On January 14, 2025, Fortinet published a security advisory for CVE-2024-55591, an authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel vulnerability in FortiOS and FortiProxy. A remote threat actor can craft requests to the Node.js websocket module to gain super-admin privileges.

Mitel’s MiCollab Unified Communications solutions are widely used by businesses to streamline communications. However, two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2024-35286 and CVE-2024-41713, have been identified across several versions of Mitel MiCollab. CVE-2024-35286 has been identified in versions 9.8.0.33 and earlier and CVE-2024-41713 has been identified in versions 9.8 SP1 FP2 (9.8.1.201) and earlier.

Snyk is the trusted partner for financial services companies, empowering them to modernize application security while safeguarding critical infrastructure. Backed by industry leaders, we are committed to exceeding expectations, driving innovation, and redefining security for financial services. This is one of the reasons Snyk was recently inducted into JPMorgan Chase’s Hall of Innovation, for our central role in helping them to build the future of banking securely.

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, securing software systems has never been more critical. Cyber threats continue to exploit systemic vulnerabilities in widely used technologies, leading to widespread damage and disruption. That said, the United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) helped shape best practices for the technology industry with their Secure-by-Design pledge.

TL;DR: The new EU cybersecurity directive, NIS2, is already reshaping how software suppliers do business through stricter vulnerability management requirements in procurement contracts. This shift is gaining momentum, and more companies will need to adapt. Aikido helps automate compliance reporting and vulnerability tracking to meet these new demands. Start your free compliance journey here, or read on to understand what this means for your business.

Snyk’s Security Labs team aims to find and help mitigate vulnerabilities in software used by developers around the world, with an overarching goal to improve the state of software security. We do this by targeting tools developers are using, including new and popular software solutions. With the meteoric rise in AI tooling – specifically the fast-growing field of AI-enabled development environments – we have been including such software in our research cycles.

We’ve asked Outpost24’s CISO, Martin Jartelius, what 2025 is likely to hold for organizations using attack surface management (ASM) tools. Here’s what Martin had to say about what he predicts for ASM in 2025, as well as some thought on how the CISOs role might change.