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9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Command Execution on Major Distros

9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Command Execution on Major Distros

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that remained undetected for nine years. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46333 (CVSS score: 5.5), is a case of improper privilege management that could permit an unprivileged local user to disclose sensitive files and execute arbitrary commands as rootRead More »9-Year-Old Linux Kernel Flaw Enables Root Command Execution on Major Distros

GitHub Internal Repositories Breached via Malicious Nx Console VS Code Extension

GitHub Internal Repositories Breached via Malicious Nx Console VS Code Extension

GitHub on Wednesday officially confirmed that the breach of its internal repositories was the result of a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned version of the Nx Console Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension.  The development comes as the Nx team revealed that the extension, nrwl.angular-console, wasRead More »GitHub Internal Repositories Breached via Malicious Nx Console VS Code Extension

Highly Critical Drupal Core Flaw Exposes PostgreSQL Sites to RCE Attacks

Highly Critical Drupal Core Flaw Exposes PostgreSQL Sites to RCE Attacks

Drupal has released security updates for a “highly critical” security vulnerability in Drupal Core that could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution, privilege escalation, or information disclosure. The vulnerability, now tracked as CVE-2026-9082, carries a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10.0, per CVE.org. Drupal said theRead More »Highly Critical Drupal Core Flaw Exposes PostgreSQL Sites to RCE Attacks

Microsoft Open-Sources RAMPART and Clarity to Secure AI Agents During Development

Microsoft Open-Sources RAMPART and Clarity to Secure AI Agents During Development

Microsoft has unveiled two new open-source tools called RAMPART and Clarity to assist developers in better testing the security of artificial intelligence (AI) agents. RAMPART, short for Risk Assessment and Measurement Platform for Agentic Red Teaming, functions as a Pytest-native safety and security testing framework for writing and running safetyRead More »Microsoft Open-Sources RAMPART and Clarity to Secure AI Agents During Development

AI-Powered App Attacks Are Faster, More Frequent and Harder to Stop

Digital.ai’s latest threat report warns that agentic AI has erased the distinction between emerging and primary targets, enabling attackers to strike mobile apps within hours of release across every industry. The post AI-Powered App Attacks Are Faster, More Frequent and Harder to Stop appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Microsoft Takes Down Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware Attacks

Microsoft Takes Down Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware Attacks

Microsoft on Tuesday said it disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that weaponized the company’s Artifact Signing system to deliver malicious code and conduct ransomware and other attacks, compromising thousands of machines and networks across the world. The tech giant attributed the activity to a threat actor it calls Fox Tempest,Read More »Microsoft Takes Down Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware Attacks

On AI Security

Good report: Executive Summary: Let’s say you wanted to make sure that your AI is secure. Can you just maximize the security and privacy benchmark and call it a day? Nope, because benchmarks don’t actually work for measuring AI capabilities (even when they are NOT emergent systemic properties like security).Read More »On AI Security

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