Windows Netlogon Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

What is the Vulnerability? A critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-41089, affecting the Windows Netlogon service is now being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability was patched by Microsoft during the May 2026 Patch Tuesday release and was recently highlighted by the Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB) after observing active exploitation attempts targeting unpatched systems. Netlogon is…

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

What is the Vulnerability? Cisco has disclosed a critical security vulnerability, CVE-2026-20245, affecting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and confirmed that it is being actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability resides in the platform’s command-line interface (CLI) and allows an authenticated attacker with netadmin privileges to execute arbitrary commands as root on the underlying operating…

One-Character Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Local Root Access, Exploits Now Public

Security researchers have published a detailed, working exploit for a Linux kernel use-after-free that lets an unprivileged local user escalate to root and break out of a container. The flaw, CVE-2026-23111, sits in the kernel’s nf_tables packet-filtering code and was patched upstream on February 5, 2026. Exodus Intelligence released its full technical walkthrough on June…

Meta Blocks NSO Group’s New WhatsApp Phishing Attack, Files Contempt Order

Meta on Monday said it detected and blocked spear-phishing attempts linked to Israeli spyware vendor NSO Group. In addition, the tech giant said it’s filing a federal court contempt order against the company for violating a permanent injunction that barred it from targeting WhatsApp and its users. “They tried to trick people into clicking on…

Critical Check Point VPN Flaw Exploited to Bypass Passwords in IKEv1 Setups

Check Point has warned of active exploitation of a critical vulnerability impacting Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access deployments that are configured to use the deprecated IKEv1 key exchange protocol. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50751 (CVSS score: 9.3), is a case of a logic flow weakness in certificate validation that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker…

⚡ Weekly Recap: Instagram Account Hacks, Android Zero-Day, GitHub Worm and More

Monday again. The weekend was meant to be quiet. It wasn’t. Last week had poisoned packages, a broken AI helper, and a worm tearing through repos. The ugly part: basic tricks still worked. A chatbot got fooled. A bot token got leaked inside the malware. The same old mistakes showed up again. And while everyone…