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New Windows SignDrop zero-day gives hackers SYSTEM privileges bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
New Windows SignDrop zero-day gives hackers SYSTEM privileges

New Windows SignDrop zero-day gives hackers SYSTEM privileges

Security researcher Abdelhamid Naceri (also known as Nightmare Eclipse) has released a new Windows zero-day exploit that can let attackers gain SYSTEM privileges.

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🔐 The same tools IT teams use to patch and secure thousands of endpoints can become powerful weapons when attackers take control. 🔍 @Action1corp explains how to prevent attackers from hijacking endpoint operations. ➡️ bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… #cybersecurity #sponsored
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Police dismantles Gootloader, CastleRAT, StealC malware infrastructure bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Police dismantles Gootloader, CastleRAT, StealC malware infrastructure

Police dismantles Gootloader, CastleRAT, StealC malware infrastructure

Europol and law enforcement partners from nine countries have seized hundreds of servers and domains used by the Gootloader, CastleRAT, and StealC malware operations.

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Apify rotates API tokens, prompts 2FA resets after breach bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Apify rotates API tokens, prompts 2FA resets after breach

Apify rotates API tokens, prompts 2FA resets after breach

Apify has rotated critical internal secrets and revoked some third-party OAuth connections after detecting unauthorized access to its internal systems.

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Microsoft: Recent Windows updates cause SQL Server performance issues bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi… bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi…
Microsoft: Recent Windows updates cause SQL Server performance issues

Microsoft: Recent Windows updates cause SQL Server performance issues

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows updates released since the October 2026 Patch Tuesday are causing SQL Server performance and stability issues.

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Microsoft confirms Windows security updates installation issues bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi… bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi…
Microsoft confirms Windows security updates installation issues

Microsoft confirms Windows security updates installation issues

Microsoft has confirmed reports that the November 2026 security updates are failing to install on Windows 11 systems with the October preview update.

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Hackers plant GSocket on Linux servers for persistent access bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Hackers plant GSocket on Linux servers for persistent access

Hackers plant GSocket on Linux servers for persistent access

Multiple threat actors are abusing GSocket, a legitimate open-source remote access tool, to maintain access to Linux servers even after patching the vulnerabilities exploited to gain initial access.

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Baker Tilly notifies clients of data breach at third-party provider bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Baker Tilly notifies clients of data breach at third-party provider

Baker Tilly notifies clients of data breach at third-party provider

The Baker Tilly Advisory Group is notifying clients that a data breach has compromised certain personal information about them and their dependents.

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🚨 Hackers are breaching MSPs through compromised ScreenConnect panels, deploying rogue remote access tools to customer devices. @HuntressLabs reports 6 compromised MSPs and 286 affected endpoints across 47 organizations, with the numbers rising. Attackers can also reportedly pivot from infected endpoints back to MSP technicians' workstations, stealing browser sessions and authentication tokens to access additional ScreenConnect panels. ConnectWise told BleepingComputer it is investigating and warns technicians not to open interactive sessions with suspected compromised devices. 💡Details here: bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Active ScreenConnect attacks breach MSPs, impact dozens of organizations

Active ScreenConnect attacks breach MSPs, impact dozens of organizations

ConnectWise is investigating an active malware campaign targeting managed service providers (MSPs) that uses compromised ScreenConnect environments to deploy rogue remote-access clients to customer...

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eMudhra revokes 8 more CA certificates after private key mishap bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
eMudhra revokes 8 more CA certificates after private key mishap

eMudhra revokes 8 more CA certificates after private key mishap

Certificate authority eMudhra has revoked eight additional intermediate CA certificates after an investigation into its recent certificate security incident found improper handling of private keys...

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Notion says Fireworks breach exposed customer AI chat transcripts bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Notion says Fireworks breach exposed customer AI chat transcripts

Notion says Fireworks breach exposed customer AI chat transcripts

Notion, the digital workspace platform, disclosed that a security breach at its AI infrastructure provider, Fireworks AI, exposed Notion AI chat transcripts in a small number of workspaces.

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Maersk confirms data breach as WhiteArmor ransomware demands $5 million bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Maersk confirms data breach as WhiteArmor ransomware demands $5 million

Maersk confirms data breach as WhiteArmor ransomware demands $5 million

Maersk announced that a threat actor gained unauthorized access to a local legacy system inherited through an earlier acquisition and extracted data from it.

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Hackers use AntiFox AI agents in AWS credential-theft attacks bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
Hackers use AntiFox AI agents in AWS credential-theft attacks

Hackers use AntiFox AI agents in AWS credential-theft attacks

Attackers are using Alibaba Cloud to host self-managed instances of AntiFox, an open-source agentic penetration testing platform, to target web services and AWS environments.

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🚨 Hackers are sharing eBPF rootkit code and tutorials on underground forums, including techniques for hiding Linux processes and activating backdoors with crafted packets. 🔍 @flaresystems examines this emerging threat. ➡️ bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… #cybersecurity #sponsored
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N-able released hotfixes to address zero-day bugs affecting its N-central remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform, which were publicly disclosed over the weekend and forced it to take vulnerable hosted environments offline. bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
N-able releases security hotfixes for zero-day vulnerabilities

N-able releases security hotfixes for zero-day vulnerabilities

N-able released hotfixes to address zero-day bugs affecting its N-central remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform, which were publicly disclosed over the weekend and forced it to take...

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Microsoft fixes audio issues caused by September security updates bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi… bleepingcomputer.com/news/mi…
Microsoft fixes audio issues caused by September security updates

Microsoft fixes audio issues caused by September security updates

Microsoft says the November 2026 cumulative updates resolve USB audio issues plaguing Windows users who have installed security updates released since September.

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CISA flags Cisco BroadWorks flaw as actively exploited in attacks bleepingcomputer.com/news/se… bleepingcomputer.com/news/se…
CISA flags Cisco BroadWorks flaw as actively exploited in attacks

CISA flags Cisco BroadWorks flaw as actively exploited in attacks

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warned on Tuesday that hackers are now exploiting a high-severity Cisco BroadWorks vulnerability in attacks.

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