Month: August 2026

How a silent Linux kernel flaw lets any local user become root — and why your file-integrity monitoring won’t catch it Executive Summary A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, dubbed “DirtyClone” and tracked as CVE-2026-43503, lets a regular, unprivileged local user silently gain full administrative (root) control of a system — without leaving the usual […]

A public proof-of-concept now makes root access trivial on nearly every major Linux distribution Security researchers at Nebula Security’s VEGA team disclosed “GhostLock,” a Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-43499, on July 7, 2026. The flaw has existed in the Linux kernel since 2011 — fifteen years — and affects virtually every major […]

AssuranceAmerica, a non-standard auto insurer based in Atlanta, Georgia, has confirmed a data breach affecting nearly 7 million people. The intrusion began with a single compromised employee credential and gave an attacker access to driver’s license numbers, policy and account data, claims records, and, for a subset of customers, Social Security and Tax ID numbers. […]

Article Summary: Windows 10 reached the end of Microsoft support on October 14, 2025, which means it no longer gets security updates. The computers still work, but any new flaw found in Windows 10 will never be fixed, which makes them easier to attack and can cause problems with compliance and cyber insurance. You have […]

Article Summary: A passkey lets you sign in to an app or website using the same fingerprint, face, or PIN you use to unlock your phone or laptop, with no password to type. It’s built on a security standard called FIDO that can’t be phished, because the passkey only works on the real site and […]

A supply-chain attack hiding inside everyday developer tools — triggered the moment a project folder is opened Executive Summary Security researchers uncovered a software supply chain attack in which attackers hijacked legitimate npm packages and a cluster of Go packages to quietly install a wide-reaching, Python-based information stealer on developer machines running Windows, Linux, or […]

Article Summary: A QR code scam, sometimes called quishing, hides a malicious web link inside a QR code. Because the link is buried in an image instead of written as text, it slips past the email filters that normally catch bad links, and scanning the code usually moves the victim onto a personal phone that […]

A threat actor operating under the handle “888” has listed roughly 35 GB of data allegedly stolen from Accenture, one of the world’s largest IT and professional services firms, for sale on a cybercrime forum. The listing claims to include source code, RSA and SSH keys, and Azure access tokens pulled from an Azure DevOps […]

Article Summary: Email spoofing is when a scammer sends a message that appears to come from your domain, often to trick your clients or staff into paying a fake invoice or changing banking details. Three DNS records (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC) prove that a message really came from you and tell receiving mail servers to […]

Article Summary: If your business is hit by a cyberattack, the first hour matters. Disconnect the affected devices from the network instead of powering them off, call your IT provider by phone, and leave the evidence in place. If money was wired to a scammer, call your bank right away. This post is the step-by-step […]