Your Cloud Security Checklist Doesn’t Work the Way You Think It Does
If managing security across multiple cloud providers wasn’t hard enough, each one fails in a different way. For the 2026 Cloud Security Index, Intruder analyzed…
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PEEP Turns Chrome and Edge Into Post-Compromise Backdoors for Host Command Execution
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a complex Chromium-based post-exploitation toolkit called PEEP that masquerades as a bookmarks extension for the web browser. “Requiring prior…
Fake IT Calls Target Executives in Microsoft 365 Data Theft and Extortion Attacks
Ravie LakshmananSep 07, 2026Phishing / Identity Security Threat hunters have disclosed details of a widespread data theft and extortion threat cluster that’s targeting Microsoft 365…
N-able Issues Fourth N-central Hotfix in Five Weeks for Unauthenticated RCE Flaw
Every on-premises N-central build below 2026.3.1.14 — including servers updated to Hotfix 3 a day earlier — needs Hotfix 4. N-able’s incident notice says the…
GPT-6 Astra Scores 100% on ExploitBench as OpenAI Blocks PoC Exploit Requests
OpenAI on Thursday officially unveiled GPT‑6 Astra, which it described as the “world’s most intelligent and aligned model.” The development comes days after the artificial…
Google Releases Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited V8 Zero-Day
Ravie LakshmananSep 04, 2026Vulnerability / Browser Security Google on Thursday released security updates to patch 12 vulnerabilities, including one that has come under active exploitation…
Attackers Exploit PaperCut Flaws to Steal Credentials From Schools and Universities
Ravie LakshmananSep 05, 2026Vulnerability / Web Security Threat actors are exploiting the newly disclosed PaperCut flaws to facilitate credential theft in attacks targeting the education…
Four REVSTEALER-Linked Modules Disable Windows Update and Defender to Run a Crypto Miner
Elastic Security Labs has documented four previously unreported programs associated with REVSTEALER, an emerging Windows information stealer, that remain on an infected machine after the…
Attackers Hijack MikroTik Routers Through Internet-Exposed SSH Without Authentication
Swati KhandelwalSep 06, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Attackers are exploiting MikroTik routers with their Secure Shell (SSH) remote-access service, which is reachable from the internet,…
Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion Flaw Lets VM Admins Execute Host Code
Ravie LakshmananSep 05, 2026Vulnerability / Server Security Broadcom has released security updates for two security flaws impacting VMware Workstation and Fusion, including one critical bug…
Attackers Breached JetBrains Cadence via Unpatched TeamCity, Extracting AWS Credentials
Ravie LakshmananSep 05, 2026Data Breach / Identity Security JetBrains is urging Cadence users to revoke and rotate all credentials following a security incident last month…
Unpatched Magento and Adobe Commerce Zero-Day Exploited to Backdoor Online Stores
Attackers are exploiting a new unpatched vulnerability in Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce that lets them run malicious code on an online store’s server…