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Cyber (In)Securities – Issue 167
ICS Advisories, Global Data Breaches, and Leadership Under Pressure This issue covers new CISA Industrial Control Systems advisories and an Apple vulnerability added to the KEV Catalog, alongside major global breaches impacting Workday, Intel, PayPal, Orange, and Colt. We highlight Commvault pre-auth exploit chains, increased …
Sydney CyAN x LeadersIT Gathering – August 2025 Recap by Kim Chandler McDonald
Is it Possible to Future-Proof the Cyber Workforce? On Wednesday 13 August, the Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN) Sydney chapter smashed its attendance record at Peoplebank Sydney IT Recruitment. Co-hosted with our friends at LeadersIT, the evening tackled a big, thorny question: Is it possible to …
Two Distinguished Leaders Return as Mentors in the CyAN September 2025 Cohort
We are proud to welcome back Bharat Raingangar (UAE) and Saba Bagheri (Australia) as mentors in the CyAN Mentorship Programme – September 2025 Cohort. Both leaders bring exceptional experience, proven impact, and a passion for shaping the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. 🌍 Bharat Raingangar …
Welcome Our Newest CyAN Member: Sam Bertram, UK InfoSec Leader
We are delighted to welcome Sam Bertram from the United Kingdom to the Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN). Sam is an experienced Information Security leader with more than 15 years across both offensive and defensive security. His expertise runs deep in red teaming, threat-led testing (CBEST, …
Welcoming Our Global Mentors – September 2025
The Cybersecurity Advisors Network (CyAN) is proud to welcome the new mentors for the CyAN Mentorship Program – September 2025 cycle. This global initiative connects experienced cybersecurity leaders with aspiring professionals, fostering collaboration, growth, and knowledge sharing across industries and regions. Our September 2025 Global …
Week 33 – Patch your FortiSIEM today!
11 Aug – 17 Aug 2025 A critical OS command injection flaw (CVE-2025-25256) has been identified in Fortinet’s FortiSIEM platform, now this our CVE of the Week. This critical flaw, has a 9.8 CVSS base score, almost reaching a straight 10/10. The vulnerability allows remote, …
Cyber (In)Securities – Issue 166
ICS Alerts, Global Breaches, and Building the Cyber Workforce of Tomorrow From the United States to Norway, Australia to the United Kingdom, and across Asia and Europe, Cyber (In)Securities Edition 166 delivers critical cybersecurity alerts, global breach updates, and expert insights shaping the future of …
Meet the CyAN Mentorship Committee – Driving Global Cybersecurity Mentorship
We are excited to introduce the global team guiding the CyAN Mentorship Programme. From Europe to the Americas, the Middle East to APAC, these dedicated members bring deep expertise and leadership to support the next generation of cybersecurity professionals. Working together, they provide strategic direction, …
Week 32 – Critical AEM Forms Exploit via Apache Struts
04 – 10 Aug 2025 Vulnerabilities don’t always require complex exploits or innovative tricks to be taken advantage of. In many cases, they stem from trivial development errors, misconfigurations or simply negligence. Such is the case for this week’s star of our CVE of the …






