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Critical Cisco Nexus 9000 Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Remote Attackers Run Code as Root

Cisco has released patches to address a critical security flaw affecting 10 Silicon One-based Nexus 9000 switches that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute code as root, alongside an IOS XR hardening release bundling 7 umbrella CVEs, 2 of which are rated 9.8, with no workaround for any IOS XR version. The Nexus vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20212 (CVSS score: 9.8), is

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153 Million Driver License Images Offered on Dark Web

Cybercriminals are offering digital scans of US and Canadian driver’s licenses, likely stolen from IDScan.net. The post 153 Million Driver License Images Offered on Dark Web appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Over 3 Million WordPress Sites Affected by Migration Plugin Vulnerability

The high-severity SQL injection flaw (CVE-2026-19949) could allow unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution. The post Over 3 Million WordPress Sites Affected by Migration Plugin Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Shai-Hulud's Reach Just Grew to 469 Credential Locations. Here's What That Means

In early August, GitGuardian researchers found that a recent Shai-Hulud infostealer worm variant had evolved to scan for credentials across 469 locations across developer environments, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) tooling, cloud configurations, and even AI tool configs. Earlier variants of the infostealer worm only checked 189 paths. The jump says a lot. Attackers have

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Pegasus Zero-Click Spyware Exploit Infects Serbian Student Movement Member's iPhone

The iPhone belonging to a member of Serbia's student protest movement was infected with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware, according to new findings from the Citizen Lab in collaboration with the SHARE Foundation. "Our analysis confirmed that an iMessage zero-click exploit was used to infect the device with NSO Group's Pegasus spyware," the Citizen Lab said. "We found high-confidence indicators of

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Researcher Releases FalconFlank PoC Showing Privilege Escalation in CrowdStrike Falcon

The security researcher known as Chaotic Eclipse (aka INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare, and Nightmare-Eclipse) has dropped a new zero-day dubbed FalconFlank, a privilege escalation flaw impacting Crowdstrike Falcon. "FalconFlank is a 0day privilege escalation that abuses the office malicious macros remediation in CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor," the researcher said in a GitHub README file, adding

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CISA Adds Seven Exploited Flaws as Attackers Deploy Reverse Shells and Crypto Miners

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added seven security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog after they landed in attackers' crosshairs. The vulnerabilities are as follows - CVE-2026-83548 (CVSS score: 10.0) - A server-side request forgery vulnerability in SonicWall SMA 1000 Appliances that could allow a remote unauthenticated

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Exploit Published for Fresh Cleo Harmony Vulnerability

The security defect allows remote attackers to bypass authentication through argument bearer manipulation. The post Exploit Published for Fresh Cleo Harmony Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Anthropic Details Response to Security Incidents, Unveils Enterprise Safeguards

Anthropic introduced Enterprise Frontier Safeguards (EFS), a system that combines zero data retention with automated monitoring for misuse. The post Anthropic Details Response to Security Incidents, Unveils Enterprise Safeguards appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Attackers Exploit Two SonicWall SMA 1000 Zero-Days That May Form an Attack Chain

SonicWall has released security updates to address two security flaws impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) 1000 series VPN appliances that have been exploited in zero-day attacks. The vulnerabilities, discovered internally by SonicWall's William Perry and Adam Babis, are listed below - CVE-2026-83548 (CVSS score: 10.0) -  A pre-authentication SSRF vulnerability in the Appliance

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OpenAI’s Astra Becomes First Model to Cross Critical Cybersecurity Threshold

The designation applies when a model can independently find and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities across many well-defended systems. The post OpenAI’s Astra Becomes First Model to Cross Critical Cybersecurity Threshold appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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GeoNetwork Fixes Unauthenticated RCE Chain Affecting Government Geoportal Backends

Two vulnerabilities in GeoNetwork can be chained to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on the open-source geospatial metadata catalog, which sits behind many government and agency geoportals. The project shipped fixes in versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17 on July 8, 2026, and published the vulnerability details on August 31. GeoNetwork originated at the United Nations Food and

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Researchers Use Claude to Port Pre-Auth RCE Exploit From One PLC Model to Another

Forescout Research - Vedere Labs said it used Anthropic's Claude to port a working pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) exploit from one WAGO programmable logic controller (PLC) to another, executing attacker-supplied ARM shellcode on live hardware. The exploit targets CVE-2021-31886, a stack-based buffer overflow in the Nucleus FTP server's handling of the USER command

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Attackers Exploit Critical Switchvox Flaw to Deploy Reverse Shells Without Credentials

Threat actors are exploiting a severe security vulnerability in Sangoma Switchvox, an enterprise VoIP platform, that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-9586 (CVSS score: 9.3), a critical unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in Sangoma Switchvox SMB Edition 8.3 (104997) that can allow attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code as

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SonicWall Warns of Two SMA1000 Zero-Days Exploited in Attacks

The vulnerabilities CVE-2026-83549 and CVE-2026-83548 can be chained for unauthenticated remote code execution. The post SonicWall Warns of Two SMA1000 Zero-Days Exploited in Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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FBI Probes Service Selling 153M+ Drivers Licenses

A new identity theft service launched on the dark web this week is selling digital scans of more than 153 million drivers licenses from people in the United States and Canada. Based on interviews with individuals whose licenses are available for purchase on this service, it appears to be siphoning images collected by a widely-used identity verification company based in Louisiana. KrebsOnSecurity also has learned that the New Orleans field office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today launched an official inquiry into the source of the images.

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Attackers Exploit Critical JFrog Artifactory Flaw to Mint Admin Tokens Days After Disclosure

Threat actors are exploiting a newly patched critical security flaw impacting JFrog Artifactory merely days after public disclosure, according to watchTowr. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-82329 (CVSS score: 9.8), a case of authentication bypass that could lead to administrative access in Artifactory. "JFrog Artifactory contains an authentication weakness that, under default

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Hackers Start Exploiting Critical Langflow Vulnerability

Tracked as CVE-2026-0768, the security defect allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary Python code remotely. The post Hackers Start Exploiting Critical Langflow Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Critical JFrog Artifactory Vulnerability Reportedly Exploited in the Wild

Exploitation of the authentication bypass vulnerability CVE-2026-82329 started just days after its public disclosure. The post Critical JFrog Artifactory Vulnerability Reportedly Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Attackers Exploit Critical Langflow and Rails Flaws in Credential-Probing and C2 Activity

Threat actors are exploiting two critical flaws impacting Langflow and Ruby on Rails, according to new findings from VulnCheck. The vulnerabilities in question are listed below - CVE-2026-0768 (CVSS score: 9.8) - A lack of proper validation of a user-supplied input vulnerability that could be exploited to execute arbitrary Python code in the context of the root user. CVE-2026-66066 aka