February 6th, 2025

Several cybersecurity incidents have been reported recently, including a breach at British engineering firm IMI, a critical vulnerability in Microsoft's Azure AI Face service, and the arrest of a hacker in Spain for attacks on various organizations. IMI disclosed a security breach after detecting unauthorized access to its systems and is working with cybersecurity experts to investigate the incident. Microsoft has addressed a critical vulnerability in its Azure AI Face service, which had a CVSS score of 9.9, that could have led to privilege escalation and was classified as an authentication bypass by spoofing flaw. A suspected hacker in Spain was arrested for allegedly conducting 40 cyberattacks on critical organizations such as the US Army, NATO, and various universities.