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Vulnerabilities & Exploits

CVEs, zero-days, patching and exploited weaknesses.

threat actor campaigns exploitationJun 29, 20265 min

WinRAR’s Forgotten Door: How Russian Actors Turned a Year-Old Patch Into a Backdoor

Shadow-Earth-066 and Earth Dahu exploit CVE-2025-8088 in Ukraine—and beyond—because organizations still haven’t found WinRAR on their networks. It’s not the flaw that’s dangerous; it’s the silence.

cloud security incidentsJun 29, 20263 min

Android Security Update: Addressing Critical Vulnerabilities in June 2026 Patch

Google has released its June 2026 Android security patches, addressing 124 vulnerabilities including an actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw (CVE-2025-48595).

vulnerability patch managementJun 29, 20264 min

Unpatched, Unforgiven: Microsoft's Zero-Day Standoff with Nightmare Eclipse

How a disgruntled researcher's leaked exploits ignited a firestorm over disclosure norms—and Microsoft's sudden retreat under industry pressure.

cyber threat intelligenceJun 29, 20263 min

RoguePlanet Zero-Day: Microsoft Defender Race Condition Grants SYSTEM Access

Nightmare Eclipse's RoguePlanet PoC weaponizes Microsoft Defender for SYSTEM-level privilege escalation on fully patched Windows 10 and 11.

ai psychologyJun 29, 20264 min

Your Voice Is a Biometric Target: How AI Cloning Exploits the Brain's Trust Wiring

New research reveals how AI voice cloning exploits vocal timbre to bypass human skepticism and force compliance. Learn the neuroscience behind these scams and practical defenses.

ai cognitive architecturesJun 29, 20264 min

The Stale Mirror: How AI Memory Exploits a Century-Old Psychology Trick

A 1948 psychology experiment reveals why AI memory feels personal. For children still forming their identity, an outdated profile can lock them into a version of themselves that no longer exists.

cybersecurityJun 28, 20263 min

Your Incident Response Is a Patchwork. Here’s Why It’s Failing.

Network incident response is slowed by context-switching across monitoring, ticketing, identity, and communication tools. Learn how intelligent workflow automation cuts MTTR by connecting your existing stack.

browser security zero day exploitsJun 27, 20263 min

Chrome’s Fifth Zero-Day This Year Isn’t an Accident—It’s a Warning

Google patched CVE-2026-11645, a V8 engine flaw exploited in the wild—the fifth zero-day of 2026. This isn’t chaos. It’s a strategic escalation.

ai agent security safetyJun 27, 20264 min

The One-Character Hack That Took Down AI Agents: BadHost CVE-2026-48710 Explained

BadHost (CVE-2026-48710) is a Starlette host header flaw that lets attackers bypass path-based authentication in FastAPI, vLLM, LiteLLM, and AI agent servers. Here's how to detect it and patch it.

social engineering phishingJun 26, 20264 min

Shopify Shop App Exploited to Push Callback Phishing Attacks

Threat actors are abusing the popular Shop order-tracking app by inserting fake purchase receipts, tricking users into calling fraudulent support lines to steal sensitive data and credentials.

cloud security incidentsJun 26, 20264 min

Veeam Backup & Replication CVE-2026-44963: Critical RCE Vulnerability Exposes Domain-Joined Servers

Critical vulnerability CVE-2026-44963 in Veeam Backup & Replication allows authenticated low-privilege domain users to achieve remote code execution on backup servers. Patch to version 12.3.2.4854 is required for mitigation.

ai platform vulnerabilitiesJun 26, 20264 min

Closing the YAML Gap: Securing Automated Repository Workflows Against Cordyceps Attacks

An in-depth security analysis of 'Cordyceps', a class of CI/CD supply chain vulnerabilities exploiting automated pull request workflows at major institutions including Microsoft, Google, Apache, and PSF, exacerbated by AI coding agents.