Security
Stay informed with the latest developments in cybersecurity through our Security category. Discover in-depth news, analysis, and updates on emerging cyber threats, malware incidents, and major data breaches. Whether you’re a cybersecurity professional or just keen on protecting your digital footprint, find insights and trends that are shaping the future of online security here.
Critical Citrix NetScaler auth bypass now leveraged in attacks
Attackers have begun targeting a critical-severity Citrix NetScaler flaw in the wild, according to vulnerability intelligence company Previdian. Tracked as CVE-2026-19490, this security flaw can allow unprivileged threat actors to bypass authentication remotely when the NetScaler appliance is configured as an AAA virtual server or as a Gateway (SSL VPN, ICA Proxy, CVPN, RDP Proxy), depending […]
New CrowdStrike ‘FalconFlank’ zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges
An anonymous security researcher who uses the “Nightmare Eclipse” handle released a CrowdStrike Falcon zero-day exploit named “FalconFlank” that lets attackers escalate privileges on up-to-date Windows systems. Nightmare Eclipse says the new vulnerability (which has yet to be assigned a CVE ID) affects devices running the latest versions of Windows 11 and Windows Server, as […]
Exchange Online outage causes email delays, ‘Server busy’ errors
Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing Exchange Online outage that is delaying email sent to and received from external domains. The company first acknowledged this incident (tracked under EX1467029) at 02:19 AM EDT, when it began investigating reports of intermittent “Server busy” errors. “This issue impacts users who may be attempting to send and receive […]
Google warns of new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in attacks
Google has updated the Chrome browser to address an actively exploited high-severity zero-day flaw in the V8 engine and 11 other vulnerabilities. The exploited security issue, identified as CVE-2026-85046, is described as a type confusion. It was reported to Google by researcher Salvatore Gulizia, known online as “Serotav.” The update brings Chrome to version 152.0.7977.82/.83 […]
Coder’s registry infrastructure compromised to push malicious modules
Attackers compromised Coder’s Cloudflare infrastructure and added unauthorized registry servers that delivered malicious Terraform modules containing credential-stealing code. The Coder platform enables organizations to provide developers with secure, self-hosted cloud development environments for building and deploying software, including AI applications. The project is used by prominent private and government organizations, including Dropbox, Palantir, Square, Mercedes-Benz, KKR, EnBW, […]
HPE patches critical ArubaOS-CX remote code execution flaw
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has patched a critical vulnerability in the ArubaOS-CX network operating system that could lead to remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2026-73749, the security issue is a buffer overflow that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to send specially crafted packets to an affected daemon process, achieving code execution with elevated privileges. “Multiple vulnerabilities […]
French hospital fined €500,000 after breach exposes data of 727,000
France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Hôpital privé de la Loire €500,000 ($580,000) for failing to adequately protect patients’ and their relatives’ data. The French agency says that the security failures led to a data breach in the summer of 2025, exposing sensitive data belonging to 524,867 patients and another 202,246 people designated as […]
Critical Elementor Pro flaw exploited to take over WordPress sites
A recently patched critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-32475) in the Elementor Pro plugin for WordPress is being exploited in attacks that deliver a webshell payload and execute arbitrary commands on the server. Elementor Pro is a popular WordPress plugin with more than 6 million active installations, allowing users to build websites using a drag-and-drop interface. The CVE-2026-32475 […]
Plex warns users to patch security vulnerabilities immediately
Plex urged users this week to update their desktop clients and media servers immediately to patch multiple security vulnerabilities. These flaws have not yet been assigned CVE IDs for easy tracking, and while Plex didn’t provide additional details on Tuesday, the security issues are known to affect Plex Media Server v1.43.2 and earlier. Plex also emailed users running affected […]
Microsoft Teams, Outlook fail to launch on ARM-based Windows PCs
Microsoft is working to fix a known issue that causes crashes and launch failures for Microsoft Teams and New Outlook users after installing updates released since the August 2026 Patch Tuesday. These issues affect only ARM-based Windows devices like the Surface Laptop 7 and Surface Pro 11 that run Windows 11 24H2 or later, and […]