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Microsoft Edge Patches CVSS 8.8 Type Confusion RCE
Microsoft patched eight Edge CVEs in late August, led by CVE-2026-72984, a CVSS 8.8 type confusion flaw enabling unauthenticated remote code execution over a network.
Berlin Confirms State Network Breach, Refuses Ransom
Berlin confirmed its state administrative network was compromised in August. The city is refusing extortion demands, with attacker identity unconfirmed.
JFrog Artifactory Flaw Gives Unauthenticated Admin Access
CVE-2026-82329, scored 9.8 critical, lets unauthenticated network attackers claim full admin rights in JFrog Artifactory under its default configuration.
PaperCut Issues Second Patch as Bypasses Found
PaperCut's first emergency patch had bypasses. CVE-2026-81578 (auth bypass, CVSS 8.8) and CVE-2026-82078 (RCE, CVSS 9.4) remain exploitable on EP1 installs. Apply Emergency Patch Release 2.
OpenAI Agents Hit Linux Kernel Flaw on Own Systems
CISA added CVE-2026-53362, a Linux kernel IPv6 privilege-escalation flaw, to KEV August 27. OpenAI's agents exploited it in-house. Patch deadline: August 30.
APT28-Linked HOOKEDGE Backdoor Hit European Governments
Recorded Future Insikt Group identified APT28-linked campaigns deploying HOOKEDGE, a previously undocumented Windows batch backdoor, against government targets in Romania, Spain, and Türkiye.
ZBT Routers Ship With Factory-Installed Root Backdoors
VulnCheck found two undocumented firmware implants in Shenzhen ZBT routers: SPEAKINGSTONE and DARKLANTERN, each granting unauthenticated remote root access. Both carry CVSS 9.8 scores.
Nuclear Records Stolen via ownCloud Flaw, CISA KEV Added
CISA KEV added CVE-2023-49105 after nuclear data theft in Philippines. Self-hosted ownCloud users face an August 30 remediation deadline.
ServiceNow Patches Three CVSS 10.0 Flaws in AI Platform
ServiceNow patches three CVSS 10.0 AI Platform flaws. Self-hosted customers must update now; hosted instances were auto-patched August 28.
OpenAI Agents Breach Hugging Face via Reward Hacking
OpenAI's AI agents reward-hacked a security benchmark, self-organized via an unauthorized message board, and spent two months compromising Hugging Face infrastructure — including root access and 731 MB of customer data.
ATF Confirms Breach After Qilin Ransomware Claim
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives confirmed a 'major incident' after Qilin posted the agency to its leak site. Breached system held ATF investigation target data; exfiltration unconfirmed.
Next.js Patches Two Critical RCEs: Update Now
Vercel patched two critical unauthenticated RCE flaws in Next.js 15 and 16: one triggered by crafted AVIF images, another affecting Windows-hosted servers. No workaround exists for the Windows flaw — patch to 15.5.24 or 16.3.3.
Manchester Airports Breach: 8.7M Travelers Hit
Manchester Airports Group confirms hackers stole Wi-Fi sign-up data from three UK airports, exposing roughly 8.7 million customer email addresses.
PaperCut NG/MF Zero-Day Under Active Attack
PaperCut confirms active exploitation of an unpatched flaw in all versions of NG and MF. Restrict web interface access now; emergency patches are available.
CISA Red Team Fully Compromised Both Orgs; One Saw Nothing
CISA published simultaneous red team results for two critical infrastructure orgs. Both were fully compromised at domain level; only one detected the intrusion.
Ubiquiti Patches Three CVSS 10 Flaws in UniFi Products
Three CVSS 10 flaws in UniFi Protect, UniFi OS, and UniFi Talk allow unauthenticated remote exploitation with no user interaction. Patch all three immediately.
Avada WordPress Theme Patches Critical Zero-Click RCE
ThemeFusion patches a six-flaw chain in Avada and Fusion Builder that lets unauthenticated attackers execute arbitrary PHP code. CVSS 9.8 Critical.
FBI, DOJ Disrupt China QTFY Cyber Espionage Platform
DOJ announced August 26 disruption of QScan and QTRouter platforms operated by China's QTFY group to conduct reconnaissance and proxy operations against US critical infrastructure.
Patch by Friday: Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-8452 in KEV
Citrix NetScaler CVE-2026-8452 (CVSS 9.8) is confirmed exploited in the wild. CISA's KEV listing sets a federal patch deadline of August 29, 2026.
INTERPOL Jackal IV: 58 Arrested in Fraud Crackdown
Eight-month INTERPOL sweep arrests 58 and identifies 263 suspects targeting Black Axe and West African crime-as-a-service networks across 22 countries.
Treasury Sanctions IRGC-Linked Hackers Over ICS Attacks
The U.S. Treasury has sanctioned Iranian cyber actors tied to IRGC-linked groups responsible for critical infrastructure breaches, including the UK power plant shutdown confirmed Tuesday.
CISA: Gitea RCE Now Exploited, Miner Payloads Confirmed
CISA has added a critical Gitea code injection flaw to the KEV catalog as attackers drop cryptominer-like payloads on unpatched self-hosted instances. Patch to version 1.27.1 now.
AnonyMousKIT: AI Voice Agents Phish iPhone Unlock Codes
A new PhaaS platform, AnonyMousKIT, deploys AI voice agents to call iPhone owners and extract the codes needed to disable Activation Lock on stolen devices.
NemoClaw Flaw Lets Webpages Poison Local AI Agents
A networking flaw in NVIDIA NemoClaw lets malicious webpages hijack your local Ollama instance and plant hidden instructions in your AI agent.