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The Adobe Acrobat extension for Chrome could be used to access conversations and data rendered in WhatsApp Web without any form of authentication. [...]

New York, United States, 22nd July 2026, CyberNewswire

A high-severity security flaw impacting open-source developer platform Windmill has come under active exploitation in the wild, per VulnCheck. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-29059 (CVSS score: 7.5), a case of unauthenticated path traversal impacting Windmill's "get_log_file" endpoint ("/api/w/{workspace}/jobs_u/get_log_file/{filename}"). "The filename parameter is concatenated into

p CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its a href= https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog /a , based on evidence of active exploitation. nbsp; /p ul li a href= https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-16232 target= _blank CVE-2026-16232 /a Check Point SmartConsole Improper Authentication Vulnerability /li li a href= https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-50522 target= _blank CVE-2026-50522 /a Microsoft SharePoint Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability /li /ul p These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risks to the federal enterprise. /p p a href= https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-26-04-implementation-guidance-prioritizing-security-updates-based-risk Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04: Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk /a establishes vulnerability management requirements for Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies. BOD 26-04 reinforces the importance of the KEV Catalog and requires federal agencies to prioritize rapid remediation of high-risk vulnerabilities, specifically those identified by Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) listed in CISA’s KEV Catalog on publicly exposed assets that grant total control of the asset post-exploitation, while deferring action for lower-risk vulnerabilities. BOD 26-04 further establishes basic expectations for when agencies must check whether threat actors compromised the system before the patch was applied. /p p While BOD 26-04 applies only to FCEB agencies, CISA encourages all organizations to adopt risk-based vulnerability management and prioritize remediation of a href= https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog KEV Catalog vulnerabilities /a . CISA will continue to add vulnerabilities to the catalog that meet the a href= https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog/reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities specified criteria /a . /p p Aware of an exploited vulnerability not currently listed in the KEV Catalog? Submit it for potential addition through CISA’s a href= https://cisasurvey.gov1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1Zwu52kgK2OYf3w target= _blank KEV Nomination Form /a . Potential KEV additions must have a CVE ID, evidence of exploitation, and clear mitigation guidance. nbsp; /p

Security leaders who build fast, visible paths to AI adoption are becoming the most valued partners in their organizations. AI governance done right gives security teams the visibility they need, employees the tools they want, and CISOs the strategic influence they have earned. According to McKinsey's State of AI report, 76 percent of employees now use AI in some capacity at work, up from 55

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday ordered U.S. government agencies to prioritize patching an actively exploited vulnerability in the Langflow visual framework for building AI agents. [...]

Hugging Face recently disclosed a security breach. OpenAI has now said that it was its AI models which broke containment and hacked Hugging Face themselves

The cycle is over. For years, cybersecurity followed a familiar pattern: defenses improved, attackers adapted, and the back-and-forth continued. Today, AI-equipped attackers are simply outpacing defenses. Most intrusions now bypass endpoint and malware-based detection entirely. The CrowdStrike Global Threat Report estimates around 79% of attacks are malware-free, as threat actors rely on

A vulnerability in snap-confine lets an unprivileged user gain root access on affected Ubuntu Desktop systems. Install the latest snapd update to fix the issue.

Cloud storage costs tend to creep up over time, since most services charge monthly or annually for as long as you use them. FileJump's Lifetime Plan skips that model entirely, offering 2TB of cloud storage for a single payment of $59 (MSRP $467). [...]

Harrowing story of an identity theft victim. Yes, the person made a mistake—they gave the scammer a two-factor authentication code that allowed the scammer to take over their email address. But the real story here is how, for many of us, the security of most of our accounts hangs on the security of our email accounts.

New Ubuntu snap-confine race condition lets local users escalate to root on default installs

Microsoft has reminded customers that it will stop shipping security updates for Exchange 2016 and 2019 through the Extended Security Update (ESU) program in October. [...]

CodeMender actively builds and runs exploits in customer-managed sandboxes to verify if vulnerabilities are truly exploitable

Glow is targeting a new class of endpoint risks created by the rapid adoption of AI agents and developer tools inside enterprises.

American fast food restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is notifying customers of a data breach after their accounts were hacked in a wave of recent credential stuffing attacks. [...]

German and US law enforcement have taken down the core infrastructure of Kratos, described by German investigators as one of the world's most widely used criminal phishing kits, and Indonesian authorities arrested the man they say developed and ran it. In a joint announcement on Monday, the Frankfurt public prosecutor's cybercrime unit (ZIT) and Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA)

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a NuGet typosquat that's unlike the typical information-stealing malware distributed via package registries: usual info-stealers: it's designed to rig live game results on Digitain. The package, named "Newtonsoftt.Json.Net," masquerades as the Newtonsoft.Json library and is a trojanized fork. Seven versions of the package have been published to the

Bangalore, India, 22nd July 2026, CyberNewswire

OpenAI says its AI models, including GPT‑5.6 Sol and a pre-release model, hacked into the Hugging Face artificial intelligence repository while being tested in a sandboxed testing environment. [...]