Tag: update
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Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 120 flaws, no zero-days
Today is Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 120 flaws and no zero-days disclosed this month. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-may-2026-patch-tuesday-fixes-120-flaws-no-zero-days/
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AI-Built Zero-Day Nearly Powered Mass Attack
Google Says Criminals Used AI to Discover and Code Exploit. A cybercriminal group came close to launching a mass attack earlier this year, armed with a software exploit that an AI model had built from scratch, said Google researchers. Google said it worked with the affected vendor to patch the flaw before an attack could…
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New Exim BDAT Vulnerability Exposes GnuTLS Builds to Potential Code Execution
Exim has released security updates to address a severe security issue affecting certain configurations that could enable memory corruption and potential code execution.Exim is an open-source Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) designed for Unix-like systems to receive, route, and deliver email.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-45185, aka Dead.Letter, has been described as a use-after-free First seen on…
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OpenAI introduces Daybreak cyber platform, takes on Anthropic Mythos
Tags: access, ai, cisco, crowdstrike, cyber, cybersecurity, defense, detection, fortinet, framework, government, malware, network, openai, oracle, penetration-testing, RedTeam, risk, software, strategy, technology, update, vulnerabilityOpenAI’s cybersecurity model stack: OpenAI is pursuing a scalable cyber defense platform strategy with Daybreak and is rolling out the initiative through three different model tiers: GPT-5.5 (default), GPT-5.5 with Trusted Access for Cyber, and GPT-5.5-Cyber.The standard GPT-5.5 model is positioned for general-purpose enterprise use cases, including developer assistance and knowledge work. GPT-5.5 with Trusted…
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Zoom Rooms and Workplace Flaws Expose Users to Elevated Access Attacks
A newly disclosed batch of vulnerabilities in Zoom’s software suite could give attackers the leverage they need to hijack systems. Zoom has released critical security updates to patch three distinct flaws affecting its Windows and iOS applications. The most dangerous of these vulnerabilities allows authenticated attackers to elevate their system privileges, effectively turning a standard…
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SAP Releases Patch for Critical SQL Injection Flaw in S/4HANA
A severe vulnerability has struck the heart of enterprise resource planning systems this month, threatening organizations worldwide with potential data breaches. On May 12, 2026, the software giant released its monthly security patch update to address 15 newly discovered security flaws across its software ecosystem. Enterprise defenders must prioritize these updates immediately, as attackers frequently…
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SAP fixes critical vulnerabilities in Commerce Cloud and S/4HANA
SAP has released the May 2026 security updates addressing 15 vulnerabilities across multiple products, including two critical flaws in the Commerce Cloud enterprise-grade e-commerce platform and the S/4HANA ERP suite. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/sap-fixes-critical-vulnerabilities-in-commerce-cloud-and-s-4hana/
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Developer workstations are the new beachhead
Tags: access, application-security, attack, authentication, cloud, container, control, credentials, edr, endpoint, exploit, github, group, Hardware, identity, incident response, infrastructure, malware, mfa, monitoring, network, software, supply-chain, threat, updateThe economics that drive the convergence: A typical developer workstation holds SSH keys, cloud provider credentials, container registry tokens, Git authentication tokens and CI/CD pipeline secrets. Many developers have administrative access to internal package registries and deployment infrastructure. Their machines often sit outside the hardened perimeter that security teams build around production systems.From an attacker’s…
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Frustrierende Updates: Wie Microsoft Windows-11-Updates weniger nervig machen will
Wenige Dinge sind frustrierender, als sich an den PC zu setzen und festzustellen, dass er ein Update benötigt, schreibt Microsoft. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/frustrierende-updates-wie-microsoft-windows-11-updates-weniger-nervig-machen-will-2605-208563.html
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Why patching SLAs should be the floor, not the strategy
SLAs measure discipline, not risk: Here’s the mental model I’ve been pushing with my peers. Think of patching SLAs the way you think of fire drills. Fire drills are necessary. They prove that, on a predictable cadence, your organization can execute a known procedure. No one in charge of a building full of people would…
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OpenAI Daybreak Automates Vulnerability Detection and Patching
Tags: ai, control, cyber, cyberattack, detection, exploit, intelligence, openai, software, update, vulnerability, zero-dayThe relentless race against zero-day exploits and sophisticated cyberattacks requires a revolutionary approach to software security. Defenders are constantly overwhelmed by massive backlogs of alerts and the sheer volume of code requiring manual review. Enter OpenAI Daybreak, a frontier artificial intelligence system built specifically for cyber defenders. By shifting the focus from reactive damage control…
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OpenAI Launches Daybreak for AI-Powered Vulnerability Detection and Patch Validation
OpenAI has launched Daybreak, a new cybersecurity initiative that brings together frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model capabilities and Codex Security to help organizations identify and patch vulnerabilities before attackers find a way in using the same issues.”Daybreak combines the intelligence of OpenAI models, the extensibility of Codex as an agentic harness, and our partners across…
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Linux kernel maintainers suggest a ‘kill switch’ to protect systems until a zero-day vulnerability is patched
Tags: access, attack, business, control, cve, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, group, incident response, infosec, linux, LLM, mitigation, risk, service, strategy, switch, technology, tool, update, vulnerability, zero-day), a logic bug which lets users easily obtain root access, and Dirty Frag, which abuses weaknesses in how the Linux kernel handles fragmented memory pages. The Dirty Frag attack combines two separate vulnerabilities affecting the Linux IPsec Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) subsystem (CVE-2026-43284) and the RxRPC networking protocol (CVE-2026-43500). The proposal has set off a furious…
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FCC pushes ban on security updates for foreign-made routers, drones to 2029
The router deadline, originally slated for March 1, 2027, has been pushed back to at least January 1, 2029, according to the announcement from the FCC’s Office of Engineering and Technology (OET). First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/fcc-pushes-ban-on-updates-to-foreign-routers-drones-2029
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The Threat Window Is Shrinking. The Response Gap Isn’t
Patching Workflows Built for Weekly Cycles Can’t Survive an Era of Hourly Exploits AI is shrinking the window between vulnerability disclosure and active exploitation from weeks to hours. But remediation workflows haven’t kept pace. Security teams need real-time intelligence, unified IT and security operations, and automated remediation to close the gap before attackers do. First…
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AI security is repeating endpoint security’s biggest mistake
Tags: access, ai, api, automation, business, control, data, detection, edr, endpoint, governance, incident response, injection, LLM, monitoring, open-source, radius, risk, saas, sbom, soc, strategy, technology, threat, tool, updateMost AI security is still at the posture phase: Look at where most organizations are with AI security today. Model cards, AI-specific SBOMs, input and output filters, prompt injection guardrails and access controls around model APIs. These are valuable controls, but they reflect a posture-based approach. To truly enhance security, organizations must recognize the importance…
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8 guiding principles for reskilling the SOC for agentic AI
Tags: ai, automation, business, ciso, cyber, cybersecurity, data, governance, incident response, jobs, penetration-testing, sans, skills, soc, technology, tool, training, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementSet the tone from the top: The second principle for reskilling security teams for agentic AI is all about leadership.As Baker says, CISOs must set the tone. That means building a culture of rapid experimentation, iteration, and innovation. “Fail fast and move forward,” he says.A key aspect of CISO leadership is understanding the needs of…
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New cPanel vulnerabilities could allow file access and remote code execution
cPanel fixed three flaws that could allow file reads, code execution, and privilege escalation. No active exploitation has been reported yet. cPanel has released security updates to fix three vulnerabilities affecting cPanel & WHM that could allow attackers to read files, execute code, or escalate privileges on vulnerable systems. Below are the descriptions for these…
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Sandboxie Escape Flaw Could Let Attackers Gain SYSTEM-Level Privileges
Security researchers have exposed critical sandbox escape vulnerabilities in Sandboxie and Sandboxie-Plus that allow attackers to gain full SYSTEM-level privileges. We strongly urge users to update to version 1.17.5, which was recently patched, to mitigate these severe execution threats. A series of catastrophic security vulnerabilities has been exposed in Sandboxie and Sandboxie-Plus, allowing threat actors…
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Your Purple Team Isn’t Purple, It’s Just Red and Blue in the Same Room
Defending a network at 2 am looks a lot like this: an analyst copy-pasting a hash from a PDF into a SIEM query. A red team script is being rewritten by hand so the blue team can use it. A patch waiting on a change-approval window that’s longer than the exploitation window itself.Nobody in that…
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FCC Relaxes Foreign-Made Router Ban to Allow for Security Updates
The same extension applies to security updates shipped to US-based users of foreign-made drones First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/us-fcc-relaxes-foreign-router-ban/
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May 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: AI starts driving security industry changes
Project Glasswing. This is one of three major security industry changes I’ll cover today. The Anthropic Mythos vulnerability discovery model has already proven to be game … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/08/may-2026-patch-tuesday-forecast/
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Multiple Critical Flaws Fixed in Next.js and React Server Components
Vercel has rolled out vital security updates for Next.js to address a wave of high-severity vulnerabilities affecting versions across the 13.x to 16.x branches. Published via GitHub advisories by Tim Neutkens, these flaws expose web applications to severe risks, including unauthenticated Denial of Service (DoS), Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), and multiple middleware authentication bypasses. The…
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13 new critical holes in JavaScript sandbox allow execution of arbitrary code
VM.run() can obtain host process object and runs host commands with zero co-operation from the host.However, researchers at Socket told us in an email that the advisory about this escape says it has been confirmed only on Node.js 25.6.1, and requires a Node.js version with WebAssembly exception handling and JSTag support.The highest-risk scenario, they said, would be an…
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Ollama vulnerability highlights danger of AI frameworks with unrestricted access
Tags: access, ai, api, authentication, credentials, framework, Internet, mitigation, network, tool, update, vulnerabilityMitigation: Users should update to Ollama version 0.17.1, which includes a patch for this vulnerability. More generally, they should deploy an authentication proxy or API gateway in front of all Ollama instances and never expose them to the internet without IP access filters and firewalls.”If your Ollama server was internet-accessible, assume environment variables and secrets…
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Palo Alto Networks warns state-linked cluster behind zero-day exploitation
A patch for the flaw, which hackers began targeting in early April, won’t be ready for another week. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/palo-alto-networks-state-linked-zero-day/819588/
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Ivanti warns of new EPMM flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
Tags: attack, endpoint, exploit, flaw, ivanti, mobile, remote-code-execution, update, vulnerability, zero-dayIvanti warned customers today to patch a high-severity remote code execution vulnerability in Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) exploited in zero-day attacks. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ivanti-warns-of-new-epmm-flaw-exploited-in-zero-day-attacks/