Weekly Cyber Security News 18/09/2025

Let’s catch up on the more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news gathered from articles across the web this week. This is what we have been reading about on our coffee break!

Plaintext? Really?

• Careless engineer stored recovery codes in plaintext, got whole org pwned

Quite a high rate of insider threats it seems…

• From mischief to malware: ICO warns schools about student hackers

The gift that keeps on giving. Yay physics!

• Phoenix RowHammer Attack Bypasses Advanced DDR5 Memory Protections in 109 Seconds