 27 gigabytes of data including budgets, contracts, and personal information, halting production at most of its 30 factories and causing product shortages.

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6. US Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act Expires Amid Shutdown

Published: 2025-10-01

The US Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) expired amid a government shutdown, potentially reducing information sharing between private and public sectors by up to 80% due to the loss of legal protections for companies.

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7. Mic-E-Mouse: Gaming Mouse Turned into Microphone for Eavesdropping

Published: 2025-10-07

Researchers have developed “Mic-E-Mouse,” a side-channel attack that hijacks high-DPI optical mouse sensors to detect desk vibrations from nearby speech, reconstruct audio using signal processing and machine learning, and achieve speech-recognition accuracy without accessing microphones.

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8. Ransomware Attack on Motility Software Impacts 766,000 Individuals

Published: 2025-08-11

A ransomware attack on Motility Software Solutions impacted the PII of 766,000 people.

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