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Supply Chain

Grafana Investigating Token Compromise and Extortion Attempt

An “unauthorized party” obtained a token with access to the Grafana Labs GitHub environment and downloaded Grafana’s codebase.

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 2 min
Intrusions

Ongoing Supply Chain Attack Expands to PyPi

Researchers have linked the compromise to the “Mini Shai-Hulud” campaign, which has been ongoing for several weeks and is associated with TeamPCP.

Dennis Fisher · 3 min
Vulnerabilities

Ivanti Warns of Exploited EPMM Flaw CVE-2026-6973

The vulnerability (CVE-2026-6973) exists in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) is being exploited by threat actors.

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 2 min
Supply Chain

New Dirty Frag Linux Bug Emerges

The vulnerability class is a potent new iteration of kernel bugs that corrupt the page cache of read-only files and is a follow-on to the recently disclosed Copy Fail Linux LPE bug.

Dennis Fisher · 3 min
Vulnerabilities

Palo Alto CVE-2026-0300 Actively Exploited

PAN released an advisory about the vulnerability on Tuesday and said it will release a patch in an upcoming version of PAN-OS.

Dennis Fisher · 1 min
Policy

Karakurt Ransomware Negotiator Sentenced to 8 Years Prison

Deniss Zolotarjovs, 35, of Moscow, Russia, was a member of a ransomware group called Karakurt, which was led by the former operators of Conti.

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 3 min
Vulnerabilities

Serious Apache Web Server Bug Patched

The vulnerability (CVE-2026-23918) only affects version 2.4.66 and the Apache Software Foundation has released a fix for the bug in version 2.4.67.

Dennis Fisher · 1 min
AI

A Copy Fail FAQ

The latest branded bug is a slick, portable LPE in many Linux kernels going back to 2017.

Dennis Fisher · 3 min
Vulnerabilities

Researchers Warn of Critical cPanel Flaw CVE-2026-41940

cPanel published a terse advisory saying that there was an issue with “session loading and saving” and that it affects every version of the software.

Dennis Fisher · 2 min
Vulnerabilities

Windows CVE-2026-32202 Exploited in the Wild

The current exploits are targeting CVE-2026-32202, a bug in the Windows Shell that allows an attacker to gain access to some sensitive data on the target network.

Dennis Fisher · 2 min
Vulnerabilities

Stealthy Deep#Door Stealer Targets Windows Machines, Credentials

Deep#Door stealer is being used in intrusions targeting Windows machines, using an obfuscated deployment chain.

Dennis Fisher · 3 min
Policy

Alleged Silk Typhoon Hacker Extradited to US

The hacker was allegedly involved in Hafnium campaigns that targeted Exchange server flaws and in attacks against COVID-19 research institutions.

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 2 min
Policy

Firestarter Malware Sparks Updated CISA Emergency Directive

CISA is warning of a persistent backdoor called Firestarter that’s being used in attacks against Cisco Firepower and Secure Firewall products.

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 4 min
Supply Chain

Attackers Target Checkmarx KICS Ecosystem

Yet another supply chain attack has hit the open source ecosystem, this time impacting the Checkmarx KICS Docker Hub repository.

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 3 min
Intrusions

Cisco CVE-2026-20133 Targeted in Active Attacks

The three newly added bugs are CVE-2026-20122, CVE-2026-20128, and CVE-2026-20133, the last of which had not been identified in active attacks before.

Dennis Fisher · 2 min
AI

Vercel Says Internal Systems Hit in Breach

The incident came to light on Sunday and the company says it has brought in an incident response provider to investigate the intrusion. Details of the intrusion are scant at this point.

Dennis Fisher · 3 min
Vulnerabilities

New Campaign Targets Mac Users With Novel Malware

The campaign targets high-value individuals and organizations in the cryptocurrency, digital assets, and finance sectors.

Dennis Fisher · 2 min
AI

Myths and Mythos: An AI Vulnerability Research FAQ

It’s still very early days for all of this, and relatively little is known about Claude Mythos’s real capabilities, so we wanted to dig into what actually is known and what it all means.

Dennis Fisher · 6 min
AI

Anthropic’s Claude Mythos is Just the Beginning

Anthropic’s Project Glasswing initiative, announced this week, sent shockwaves across the cybersecurity world.

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 3 min
Policy

US Gov: Iran-Linked Actors Targeting Critical Infrastructure PLCs

The advisory comes amid the ongoing conflict between the U.S. and Iran. CISA said Iran-linked APT campaigns targeting U.S. orgs have recently escalated.

Lindsey O'Donnell-Welch · 2 min

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