Tag: update
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How to secure RMM software: 8 controls MSPs should test
RMM platforms give MSPs privileged access across customer environments, making their security controls critical to limiting risk. Acronis outlines eight controls MSPs should test when evaluating RMM software, from patching and privileged access to recovery and tenant isolation. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/how-to-secure-rmm-software-8-controls-msps-should-test/
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Atlassian urges immediate patching of critical Data Center file access vulnerability (CVE-2026-21589)
Attackers who know where to look can read files from Atlassian Data Center installations without logging in, the company has warned. About CVE-2026-21589 CVE-2026-21589, a … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/06/atlassian-data-center-cve-2026-21589/
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Dell System Update flaw allows attackers to gain root privileges (CVE-2026-86360)
Dell is urging customers to patch a vulnerability (CVE-2026-86360) in Dell System Update (DSU) that could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/06/dell-system-update-vulnerability-cve-2026-86360/
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FBI Drops Accenture Contractor After Sensitive Data Breach
Accenture lost an FBI contract after a missed security patch exposed sensitive employee data, raising serious concerns over operational security. The FBI pulled an Accenture contractor off its account on Monday, and the reason is almost mundane compared to the damage it caused. One update didn’t get installed on time. >>The “ŒFederal Bureau of Investigation…
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Android 17 Advanced Protection Adds Intrusion Logging, USB Security and Brute-Force Defense
Google has expanded Android Advanced Protection with six security enhancements targeting spyware investigations, malicious USB connections, accessibility abuse, browser exploits, and repeated authentication failures. Announced on October 1, 2026, the update strengthens Android 17 defenses for journalists, officials, public figures, and security-conscious users. The changes build on Android 16’s device-level Advanced Protection, introduced in May…
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FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed an Accenture contractor for their alleged role in a ShinyHunters-breach that led to the theft of personal details of thousands of bureau employees.That’s according to a report from Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter.”To date, our review has determined that the incident occurred as…
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FBI Removes Accenture Contractor After Patch Failure Led to ShinyHunters Breach
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has removed an Accenture contractor for their alleged role in a ShinyHunters-breach that led to the theft of personal details of thousands of bureau employees.That’s according to a report from Reuters, citing two sources familiar with the matter.”To date, our review has determined that the incident occurred as…
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Dell Urges Customers to Patch Critical DSU Flaw That Can Give Attackers Root Access
Dell warns that a critical DSU flaw lets attackers run code as root. Customers should patch affected PowerEdge systems as soon as possible. Dell urged customers to patch a critical flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-86360 (CVSS score of 9.6), in its System Update (DSU) tool. The vulnerability is a path traversal issue that can let attackers…
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Midnight Blizzard Uses Captive Portals to Deliver CornFlake RAT and Steal Traveler Credentials
Storm-2945, a Midnight Blizzard subcluster, has resumed CaptiveCrunch, an espionage campaign abusing hospitality Wi-Fi networks to infect travelers and compromise corporate accounts. An October 5, 2026 update confirms renewed activity observed on September 29, including deployment of a Rust variant of the CornFlake infostealer, with characteristics consistent with continued AI-enabled malware development. The resurgence likely…
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Midnight Blizzard Uses Captive Portals to Deliver CornFlake RAT and Steal Traveler Credentials
Storm-2945, a Midnight Blizzard subcluster, has resumed CaptiveCrunch, an espionage campaign abusing hospitality Wi-Fi networks to infect travelers and compromise corporate accounts. An October 5, 2026 update confirms renewed activity observed on September 29, including deployment of a Rust variant of the CornFlake infostealer, with characteristics consistent with continued AI-enabled malware development. The resurgence likely…
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Citrix Patches Yet Another Under-Fire Zero-Day in NetScaler
Denial of Service May Be Targeted to Help Exploit Other Recently Patched Flaws. Just one week after patching two zero-day vulnerabilities being actively exploited in its NetScaler appliances, Citrix has issued another emergency patch for a denial-of-service vulnerability also being actively exploited, potentially to more rapidly take down unpatched appliances. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Citrix Patches Yet Another Under-Fire Zero-Day in NetScaler
Denial of Service May Be Targeted to Help Exploit Other Recently Patched Flaws. Just one week after patching two zero-day vulnerabilities being actively exploited in its NetScaler appliances, Citrix has issued another emergency patch for a denial-of-service vulnerability also being actively exploited, potentially to more rapidly take down unpatched appliances. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Microsoft Exchange Flaw Lets Authenticated Attackers Read Other Users’ Mailboxes
Microsoft has released out-of-band security updates to address a high-severity flaw in Microsoft Exchange Server that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges under certain conditions.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-96940, is rated 8.8 on the CVSS scoring system.”Weak authorization in Microsoft Exchange Server allows an authenticated attacker to elevate privileges over a First seen on…
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Citrix issues patch for third exploited flaw in NetScaler
The memory overflow vulnerability could lead to a denial-of-service condition under certain circumstances. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/citrix-patch-third-exploited-flaw-netscaler/832128/
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New Dell System Update flaw lets hackers gain root privileges
Dell warned customers to patch a critical vulnerability in the System Update (DSU) command-line interface (CLI) deployment tool as soon as possible. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-dell-system-update-flaw-lets-hackers-gain-root-privileges/
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âš¡ Weekly Recap: NetScaler and FortiMail 0-Days, AI Coding Leaks, Spectre v2 and Ransomware Arrests
A blank field. A public repo. One reply to an email. A box left exposed. None of this sounds dramatic, which is partly the problem. This week’s threats keep finding leverage in small things that were easy to overlook.There are actively exploited bugs in the mix, cleaner intrusion paths, smarter automation, and a long patch…
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Radeon RX 7000 Auch Gigabyte schließt Sicherheitslücken per vBIOS-Update
Neben Sapphire verteilt auch Gigabyte ein neues vBIOS für Grafikkarten der Serie Radeon RX 7000 aufgrund eines Sicherheitsproblems. First seen on computerbase.de Jump to article: www.computerbase.de/news/grafikkarten/radeon-rx-7000-auch-gigabyte-schliesst-sicherheitsluecken-per-vbios-update.99683
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Apple Strengthens macOS Privacy Controls as AI Agents Become More Autonomous
Apple has announced plans to strengthen macOS controls for Full Disk Access, citing concerns that increasingly autonomous AI agents could raise privacy and security risks by giving applications extensive access to users’ devices. In a developer update on October 2, Apple stated it will introduce additional controls for macOS Full Disk Access, a powerful permission…
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Outband Exchange Server update fixes high-severity mailbox access bug (CVE-2026-96940)
Microsoft has pushed out an out-of-band security update for Exchange Server that fixes a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-96940) that may allow authenticated attackers to … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/10/05/exchange-server-vulnerability-cve-2026-96940/
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Windows KB5124010 update crashes some games and apps
Microsoft confirmed over the weekend that some games and applications using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding will crash after installing the September 2026 KB5124010 Windows 11 preview update. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-kb5124010-update-crashes-some-games-and-apps/
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Windows KB5124010 update crashes some games and apps
Microsoft confirmed over the weekend that some games and applications using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding will crash after installing the September 2026 KB5124010 Windows 11 preview update. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-kb5124010-update-crashes-some-games-and-apps/
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Google Tightens Open-Source Bug Bounty Rules After Surge in AI-Generated Vulnerability Reports
Google has stopped accepting new >>product vulnerability<< reports through its Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP) due to a significant increase in automated submissions that are predominantly invalid. This restriction took effect on October 1, 2026, and Google plans to provide an update regarding this part of the program in the first quarter…
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AWS Fixes AI Agent Flaws Enabling Authentication Bypass and Credential Theft
Tags: access, ai, authentication, credentials, cyber, flaw, open-source, theft, update, vulnerabilityAWS released security updates for three vulnerabilities in its open-source Loom platform, used for AI agent orchestration. These vulnerabilities could allow unauthenticated administrative takeover, disclosure of OAuth2 credentials, and access to internal services. The company strongly urges users to upgrade all Loom deployments and forks to version 1.7.0. AWS announced these issues in Security Bulletin…
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Windows KB5124010 update crashes some games and apps
Microsoft confirmed over the weekend that some games and applications using AC-3 (Dolby Digital) audio decoding will crash after installing the September 2026 KB5124010 Windows 11 preview update. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-windows-kb5124010-update-crashes-some-games-and-apps/
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New NetScaler Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks Can Knock SAML Deployments Offline
Citrix has released security updates for a high-severity security flaw in NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway that has been exploited as part of targeted zero-day attacks.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-88779, carries a CVSS score of 8.7 out of 10.0.”CVE-2026-88779 is a memory overflow vulnerability in Citrix NetScaler ADC and Citrix NetScaler Gateway that can…
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Microsoft Releases Emergency Exchange Server Update to Fix CVE-2026-96940
Microsoft has released a revised security update package for on-premises Exchange Server, dated September 2026, which includes a fix for CVE-2026-96940. This V2 release applies to Exchange Server Subscription Edition, Exchange Server 2019, and Exchange Server 2016. Customers using Exchange Online are already protected and do not need this update. The revised update was published…
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Microsoft Releases Emergency Exchange Server Update to Fix CVE-2026-96940
Microsoft has released a revised security update package for on-premises Exchange Server, dated September 2026, which includes a fix for CVE-2026-96940. This V2 release applies to Exchange Server Subscription Edition, Exchange Server 2019, and Exchange Server 2016. Customers using Exchange Online are already protected and do not need this update. The revised update was published…
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Citrix NetScaler SAML Vulnerability Enables Unauthenticated Remote DoS Attacks
Citrix has released emergency security updates to address a high-severity memory overflow vulnerability in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-88779, could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to cause persistent denial-of-service conditions. The vulnerability specifically affects appliances configured for SAML authentication, whether set as a Service Provider (SP) or an Identity Provider (IdP).…
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Citrix NetScaler SAML Vulnerability Enables Unauthenticated Remote DoS Attacks
Citrix has released emergency security updates to address a high-severity memory overflow vulnerability in NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. This flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-88779, could allow unauthenticated remote attackers to cause persistent denial-of-service conditions. The vulnerability specifically affects appliances configured for SAML authentication, whether set as a Service Provider (SP) or an Identity Provider (IdP).…
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Citrix patches NetScaler SAML zero-day exploited in attacks
Citrix has released emergency updates for a new NetScaler denial-of-service vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-88779 that has been exploited in zero-day attacks, with researchers investigating whether it can also be exploited for remote code execution. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/citrix-patches-netscaler-saml-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/