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⚡ Weekly Recap: MongoDB Attacks, Wallet Breaches, Android Spyware, Insider Crime & More. Last week's cyber news in 2025 was not about one big incident. It was about many small cracks opening at the same time. Tools people trust every day behave in unexpected ways. Old flaws resurfaced. New ones were used almost immediately. A common theme ran through it all in 2025. Attackers moved faster than fixes. Access meant for work, updates, or support kept getting abused. And damage did not stop when an incident was "over" — it continued to surface months or even years later. This weekly recap brings those stories together in one place. No overload, no noise. Read on to see what shaped the threat landscape in the final stretch of 2025 and what deserves your attention now. ⚡ Threat of the Week MongoDB Vulnerability Comes Under Attack — A newly disclosed security vulnerability in MongoDB has come under active exploitation in the wild, with over 87,000 potentially susceptible instances identified across the world. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-14847 (CVSS score: 8.7), which allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely leak sensitive data from the MongoDB server memory. It has been codenamed MongoBleed. The exact details surrounding the nature of attacks exploiting the flaw are presently unknown. Users are advised to update to MongoDB versions 8.2.3, 8.0.17, 7.0.28, 6.0.27, 5.0.32, and 4.4.30. Data from attack surface management company Censys shows that there are more than 87,000 potentially vulnerable instances, with a majority of them located in the U.S., China, Germany, India, and France. Wiz noted that 42% of cloud environments have at least one instance of MongoDB in a version vulnerable to CVE-2025-14847. This includes both internet-exposed and internal resources. 🔔 Top News ‎️‍🔥 Trending CVEs Hackers act fast. They can use new bugs within hours. One missed update can cause a big breach. Here are this week's most serious security flaws. Check them, fix what matters first, and stay protected. This week's list includes — CVE-2025-14847 (MongoDB), CVE-2025-68664 (LangChain Core), CVE-2023-52163 (Digiever DS-2105 Pro), CVE-2025-68613 (n8n), CVE-2025-13836 (Python http.client), CVE-2025-26794 (Exim), CVE-2025-68615 (Net-SNMP), CVE-2025-44016 (TeamViewer DEX Client), and CVE-2025-13008 (M-Files Server). 📰 Around the Cyber World 🎥 Cybersecurity Webinars 🔧 Cybersecurity Tools Disclaimer: These tools are for learning and research only. They haven't been fully tested for security. If used the wrong way, they could cause harm. Check the code first, test only in safe places, and follow all rules and laws. Conclusion This weekly recap brings those stories together in one place to close out 2025. It cuts through the noise and focuses on what actually mattered in the final days of the year. Read on for the events that shaped the threat landscape, the patterns that kept repeating, and the risks that are likely to carry forward into 2026.