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Unpatched AhsayCBS Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild

The flaws, CVE-2026-105133 and CVE-2026-105134, allow attackers to bypass authentication and inject OS commands. The post Unpatched AhsayCBS Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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US Disrupts Chinese State-Sponsored Hacking Tools

Flax Typhoon and other APTs used MicroScan and FishHub to scan and hack US and foreign critical infrastructure. The post US Disrupts Chinese State-Sponsored Hacking Tools appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Three Teams Demonstrate Remote Hacks of Fully Patched Google Pixel 10 at Pwn2Own

Three research teams broke into Google's Pixel 10 on October 8 at Pwn2Own Ireland, a hacking contest in Cork whose rules require every target to be fully patched. The contest pays researchers to show working exploits and passes the flaws to the vendors. One of the three Pixel exploits earned Ikotas Labs $300,000, the contest's top prize, and made the team the overall winner. Trend Micro's Zero

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Anthropic Fast-Tracks AI Bug Reports to OSS Maintainers, Taps 11 Firms for OT Security

OSS Scanner sends unreviewed, model-generated vulnerability reports to open source maintainers that opt in. The post Anthropic Fast-Tracks AI Bug Reports to OSS Maintainers, Taps 11 Firms for OT Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Citrix Patches Critical NetScaler Flaw That Could Enable RCE in SAML Deployments

Citrix has released patches for yet another critical security flaw impacting NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway that could result in remote code execution or denial-of-service (DoS) under certain conditions. "CVE-2026-107406 is a memory overflow vulnerability that may lead to remote code execution or denial-of-service under specific configuration conditions," Citrix said. The vulnerability

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Citrix Urges Immediate Patching of Critical NetScaler Vulnerability

The security defect, tracked as CVE-2026-107406, could lead to remote code execution or denial-of-service. The post Citrix Urges Immediate Patching of Critical NetScaler Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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FBI Seizes 7 Domains, Disrupts Flax Typhoon Tools Used in Critical Infrastructure Intrusions

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DoJ) have announced the disruption of malicious tools used by a China-linked advanced persistent threat group known as Flax Typhoon. To that end, the agencies seized several domains and blocked access to platforms that were used to scan, and in some cases infiltrate, U.S. critical infrastructure. The list of seized

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FBI Says China-Linked Hackers Ran Portal Giving Third Parties Access to Stolen Emails

Hackers tied to a Chinese cybersecurity company stole email from government organizations, law enforcement agencies, healthcare systems, and religious institutions in Southeast Asia, the FBI and agencies in 6 other countries said on October 8. The company, Integrity Technology Group, has been sanctioned by the U.S. and the UK. The hackers scanned websites for flaws using a tool containing more

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ARTEX AI Pentesting Tool Used in Data Theft Attacks on South Korean Financial Firms

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a targeted campaign aimed at South Korean financial organizations that used an artificial intelligence (AI) pen testing tool named ARTEX to carry out the attacks. The activity, per CrowdStrike Intelligence, was active from late September to early October 2026, and resulted in data exfiltration. "In this activity, the threat actor leveraged

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Attackers Target Critical Atlassian Vulnerability Within Hours of PoC Publication

Threat actors have started targeting CVE-2026-21589, a critical vulnerability in Atlassian’s self-hosted Data Center products. The post Attackers Target Critical Atlassian Vulnerability Within Hours of PoC Publication appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Unpatched Critical LMCache Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code Remotely

A critical vulnerability in LMCache, open-source software that speeds up large language model (LLM) servers such as vLLM, lets an attacker run code on the cache server without logging in, and no fixed version is available. The flaw is in LMCache's multiprocess mode, where the cache runs as a standalone server that LLM workers reach over the ZeroMQ messaging library. A single network

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FBI Warns FortiBleed Remains Active After Amassing 86,644 Fortinet Device Credentials

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Secret Service (USSS) on Tuesday warned that the FortiBleed credential harvesting campaign remains an active threat aimed at internet-facing Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and secure socket layer (SSL) virtual private network (VPN) gateways. "The campaign exploits reused or leaked credentials and legacy SHA-256 password storage, enabling threat

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Atlassian Data Center Flaw Draws Exploitation Attempts Within Two Hours of Public Details

Threat actors have begun to exploit a newly disclosed critical security flaw impacting Atlassian Data Center products that could allow access to sensitive files under certain conditions. The arbitrary file access flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-21589 (CVSS score: 9.3) affects multiple products, including Bitbucket Data Center, Confluence Data Center, Jira Service Management Data Center, Jira Software

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What Is Agentic Pentesting? What It Proves, and Where It Stops.

If you’re evaluating an agentic pentesting solution right now, you’ve probably heard the same pitch more than once: point it at a target, and it discovers, validates, and exploits attack paths autonomously, the way a real attacker would. That promise is worth taking seriously. It’s also worth pressure testing, and three questions do the heavy lifting.  What can the assessment actually

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Android’s October 2026 Updates Patch 25 Vulnerabilities

The patches resolve a critical vulnerability in Android’s System component that could lead to privilege escalation. The post Android’s October 2026 Updates Patch 25 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Atlassian Patches Critical Vulnerability Affecting 8 Products

Unauthenticated attackers could exploit the flaw to access specific files in the web application root directory. The post Atlassian Patches Critical Vulnerability Affecting 8 Products appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Google Pauses OSS Product Bug Bounty Rewards After Surge in Invalid Automated Reports

Google has stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its bug bounty program for its open-source software. The change, in effect since October 1, means researchers can no longer submit security flaws in the code of projects such as Go, Angular, and Protocol Buffers there for a reward. Reports about supply chain compromises are still accepted, and reports filed before October 1 are

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Critical Atlassian Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Read Known Files Across 8 Products

A critical flaw in 8 Atlassian Data Center products, which customers host themselves, allows an attacker with no login access to read specific files in each product's web application root directory. The attacker must already know a file's exact name and path and cannot list what the directory holds. Atlassian disclosed the flaw, CVE-2026-21589, on October 5, rated it 9.3 out of 10, and

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Microsoft Exchange Flaw Lets Authenticated Attackers Read Other Users' Mailboxes

Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges under certain conditions. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-96940, is rated 8.8 on the CVSS scoring system. "Weak authorization in Microsoft Exchange Server allows an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a

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Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports

Google has temporarily stopped accepting product vulnerability reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP). The post Google Narrows Open Source Bug Bounty Amid Wave of Invalid Automated Reports appeared first on SecurityWeek.