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CVE-2026-65775: Microsoft Patches win32kfull UAF Discovered at Pwn2Own
Microsoft fixed CVE-2026-65775, a Use-After-Free in the Windows win32kfull driver discovered by Kentaro Kawane at Pwn2Own. The flaw en…

Google Mandiant Unveils AVDH Architecture: AI Agents vs. Vulnerabilities
Google's Threat Intelligence Group has disclosed the Agentic Vulnerability Discovery Harness (AVDH), a multi-agent system built on lar…

Amazon Smart Plug: OTA Certificate Bypass Allows Malicious Firmware
The ZDI-26-558 vulnerability in the Amazon Smart Plug's Over-The-Air update process lets a network-adjacent attacker bypass TLS certif…

HollowGraph: APT Malware Turns M365 Calendars into Covert C2 Channel
HollowGraph exploits the Microsoft Graph API to transform compromised account calendars into bidirectional command-and-control channel…

Windows ShieldBreak Zero-Day: Researcher Publishes Exploit Targeting Defender
Nightmare Eclipse released ShieldBreak, a zero-day exploit that weaponizes Windows Defender for local privilege escalation. The exploi…

Microsoft Corrects Course: CVE-2026-69836 Was CVSS 10, But Not Exploited
Microsoft reclassified CVE-2026-69836, a critical Entra ID flaw, retracting its initial claim of active exploitation. The episode rais…

CVE-2024-9042: SYSTEM-Level RCE on Kubernetes Windows Nodes via a Single curl Request
A vulnerability in Kubernetes' Log Query feature enables remote code execution with SYSTEM privileges on every Windows node in a clust…

SynkLoader: The 'Kitchen Sink' Malware Attacking via Microsoft Teams
Expel researchers have uncovered SynkLoader, a modular, multi-language malware family that uses Microsoft Teams phishing to breach cor…

SharePoint On-Prem Under Attack: Rapid7 PoC Weaponized Within 24 Hours
Threat actors are actively exploiting CVE-2026-55040 on Microsoft SharePoint on-premises servers using Rapid7's proof-of-concept code.…

Apple Patches Decade-Old iOS Zero-Day: dyld Exposed to Commercial Spyware
Apple has fixed CVE-2026-20700, a vulnerability in dyld present for over a decade and exploited in targeted attacks. The exploit chain…

Passkey Bypass: Three Attacks Demolish Phishing-Resistant Authentication
Three independent studies published in August 2026 demonstrate post-compromise attack chains that bypass passkey-based phishing-resist…

Rubrik Zero Labs Unveils RPE: From Word Document to Shell on Copilot
Remote Prompt Execution turns prompt injection into full enterprise identity compromise on Microsoft 365 Copilot. The five-stage chain…