Tag: vulnerability
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How AutoSecT Uses AI to Find Vulnerabilities That Actually Matter
We always think we are more vulnerable than our fellow contemporaries! In general sense, this shows lack of confidence, but when you are dealing with security, this is one of the best traits you can have! Sounds strange, right! Let’s be honest, most security teams aren’t short on vulnerability data. They’re drowning in it. Scan……
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Anthropic launches Claude Security to counter rapid AI-Powered exploits
Anthropic launched Claude Security to counter faster AI-driven cyberattacks, as tools like Mythos enable near-instant exploitation by threat actors. Anthropic introduced Claude Security to help defenders keep up with a surge in AI-powered cyberattacks. As models like Mythos drastically reduce the time needed to exploit vulnerabilities, similar tools will likely spread among criminals and nation-state…
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Multiple Exim Mail Server Vulnerabilities Could Trigger Crashes via Malicious DNS Data
The developers of the Exim mail server have officially rolled out version 4.99.2 to address four newly discovered security vulnerabilities. This critical update patches multiple software flaws that could allow attackers to crash server connections, corrupt memory heaps, or potentially leak sensitive system data. Mail server administrators are strongly advised to apply these fixes immediately…
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Multiple Wireshark Vulnerabilities Allow Arbitrary Code Execution via Malformed Packets
The Wireshark Foundation has released version 4.6.5 of its widely used network protocol analyzer, addressing a massive wave of security vulnerabilities. This urgent update patches over 40 distinct security flaws, driven by a recent surge in AI-assisted vulnerability reports. The most critical bugs in this release allow for possible arbitrary code execution, elevating the risk…
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China-Aligned Hackers Deploy ShadowPad in Multi-Stage Espionage Campaign
Tags: china, cyber, espionage, exploit, government, group, hacker, infrastructure, microsoft, threat, vulnerabilityChina-aligned threat actors tracked as SHADOW-EARTH-053 are exploiting old but unpatched Microsoft Exchange and IIS vulnerabilities to run a stealthy, multi-stage espionage campaign across Asian governments, critical infrastructure, and one NATO member state. The group primarily targets government entities and critical infrastructure in South, East, and Southeast Asia, with additional activity against at least one…
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Staats-Hacker nutzen Schwachstellen in Windows und ConnectWise
CISA fügt aktiv ausgenutzte Windows- und ConnectWise-Lücken dem KEV-Katalog hinzu. APT28 und Storm-1175 nutzen diese für Spionage und Ransomware. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/windows-staats-hacker-schwachstellen
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Claude Security Enters Public Beta for Enterprise Customers
Anthropic has officially launched the public beta of Claude Security, an advanced vulnerability detection and remediation tool now available to Claude Enterprise customers. Powered by the highly capable Claude Opus 4.7 model, this platform shifts application security testing from basic pattern matching to deep, contextual analysis. As AI accelerates the timeline between discovering and exploiting…
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Bank regulator sounds warning over cybersecurity threat posed by AI models
Tags: access, ai, api, attack, banking, cloud, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, defense, finance, flaw, germany, government, penetration-testing, service, supply-chain, technology, threat, vulnerabilityAccessing Mythos: It’s barely three weeks since Anthropic made Claude Mythos public on April 7 and it’s hard to recall a development that’s caused as much cybersecurity alarm in such a short space of time.Earlier this week, Michael Theurer, the chief supervisor of Bundesbank, Germany’s financial regulator, echoed APRA’s concern, telling Reuters that European banks…
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Bridging the gap: How to integrate Claude Security into the Tenable One Exposure Management Platform
Tags: ai, api, attack, business, cloud, data, flaw, governance, intelligence, risk, tool, update, vulnerabilityBridge the gap between AI-driven vulnerability discovery and prioritized remediation. Learn how to integrate Claude Security’s deep-logic analysis into Tenable One to unify your attack surface, eliminate noise, and focus on the risks that matter most. Key takeaways As frontier AI models like Claude accelerate the pace of vulnerability discovery, security programs must shift their…
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Anthropic Launches Claude Security: 5 Things To Know
Anthropic announced Thursday it’s moving Claude Security, formerly known as Claude Code Security, into public beta to enable rapid AI-powered vulnerability discovery and remediation. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/anthropic-launches-claude-security-5-things-to-know
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Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431): Frequently asked questions about Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability
Tags: access, ai, attack, browser, cisa, cloud, container, crypto, cve, cybersecurity, data, exploit, flaw, infrastructure, kev, linux, mitigation, ransomware, risk, tool, update, vulnerabilityA flaw in the Linux kernel present since 2017 allows a local user to gain root access on virtually every major Linux distribution. A public exploit is available and reported to work reliably. Key Takeaways CVE-2026-31431 is a high severity local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel reportedly affecting virtually every major distribution released…
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Linux Kernel Flaw ‘Copy Fail’ Exposes Widespread Privilege Escalation Risk
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability is exposing a pathway for unprivileged users to gain full admin control on a wide range of systems. The flaw, identified as CVE-2026-31431 and dubbed Copy Fail, affects nearly all major Linux distros released over the past eight years. The issue stems from a logic error in the kernel’s..…
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Linux ‘Copy Fail’ Flaw Delivers Root-Level Access to Distros
AI-Assisted Offensive Security Researcher Discovered Flaw After 1 Hour of Scanning. Patch all Linux kernels issued from 2017 onwards to fix a serious vulnerability in the kernel’s cryptography API that can be easily exploited by a local, unprivileged user to gain root-level access. The major flaw is the latest to be found by an AI-assisted…
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cPanel zero-day exploited for months before patch release (CVE-2026-41940)
A critical authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-41940) in cPanel, a popular web-based control panel for managing web hosting accounts, is being exploited by attackers … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/30/cpanel-zero-day-vulnerability-cve-2026-41940-exploited/
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New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros
An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root permissions. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-copy-fail-flaw-gives-hackers-root-on-major-distros/
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New Linux ‘Copy Fail’ flaw gives hackers root on major distros
An exploit has been published for a local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed “Copy Fail” that impacts Linux kernels released since 2017, allowing an unprivileged local attacker to gain root permissions. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-copy-fail-flaw-gives-hackers-root-on-major-distros/
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‘The AI Vulnerability Storm” – 250 CISOs veröffentlichen AI-Strategie-Briefing
First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/ai-schwachstellen-stunden-ciso-plan-csa-sans-a-db07c3da7f4d7cdf35951cfbbf52d283/
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Benchmarking AI Pentesting Tools: A Practical Comparison
We benchmarked 4 AI pentesting tools: Escape, Shannon, Strix, PentAGI, and Claude against a modern vulnerable application. Learn more about their detection rates, false positive rates, and scanning speed. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/benchmarking-ai-pentesting-tools-a-practical-comparison/
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Benchmarking AI Pentesting Tools: A Practical Comparison
We benchmarked 4 AI pentesting tools: Escape, Shannon, Strix, PentAGI, and Claude against a modern vulnerable application. Learn more about their detection rates, false positive rates, and scanning speed. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/04/benchmarking-ai-pentesting-tools-a-practical-comparison/
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Nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw enables reliable local privilege escalation (CVE-2026-31431)
Security researchers at Theori have disclosed a high-severity local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431) in the Linux kernel. The flaw, nicknamed … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/04/30/copyfail-linux-lpe-vulnerability-cve-2026-31431/
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Critical cPanel and WHM bug exploited as a zero-day, PoC now available
The critical CVE-2026-41940 authentication bypass vulnerability in cPanel, WHM, and WP Squared is being actively exploited in the wild and has been leveraged in attempts since late February. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-cpanel-and-whm-bug-exploited-as-a-zero-day-poc-now-available/
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Bug of the year (so far): Nasty cPanel vulnerability probably exploited as a 0-day
Emergency patches out now for those managing the millions of domains assumed to be affected First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/cpanel_whn_cves/
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Bug of the year (so far): Nasty cPanel vulnerability probably exploited as a 0-day
Emergency patches out now for those managing the millions of domains assumed to be affected First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/cpanel_whn_cves/
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PoC Disclosed for Critical Root ASUSTOR ADM RCE Flaw
A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-6644, has been uncovered in ASUSTOR’s ADM (ASUSTOR Data Master) operating system. Specifically, the flaw exists within the PPTP VPN Client feature. Carrying a CVSS v4.0 score of 9.4, this OS command injection vulnerability allows an authenticated administrator to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. ASUSTOR has since addressed the…
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Everyone’s building AI agents. Almost nobody’s ready for what they do to identity.
Anthropic recently announced that it would not release Mythos, its most powerful AI model, to the public. The model discovered thousands of previously unknown software vulnerabilities, flaws that had sat undetected in major operating systems and web browsers for as long as nearly three decades. Anthropic said the model was too dangerous to deploy […]…
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Bug of the year (so far)? Nasty cPanel vulnerability probably exploited as a 0-day
Emergency patches out now for those managing the millions of domains assumed to be affected First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/04/30/cpanel_whn_cves/
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Attackers Exploit cPanel Authentication Bypass 0-Day After PoC Release
A critical zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-41940, is currently being actively exploited across the web hosting industry. This CVSS 9.8 flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass cPanel and WHM login mechanisms, granting them full administrative control over servers. The vulnerability stems from a Carriage Return Line Feed (CRLF) injection flaw within the application’s session…