19 Aug, 2026

Hackers breach TrueConf to trojanize client installers with backdoors

The Head Mare hacktivist group has been exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched TrueConf video conferencing servers to replace client installers with malicious versions that deliver backdoors. The exploited vulnerabilities allowed the attacker to execute arbitrary code with the highest level of privileges and deploy the PhantomCore and PhantomGraph backdoors. TrueConf is a video conferencing tool widely used […]

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Metabase SQLi zero-day exploited in customer data-theft attacks

A critical Metabase SQL injection vulnerability was exploited in zero-day attacks to breach customer instances in data theft attacks, known to impact Framework and Tally. Metabase disclosed the attacks on Thursday, warning that its Metabase Cloud SaaS platform was compromised through a previously unknown vulnerability affecting versions 1.58 and above. The company warns that self-hosted […]

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CISA warns of hackers exploiting Langflow, N-central, Apache Tomcat flaws

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is giving federal agencies three days to mitigate vulnerabilities in IBM Langflow, N-central, and Apache Tomcat, all actively exploited. ​Tracked as CVE-2026-9198, the security issue in IBM’s Langflow visual framework for building AI agents is the most severe, with a critical rating of 9.8 out of 10. It […]

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N-able warns of N-central auth bypass flaw exploited in attacks

N-able is warning customers that hackers are exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-18577) affecting both hosted and on-premises N-central servers. The company on Sunday released hotfix 2026.3.1.7 to address the security issue, which affects all versions of N-central before 2026.3. On August 1st, the vendor disclosed that it detected active exploitation and launched an investigation that uncovered […]

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Cisco warns of FMC static credential flaw exploited in zero-day attacks

Cisco is warning that a high-severity Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) static credential vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20316, was actively exploited in zero-day attacks to gain unauthorized access to vulnerable devices. The vulnerability is caused by static credentials for a low-privilege account built into Cisco Secure FMC Software. Cisco says an unauthenticated, remote attacker can use […]

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OpenAI models used Artifactory zero-days to escape to the internet

JFrog has confirmed that OpenAI models exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in self-hosted Artifactory servers to help escape an isolated testing environment and gain access to the internet before attacking Hugging Face. The vulnerabilities were exploited during the incident in which OpenAI models hacked Hugging Face’s production infrastructure to steal answers for a cybersecurity benchmark. OpenAI disclosed […]

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Hackers target US firms in FastJson RCE zero-day attacks

Hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in the FastJson open-source Java library, allowing remote code execution without user interaction or elevated privileges. The security issue affects FastJson versions 1.2.68 through 1.2.83 and is leveraged in attacks targeting various organizations in the U.S. The malicious activity was observed last week by the agentic security company ThreatBook, and researchers […]

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Arista patches VeloCloud Orchestrator zero-day exploited in attacks

Arista has patched a maximum-severity command injection vulnerability in on-premises VeloCloud Orchestrator deployments that is being actively exploited in attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-16812, is an unauthenticated OS command injection flaw with severity scores of 10.0, the maximum score that can be given to flaws. VeloCloud Orchestrator, also known as VCO, is a centralized […]

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Check Point warns of SmartConsole zero-day exploited in attacks

Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Software has addressed an actively exploited zero-day flaw in the company’s SmartConsole graphical user interface (GUI) admin panel. Tracked as CVE-2026-16232, this authentication bypass vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to obtain an application login token that can be used to authenticate with administrator privileges. After gaining access to a vulnerable Security Management […]

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New InfraTrust report reveals infrastructure flaws admins should patch first

Eclypsium has launched InfraTrust, a new infrastructure cybersecurity knowledge base and monthly InfraTrust Pulse report designed to help organizations prioritize vulnerabilities affecting infrastructure, firmware, networking, and edge devices. The monthly report aggregates security advisories from major infrastructure vendors and highlights the vulnerabilities administrators should prioritize based on a flaw’s exploitability, exposure, and real-world risk rather than […]

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