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Cybersecurity

CISA Flags Actively Exploited Adobe ColdFusion Path Traversal (CVE-2026-48282)

Adobe ColdFusion administrators woke up to an urgent warning this week: a critical path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2026-48282) is being actively exploited in the wild. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on July 7, 2026, and issued a binding remediation timeline for federal agencies under BOD 26-04 that requires action by July 10, 2026. Because ColdFusion is frequently internet-facing…

Saugata DattaJul 8, 20264 min read273

Cybersecurity

70% of WordPress Sites Running Outdated PHP Versions, Leaving Millions Exposed

A recent analysis of publicly accessible WordPress installations has revealed a startling reality: a large majority of sites are running PHP versions that are no longer supported, creating a widespread and avoidable security risk. While WordPress itself issues regular updates, the underlying server-side language many sites rely on—PHP—has lagged behind in adoption. The result is an ecosystem where millions of sites are exposed to known vulnerabilities, automated scanning, and opportunistic…

Saugata DattaJul 8, 20264 min read288

Cybersecurity

Photo ZIP Campaign Targets Hospitality Industry with Node.js Implant for Persistent Access

Microsoft Threat Intelligence has identified an active, multi-stage intrusion campaign that has targeted organizations in the hospitality and hotel industry since April 2026. Attackers delivered browser-downloaded photo-themed ZIP archives that contained executable shortcut files disguised as images. When opened, these shortcuts kicked off an obfuscated PowerShell chain that fetched a Node.js–based implant, established dual registry persistence, and initiated command-and-control (C2) communications over non-standard ports. Observed post-compromise behaviors include beaconing to…

Saugata DattaJun 26, 20265 min read222

Cybersecurity

Palo Alto GlobalProtect CVE-2026-0257: Active Exploitation and Urgent Steps for Defenders

Palo Alto Networks has warned that a recently patched authentication bypass in PAN-OS GlobalProtect, tracked as CVE-2026-0257, is now being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability allows attackers to bypass authentication controls and establish unauthorized VPN connections when devices are configured with specific authentication override cookie and certificate settings. Organizations running GlobalProtect should treat this as urgent: apply vendor patches, review configurations, and hunt for signs of exploitation immediately.…

Saugata DattaMay 31, 20264 min read220

AI Agents and Frameworks

Project Glasswing and Mythos Preview: What 10,000+ AI-Found Vulnerabilities Mean for Software Security

In the weeks since Anthropic unveiled Project Glasswing and the Mythos Preview model, a startling new reality has emerged: AI can now find critical flaws across the software stack at an unprecedented scale. Early collaborators and independent testers report thousands of high- and critical-severity findings across essential infrastructure and widely used open-source projects. That rapid discovery is a boon for defenders—if we can solve the bottleneck that remains: human triage,…

Saugata DattaMay 23, 20265 min read251

Cybersecurity

cPanel compromise: CVE-2026-41940 and the Filemanager backdoor

A critical cPanel/WebHost Manager flaw tracked as CVE-2026-41940 is being actively exploited to deploy a cross-platform backdoor known as Filemanager. Security researchers tied the activity to a threat actor using the handle Mr_Rot13, and observed rapid, automated scanning and exploitation from thousands of attacker IPs worldwide. The attacks move quickly from an initial authentication bypass to persistent access via injected SSH keys, PHP web shells, credential theft, and eventual deployment…

Saugata DattaMay 12, 20265 min read310

Cybersecurity

Hackers Used AI to Build First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass, Google Warns

Google's threat hunters have flagged a troubling milestone: the first known instance of a zero-day exploit likely discovered and weaponized using an artificial intelligence model. What began as an obscure Python script has been linked to a coordinated effort by cybercriminals to develop a two-factor authentication (2FA) bypass that could be scaled for mass exploitation. The disclosure underscores how AI is reshaping offensive cyber operations and compressing the timeline from…

Saugata DattaMay 12, 20264 min read238

Cybersecurity

Breaking the code: how a multi-stage “code of conduct” phishing campaign led to AiTM token compromise

Phishing has evolved from crude scams to carefully engineered deceptions that mimic trusted internal processes. In mid‑April 2026, Microsoft Defender Research observed a large, multi‑stage campaign that did exactly that: it masqueraded as internal “code of conduct” notifications, used polished templates and legitimate delivery services, and funneled victims through a sequence of CAPTCHA and staging pages that ultimately proxied real authentication flows. The result was an adversary‑in‑the‑middle (AiTM) compromise capable…

Saugata DattaMay 12, 20266 min read287

Cybersecurity

Critical Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaws: What Organizations Need to Know

Microsoft has disclosed and silently remediated three critical information-disclosure vulnerabilities in Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Chat in Microsoft Edge. The flaws—CVE-2026-26129, CVE-2026-26164, and CVE-2026-33111—were published on May 7, 2026, and Microsoft reports that mitigations were deployed on the cloud side so that no customer action or patch installation is required. While that immediate remediation reduces near-term risk, the underlying issues expose a broader tension: AI-powered productivity tools often surface…

Saugata DattaMay 9, 20264 min read277

Cybersecurity

How Mozilla Used Mythos to Find 271 Firefox Vulnerabilities — and What It Means

Mozilla says it used Anthropic’s Mythos model, together with a custom agent harness, to uncover 271 security issues in Firefox over roughly two months. The disclosure, supported by a small set of public Bugzilla reports, highlights a workflow that pairs large language models with deterministic tooling and verification to reduce hallucinations and produce actionable test cases — but it has also reignited debates about hype, disclosure practices, and the shifting…

Saugata DattaMay 8, 20264 min read254

Cybersecurity

Critical Palo Alto Firewall Flaw: CVE-2026-0300 Exploited to Gain Root Access

Palo Alto Networks has disclosed a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in PAN-OS that is already being exploited in the wild. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0300, can allow unauthenticated attackers to run arbitrary code with full root privileges on affected PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls when the User-ID™ Authentication Portal (captive portal) is exposed to untrusted networks. Given the ease of exploitation and the strategic value of perimeter firewalls, organizations should treat…

Saugata DattaMay 6, 20263 min read317

Cloud Computing

Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431): A 4‑Byte Kernel Bug That Lets Attackers Gain Root on Major Linux Distros

Microsoft Defender Security Research recently disclosed CVE-2026-31431—nicknamed “Copy Fail”—a high‑severity local privilege escalation in the Linux kernel’s crypto subsystem that enables an unprivileged user to escalate to root. The vulnerability affects kernels released since 2017 and has broad implications for cloud and container environments because the exploit can corrupt in-memory representations of readable files (including setuid binaries) without changing the on-disk file. Although public proof-of-concept code exists and detected exploitation…

Saugata DattaMay 2, 20265 min read349

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