Hakai Security Research Team disclosed CVE-2026-25769, an RCE flaw from insecure deserialization (CWE-502) in the cluster protocol of Wazuh up to version 4.14.1. A compromised worker node can run arbitrary commands on the master node. The researchers reported it through the GitHub Security Advisory program, and the Wazuh team acknowledged…
A Cisco blog post by Renato Morais compares past landmark threats with the emerging risk from autonomous AI agents, then presents Cisco's agentic security reference architecture. It recounts the ILOVEYOU worm (2000), a social-engineering email worm, and WannaCry (2017), a ransomware worm using EternalBlue against unpatched Windows systems…
Microsoft's October 2026 Patch Tuesday is a record release of roughly 1,415 new CVEs, the first four-digit volume ever, larger than any previous full year of Microsoft patches. Only one flaw is under active attack: CVE-2026-96951, a Windows Shell security feature bypass that evades Mark of the Web (MotW) protections. Two others are public…
Unit 42 investigated a months-long intrusion against a European bank, which began with unauthorized VPN-based access through a third-party-managed external gateway appliance that did not enforce strict authentication. Using compromised credentials, the attacker ran noisy, high-volume internal reconnaissance and brute-force campaigns again…
Kaspersky GERT reports that the NightEagle APT (also tracked as APT-Q-95), active since at least 2023 and previously focused on Asia, is now attacking businesses in Russia. The attackers usually gain access through compromised valid credentials on corporate VPNs, connecting from Russian IPs tied to Cloudflare WARP tunnels and from Europea…