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Chrome 151 Patches 370 Vulnerabilities

The major browser update resolves roughly 80 critical- and high-severity security defects. The post Chrome 151 Patches 370 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Russian Hackers Exploit Microsoft OWA Flaw to Keep Mailbox Access After Credential Rotation

The Russian threat actors recently linked to the exploitation of a now-patched vulnerability in Zimbra have been observed exploiting another vulnerability, this time in Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA), to target U.S. and European government entities, as well as the telecommunications, financial, hospitality, and aerospace sectors. The activity, which began on July 22, 2026, involves the

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FCC Blocks New Foreign-Produced Robots and Power Inverters Over Cyber Risks

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added foreign-produced mobile robots and networked power inverters to its Covered List on July 28. The move generally prevents new models from receiving the equipment authorization required for import, marketing, or sale in the US. Previously authorized models can still be sold, and devices people already own are unaffected. Federal purchases and use

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Cisco Secure FMC Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild

The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-20316 can be exploited by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to log into affected devices.  The post Cisco Secure FMC Zero-Day Exploited in the Wild appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Amazon Links Debug and Chalk npm Hijack to North Korea’s Sapphire Sleet

Amazon has tied the September 2025 hijack of the npm packages debug and chalk to North Korea. For ten months, the incident sat in the public record as crypto theft: a maintainer phished through a lookalike npm domain and a wallet-draining script pushed into at least 18 packages carrying more than 2 billion weekly downloads between them. The original Aikido and Wiz reports did not attribute the

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Cisco FMC Zero-Day Actively Exploited, Static Credentials Could Expose Sensitive Data

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a newly disclosed security flaw impacting Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following reports of zero-day exploitation. The vulnerability, assigned CVE-2026-20316 (CVSS score: 5.3), could permit an unauthenticated, remote attacker to log

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Hackers steal sensitive data from UK Department for Education and police

Details of parents and staff, including email addresses and phone numbers, are among data taken by cybercriminalsThe Department for Education and a police database have been targeted by a cyber-attack, exposing more than 740,000 pieces of data.Details of government officials, senior school leaders, university staff, police officers and members of the public have been taken by hackers. Continue reading...

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Critical Rails Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Read Server Files via Image Uploads

Ruby on Rails has released fixes for a critical Active Storage vulnerability that could let unauthenticated attackers read arbitrary files from application servers through crafted image uploads. Tracked as CVE-2026-66066 (CVSS score: 9.5), the flaw can expose the Rails process environment and secrets such as secret_key_base, the Rails master key, database passwords, cloud storage credentials,

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Ruflo MCP Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Commands and Poison AI Memory

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a maximum-severity security flaw in Ruflo, an open-source agent meta-harness for Anthropic Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, that could result in unauthenticated remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-59726 (CVSS score: 10.0), impacts all versions of the project before version 3.16.3. It has been codenamed RufRoot by Noma Security's

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Three Critical VMware Flaws Allow Auth Bypass, Code Execution, and VM Escape

Broadcom has released security updates to address multiple security flaws impacting VMware ESX, vCenter, Workstation, and Fusion, three of which have been designated as critical in severity. The first of the three critical-rated flaws is CVE-2026-59309 (CVSS score: 9.8), which has been described as an authentication bypass in VMware vCenter. "A malicious actor with network access to vCenter

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Coordinated Cyberattack Targets 30+ Minnesota Water Systems as One Plant Goes Offline

A coordinated cyberattack targeted operational technology at more than 30 Minnesota community water systems on July 26 and 27, triggering a statewide cybersecurity response. Braham, Plymouth, South St. Paul and Maple Plain have publicly described a plant outage, communications failures or affected automated controls. Braham's water plant went offline, and the city asked residents to minimize

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Nine-Year Fraud Campaign Clones Russian Company Sites to Steal Advance Payments

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a large-scale fraud campaign that involves creating lookalike websites of major Russian companies with an aim to siphon funds from international firms for more than nine years. According to Russian cybersecurity vendor F6, the threat actors have set up clone websites of Russian companies across fertilizer manufacturers, petrochemical companies

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US Bans Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots, Targeting China Over National Security

The agency said imports of advanced robots pose cybersecurity and other national security risks. The post US Bans Foreign-Made Humanoid Robots, Targeting China Over National Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Mate Security Raises $35 Million for Agentic SOC

The startup will use the investment to expand its customer support, sales, and R&D teams. The post Mate Security Raises $35 Million for Agentic SOC appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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ThreatLocker Raises $190 Million in Series F Funding

The company was previously valued at $1.6 billion, and the latest raise has significantly increased that valuation. The post ThreatLocker Raises $190 Million in Series F Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Mythos Asks the Right Question. It Doesn't Answer It.

AI is compressing exploit timelines. The real question isn't whether your vulnerability management playbook needs to change, it's which part of it you've been getting wrong all along. The conversation happening in security circles right now goes something like this: Mythos is here. Exploit timelines are collapsing. Does the vulnerability management playbook need to change? The honest answer is

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Researchers Show a Single Malicious Webpage Visit Can Compromise Tor Browser

Nebula Security says a patched Firefox JIT flaw could be triggered by simply visiting a malicious webpage and was also used to compromise Tor Browser. Tracked as CVE-2026-10702, the bug provides arbitrary code execution inside the browser's renderer process. Mozilla rated it High and fixed it in the Firefox 151.0.3 update. "No settings or additional user interaction are required," Eten Zou,

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Critical VM Escape Vulnerability Patched in VMware ESXi

A total of five vulnerabilities have been patched in VMware ESXi, vCenter, Workstation, and Fusion. The post Critical VM Escape Vulnerability Patched in VMware ESXi appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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73% of Organizations Say They Are Not Fully Ready for a Major Cyberattack

Most organizations have incident response plans, security tools, and technical teams in place. Yet new research suggests that many still lack the coordination, visibility, and executive alignment needed to withstand a serious cyberattack. According to The State of Incident Response Readiness 2026, based on a survey of 600 senior IT security decision makers conducted by Vanson Bourne in January

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Russia Charges Telegram Founder Pavel Durov With Aiding Terrorist Activity

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) on Wednesday said it charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov for allegedly facilitating terrorist activities and for failing to remove prohibited information in violation of Russian law. The principal security agency said the instant messaging platform "failed to remove numerous channels, chats, and bots on the platform that are