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Exploiting Human Logic: The Rise of ‘MFA Fatigue’ and Password Manager Social Engineering

Modern cyber threats are shifting focus from breaking encryption to manipulating user behavior through psychological fatigue. New tactics target the friction between automated security tools and manual user intervention, specifically exploiting the 'MFA fatigue' phenomenon and the warning dialogs of password managers to trick users into authorizing unauthorized access or bypassing domain-matching security protocols. Read more

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Critical Microsoft ASP.NET Core Vulnerability Enables System Privilege Escalation

Microsoft has released urgent security updates for ASP.NET Core to address CVE-2026-40372, a critical elevation of privilege vulnerability. Flaws in cryptographic signature validation allow unauthenticated attackers to forge authentication cookies and gain SYSTEM-level access. The vulnerability primarily impacts non-Windows environments using the Data Protection package, requiring immediate patching of affected container and server deployments. Read more

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CrowdStrike Launches Project QuiltWorks to Counter AI-Driven Vulnerability Discovery

CrowdStrike has established Project QuiltWorks, an industry-wide coalition including OpenAI and IBM, to address the rapid discovery of software vulnerabilities by generative AI. The initiative integrates expert-led red teaming with frontier AI models to help organizations prioritize and remediate risks faster than automated exploitation tools can identify them, moving beyond traditional periodic security scanning. Read more

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CISA Expands KEV Catalog with ScreenConnect Path Traversal and Windows Shell Spoofing Vulnerabilities

CISA has added two critical vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog: a high-severity path traversal flaw in ConnectWise ScreenConnect and a Windows Shell spoofing vulnerability. Both flaws have confirmed active exploitation in the wild, requiring federal agencies and private organizations to prioritize patching to prevent unauthorized remote access and network-based identity spoofing. Read more

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Google Patches Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Android Wireless ADB

Google has addressed a high-severity security flaw (CVE-2026-0073) in the wireless Android Debug Bridge (ADB) functionality. Affecting Android 14 and newer versions, the vulnerability allows nearby attackers to bypass authentication and execute code with shell privileges. Users should ensure their devices are updated to the May 2026 security patch level to mitigate risk. Read more

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Convergence of Human and System Vulnerabilities: Analyzing ‘Copy Fail’ and Recent Japanese Security Breaches

Recent high-profile security incidents involving Hatena and Money Forward, combined with the discovery of the 'Copy Fail' Linux kernel vulnerability (CVE-2026-31431), highlight a dangerous trend where attackers combine social engineering with local system exploits to bypass traditional network defenses. Read more

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Google Identifies First Cases of AI-Driven Zero-Day Exploitation by Threat Actors

Google's Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has reported the first observed instances of hackers using AI to discover zero-day vulnerabilities and generate exploit tools for large-scale attacks. The activity involved several notorious hacking groups collaborating to bypass two-factor authentication (2FA) in open-source network management tools. Read more

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Taiwan CERT warns of critical pre-auth RCE flaw in EHG2408 industrial switch firmware (CVE-2026-3823)

TWCERT/CC published a TVN advisory for a critical stack-based buffer overflow in ShangShang Technology’s EHG2408 series Ethernet switches. The flaw (CVE-2026-3823, CVSS 9.8) is reachable over the network without authentication and could allow remote attackers to hijack execution flow and run arbitrary code. Affected users are advised to upgrade to firmware v3.36 or later. Read more