Security
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Microsoft releases Windows OOB updates to distrust eMudhra certificates
Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) Windows updates to remove trust in certificates tied to compromised eMudhra certificate authority keys, protecting systems that do not receive automatic certificate trust updates. The KB5134133 update for Windows 11 versions 24H2, 25H2, and 26H2 and the KB5134125 update for Windows 10 versions 21H2 and 22H2 were released on October […]
Warp discloses breach exposing AI agent logs, user telemetry data
Agent decision logs and telemetry data belonging to Warp agentic development environment users were exposed in an attack on a third-party vendor in the project’s infrastructure. The company’s founder and CEO, Zach Lloyd, estimates that “roughly 1% of Warp users may have been impacted,” but external experts are helping with the ongoing investigation. Warp is […]
Tailscale warns of SSH flaws allowing root privilege escalation
The Tailscale security team is working to patch almost a dozen security vulnerabilities that could be exploited to steal credentials, crash servers, gain root privileges, and more. Tailscale develops a software-defined mesh virtual private network (VPN) built on WireGuard that lets users connect computers, servers, and cloud instances from anywhere to the same encrypted mesh […]
Apple backports CoreGraphics zero-day patches to older iPhones
Apple has backported security patches released last month to older iPhones and iPads, addressing a zero-day bug exploited in “extremely sophisticated” targeted attacks on iOS devices. Apple patched the same vulnerability in September for devices running iOS 26.7.1 and iPadOS 26.7.1, macOS Tahoe 26.7.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.8.1. Meta Product Security discovered this out-of-bounds write […]
Energy giant ENGIE discloses data breach affecting customers
French energy giant ENGIE, one of the world’s largest power and natural gas providers, confirmed that attackers stole customer data after breaching a marketing platform used by business partners. ENGIE operates in renewable energy, infrastructure, and customer energy supply in 30 countries, employs over 90,000 people, and reported €71.9 billion in revenue last year. An […]
CISA confirms PHP2Shell vulnerabilities now exploited in attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added two critical PHP vulnerabilities collectively tracked as PHP2Shell to its catalog of actively exploited security flaws. Threat actors without privileges can exploit the two security issues (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) in high-complexity attacks to gain remote code execution (RCE) on unpatched systems. The PHP security team […]
University of Copenhagen data breach exposes data of 525,000 people
The University of Copenhagen in Denmark confirmed that hackers accessed one of its test environments containing personal data belonging to 525,000 people. The educational organization detected the breach last Tuesday and disclosed it on Friday. In an update yesterday, the university added another 20,000 staff and students whose PIN codes were exposed. “The University of […]
Former pentester used ARTEX AI to steal 8.2 million data records
South Korean police identified seven suspects linked to a cybercrime operation that breached more than 90 organizations in the country, with ARTEX AI pentesting framework used in most of the attacks. According to local media citing the Seoul Metropolitan Police, the gang leader has a background in penetration testing and worked at a cybersecurity company between 2019 […]
DreamHost forces password resets in ongoing “incident”
DreamHost has forced password resets for email and FTP/SFTP users following an incident that disrupted connections to the File Manager interface. The latest update from the web hosting provider notes that all affected account owners have received recovery instructions. Users will be unable to log in until their account owner sets new credentials. DreamHost is […]
Critical ‘HTTP2Shell’ Brotli vulnerability triggers emergency patches
A critical flaw dubbed ‘HTTP2Shell’ in Brotli, the C decoder library built into Node.js, could allow attackers to corrupt memory and access sensitive data. The security issue is tracked as CVE-2026-111497 and is also known as “Broccoli2Shell” and “Node2Shell.” It affects Brotli versions 1.0.3 through 1.0.9, 1.1.0, and 1.2.0. The vulnerability has been reported under […]