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Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Patches Record 1,413 Flaws, Including Exploited Windows Shell Bug

Microsoft on Tuesday shattered its own Patch Tuesday record by shipping patches for a whopping 1,413 vulnerabilities, including one that it said has come under active exploitation. These include 1,102 flaws in Windows, 134 in Office, 61 in Developer Tools, 36 in SharePoint Server, and 22 in SQL Ser

1 min read 3 views Oct 14
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The Blind Spots of Agentic Pentesting and How to Close Them

AI-powered penetration testing can uncover complex attack paths, but safety restrictions and network limitations leave many assets and vulnerabilities untested. Picus Security explains how combining agentic pentesting with exposure validation and breach simulation can help close these gaps.

8 min read 1 views Oct 14
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CISA warns admins to immediately fix Ivanti flaw exploited as zero-day

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged security teams to immediately patch an Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) flaw exploited in zero-day attacks since at least October 1st.

1 min read 2 views Oct 14
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OpenAI Employee Arrested for Allegedly Planting Hidden Recorder in Executive Conference Room

A Saudi National and employee of OpenAI has been arrested for allegedly planting a hidden recording device in an executive conference room at the company's San Francisco offices to covertly record sensitive conversations. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, has been charged with using or endeavoring to use an

1 min read 2 views Oct 14
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Citrix, Fortinet, Ivanti Patch 29 Vulnerabilities Across Their Products

Critical-severity flaws could lead to authentication bypass, code execution, and sensitive authentication information leaks.

1 min read 2 views Oct 14
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Microsoft Patches Record 1,413 Vulnerabilities, Including Exploited Windows Zero-Day

The most important is CVE-2026-96951, a security feature bypass flaw in Windows that has been exploited in the wild.

1 min read 2 views Oct 14
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SAP Patches Critical NetWeaver, S/4HANA Vulnerabilities

The bugs could allow attackers to invoke internal operations and execute code, completely compromising the system.

1 min read 2 views Oct 14
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Shifting AI Doomsday Predictions Reportedly Worry Banking Regulators

Top financial regulators, including the Federal Reserve, are worried about American banks’ use of artificial intelligence, according to a new, anonymously-sourced report published by Reuters on Monda

1 min read 1 views Oct 13
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Microsoft Patches More Than 1,400 Security Flaws

Microsoft today issued updates to fix more than 1,400 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. Today’s epic patch batch dwarfs September’s record of nearly 1,000 fixes, which was already about ten times the normal monthly patch load from Redmond. Jus

3 min read 3 views Oct 13
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Attacker Chains Three Ivanti Connect Secure Zero-Days for Root Access, Only Two Patched So Far

An attacker chained three zero-day flaws in Ivanti Connect Secure, a VPN appliance, to run commands as root without logging in, security firm Volexity said on October 13. Ivanti has released fixes for two of the flaws and told customers on affected versions to "act immediately." A fix for

1 min read 3 views Oct 13
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Zero-Days Lurk in Microsoft's Overgrown October Patch Tuesday

The scary surprises for the largest security update ever include security bypasses and unauthenticated RCEs.

1 min read 3 views Oct 13
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OpenAI reportedly in talks to acquire security firm Trail of Bits

If realized, the acquisition could deepen OpenAI's cybersecurity focus, potentially impacting Trail of Bits' independence and open-source collaboration.

1 min read Oct 13

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