New RefluXFS Linux flaw lets attackers gain root privileges
A nine-year-old race condition vulnerability in the Linux kernel’s XFS filesystem, tracked as CVE-2026-64600, allows local attackers to overwrite protected files and gain root privileges.…
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Ubuntu snap-confine Race Condition Enables Local Privilege Escalation to Root
Ubuntu systems are at risk from a new local privilege escalation vulnerability in snap-confine, which could enable any local user to gain full root access…
FakeAgent Campaign: Malicious Claude Artifact Used to Distribute SectopRAT to 29 Organisations
Researchers at Huntress have disclosed a malvertising campaign that abused a public artifact hosted on Anthropic’s own claude.ai domain to distribute the SectopRAT information-stealing Trojan,…
Critical FreeRDP Clipboard Flaw Could Let Malicious RDP Servers Execute Code
A critical heap buffer overflow vulnerability in FreeRDP’s Windows client could allow a malicious Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) server to corrupt memory and potentially execute…
New TrickBot Variant Spotted Using DNS to Control Infected Windows PCs
Cybersecurity researchers at Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs have identified a TrickBot variant that uses DNS tunneling to exchange commands with its operators. The Windows malware can…
Attackers exploit critical Check Point flaw to take over firewall management (CVE-2026-16232)
Attackers are exploiting a critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-16232) that affects Check Point Security Management and Multi-Domain Security Management, the management servers that push policy…
Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs
RefluXFS, a new Linux kernel flaw disclosed on July 22 and tracked as CVE-2026-64600, lets an unprivileged local user overwrite root-owned files on an XFS…
India Online Safety Rules Tighten To Protect Children
India online safety rules are being strengthened as the government steps up measures to protect children and other users from harmful digital content, cyber risks…
National Diplomatic Academy Data Breach In South Korea
The National Diplomatic Academy data breach has raised significant cybersecurity concerns in South Korea after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that hackers maintained access to the…
How the Fair Work Commission safely deployed Agentic AI in weeks, not years
Prioritising strict governance and rapid development, Australia’s Fair Work Commission deployed governed AI agents into production in weeks, enhancing operational efficiency while maintaining public trust.…
Assaf Keren Appointed New CISO of Meta
Assaf Keren announced on Wednesday that he is the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of social media giant Meta. “Building AI at the frontier…
Check Point patches actively exploited SmartConsole authentication bypass flaw
Check Point patches actively exploited SmartConsole authentication bypass flaw Pierluigi Paganini July 23, 2026 Check Point addressed a critical authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-16232,…