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Claude Mythos Finds Only One Curl Vulnerability; Experts Divided on What It Really Means

Curl’s lead developer says Mythos claims are marketing, but many in the industry believe the results stem from Curl’s robust security. The post Claude Mythos Finds Only One Curl Vulnerability; Experts Divided on What It Really Means appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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OpenAI Launches Daybreak for AI-Powered Vulnerability Detection and Patch Validation

OpenAI has launched Daybreak, a new cybersecurity initiative that brings together frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model capabilities and Codex Security to help organizations identify and patch vulnerabilities before attackers find a way in using the same issues. "Daybreak combines the intelligence of OpenAI models, the extensibility of Codex as an agentic harness, and our partners across

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cPanel CVE-2026-41940 Under Active Exploitation to Deploy Filemanager Backdoor

A threat actor named Mr_Rot13 has been attributed to the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical cPanel flaw to deploy a backdoor codenamed Filemanager on compromised environments. The attack exploits CVE-2026-41940, a vulnerability impacting cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) that could result in an authentication bypass and allow remote attackers to gain elevated control of the control

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Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation

Google on Monday disclosed that it identified an unknown threat actor using a zero-day exploit that it said was likely developed with an artificial intelligence (AI) system, marking the first time the technology has been put to use in the wild in a malicious context for vulnerability discovery and exploit generation. The activity is said to be the work of cybercrime threat actors who appear to

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Build Application Firewalls Aim to Stop the Next Supply Chain Attack

Rather than scanning code alone, Build Application Firewalls inspect runtime behavior inside the software build pipeline. The post Build Application Firewalls Aim to Stop the Next Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit

The zero-day was designed to bypass 2FA and it was developed by a prominent cybercrime group. The post Google Detects First AI-Generated Zero-Day Exploit appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Skoda Data Breach Hits Online Shop Customers

Using a vulnerability in the portal, hackers accessed names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers. The post Skoda Data Breach Hits Online Shop Customers appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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New ‘Dirty Frag’ Linux Vulnerability Possibly Exploited in Attacks

Also called Copy Fail 2 and tracked as CVE-2026-43284 and CVE-2026-43500, the exploit was disclosed before a patch was released. The post New ‘Dirty Frag’ Linux Vulnerability Possibly Exploited in Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Ollama Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability Allows Remote Process Memory Leak

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security vulnerability in Ollama that, if successfully exploited, could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to leak its entire process memory. The out-of-bounds read flaw, which likely impacts over 300,000 servers globally, is tracked as CVE-2026-7482 (CVSS score: 9.1). It has been codenamed Bleeding Llama by Cyera. Ollama is a

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cPanel, WHM Release Fixes for Three New Vulnerabilities — Patch Now

cPanel has released updates to address three vulnerabilities in cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation, code execution, and denial-of-service. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2026-29201 (CVSS score: 4.3) - An insufficient input validation of the feature file name in the "feature::LOADFEATUREFILE" adminbin call that could result

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Vulnerability in Claude Extension for Chrome Exposes AI Agent to Takeover

Lax extension permissions and improper trust implementation allow attackers to inject prompts in the Claude Chrome extension. The post Vulnerability in Claude Extension for Chrome Exposes AI Agent to Takeover appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Ivanti Patches EPMM Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks

CVE-2026-6973 is a high-severity vulnerability that allows an attacker who has admin privileges to execute arbitrary code. The post Ivanti Patches EPMM Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions

Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel. Dubbed Dirty Frag, it has been described as a successor to Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431, CVSS score: 7.8), a recently disclosed LPE flaw impacting the Linux kernel that has since come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability was reported to Linux kernel maintainers

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Ivanti EPMM CVE-2026-6973 RCE Under Active Exploitation Grants Admin-Level Access

Ivanti is warning that a new security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) has been explored in limited attacks in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-6973 (CVSS score: 7.2), is a case of improper input validation affecting EPMM before versions 12.6.1.1, 12.7.0.1, and 12.8.0.1. It allows "a remotely authenticated user with administrative access to achieve remote code

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PCPJack Credential Stealer Exploits 5 CVEs to Spread Worm-Like Across Cloud Systems

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new credential theft framework dubbed PCPJack that targets exposed cloud infrastructure and ousts any artifacts linked to TeamPCP from the environments. "The toolset harvests credentials from cloud, container, developer, productivity, and financial services, then exfiltrates the data through attacker-controlled infrastructure while attempting

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Palo Alto Zero-Day Exploited in Campaign Bearing Hallmarks of Chinese State Hacking

The cybersecurity firm has not explicitly accused China of being behind the attack, but the evidence suggests it was.  The post Palo Alto Zero-Day Exploited in Campaign Bearing Hallmarks of Chinese State Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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One Click, Total Shutdown: The "Patient Zero" Webinar on Killing Stealth Breaches

The hardest part of cybersecurity isn't the technology, it’s the people. Every major breach you’ve read about lately usually starts the same way: one employee, one clever email, and one "Patient Zero" infection. In 2026, hackers are using AI to make these "first clicks" nearly impossible to spot. If a single laptop gets compromised on your watch, do you have a plan to stop it from taking down

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PAN-OS RCE Exploit Under Active Use Enabling Root Access and Espionage

Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that threat actors may have attempted to unsuccessfully exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw as early as April 9, 2026. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-0300 (CVSS score: 9.3/8.7), a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User-ID Authentication Portal service of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS software that could allow an unauthenticated attacker

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Day Zero Readiness: The Operational Gaps That Break Incident Response

Having an incident response retainer, or even a pre-approved external incident response firm, is not the same as being ready for an incident. A retainer means someone will answer the phone. Operational readiness determines whether that team can do meaningful work the moment they do.  That distinction matters far more than many organizations realize. In the first hours of a security incident

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Gemini CLI Vulnerability Could Have Led to Code Execution, Supply Chain Attack

Attackers could inject prompts into a GitHub issue and take over the AI agent designed to automatically triage the issue. The post Gemini CLI Vulnerability Could Have Led to Code Execution, Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.