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New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets

New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets

DirtyClone is a new Linux kernel privilege escalation in the DirtyFrag family. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough for the flaw on June 25, the first public demonstration for this variant. Tracked as CVE-2026-43503 (CVSS 8.8), it lets a local user corrupt file-backed memory through a cloned network packet and gain root.Read More »New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets

Guardian Agents: The Next Layer of Identity Governance

Guardian Agents: The Next Layer of Identity Governance

AI agents are moving through enterprise environments, inheriting permissions, traversing systems, and executing decisions at machine speed with minimal oversight. The identity infrastructure built to govern human access wasn’t designed for autonomous actors, and the gap between what enterprises are deploying and what their governance programs actually cover is wideningRead More »Guardian Agents: The Next Layer of Identity Governance

Miasma Malware Targets npm Packages and GitHub Actions in Supply Chain Attack

Miasma Malware Targets npm Packages and GitHub Actions in Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged yet another evolution of the supply chain attack linked to the Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades malware family that has compromised a new set of npm packages, even as it has propagated to the Go ecosystem. “The latest activity includes malicious npm releases affecting LeoPlatform andRead More »Miasma Malware Targets npm Packages and GitHub Actions in Supply Chain Attack

One Million Passports Leaked Online

A database of almost a million passports from around the world was leaked online. Note what happened. A high-value credential—a passport—was used in an ancillary low-value authentication system: ID verification for cannabis dispensaries. And it’s the low-value system that got hacked, putting the high-value credential at risk.

$3 Million Reportedly Stolen in Polymarket Hack

The decentralized prediction market said hackers targeted some of its users through a compromise of a third-party vendor. The post $3 Million Reportedly Stolen in Polymarket Hack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Microsoft Warns of Photo ZIP Phishing Campaign Targeting Hotels with Node.js Implant

Microsoft Warns of Photo ZIP Phishing Campaign Targeting Hotels with Node.js Implant

An active phishing campaign has been targeting hotel and other hospitality organizations across Europe and Asia since April 2026, using photo-themed ZIP files to drop a Node.js implant and dig into front-desk machines, Microsoft says. The company has not attributed the activity to a known threat actor, and the operators’ end goalRead More »Microsoft Warns of Photo ZIP Phishing Campaign Targeting Hotels with Node.js Implant

Russia Used Cellebrite on Jailed Activist’s iPhone Months After Sales Cutoff

Russia Used Cellebrite on Jailed Activist’s iPhone Months After Sales Cutoff

Russian authorities used Cellebrite’s UFED forensic tools to break into the iPhone of detained opposition activist Andrey Pivovarov in June 2021, three months after Cellebrite said it would stop selling its tools and services to Russia and Belarus. The finding, published June 25 by the Citizen Lab, rests on two thingsRead More »Russia Used Cellebrite on Jailed Activist’s iPhone Months After Sales Cutoff

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