CISA Confirms Hackers Exploiting WordPress Core Flaw During Software Upgrades

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw in WordPress Core to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-119977 (CVSS score: 8.1), is a case of Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code

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ESET uncovers Gorbag cyberespionage campaign targeting Ukraine’s administrations, defense sector, transportation hub

New research from ESET identified a previously underreported Russia-aligned threat actor, tracked as Gorbag, conducting targeted cyberespionage operations... The post ESET uncovers Gorbag cyberespionage campaign targeting Ukraine’s administrations, defense sector, transportation hub appeared first on Industrial Cyber.

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Russian Police Arrest 3 Suspected VasyGrek Hackers, Dismantle Criminal Infrastructure

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Google Issues Patches for Critical Android Flaw That Could Allow RCE Without User Interaction

A critical Android flaw could allow an attacker to run code on a phone without any user action remotely, Google said in its November security bulletin. The flaw, CVE-2026-58868, affects Android 14 through 17. Phones get the fix with security patch level 2026-11-01 or later, which phone makers and carriers send on their own schedules. As of November 4, Google's bulletin did not report