A new White House memo signed by U.S. President Donald Trump instructs the National Coordination Center (NCC) to establish a program that would allow private security companies to apply for approval to hack foreign cybercrime organizations. […]
WordPress 7.0.4 Patches Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Attackers with Author-level user or higher permissions could exploit the flaw via malicious Postscript files.
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WhatsApp rolls out new feature that flags potential scam messages
WhatsApp has begun rolling out a new optional “Scam Alert” feature, which uses a local machine learning model to warn users when scammers are targeting them. […]
Venture Firm Team8 Secures Additional $365 Million
The Israeli company has nearly $2 billion in total assets under management since 2014.
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Fortinet Patches Authentication Flaws in FortiWeb and FortiManager
The vulnerabilities could allow attackers to log in with random usernames and passwords or impersonate any FortiGate appliance.
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White House Mobilizes Security Firms for Operations Against Foreign Cybercrime Gangs
Contracts may require a $1 million bond, which will be forfeited if a company fails to comply with operational requirements.
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Critical VMware vCenter Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs
Tracked as CVE-2026–59310, the directory traversal bug allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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Nightmare Eclipse Drops Windows Zero-Day Exploit ‘ShieldBreak’
Dropped on Patch Tuesday, the exploit allows any user to spawn a shell with System privileges.
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Attackers Exploit SharePoint Authentication Bypass After Public PoC Release
Threat actors have begun to exploit a newly disclosed Microsoft SharePoint vulnerability following the release of a proof-of-concept (PoC) code.
The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-55040 (CVSS score: 9.1), which refers to a critical security feature bypass that stems from weak authentication. It was patched by Microsoft as part of its July 2026 Patch Tuesday updates.
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“City-Forum” data-theft attacks target Salesforce, ServiceNow portals
An ongoing data theft campaign uses custom tools to steal data exposed to anonymous users through Salesforce Experience Cloud and ServiceNow customer portals. […]