Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an unpatched issue that could be exploited to disclose a user’s NTLMv2 hash to the attacker. Like in the case of CVE-2026-33829, which impacted the Windows Snipping Tool’s ms-screensketch: URI handler, the newly flagged issue resides in the search: URI handler, per Huntress. CVE-2026-33829 refers to a spoofing vulnerability…
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Lack of response to critical vulnerability in Gogs is a reminder of the limits of open source projects
A newly discovered and so far unpatched critical vulnerability in the open source Gogs Git service not only demands immediate action from developers to secure their code, it also puts a spotlight on the potential issues in using self-hosted code platforms from small maintainers. The hole is a critical argument injection vulnerability, discovered by a…
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New Gogs zero-day flaw lets hackers get remote code execution
An unpatched zero-day vulnerability in the Gogs self-hosted Git service can allow attackers to gain remote code execution (RCE) on Internet-facing instances. […]
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Microsoft Condemns “Uncoordinated” Zero Day Disclosures
Microsoft warned the disclosure of several unpatched vulnerabilities without notice has put “customers at unnecessary risk”
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Ghost CMS flaw abused to push ClickFix attacks on hundreds of sites
Attackers are exploiting the patched Ghost CMS flaw CVE-2026-26980, compromising over 700 unpatched sites, including universities. Threat actors are actively exploiting a security flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-26980, in Ghost CMS that was fixed months ago in real attacks against unpatched websites. According to Qianxin, the campaign has already affected more than 700 sites, including well-known organizations and…
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AI Raises the Bar on Vulnerability Awareness and Secure-by-Design Software
AI-powered vulnerability scanning leaves no excuse for unpatched bugs as the EU Cyber Resilience Act pushes firms toward secure-by-design software
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Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released
A cybersecurity researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for two unpatched Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities named YellowKey and GreenPlasma, which are a BitLocker bypass and a privilege-escalation flaw. […]
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WannaCry, the ransomware attack that changed the history of cybersecurity
WannaCry showed how unpatched flaws and leaked cyber tools can cripple global systems, reshaping cybersecurity defenses worldwide. In memory of the day the digital world was shaken, but learned to fight back. The WannaCry ransomware attack represents one of the most significant events in recent cybersecurity history, not only for its global scale but also…
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Dirty Frag: A new Linux privilege escalation vulnerability is already in the wild
Dirty Frag: unpatched Linux kernel flaw grants root access on Ubuntu, RHEL and Fedora. A working exploit is already public. Security researchers have disclosed a new unpatched vulnerability in the Linux kernel, code-named Dirty Frag, that allows an unprivileged local user to gain full root access on most major Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, RHEL, Fedora,…
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Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions
Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel. Dubbed Dirty Frag, it has been described as a successor to Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431, CVSS score: 7.8), a recently disclosed LPE flaw impacting the Linux kernel that has since come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability was…
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Palo Alto Networks warns of firewall RCE zero-day exploited in attacks
Palo Alto Networks warned customers today that a critical-severity unpatched vulnerability in the PAN-OS User-ID Authentication Portal is being exploited in attacks. […]
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Over 1,300 SharePoint Servers Still Exposed to Actively Exploited Spoofing Flaw
More than 1,300 internet-exposed Microsoft SharePoint servers remain unpatched against a spoofing flaw previously exploited as a zero-day. “Improper input validation in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network,” said Microsoft in its advisory. SharePoint Servers Still Exposed The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-32201, affects SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016, SharePoint…
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Over 1,300 Microsoft SharePoint servers vulnerable to spoofing attacks
Over 1,300 Microsoft SharePoint servers exposed online remain unpatched against a spoofing vulnerability that was exploited as a zero-day and is still being abused in ongoing attacks. […]
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Attackers target unpatched ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520
A critical RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520, in ShowDoc is being actively exploited, putting unpatched servers at serious risk. A critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520 (CVSS score of 9.4), affecting ShowDoc is under active exploitation in the wild. ShowDoc is an online tool that helps IT teams share documents and improve collaboration…
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Attackers target unpatched ShowDoc servers via CVE-2025-0520
A critical RCE flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520, in ShowDoc is being actively exploited, putting unpatched servers at serious risk. A critical remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-0520 (CVSS score of 9.4), affecting ShowDoc is under active exploitation in the wild. ShowDoc is an online tool that helps IT teams share documents and improve collaboration…
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BlueHammer: Windows zero-day exploit leaked
A buggy but functional proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit for an unpatched Windows local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed BlueHammer has been published on GitHub by someone who goes by the handle Chaotic Eclipse and Nightmare Eclipse. Several security researchers have fixed the bugs in the exploit and made it work on patched Windows 10, 11, and Windows…
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Experts published unpatched Windows zero-day BlueHammer
A researcher leaked the unpatched Windows zero-day “BlueHammer,” letting attackers gain SYSTEM rights; no patch exists yet. A disgruntled researcher released the BlueHammer Windows zero-day, a privilege escalation flaw that allows attackers to gain SYSTEM or admin rights, Bleeping Computer reports. The researcher privately reported the vulnerability to Microsoft but criticized the way the Microsoft’s Security…
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Disgruntled researcher leaks “BlueHammer” Windows zero-day exploit
Exploit code has been released for an unpatched Windows privilege escalation flaw reported privately to Microsoft, allowing attackers to gain SYSTEM or elevated administrator permissions. […]
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Software vulnerabilities push credential abuse aside in cloud intrusions
Cloud intrusions are unfolding on shorter timelines, with attackers leaning more on unpatched software and compromised identities. H2 2025 distribution of initial access vectors exploited in Google Cloud (Source: Google) Google Cloud’s Cloud Threat Horizons Report H1 2026 reflects incident response and intelligence findings from the second half of 2025 and shows how access methods…
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Barracuda: Firewall Exploits Drive 90% of Ransomware Incidents
Ninety percent of ransomware incidents in 2025 reportedly exploited firewalls via unpatched software or a vulnerable account, according to Barracuda Networks’ newly published Barracuda Managed XDR Global Threat Report. Outdated tools and remote access abuse heighten ransomware exposure According to the cybersecurity company, the findings show how attackers exploit legitimate IT tools such as remote…