Security News
·Afternoon Brief
Today's security landscape is marked by several critical vulnerabilities and active exploitation warnings. CISA has added multiple actively exploited flaws to its KEV catalog, including issues in Android, Linux, and a WordPress plugin. Additionally, a new "HTTP/2 Bomb" DoS attack method has been disclosed, capable of crashing major web servers.
- CISA warns of active attacks exploiting Android, Linux bugs — CISA has issued a warning regarding active exploitation of vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and Android operating system. Read more →
- CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog — CISA has added CVE-2026-45247, a Mirasvit Full Page Cache Warmer Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability, to its KEV catalog due to active exploitation. Read more →
- New 'HTTP/2 Bomb' DoS attack crashes web servers in under a minute — A novel denial-of-service (DoS) attack, dubbed "HTTP/2 Bomb," can be launched from a single machine to quickly take down web servers like NGINX, Apache, IIS, Envoy, and Cloudflare. Read more →
- Coding Gaffe Exposes Microsoft 365 Accounts to Widespread Takeover — A disabled security setting in Android versions of Microsoft 365 apps like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel could allow attackers to steal logins and data. Read more →
- One-Click GitHub Dev Attack Lets Attackers Steal Full GitHub OAuth Tokens — A one-click attack via Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) allows attackers to steal a user's GitHub token, potentially granting read and write access to private repositories. Read more →
- Kirki, Burst Statistics WordPress Plugin Flaws in Attackers’ Crosshairs — Threat actors are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in Kirki and Burst Statistics WordPress plugins to elevate privileges and take over websites. Read more →
- Acer working to patch max severity zero-days in Wave 7 routers — Acer is addressing two maximum-severity zero-day vulnerabilities impacting its Wave 7 mesh routers. Read more →
- Unpatched Windows Search URI Vulnerability Lets Attackers Steal NTLMv2 Hashes — An unpatched vulnerability in the Windows search: URI handler could be exploited to disclose a user's NTLMv2 hash to an attacker. Read more →