A security research firm reported Monday that it had identified breaches of 42 third-party GitHub repositories in which attackers had deployed payload blobs large enough “to evade the GitHub search and API paths normally used to find this kind of compromise.” The report from JFrog Security Research said the victimized repositories contained execution hooks for AI coding assistants and IDEs, along with polymorphic wra…
Skynet is no longer a fictional adversary. Attackers have built an offensive agent that exploits unprotected AI models on the web with a ‘Skynet’ directive that allows them to run unattended for up to 100,000 steps. In this mode, a reference to the humanity-destroying artificial neural network-based superintelligence system in the Terminator film franchise, the agent can kick off tools, scan for and infect targets, d…
On October 21, 2026, Node.js announced the availability of fixes for multiple vulnerabilities across the following supported release lines: 22.x, 24.x, and 26.x. These vulnerabilities impact critical operations such as the Brotli decoder, DNS resolution, and TLS certificate validation. The vulnerabilities pose risks for remote code execution and traffic interception. For more information, see Node.js Security Release…
On October 21, 2026, Node.js announced the availability of fixes for multiple vulnerabilities across the following supported release lines: 22.x, 24.x, and 26.x. These vulnerabilities impact critical operations such as the Brotli decoder, DNS resolution, and TLS certificate validation. The vulnerabilities pose risks for remote code execution and traffic interception. For more information, see Node.js Security Release…
Open-source maintainers are so overwhelmed by AI-generated security reports that some have stopped accepting them. OpenAI’s Daybreak lead says the fix is higher-quality findings and far more coordination. The post Before you file that AI bug report, OpenAI has some advice appeared first on CyberScoop.
Open-source maintainers are so overwhelmed by AI-generated security reports that some have stopped accepting them. OpenAI’s Daybreak lead says the fix is higher-quality findings and far more coordination. The post Before you file that AI bug report, OpenAI has some advice appeared first on CyberScoop.
On October 21, the PHP Foundation announced the availability of a Critical PHP Security release addressing two critical vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-109618 - RCE via OOM corruption CVE-2026-109619 - RCE via stale global state For information about these vulnerabilities, see the advisories GHSA-w8hw-w9fx-j79w and GHSA-6wmf-4rv5-p3rp. These vulnerabilities are being referenced as PHP2shell. For information about Splunk pr…
Australia’s cyber agency warns AI will drive more disruptive attacks, helping hackers find vulnerabilities faster and exploit them at greater scale. Australia’s top cyber spy has a blunt message: expect more disruption to everyday services. Abigail Bradshaw, director-general of the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), says that with each jump in AI capability, more disruption is […]
Between October 17 and October 20, 2026, a critical security compromise involving Certificate Authorities that are managed by eMudhra was uncovered. A security researcher demonstrated that the private keys for eight eMudhra intermediate certificates were fundamentally broken due to an unprecedented error in their Key Generation Ceremony (KGC) in April 2025. This allows anyone to brute-force acquire these private keys…
A vulnerability in Brotli, Google’s widely used open-source compression library, is putting a broad range of software at risk. About CVE-2026-111497 Alternatively known as “Node2Shell”, “Broccoli2Shell” and “Brotli2Shell”, CVE-2026-111497 is a remotely exploitable out-of-bounds write flaw that gained widespread attention after Node.js publicly disclosed it on October 21, 2026. “An attacker who can supply Brotli data…
On September 25, 2026, Mandiant released a report regarding continued mass exploitation of CVE-2026-35273 by the ShinyHunters group. TrendAI’s Zero Day Initiative first reported this CVE to Oracle on June 10, 2026, following an investigation I conducted with Minh Giang and Lucas Miller of TrendAI Research. Although Oracle issued a patch under a single CVE, we reported three distinct vulnerabilities across multiple Pe…
Ali Mashally discovered that authd did not properly validate user identities when matching accounts from identity providers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access to another user's local account and files, resulting in unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Tailscale is preparing a patch for Tailscale SSH flaws whose details went public over the weekend, before any fixes had been released. The post Tailscale Rushes Patches After Uncoordinated Disclosure of ‘Tailworm’ Flaws appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Executive Summary: A high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-111497) was disclosed affecting Node.js across all supported release lines (22.x, 24.x, 26.x), allowing attackers to achieve remote code execution via malformed Brotli-compressed data processed by node:zlib or fetch(). Due to the potential for crashes, memory disclosure, and code execution in cloud workloads, immediate patching is required. About CVE-2026-111…
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, engineering teams for Cisco Emergency Responder, Cisco Prime Collaboration Deployment, Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), and Cisco Unity Connection have conducted…
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, the Cisco Expressway Series software engineering team has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities were found during internal testing and are not known to be actively exploited. To assist cu…
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
Improper restriction of rendered ui layers or frames in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
Apple on Monday backported fixes for a high-severity security flaw that was exploited in real-world cyber attacks to older devices. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-86950 (CVSS score: 8.8), is an out-of-bounds write affecting CoreGraphics that could result in arbitrary code execution when processing a maliciously crafted file. Patches for the flaw were released last month by Apple in
Eight max-severity security defects could lead to remote code execution and authentication bypass. The post HPE Patches Dozens of Critical Flaws in Networking Products appeared first on SecurityWeek.
