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Apple Fixes Exploited Zero-Day Affecting iOS, macOS, and Apple Devices

Apple on Wednesday released iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS updates to address a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in sophisticated cyber attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20700 (CVSS score: N/A), has been described as a memory corruption issue in dyld, Apple's Dynamic Link Editor. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability could allow an

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Over 60 Software Vendors Issue Security Fixes Across OS, Cloud, and Network Platforms

It's Patch Tuesday, which means a number of software vendors have released patches for various security vulnerabilities impacting their products and services. Microsoft issued fixes for 59 flaws, including six actively exploited zero-days in various Windows components that could be abused to bypass security features, escalate privileges, and trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. Elsewhere

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Microsoft Patches 59 Vulnerabilities Including Six Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates to address a set of 59 flaws across its software, including six vulnerabilities that it said have been exploited in the wild. Of the 59 flaws, five are rated Critical, 52 are rated Important, and two are rated Moderate in severity. Twenty-five of the patched vulnerabilities have been classified as privilege escalation, followed by remote code

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Google-Intel Security Audit Reveals Severe TDX Vulnerability Allowing Full Compromise

Dozens of vulnerabilities, bugs, and potential improvements have been identified by the tech giants’ security teams. The post Google-Intel Security Audit Reveals Severe TDX Vulnerability Allowing Full Compromise appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six "zero-day" vulnerabilities that attackers are already exploiting in the wild.

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6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days Patched by Microsoft With February 2026 Updates

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday updates fix roughly 60 vulnerabilities found in the company’s products. The post 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days Patched by Microsoft With February 2026 Updates appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Fortinet Patches Critical SQLi Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated Code Execution

Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting FortiClientEMS that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21643, has a CVSS rating of 9.1 out of a maximum of 10.0. "An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] in FortiClientEMS may

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New ‘ZeroDayRAT’ Spyware Kit Enables Total Compromise of iOS, Android Devices

Available via Telegram, researchers warn ZeroDayRAT is a ‘complete mobile compromise toolkit’ comparable to kits normally requiring nation-state resources to develop. The post New ‘ZeroDayRAT’ Spyware Kit Enables Total Compromise of iOS, Android Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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New ‘SSHStalker’ Linux Botnet Uses Old Techniques

Estimated to have infected 7,000 systems, the botnet uses a mass-compromise pipeline, deploying various scanners and malware. The post New ‘SSHStalker’ Linux Botnet Uses Old Techniques appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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ZAST.AI Raises $6M Pre-A to Scale "Zero False Positive" AI-Powered Code Security

January 5, 2026, Seattle, USA — ZAST.AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-A funding round. This investment came from the well-known investment firm Hillhouse Capital, bringing ZAST.AI's total funding close to $10 million. This marks a recognition from leading capital markets of a new solution: ending the era of high false positive rates in security tools and making every alert

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Dutch Authorities Confirm Ivanti Zero-Day Exploit Exposed Employee Contact Data

The Netherlands' Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) and the Council for the Judiciary confirmed both agencies (Rvdr) have disclosed that their systems were impacted by cyber attacks that exploited the recently disclosed security flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), according to a notice sent to the country's parliament on Friday. "On January 29, the National Cyber Security Center (

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Recent SolarWinds Flaws Potentially Exploited as Zero-Days

Vulnerable SolarWinds Web Help Desk instances were exploited in December 2025 for initial access. The post Recent SolarWinds Flaws Potentially Exploited as Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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SmarterTools Hit by Ransomware via Vulnerability in Its Own Product

SmarterTools says customers were impacted after hackers compromised a data center used for quality control testing. The post SmarterTools Hit by Ransomware via Vulnerability in Its Own Product appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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BeyondTrust Fixes Critical Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability in Remote Support and PRA

BeyondTrust has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. "BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and certain older versions of Privileged Remote Access (PRA) contain a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability," the company

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OpenClaw Integrates VirusTotal Scanning to Detect Malicious ClawHub Skills

OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it's partnering with Google-owned VirusTotal to scan skills that are being uploaded to ClawHub, its skill marketplace, as part of broader efforts to bolster the security of the agentic ecosystem. "All skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal's threat intelligence, including their new Code Insight capability,"

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Critical n8n Flaw CVE-2026-25049 Enables System Command Execution via Malicious Workflows

A new, critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the n8n workflow automation platform that, if successfully exploited, could result in the execution of arbitrary system commands. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-25049 (CVSS score: 9.4), is the result of inadequate sanitization that bypasses safeguards put in place to address CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score: 9.9), another critical defect that

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Kimwolf Botnet Lurking in Corporate, Govt. Networks

A new Internet-of-Things botnet called Kimwolf has spread to more than 2 million devices, forcing infected systems to participate in massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and to relay other malicious and abusive Internet traffic. Kimwolf's ability to scan the local networks of compromised systems for other IoT devices to infect makes it a sobering threat to organizations, and new research reveals Kimwolf is surprisingly prevalent in government and corporate networks.

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The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network

The story you are reading is a series of scoops nestled inside a far more urgent Internet-wide security advisory. The vulnerability at issue has been exploited for months already, and it's time for a broader awareness of the threat. The short version is that everything you thought you knew about the security of the internal network behind your Internet router probably is now dangerously out of date.

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RondoDox Botnet Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability

In December, the botnet’s operators focused on weaponizing the flaw to compromise vulnerable Next.js servers. The post RondoDox Botnet Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical React2Shell Flaw to Hijack IoT Devices and Web Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a persistent nine-month-long campaign that has targeted Internet of Things (IoT) devices and web applications to enroll them into a botnet known as RondoDox. As of December 2025, the activity has been observed leveraging the recently disclosed React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182, CVSS score: 10.0) flaw as an initial access vector, CloudSEK said in an