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- Westcon-Comstor posts record US$3.37B first-half sales as APAC demand for AI, cloud and cyber accelerates — Reseller News (NZ), 3d ago
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Researchers Disclose AI-Assisted SharePoint Exploit Chain Reaching Unauthenticated RCE
Security researchers found a way to enter Microsoft SharePoint servers as any user, including an administrator, with no valid account. A significant part of the work that found it was done through an AI agent. The flaw, tracked as…
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Zoom Patches Zero-Click Code Execution Vulnerability
Impacting Zoom annotation, the bug could be exploited by a meeting participant to execute code on another participant’s machine. The post Zoom Patches Zero-Click Code Execution Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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NIST wants to overhaul its vulnerability database for the AI age
NIST is seeking public input to modernize the National Vulnerability Database to keep pace with AI-driven cyber threats and machine-scale security data. The post NIST wants to overhaul its vulnerability database for the AI age app…
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SAP Patches Critical Code Injection, Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
SAP released 28 new and two updated security notes, including four notes dealing with critical-severity bugs. The post SAP Patches Critical Code Injection, Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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OpenAI Launches GPT-5.6-Cyber with Reduced Safeguards for Exploit Development
OpenAI on Monday unveiled a new cybersecurity-focused model called GPT‑5.6‑Cyber that it said is focused on vulnerability research, penetration testing, and incident response. "Built on GPT‑5.6 Sol, it is trained to improve capabi…
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Rapid7 Analysis: Microsoft SharePoint JWT Token Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-55040)
Overview On July 14, 2026, Rapid7 and Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-55040, an authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Microsoft SharePoint. Today we are publishing a technical analysis of the vulnerability along with an accom…
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CVE-2026-63520: Microsoft SharePoint Remote Code Execution (FIXED)
Overview Rapid7 Labs conducted a zero-day research project against Microsoft SharePoint, resulting in the discovery of two new vulnerabilities that, when chained together, achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) agains…
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CISA: Microsoft SharePoint flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks
CISA confirmed today that ransomware gangs have begun abusing a high-severity Microsoft SharePoint remote code execution vulnerability, which has been flagged as actively exploited since early July. [...]
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Head Mare APT is exploiting vulnerabilities in an unpatched TrueConf server to deliver PhantomCore and PhantomGraph to video conference participants
Kaspersky experts have discovered malicious TrueConf software installers. The Head Mare APT group uses them to deliver the PhantomCore and PhantomGraph backdoors to target systems by exploiting vulnerabilities in an unpatched True…
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CVE Program eyes automation and globalization to weather AI ‘vulnpocalypse’
The vulnerability-coordination project has had a rocky few years, but a key leader says it will flourish and improve.
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Cisco warns of high-severity ClamAV flaws with public exploits
Cisco warned of two high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Secure Endpoint Connector that allow threat actors to crash the ClamAV scanning process in denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. [...]
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GPT-5.6-Cyber refuses security researchers’ requests far less often
GPT-5.6-Cyber is a new OpenAI model built on GPT-5.6 Sol, trained to find zero-day vulnerabilities and build exploit chains, with fewer refusals on higher-risk, dual-use work. Model is available only through Daybreak Red, the high…
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Your security vendor gets the frontier cyber model, you get the findings
Selected red team specialists can now use OpenAI s cyber models to find and exploit weaknesses in client applications and infrastructure. Those clients never get the models themselves. That split is the design of the Daybreak Cybe…
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CVE-2026-20349: Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) — Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Heap Inspection Vulnerability
Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) contain a heap inspection vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device to reload unexpected…
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CVE-2026-68820: Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock — Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Use-After-Free Vulnerability
Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock contains a use-after-free vulnerability that allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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CVE-2026-72898: Metabase Metabase — Metabase SQL Injection Vulnerability
Metabase contains a SQL Injection vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to inject arbitrary SQL into the Metabase application database, which can give them administrator access to the instance. From there, t…
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Metabase SQL Zero-Day Attacks Could Have Wide Blast Radius
The maximum-severity vulnerability, which still has no CVE, allows malicious, remote administrator access to the business-analytics platform and its downstream users.
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Coruna, DarkSword iOS Exploits Proliferate Globally
Sophisticated iPhone exploit chains previously limited to nation-states are spreading far and wide to organized cybercrime groups.
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⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Goes Rogue, Metabase 0-Day, MCP Supply-Chain Attacks, and Router Backdoors
A lot of security problems still begin with someone doing a completely normal thing. Cloning a repo. Answering a call. Leaving a box exposed. Trusting the default. That pretty much covers the mood this week. Old bugs are back, sup…
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Secure development can help turn the tables as AI alters cyber landscape
A top Microsoft executive says a shift toward memory safety and other preventative measures can limit the ability to exploit flawed software.
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CISA: SonicWall SMA1000 flaws now exploited by ransomware gangs
CISA has confirmed that ransomware gangs have begun exploiting two recently patched SonicWall SMA1000 vulnerabilities, including a maximum-severity server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw. [...]
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Cisco Warns of High-Severity ClamAV Vulnerabilities With Public PoC
Remote, unauthenticated attackers could exploit the bugs to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. The post Cisco Warns of High-Severity ClamAV Vulnerabilities With Public PoC appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Metabase zero-day exploited to access Framework customer data
Framework, the San Francisco-based company that designs repairable and upgradeable laptops, has suffered a data breach after attackers managed to exploit a zero-day vulnerability in the Metabase business intelligence service. Acco…
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Shipping 10–50× More Code? Watch This Webinar on Securing AI-Speed Development
AI is helping development teams produce far more code, far faster. But security teams still have to review vulnerabilities, manage dependencies, prioritize fixes, and control risk at human speed. When software output jumps 10 to 5…
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N-able ships second N-central hotfix as attackers keep exploiting CVE-2026-18577
To help customers fend off ongoing attacks, N-able released a second security hotfix for N‑central, its monitoring and management (RMM) solution popular with managed service providers (MSPs). Hotfix 2 is required, even if you alre…
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TrueConf Server Flaws Exploited to Replace Client Installers with PhantomCore
The threat actor known as Head Mare has been observed weaponizing security flaws in unpatched TrueConf servers once again in attacks targeting Russian companies spanning instrumentation, electronics, transport, energy, IT, and sof…
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Metabase Patches Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day
The security defect allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to gain administrative access to Metabase instances. The post Metabase Patches Vulnerability Exploited as Zero-Day appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Critical Progress LoadMaster flaw now actively exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned that hackers are exploiting a critical-severity Progress Kemp LoadMaster command injection vulnerability. [...]
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CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Progress LoadMaster Vulnerability
The critical-severity flaw allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. The post CISA Urges Immediate Patching of Exploited Progress LoadMaster Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People
The vulnerabilities affected software used by eight of Belgium’s ten largest banks and over 60 government agencies. The post Critical Flaws Discovered in Belgian eID Software Used by 2 Million People appeared first on SecurityWeek…
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Week in review: Cisco fixes IMC bug, Patch Tuesday forecast, Black Hat USA 2026
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Mapping the malware blast radius a single alert won’t show you In this interview with Help Net Security, Mike Wiacek, founder and CT…
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Hackers breach TrueConf to trojanize client installers with backdoors
The Head Mare hacktivist group has been exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched TrueConf video conferencing servers to replace client installers with malicious versions that deliver backdoors. [...]
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Critical One-Click Vulnerability in Atlassian’s Rovo AI Exposed Enterprise Data
The RovoBlast attack method identified by Varonis researchers could have been exploited to steal Confluence, Jira and SharePoint data. The post Critical One-Click Vulnerability in Atlassian s Rovo AI Exposed Enterprise Data appear…
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Metabase Zero-Day Exploited in Wild Allows Admin Access Without Authentication
Metabase has warned that a maximum-severity security flaw impacting its business intelligence and data visualization software package has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day. The vulnerability (CVSS score: 10.0), which does n…
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N-able Issues N-central Hotfix 2 as Attackers Reach Managed Systems and Persist
N-able has released a fresh round of hotfixes for N‑central as part of its investigation into ongoing exploitation of a recently disclosed security flaw in the Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) product. "We are proactively ex…
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Progress Kemp LoadMaster Flaw Hits CISA KEV After 792 Reported Exploit Attempts
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a critical-severity security flaw impacting Progress Kemp LoadMaster to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of activ…
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Inside the Modern SOC: The Identity Front Door
Identity-based attacks drive 90% of incidents. Learn how modern attackers exploit identities and what SOC leaders can do to respond. The post Inside the Modern SOC: The Identity Front Door appeared first on Unit 42 .
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Metabase SQLi zero-day exploited in customer data-theft attacks
A critical Metabase SQL injection vulnerability was exploited in zero-day attacks to breach customer instances in data theft attacks, known to impact Framework and Tally. [...]
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From Screen Share to Root Access: Breaking Down CVE-2026-43760 and CVE-2026-65400 on macOS
Apple’s latest macOS update addresses two vulnerabilities in its Screen Sharing server, including one that enables pre-authenticated remote code execution.
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More than half of AI-generated patches are broken
Research finds your AI generated security patch is more likely to fail than fully fix a vulnerability. It might even introduce brand new flaws to exploit along the way. The post More than half of AI-generated patches are broken ap…
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Rapid7 Analysis: Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in JetBrains TeamCity (CVE-2026-63077)
Overview On July 27, 2026, JetBrains published a security advisory for CVE-2026-63077 , a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability affecting JetBrains TeamCity . An attacker who can reach a TeamCity server over HTTP or HTTPS …
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New WordPress Pre-Auth XSS Could Lead to PHP Code Execution - Patch ASAP
WordPress has fixed a pre-authentication reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in its login screen that affects every version of the content management system. pwn.ai demonstrated how the flaw can be chained into PHP code exec…
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200 accounts compromised in Swiss government’s Microsoft SharePoint breach
Hackers exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint servers belonging to Switzerland’s Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (BIT), compromising the login credentials of around 200 accounts.…
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Critical flaws allow hackers to exploit zero-touch provisioning process in TP-Link Omada
Attacks can cause widespread damage to trusted devices and data.
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Truck Brake Controller’s Safety Recall Doubled as Hidden Security Fix
NMFTA research shows a Bendix EC80 brake controller safety recall also patched remote code execution and DoS vulnerabilities. The post Truck Brake Controller s Safety Recall Doubled as Hidden Security Fix appeared first on Securit…
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Microsoft, Apple Release Fresh Security Updates
Microsoft fixed critical vulnerabilities across Azure, Entra, and SharePoint, while Apple patched a high-severity authentication bypass. The post Microsoft, Apple Release Fresh Security Updates appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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Weekly Cyber Update: 7 August 2026
Hackers exploit N-central vulnerability; ChainDrop worm wreaks havoc across the software supply chain; prompt injection remains the biggest LLM risk; and utilities come under attack from Iran. The Cyber Threat Intelligence Briefin…
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Critical Vulnerabilities Patched With Chrome 151 Update
The browser refresh eliminates over two dozen memory safety bugs, including critical use-after-free flaws. The post Critical Vulnerabilities Patched With Chrome 151 Update appeared first on SecurityWeek .
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August 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: How do we deal with the patch apocalypse?
July 2026 Patch Tuesday was record-setting in so many ways. The sheer volume of security patches for almost every product in the Microsoft portfolio was the highest ever and, of course, well over 600 CVEs were identified in the Se…
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CVE-2026-8037: Progress LoadMaster — Progress LoadMaster Command Injection Vulnerability
Progress LoadMaster contains a command injection vulnerability that allows an un-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the LoadMaster appliance by exploiting unsanitized input in multiple command endpoints.
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