14 Jul, 2026

Microsoft patches RoguePlanet Defender zero-day vulnerability

Microsoft has released a security patch to address a Defender zero-day vulnerability known as “RoguePlanet,” disclosed after the June 2026 Patch Tuesday. The flaw (tracked as CVE-2026-50656) was disclosed by a security researcher using the “Nightmare Eclipse” handle as part of an ongoing dispute with Microsoft over the company’s bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure practices. They […]

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Hidden backdoor in Tenda router firmware grants admin access

A hidden authentication backdoor has been found in multiple Tenda router firmware versions, potentially allowing an attacker to gain administrative access to the device’s web management panel. According to a security bulletin from the CERT Coordination Center, the issue remains unfixed because the Chinese maker of the networking equipment couldn’t be reached. CERT/CC says the […]

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Nissan discloses employee data breach linked to Oracle zero-day attacks

Nissan is warning that it suffered a data breach affecting current and former employees after threat actors exploited an Oracle PeopleSoft vulnerability in data theft attacks previously linked to the ShinyHunters extortion group. In breach notifications filed with the California Attorney General’s Office, Oracle says these data theft attacks impacted hundreds of companies and that […]

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Microsoft working on Defender patch for RoguePlanet zero-day

Microsoft confirmed that it’s working on a security patch for a Defender zero-day vulnerability named “RoguePlanet,” disclosed one week ago. The security researcher who published a RoguePlanet exploit during the June 2026 Patch Tuesday (known as Nightmare Eclipse) said it affects fully patched Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices and allows attackers to spawn command prompts with […]

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Cisco fixes SD-WAN vManage flaw exploited in zero-day attacks

Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability in the Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, tracked as CVE-2026-20262, that was exploited in attacks to escalate to root privileges. Formerly known as SD-WAN vManage, this network management software allows admins to manage up to 6,000 SD-WAN devices from a single dashboard. The now-patched zero-day security flaw affects all deployment […]

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Oracle mitigates PeopleSoft zero-day exploited in data theft attacks

Oracle is warning about a critical PeopleSoft Suite zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-35273 that allows unauthenticated remote code execution, with the flaw actively exploited in ShinyHunter data theft attacks. The flaw is within Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools and has a CVSS base score of 9.8. “This Security Alert addresses vulnerability CVE-2026-35273 in Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools. Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications […]

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Microsoft patches Exchange Server zero-day exploited in attacks

Microsoft has patched an actively exploited Exchange Server vulnerability that allows threat actors to execute arbitrary JavaScript code in cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks targeting Outlook Web Access users. This high-severity spoofing vulnerability (CVE-2026-42897) affects Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2019, and Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) software and can be exploited by remote attackers with […]

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Microsoft patches YellowKey, GreenPlasma, MiniPlasma zero-days

On Tuesday, Microsoft patched two zero-day vulnerabilities that let attackers gain SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems, and a third one that grants access to BitLocker-protected drives. All three security flaws were disclosed last month by a security researcher using the “Nightmare Eclipse” handle in protest over how the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) […]

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Microsoft Defender ‘RoguePlanet’ zero-day grants SYSTEM privileges

A security researcher has released a new Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit named “RoguePlanet” just hours after Microsoft fixed two previously disclosed flaws during June 2026 Patch Tuesday. The researcher, known as Nightmare Eclipse, says the new vulnerability affects fully patched Windows 10 and Windows 11 devices, allowing attackers to spawn a command prompt with SYSTEM privileges via […]

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Google patches new Chrome zero-day flaw exploited in the wild

Google has released emergency updates to patch another Chrome zero-day vulnerability that has been exploited in the wild, the fifth such flaw patched since the start of the year. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-11645 exists in the wild,” the company said in a Monday security advisory. The company fixed the zero-day for users […]

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