vulnerability
UK’s Companies House confirms security flaw exposed business data
Companies House, a British government agency that operates the registry for all U.K. companies, says its WebFiling service is back online after it was closed on Friday to fix a security flaw that exposed companies’ information since October 2025. Dan Neidle, founder of the non-profit Tax Policy Associates, reported the vulnerability to the U.K. corporate register on […]
Veeam warns of critical flaws exposing backup servers to RCE attacks
Data protection company Veeam Software has patched multiple flaws in its Backup & Replication solution, including four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. VBR is enterprise data backup and recovery software that helps IT administrators to create copies of critical data for quick restoration following cyberattacks and hardware failures. Three RCE security flaws patched today (tracked as CVE-2026-21666, CVE-2026-21667, […]
SQLi flaw in Elementor Ally plugin impacts 250k+ WordPress sites
An SQL injection vulnerability in Ally, a WordPress plugin from Elementor for web accessibility and usability with more than 400,000 installations, could be exploited to steal sensitive data without authentication. The security issue, tracked as CVE-2026-2413, received a high severity score. It was discovered by Drew Webber (mcdruid), an offensive security engineer at Acquia, a software-as-a-service company […]
Microsoft March 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 2 zero-days, 79 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s March 2026 Patch Tuesday with security updates for 79 flaws, including 2 publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. This Patch Tuesday also addresses three “Critical” vulnerabilities, 2 of which are remote code execution flaws and the other is an information disclosure flaw. The number of bugs in each vulnerability category is listed below: When BleepingComputer reports […]
Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5078885 extended security update
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5078885 extended security update to fix the March 2026 Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities, including 2 zero-days and an issue that prevents some devices from shutting down. If you are running Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC or are enrolled in the ESU program, you can install this update like normal by going into Settings, […]
Google: Cloud attacks exploit flaws more than weak credentials
Hackers are increasingly exploiting newly disclosed vulnerabilities in third-party software to gain initial access to cloud environments, with the window for attacks shrinking from weeks to just days. At the same time, the use of weak credentials or misconfigurations has dropped significantly in the second half of 2025, Google notes in a report highlighting the […]
WordPress membership plugin bug exploited to create admin accounts
Hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the User Registration & Membership plugin, which is installed on more than 60,000 WordPress sites. Developed by WPEverest, the plugin provides membership and user registration management features, including custom forms, payment integrations with PayPal and Stripe, bank transfers, and analytics. The security vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-1492 and […]
Google says 90 zero-days were exploited in attacks last year
Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities actively exploited throughout 2025, almost half of them in enterprise software and appliances. The figure is a 15% increase compared to 2024, when 78 zero-days were exploited in the wild, but lower than the record 100 zero days tracked in 2023. Zero-day vulnerabilities are security issues […]
Mail2Shell zero-click attack lets hackers hijack FreeScout mail servers
A maximum severity vulnerability in the FreeScout helpdesk platform allows hackers to achieve remote code execution without any user interaction or authentication. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-28289 and bypasses a fix for another remote code execution (RCE) security issue (CVE-2026-27636) that could be exploited by authenticated users with upload permissions. Researchers at OX Security, a company that […]
Spyware-grade Coruna iOS exploit kit now used in crypto theft attacks
A previously undocumented set of 23 iOS exploits named “Coruna” has been deployed by multiple threat actors in targeted espionage campaigns and financially motivated attacks. The Coruna kit contains five full iOS exploit chains, the most sophisticated leveraging non-public techniques and mitigation bypasses, for iOS versions 13.0 through 17.2.1 (released in December 2023). Google Threat […]