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CISA Warns of Exploited Gitea Vulnerability

26 August 2026
CVE-2026-60004 is a remote code execution vulnerability patched by Gitea developers in late July with the release of version 1.27.1. The post CISA Warns of Exploited Gitea Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

U.S. Sanctions Iran-Linked Hackers Behind Critical Infrastructure Breaches

25 August 2026
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has announced fresh sanctions on Iranian cyber actors as part of what it called an "unprecedented, whole-of-government, economic campaign" against the nation and its enablers. "We are launching an economic onslaught against Iran's financial connections around the globe. Our objective is to sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime

Linux Foundation to Govern TRACE, an Open Standard for AI Runtime Attestation

25 August 2026
TRACE was developed by AMD, Intel, Microsoft, OPAQUE, and TII and contributed to the Linux Foundation. The post Linux Foundation to Govern TRACE, an Open Standard for AI Runtime Attestation appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Alice Raises $140M to Expand AI Model Defenses and Enterprise Guardrails

25 August 2026
The company, previously known as ActiveFence, has raised a total of $280 million from investors. The post Alice Raises $140M to Expand AI Model Defenses and Enterprise Guardrails appeared first on SecurityWeek.

A Malicious Webpage Could Poison Your Local AI Model Behind NVIDIA NemoClaw

25 August 2026
Oasis Security has disclosed a weakness in NVIDIA NemoClaw that could let an attacker-controlled webpage take unauthenticated control of the local Ollama instance serving an AI agent and plant hidden instructions inside the model itself. The findings were shared with The Hacker News ahead of publication, and the report says Oasis Security reported them to NVIDIA's Product Security Incident

WordPress Websites Targeted via MiniOrange Plugin Vulnerabilities

25 August 2026
CVE-2026-61979 and CVE-2026-15981 are authentication bypass vulnerabilities affecting the MiniOrange SAML 2.0 SSO plugin. The post WordPress Websites Targeted via MiniOrange Plugin Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys for Phishing-Resistant Sign-Ins Across iOS and Android

25 August 2026
Meta on Tuesday announced a set of WhatsApp account security features, including support for multiple passkeys to a single account to help users with both iOS and Android devices sign into their accounts using the phishing-resistant method. The tech giant said more than 1 billion people use a passkey to log into WhatsApp. Support for passkeys was first introduced in Android in October 2023,

WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys and Stronger 2SV in Account Security Update

25 August 2026
When Android users get a call from a non-contact, they will see more information about the caller, including their country. The post WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys and Stronger 2SV in Account Security Update appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Hands-On Cyber-Physical Systems Training Returns to ICS Cybersecurity Conference

25 August 2026
Hands-on Cyber Attack Methods course returns to SecurityWeek’s ICS Cybersecurity Conference, October 6–8 at the W Nashville. The post Hands-On Cyber-Physical Systems Training Returns to ICS Cybersecurity Conference appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Marimo Notebook Flaw Could Run MCP Commands Before Cells Execute in Edit Mode

25 August 2026
Marimo has addressed a high-severity security flaw in its notebook software that allowed an attacker to execute an attacker-supplied Model Context Protocol (MCP) command in a specially crafted notebook, according to VulnCheck's CVE Numbering Authority (CNA) record. The CNA record says the command can run as a local subprocess when the notebook is opened in edit mode. The vulnerability, tracked

Mirage2FA Surge Hits 4,500 US and EU Companies, Abusing Microsoft 365 Login Flows

25 August 2026
Thousands of companies have been affected by the Mirage2FA campaign from 2024 to 2026. The commercial phishing-as-a-service toolkit targets Microsoft 365 accounts by abusing legitimate login flows and bypassing two-factor authentication. According to ANY.RUN research, 48% of targeted email addresses were potentially compromised. Most of the affected companies are US-based. Mirage2FA Campaign

24 npm Packages Abuse unpkg Mirrors to Host Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHA Pages

25 August 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that uses a cluster of 24 npm packages as free phishing infrastructure for redirecting to ClickFix-style fake CAPTCHA pages. "While the malware is simply a single HTML page inside the npm package, and while downloading it wouldn't do harm, the threat actor’s use of npm isn't to infect developers who install it, but to use the

E4del and PINHOLE RATs Turn FTP Banners Into Dead Drops for Malware Commands

25 August 2026
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign that employs FTP banners as dead drop resolvers (DDRs) to deliver two previously unreported remote access trojans (RATs) tracked as E4del and PINHOLE. While threat actors are known to abuse legitimate services to point to additional command-and-control (C2) infrastructure and blend in with regular network traffic, the development

First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet

25 August 2026
Kaspersky researchers have linked the malware to the BadBox botnet, which has ensnared millions of devices. The post First Malware Built Specifically for Car Head Units Fuels Botnet appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Frontier AI: Vulnerability Management's Systemic Revolution

25 August 2026
Vulnerability management has been a staple of security programs since the dawn of the cybersecurity discipline. The symbiotic relationship between vulnerability and patch management teams has also existed for that time and has gone through waves of contention and thankfulness. While this relationship required thoughtful care and feeding from both sides, both sides were aiming to work toward a

Silent Patches Don’t Stop Attackers – They Blind Defenders

25 August 2026
Silent patches can become exploit intelligence for attackers while leaving defenders without the context needed to prioritize risk. The post Silent Patches Don’t Stop Attackers – They Blind Defenders appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Attackers Target miniOrange SAML Flaws That Can Grant WordPress Admin Access

25 August 2026
Bad actors are attempting to exploit two severe unauthenticated authentication bypasses in the Xecurify miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin that make it possible for an attacker to sign in as any WordPress user, including administrators. The vulnerabilities, as disclosed by Patchstack, are listed below - CVE-2026-61979 (CVSS score: 8.1) - An unauthenticated privilege escalation

Taiwan Charges 9 Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Nvidia and Super Micro Staff

25 August 2026
AI infrastructure, including advanced semiconductors mostly made in Taiwan, has become a key point of competition between the U.S. and China. The post Taiwan Charges 9 Over Illegal AI Server Exports to China, Including Nvidia and Super Micro Staff appeared first on SecurityWeek.

CISA Warns of Exploited Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability

25 August 2026
The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-21962 and it has been widely exploited by threat actors against WebLogic servers. The post CISA Warns of Exploited Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Actively Exploited Oracle WebLogic Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Access Critical Data

25 August 2026
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21962 (CVSS score: 10.0), allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTP to