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OpenAI’s “A Thousand Fewer Paths to Root”: AI Agents Built 1,169 Linux Kernel Root Exploits
OpenAI says an unreleased cyber model ran an agent pipeline over the Linux kernel and produced 1,169 working local privilege escalation exploits, mapped to 948 proposed patches, for about…
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ChatGPT Lockdown Mode Bypass: How Check Point Escaped the HTML Preview Sandbox to Exfiltrate Chats
Check Point Research found that ChatGPT’s HTML preview sandbox let popups escape, bypassing Lockdown Mode’s exfiltration…
Bank Phishing Kit Fakes Its Own Takedown: KELA Tracks 248 Live Domains Impersonating 189 US Banks
KELA tracked a bank-phishing network with 248 live domains impersonating 189 US financial institutions. Repeat visitors see a…
DreamHost File Manager Breach: FTP, Webmail Credentials and Inboxes Exposed in Months-Long Intrusion
An attacker exploited third-party software behind DreamHost’s web File Manager from mid-August to 23 October 2026, harvesting…
Apache OFBiz 24.09.08 Fixes 46 CVEs, Including Pre-Auth RCE and Authentication Bypasses: What to Patch and Rotate
Apache OFBiz announced 46 CVEs on 4 November 2026, all fixed in 24.09.08. The full list by type, what the published CVE records…
CVE-2026-123158 (“sshole”): OpenSSH Password Bypass on musl Linux Hits Alpine; Fixed Versions and Workaround
CVE-2026-123158, nicknamed “sshole”, lets an oversized password log in to passwordless accounts on OpenSSH servers built with…
Cold Chain Under Attack: CISA and FBI Warn After Refrigeration Controller Hacks Hit Supermarkets and Blood Banks
On November 5, 2026, CISA, the FBI, HHS, USDA and DOT warned that attackers are compromising exposed refrigeration and…
SonicWall VPN Flaw Now Exploited, Chainalysis Breach Widens & Agent Secrets Leak: MAG212 CYBER Daily, 7 November 2026
SonicWall’s SSL-VPN authentication flaw CVE-2026-19868 is exploited and in CISA KEV, Chainalysis says all users’ credentials and live tokens were exposed, and coding-agent approval files are leaking secrets. Technical edition with deep dives on SonicWall, SSHole and WordPress.
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