Public Open vSwitch Exploit Gives Local Linux Users Root Access
OVSwrap exploits a 16-bit nested-action limit in the Linux kernel, leaving defenders to verify both the running fix and the earlier exposure window.
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Microsoft Defender Isolated a QNET Workstation in 128 Seconds
A Microsoft case study traces mshta execution to one isolated QNET host and shows which workstations qualify for the preview action.
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SCTPhantom Exposes Linux SCTP to Remote Attack and Local Root
A remote SCTP peer can trigger the kernel flaw, while Tencent separately demonstrated local privilege escalation and container escape. Defenders need both reachability and running-kernel checks.
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Cisco Fixes Seven IOS XE Flaws With No Workarounds
Cisco's August IOS XE hardening release fixes seven vulnerability classes across five reviewed trains, and only an upgrade closes the exposure.
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Flooding Dropper Used 846 npm Components as Cross-Platform Loaders
An automated npm campaign uses hundreds of disposable packages to launch detached native malware, with DNS TXT records as a fallback delivery channel.
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Remus Malware Stores Command Server Addresses in Ethereum Contracts
Remus uses an Ethereum smart contract to resolve changing command infrastructure before stealing browser sessions, credentials, and wallet data.
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Windows Hello Keys Let Signed-In Code Create Persistent Entra Access
Code in a signed-in Windows session can invoke a TPM-backed Windows Hello for Business key, authenticate without a device identity claim, and create a path to durable Entra access.
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BINDCLOAK Duplicates Windows Tokens to Run Modules as Another User
BINDCLOAK collects Windows user and process tokens, duplicates them, and starts modular malware components inside more privileged security contexts.
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Researchers Forge WSUS Updates Through Standalone Microsoft SQL Server
SpecterOps shows how relayed WSUS machine-account access can forge targeted updates and bypass payload signature checks when SUSDB runs on a separate SQL Server.
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CISA Sets August 7 Deadline for Three Exploited Enterprise Flaws
Langflow, N-central, and Tomcat flaws entered CISA's exploited catalog. One gives unauthenticated callers Python execution by default.
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18 npm Packages Hid a RAT Across a Benign-Looking Dependency Chain
A targeted npm cluster split its downloader across ordinary-looking modules, then escaped Node.js vm isolation to install a cross-platform RAT on developer systems using Alibaba tools.
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BTMOB Is No Longer One Android Malware Service
Flare found that BTMOB's official operation now sits among resellers, source-code buyers, private servers, and offers of uncertain authenticity, weakening infrastructure-only detection.
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DOUBLECUP Hides a ClickFix Payload in the Browser Cache
The service preloads a payload-bearing PNG, copies a browser-specific command, and keys the final in-memory stage to the victim's public IP address.
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