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Playbook for the Secure Enterprise

Tue, Dec 16, 2025 • 7-minute read

Compliance Impact Scoreboard

SOX: 12 HIPAA: 7 GDPR: 2 FISMA: 2 CMMC: 1 General Enterprise: 1 PCI DSS: 1 SOC 2: 1

Industry Watch

🚨 Finance (SOX) CRITICAL
Threat activity elevated due to React2Shell and FreePBX vulnerabilities
Key threat: Remote Code Execution in React Server Components and PBX systems
Action: Review React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182), FreePBX RCE, and Identity Risk Alerts
High threat Healthcare (HIPAA) ELEVATED
Legacy encryption retirement and supply chain risks
Key threat: Exploitation of Apache Tika in medical record systems
Action: Review Apache Tika XXE (CVE-2025-66516), Microsoft Cipher Retirement, and Ink Dragon Activity

CyberSecurity Latest Rundown

Heroes, the React2Shell continues to be of utmost importantance. It's been a lead headline here since December 4, 2025 (before it was even dubbed 'React2Shell') ahead of the publications efforts of most cyber vendors. Here's a detailed look at the current cybersecurity landscape for December 16, 2025.

🔴 CRITICAL ITEMS

React2Shell

🟠 HIGH SEVERITY ITEMS

AWS GRU

🟡 MEDIUM SEVERITY ITEMS

🔵 LOW SEVERITY ITEMS

🟢 EXECUTIVE INSIGHTS

📣 VENDOR SPOTLIGHT

Detection DETECTION & RESPONSE KIT

STIX 2.1 Threat Intelligence Bundle