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Vulnerabilities & Exploits

Vulnerabilities & Exploits

CVEs, zero-days, patching and exploited weaknesses.

active vulnerability exploitationJul 16, 20264 min

The "Delusion" Gap: How False Premises Overpower AI Safety Mechanisms

An exploration of how inducing a hallucinated or false premise in LLMs disrupts safety filters and allows for forbidden instruction execution.

active vulnerability exploitationJul 15, 20265 min

U-Boot Bootloader Under Fire: Six Critical Vulnerabilities Could Let Attackers In Through Your Firmware

Six newly disclosed vulnerabilities in the U-Boot bootloader could let attackers execute code before your operating system even starts — opening the door to persistent firmware attacks on embedded devices, BMCs, industrial systems, and more.

active vulnerability exploitationJul 13, 20263 min

Critical XSS Flaw Prompts Urgent Zimbra Classic Web Client Update

Zimbra has released a critical security update for its Classic Web Client to address a stored XSS vulnerability that could lead to account compromise.

cyber threat intelligenceJul 13, 20266 min

Threat Actors Weaponized CVE-2026-10520 Within 24 Hours of Ivanti Sentry Disclosure

Threat actors exploited a maximum-severity OS command injection flaw (CVE-2026-10520) in Ivanti Sentry within 24 hours of disclosure, using a public proof-of-concept to achieve root-level RCE. CISA added the vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a three-day patch deadline.

active vulnerability exploitationJul 12, 20264 min

How Google Catches AI Spam Clusters Before They Flood Your Search

Google’s Scalable Cluster Termination System uses infrastructure signals and generative artifacts to detect coordinated AI spam campaigns — shifting from content-level filters to cluster-level termination.

cloud security incidentsJul 12, 20263 min

CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Actively Exploited LangFlow Auth Bypass by Friday

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added a newly exploited IDOR flaw in the popular LangFlow AI-agent builder to its KEV catalog, giving FCEB agencies until Friday to remediate under BOD 26-04.

access management iam securityJul 11, 20265 min

How a Silent Software Vulnerability Exposed 12 Million Users at Japan's KDDI and Partner ISPs

Logan Bastion breaks down the architecture failure behind the KDDI zero-day exploit, which exposed the email addresses and passwords of over 12 million users across five partner ISPs.

ai agent security safetyJul 11, 20266 min

The Shadow in the Prompt: Understanding the Escalation of AI Vulnerabilities

As AI becomes integral to business operations, prompt injection has emerged as a primary security threat. This article explores how vulnerabilities in large language models are being exploited to facilitate large-scale malicious operations, including botnet assembly, and how security frameworks are evolving to counter these risks.

active vulnerability exploitationJul 11, 20263 min

Zero-Day ColdFusion Flaw Hit by Attackers Hours After Adobe Disclosure

Attackers are exploiting a CVSS 10.0 path-traversal vulnerability in Adobe ColdFusion (CVE-2026-48282) within hours of patch release, prompting CISA to add it to its KEV catalog and issue a federal mandate under BOD 26-04.

social engineering phishingJul 6, 20266 min

Brands Exploited to Lure Job Seekers in Wide-Scale Phishing Operation

A persistent phishing campaign is impersonating more than 30 major global brands, exploiting legitimate CRM and marketing cloud services to execute nested redirect chains and steal Google account credentials via a convincing browser-based authentication mimicry technique.

cloud security incidentsJul 3, 20265 min

SAP’s June 2026 Patch: Four Critical Flaws That Could Break Your Enterprise

SAP's June 2026 Security Patch resolves 15 vulnerabilities, including four critical-severity flaws in NetWeaver and Commerce Cloud—most dangerously, an unauthenticated SAML bypass and memory corruption flaw that require immediate action.

ai government system vulnerabilitiesJul 3, 20265 min

One Critical Flaw in India's UPSC Portal Allowed Full System Takeover — And It Wasn't the Only One

An independent researcher exposed 14 vulnerabilities across Indian government systems in 2026, including a critical flaw in the UPSC civil-service portal that let any attacker seize full administrative control — revealing systemic failures in public-sector access control.