Friday Squid Blogging: On Squid Egg Sacs
Short essay about squid egg sacs. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation policy.
Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root
A security researcher has released working exploit code for four Linux kernel flaws that each let a local user gain root, the highest level of access on a machine. Kernel maintainers have fixed all four over the past few weeks, so a system running an up-to-date kernel is not affected.Read More »Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root
New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
WordPress today released patches to fix a new set of vulnerabilities in its core software, one of which could allow a crafted web link, opened by a logged-in administrator, to install a theme from the official WordPress.org directory without anyone clicking Install. The security firm pwn.ai, whose researchers reported theRead More »New WordPress Click2Shell Flaw Forces Theme Installs, Can Chain to Code Execution
Transparent Tribe Deploys New Rust Backdoor Using Private GitHub Repositories for C2
The Pakistan-aligned threat group tracked as Transparent Tribe (aka APT36 and Earth Karkaddan) has been attributed to a fresh set of cyber attacks targeting government and defense entities in India and Afghanistan. The attacks, per Zscaler ThreatLabz, involve the use of previously undocumented tools called RUSTYSHADE, RUSTYMOVE, PSNATCH, and BASHNATCH.Read More »Transparent Tribe Deploys New Rust Backdoor Using Private GitHub Repositories for C2
In Other News: Ransomware Developer Sentenced, Plugin4Shell AI Attack, Critical SAP Flaw
Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Mandiant’s 2026 AI risk report, PhantomRaven malware used by bug bounty hunter, WordPress plugin bug exploited. The post In Other News: Ransomware Developer Sentenced, Plugin4Shell AI Attack, Critical SAP Flaw appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Microsoft Patches CVSS 10.0 Azure AI Foundry Flaw Enabling Unauthorized Privilege Escalation
Microsoft has released fixes for a maximum-severity security flaw in Azure AI Foundry that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation. No customer action is required. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-85889, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. “Missing authentication for critical function in Azure AI Foundry allows an unauthorized attackerRead More »Microsoft Patches CVSS 10.0 Azure AI Foundry Flaw Enabling Unauthorized Privilege Escalation
AI-Built Exploit and Sign-In Flaw Opened Path to Internal OpenAI Code
Hacktron researchers earned a bug bounty after demonstrating access to OpenAI employee accounts. The post AI-Built Exploit and Sign-In Flaw Opened Path to Internal OpenAI Code appeared first on SecurityWeek.
23 Million User Records Compromised in Gyazo Data Breach
Gyazo maker Helpfeel said the attacker exploited a vulnerability in its image upload server to gain unauthorized access. The post 23 Million User Records Compromised in Gyazo Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Are AIs Still Struggling with CAPTCHAs?
Anthropic’s recent security-incident document contains a bit about how CAPTCHAs are still frustrating Claude. In the transcript, the Claude model that is so powerful that Anthropic is gatekeeping access to it appeared to slam its virtual head against the wall solving a simple image identification test. In a test whereRead More »Are AIs Still Struggling with CAPTCHAs?
An Abandoned CDN Domain Was Re-Registered. Thousands of Sites Still Call It.
In July 2025, someone registered a domain that used to belong to a content delivery network. The CDN had been wound down years earlier, and the domain it served assets from was allowed to expire. What it had not lost were its callers. Thousands of websites, code repositories, and documentationRead More »An Abandoned CDN Domain Was Re-Registered. Thousands of Sites Still Call It.