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Cisco
Cisco fixes vulnerability exploited to DoS its firewalls (CVE-2026-20349)

A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-20349) is being leveraged by attackers to temporarily interrupt the operation of Cisco firewalls, the company has confirmed. The flaw …

Patch Tuesday
Microsoft patches 400+ vulnerabilities, one zero-day under attack (CVE-2026-68820)

Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday delivered security fixes for 400+ vulnerabilities, including one that has been exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2026-68820) and …

Metabase
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 …

N-able N-central
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 …

Cisco
Critical Cisco IMC bug gives attackers root, PoC is out (CVE-2026-20200)

Cisco has fixed a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-20200) in its Integrated Management Controller (IMC), which allows an attacker to run commands as root through the …

OWASP GenAI Security Project
OWASP 2026 LLM Top 10: “The model will be fooled”

The OWASP GenAI Security Project has released the 2026 edition of its Top 10 for LLM Applications and, for the first time, the list was influenced by real-world incidents. The …

AI agents
AI agent deception moves from theory to reality in UK cyber tests

“During a routine cyber evaluation, AI agents took sustained, unsanctioned action directed at real people and organisations,” UK’s AI Security Institute (AISI) …

hands
Bank of America impersonators weaponize ScreenConnect, then make it hard to remove

A phishing campaign impersonating Bank of America (BoA) is underway, trying to trick Windows users into installing ScreenConnect remote access software and then making it …

N-able N-central
Attackers exploit N-able N-central flaw to reach managed endpoints (CVE-2026-18577)

Attackers are exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-18577) in N-able N-central, a remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution widely used by managed …

Rails
KindaRails2Shell threatens Ruby on Rails apps (CVE-2026-66066)

A critical security vulnerability (CVE-2026-66066) in Ruby on Rails (aka Rails), one of the most widely used frameworks for building websites and web apps, may allow attackers …

Microsoft Exchange
Laundry Bear’s new Microsoft Exchange attack triggers on email open (CVE-2026-42897)

Russia-affiliated cyber espionage group Laundry Bear (aka Void Blizzard, aka TA488) is exploiting CVE-2026-42897, a cross-site scripting vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange, …

Cisco
Cisco FMC static credentials exploited by attackers (CVE-2026-20316)

A static credentials vulnerability (CVE-2026-20316) in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC), a platform for centrally managing multiple Cisco Secure Firewall devices …

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