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Critical VMware vCenter Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs

Security Week - Thu, 08/13/2026 - 5:06am

Tracked as CVE-2026–59310, the directory traversal bug allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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Nightmare Eclipse Drops Windows Zero-Day Exploit ‘ShieldBreak’

Security Week - Thu, 08/13/2026 - 4:38am

Dropped on Patch Tuesday, the exploit allows any user to spawn a shell with System privileges.

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SharePoint Vulnerability Exploited Shortly After PoC Release

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 10:47am

The vulnerability was patched by Microsoft in July and CISA warned that it could end up being exploited in the wild.

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Mindgard Raises $30 Million to Protect AI Systems

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 9:24am

The cybersecurity startup will use the fresh investment to scale its product, engineering, sales, and marketing teams.

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WhatsApp Unveils New Scam Alert Feature

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 9:00am

Signal has also made a security announcement: an automatic key verification feature to complement its safety number system.

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Stealthy ‘City-Forum’ Attacks Target Salesforce and ServiceNow With Custom Toolset

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 9:00am

Researchers observed the novel campaign exploiting unauthenticated guest access to quietly enumerate and exfiltrate exposed data from both platforms.

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Ceva Logistics Operations Disrupted by Cyberattack

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 7:37am

Affecting European contract logistics operations at eight Ceva warehouses, the incident caused shipment delays for multiple customers.

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Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Intel, AMD Fix Over 80 Vulnerabilities Combined

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 6:55am

Intel has informed customers about several high-severity vulnerabilities that can lead to privilege escalation and even code execution.

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Over 2,500 Organizations Impacted by LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 5:55am

LiteLLM was compromised through the Trivy hack and abused to distribute information-stealing malware to its users.

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Fresh Windows Zero-Day Exploited in North Korean Cyberattacks

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 4:45am

The bug allowed attackers to gain full control of the victims’ systems and deploy the ForestTiger backdoor.

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Ivanti EPM Update Patches Remotely Exploitable Flaws

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 4:14am

The vulnerabilities could be exploited to leak credentials for external SQL connections or crash an agent service.

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ICS Patch Tuesday: Vulnerabilities Fixed by Siemens, Schneider, Phoenix Contact

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 3:51am

CISA has also published several advisories describing vulnerabilities in ICS and other OT products.

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SonicWall Patches Critical Vulnerabilities in Discontinued GMS Platform

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 3:31am

The security defects could allow unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code remotely and read sensitive data.

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Cisco Patches Firewall Zero-Day Exploited for DoS Attacks

Security Week - Wed, 08/12/2026 - 1:10am

CVE-2026-20349 can be exploited remotely without authentication against Secure Firewall ASA and FTD devices.

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August 2026 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 421 CVEs, One Exploited Zero-Day

Security Week - Tue, 08/11/2026 - 2:46pm

A use-after-free in the afd.sys Windows kernel-mode driver has been exploited to gain SYSTEM privileges.

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Adobe Urges Immediate Patching of Critical ColdFusion, Campaign Classic Flaws

Security Week - Tue, 08/11/2026 - 12:50pm

The security defects could be exploited for arbitrary code execution and denial-of-service.

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Zoom Patches Zero-Click Code Execution Vulnerability

Security Week - Tue, 08/11/2026 - 11:49am

Impacting Zoom annotation, the bug could be exploited by a meeting participant to execute code on another participant’s machine.

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The AI Governance Gap Is a Leadership Problem: Waiting Won’t Close It

Security Week - Tue, 08/11/2026 - 11:00am

Organizations are rushing to implement AI without fully grasping where its legal protections begin and end.

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SAP Patches Critical Code Injection, Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

Security Week - Tue, 08/11/2026 - 10:14am

SAP released 28 new and two updated security notes, including four notes dealing with critical-severity bugs.

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US Water Systems Get Cyber Boost From New Senate Bill and ‘Water Watch Center’

Security Week - Tue, 08/11/2026 - 10:03am

The Water Watch Center launched at DEF CON aims to help under-resourced utilities protect their systems against hackers.

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