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☁️ Smogcloud Find exposed AWS cloud assets that you did not know you had. A comprehensive asset inventory is step one to any capable security program. We made smogcloud to enable security engineers, penetration testers, and AWS administrators to monitor the collective changes that create dynamic...

CVE-2026-16876

An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the WebGUI of Series UNIVERGE IX-R/IX-V. A user could bypass authentication and execute arbitrary CLI commands by tampering with WebGUI messages and sending them to the device via internet...

About Elevation of Privilege - Microsoft SharePoint (CVE-2026-56164) vulnerability.

About Elevation of Privilege - Microsoft SharePoint CVE-2026-56164 vulnerability. The vulnerability was disclosed in the July Microsoft Patch Tuesday release on July 14. The vulnerability, related to missing authentication for a critical function CWE-306, allows an unauthenticated attacker to...

Exposed by Design: A Dynamic Security Assessment of Internet-Facing MCP Servers at Scale

The Model Context Protocol MCP has seen rapid adoption since its November 2024 launch, with over 21,000 server instances detectable on the public internet. We present the first dynamic behavioral security assessment of internet-facing MCP servers, combining passive discovery across eleven data...

Rapid7 MDR Team Discovers New SonicWall SMA1000 Zero Days being Actively Exploited (CVE-2026-15409, CVE-2026-15410)

Overview On July 14, 2026, SonicWall published a security advisory addressing two vulnerabilities affecting SMA1000 Series remote access appliances, including the critical server-side request forgery SSRF vulnerability CVE-2026-15409 CVSS 10.0 and the high-severity code injection vulnerability...

FortiBleed: Credential Reuse, Legacy Hashes, and the Risk of Internet-Exposed FortiGate Devices

Key Takeaways FortiBleed refers to June 2026 public reporting of large-scale credential exposure and abuse targeting internet-reachable FortiGate management and SSL-VPN gateways driven by credential reuse and brute-force, not a single new zero-day. Risk is highest for internet-exposed FortiGate...

StrikeShark: investigating a new campaign delivering Cobalt Strike through SharkLoader

Introduction During our research of activity affecting a diplomatic organization in Indonesia, we uncovered a previously undocumented malware family that we have named SharkLoader. What initially appeared to be an isolated case quickly expanded into a broader campaign as we identified additional...

PT-2026-45904

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the Bluetooth component where the hci adv bcast annoucement function fails to properly validate the size of the combined data when prepending Broadcast Announcement...

CERT-In Recommends 12-Hour Patching for Internet-Facing Flaws Amid AI-Assisted Attacks

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-In has issued new guidelines requiring organizations to patch critical security vulnerabilities in internet-exposed systems within 12 hours of being flagged where "feasible" to safeguard against potential threats stemming from threat actors' abuse ...

Iran-Linked Hackers Disrupt U.S. Critical Infrastructure by Targeting Internet-Exposed PLCs

Iran-affiliated cyber actors are targeting internet-facing operational technology OT devices across critical infrastructures in the U.S., including programmable logic controllers PLCs, cybersecurity and intelligence agencies warned Tuesday. "These attacks have led to diminished PLC functionality,...

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Pre-Auth Chains, Android Rootkits, CloudTrail Evasion & 10 More Stories

The latest ThreatsDay Bulletin is basically a cheat sheet for everything breaking on the internet right now. No corporate fluff or boring lectures here, just a quick and honest look at the messy reality of keeping systems safe this week. Things are moving fast. The list includes researchers...

Negotiating with the Board: Translating Active Risk into Financial Exposure

Security leaders rarely struggle to produce data. The challenge is turning that data into something the board can use to make decisions. Walk into a board meeting with a slide showing 1,200 critical vulnerabilities and 44 internet-facing assets, and you will likely see polite acknowledgment rathe...

The New Era of Application Security: Reasoning-Based Agents, Runtime Reality, and Risk Intelligence

Key Takeaways AI reasoning systems improve vulnerability detection in source code, but do not address the full spectrum of application security risk. Modern application security must account for APIs, runtime environments, and externally exposed assets beyond the source repository. Continuous...

Analysis of active exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk

The Microsoft Defender Research Team observed a multi‑stage intrusion where threat actors exploited internet‑exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk WHD instances to get an initial foothold and then laterally moved towards other high-value assets within the organization. However, we have not yet confirm...

Analysis of active exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk

The Microsoft Defender Research Team observed a multi‑stage intrusion where threat actors exploited internet‑exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk WHD instances to get an initial foothold and then laterally moved towards other high-value assets within the organization. However, we have not yet confirm...

CVE-2025-52694 Execution of arbitrary SQL commands

Successful exploitation of the SQL injection vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands on the vulnerable service when it is exposed to the Internet, potentially affecting data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Users and administrato...

Opportunistic Pro-Russia Hacktivists Attack US and Global Critical Infrastructure

CISA, in partnership with Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency, Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center, and other international partners published a joint cybersecurity advisory, Pro-Russia Hacktivists Create...

Chinese Hackers Murky, Genesis, and Glacial Panda Escalate Cloud and Telecom Espionage

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to malicious activity orchestrated by a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Murky Panda that involves abusing trusted relationships in the cloud to breach enterprise networks. "The adversary has also shown considerable ability to quickly...

Chinese Hackers Murky, Genesis, and Glacial Panda Escalate Cloud and Telecom Espionage

Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to malicious activity orchestrated by a China-nexus cyber espionage group known as Murky Panda that involves abusing trusted relationships in the cloud to breach enterprise networks. "The adversary has also shown considerable ability to quickly...

Windows Remote Desktop Gateway RCE (CVE-2020-0609)

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Remote Desktop Gateway RD Gateway when an unauthenticated attacker connects to the target system using RDP and sends specially crafted requests. This vulnerability is pre-authentication and requires no user interaction. An attacker who...