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Market & Momentum - 09/22/2025
Chrome zero-days, airport tech meltdowns, and supply chain weak-links are making headlines this week. Action items shouldn’t wait for tomorrow.
J.W. Croley
September 22, 2025
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AI now plays both hero and villain in the cyber arena. From autonomous bug-patching to AI-powered exploits, last week’s DEF CON 33 proved that the speed of offense and defense is converging — and only the fastest will survive.
Trend (broad) | Likelihood (0–10) | Impact (0–10) | What to watch |
|---|---|---|---|
Browser zero-day exploits (Chrome & others) | 8 | 9 | CVE-2025-10585 and similar high-severity flaws being weaponized quickly |
Supply-chain & third-party vendor infiltration | 7 | 9 | Vendors like Collins Aerospace and others exposing centralized infrastructures |
Hardware/firmware attacks (DDR5 rowhammer variant) | 6 | 8 | The Phoenix RowHammer exploit targeting memory modules used in VMs |
Operational disruptions in critical infrastructure/aviation sector | 7 | 8 | Airport check-in, boarding systems, logistics pipelines impacted |
Automation & AI in reconnaissance + exploit chaining | 7 | 7 | Attackers leveraging AI to stitch together vulnerabilities faster |
Google fixes active Chrome zero-day, CVE-2025-10585, which was being actively exploited in the wild via the V8 engine. Admins urged to update immediately.
Airport outages via supply-chain breach — A Collins Aerospace software incident disrupted check-in systems at Heathrow, Berlin, Brussels, and Dublin airports, grounding flights and delaying passengers.
Jaguar Land Rover production halted — The automaker extended its factory shutdown beyond three weeks after an upstream supplier cyberattack.
Phoenix RowHammer breaks DDR5 defenses — CVE-2025-6202 bypasses ECC, exposing DDR5 modules to privilege-escalation attacks even in cloud VMs.
Samsung Android zero-day patched — CVE-2025-21043 (libimagecodec.quram.so) was actively exploited. Devices should be patched immediately.
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Zero-days surge: Browsers and mobile firmware are high-value targets for fast exploitation.
Vendor trust is fragile: Third-party failures (Collins, JLR) cascade into real-world disruptions.
Hardware/firmware under siege: RowHammer variants show memory protections aren’t final.
Ops risk = business risk: Airline and auto outages underscore financial/reputation losses.
AI accelerates the kill chain: Recon and exploit chaining now compressed by automation.
Chrome zero-day: Require Chrome updates across all endpoints this week.
Vendor risk: Audit supplier dependencies; enforce incident accountability in contracts.
RowHammer risk: Test DDR5 refresh settings; isolate high-risk workloads.
Critical infra resilience: Validate fallback systems for aviation/logistics.
Samsung zero-day: Enforce September patches on Android fleets.
Both Samsung and Google pushed rapid zero-day fixes in the past week…
Proof that defenders can still outpace attackers when patch pipelines are tuned for speed.
Threats aren’t waiting for your next patch cycle. Neither should you.
J.W.
(P.S. Forward to your CISO / Add to Board Briefing.)
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