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CISA Adds Apple CVE-2024-27834 to KEV: The Pointer Authentication Bypass in APT29’s iPhone Exploit Chain
CISA has added Apple CVE-2024-27834, a WebKit Pointer Authentication bypass fixed in May 2024, to its KEV catalog on the same day Sekoia tied it to APT29 watering-hole attacks. What the…
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Siemens SIMATIC IoT2050 Node-RED Flaw CVE-2026-58115 Now Covers Four Models: Update to V4.3.4-1
Siemens widened SSA-834709 to four SIMATIC IoT2050 models. CVE-2026-58115 (CVSS 10.0) leaves Node-RED open to unauthenticated…
Android CVE-2026-58868, Chrome 157 and the XCPE Botnet: November Patches for Phones and Browsers
Google’s November Android bulletin fixes Critical Framework RCE CVE-2026-58868 among 200-plus flaws, Chrome 157 ships 213…
Barracuda CVE-2026-116606 and CVE-2026-111560: From Admin Interface to Root, and the Patch for Each Product
Two Barracuda flaws chain to root on Email Security Gateway and five other products. How the chain works, the severity dispute,…
Rails Active Storage CVE-2026-122006 (GHSA-f3w6-w445-fwh9): Upgrade to 8.1.4.1, Then Rotate Your Secrets
A Critical Active Storage flaw, CVE-2026-122006, lets a crafted upload write and read server files in Rails apps that use…
AI Developer Platform Breaches: Chainstack, Northflank, Trigger.dev, WorkOS and the Keys You Need to Rotate
At least a dozen developer and AI platforms disclosed breaches in a month, many aimed at customers’ stored AI and cloud keys.…
Crafty Falcon: CERT-In Warns of AI-Assisted Attacks on India’s Lenders, Fintechs and Payment Firms
CERT-In’s Critical advisory CIAD-2026-0058 names Crafty Falcon, an AI-assisted actor attacking Indian NBFCs, fintechs, payment…
The Cold Chain Is Now a Target: OpenSSH Exploited, WordPress KEV Deadline & Zyxel: MAG212 CYBER Daily, 6 November 2026
US agencies warn that attackers are altering freezer setpoints in critical cold storage, OpenSSH’s Alpine password bypass is already exploited, the WordPress core KEV deadline is today, and Zyxel GS1900 switches need Patch 3.
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