Dubbed PostGREShell, CVE-2026-6471 turns low-level replication access into code execution, permanent superuser privileges and a persistent database…
Trezor Confirms ShipMonk Data Breach Exposed 67,000 Additional US Customers
Hardware wallet maker Trezor has confirmed that a data breach at logistics partner ShipMonk is substantially larger than first reported, after older U.S.…
Google patches actively exploited Chrome zero-day (CVE-2026-85046)
Google has patched 12 vulnerabilities affecting its popular Chrome browser, among them CVE-2026-85046, which has been exploited in the wild. “Google is…
Plex Urges Users to Update Media Server Immediately to Fix Multiple Security Flaws
Plex has issued an urgent security update for Plex Media Server and Plex Desktop, asking users to install the latest releases as soon as possible. The…
Google Patches 6th Chrome Zero-Day of 2026
Google’s Chrome 152 security update resolves 12 vulnerabilities, including a high-severity type confusion flaw in the V8 engine.
Microsoft Teams Adds QR Code Protection to Block Phishing and Fraud
Microsoft is developing a new security feature for Teams messaging that will obscure QR codes sent by external users. This measure aims to help…
VMware Workstation and Fusion Updates Patch Critical Vulnerability
The flaws could allow attackers with administrative access to a virtual machine to execute code on the host system.
ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years
Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of…
Catch Raises $5 Million for AI Executive Assistant With Guardrails
Catch promises the capabilities of a trusted executive assistant, with built-in controls governing what data and systems it can access.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-04 14h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 11:31Security Vulnerability in a Voting System 11:31MECCHA CHAMELEON Flaw Lets Malicious Custom Maps Achieve Remote Code Execution 11:31Chinese Hackers Use AI Agents in Multi-Country Cyber Campaign 11:02Critical Super Forms WordPress Flaw Actively Exploited…
Security Vulnerability in a Voting System
It’s a vulnerability that allows someone to recover the order of ballots cast, newly exploited with AI tools. Nearly four years since the original…
MECCHA CHAMELEON Flaw Lets Malicious Custom Maps Achieve Remote Code Execution
A recently patched vulnerability in MECCHA CHAMELEON allowed attacker-controlled Steam Workshop maps to write files to arbitrary locations on Windows…
Chinese Hackers Use AI Agents in Multi-Country Cyber Campaign
Hunt.io uncovered a Chinese-speaking campaign using AI agents to automate cyberattacks against Asian government, education and industrial targets. Threat…
Critical Super Forms WordPress Flaw Actively Exploited to Achieve Remote Code Execution
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Super Forms WordPress plugin, allowing them to upload PHP backdoors and gain remote…
ICE Wants to Know Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years
Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of…
AI Coding Agents Are Installing Unknown/Untrusted Code on Corporate Networks
We cannot forget that AI coding agents are not yet trustworthy : Researchers at a stealth startup in Israel scanned 6,214 live domains belonging to…
Plex Urges Users to Update Media Server as Multiple Security Flaws Are Discovered
Plex has urged users to promptly update their Plex Media Server and Plex Desktop software following the release of fixes for several undisclosed security…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-04 13h : 6 posts
6 posts published in the last hour 10:31OpenAI Pledges $1bn to Bring its AI Cybersecurity Tools to Essential Services 10:31Angry Birds: Toy Ghouls’ new toys 10:31Hackers Abuse AI-Era ASCII Smuggling to Hide Phishing Content in Millions of Emails 10:02Over 440,000…
OpenAI Pledges $1bn to Bring its AI Cybersecurity Tools to Essential Services
OpenAI has committed to subsidizing access to Daybreak, helping defenders deploy its AI models in its existing cybersecurity infrastructure
Angry Birds: Toy Ghouls’ new toys
Kaspersky GERT experts have discovered new backdoors used by the Toy Ghouls group. One version of the backdoor uses the HiveMQ MQTT broker as its…
Hackers Abuse AI-Era ASCII Smuggling to Hide Phishing Content in Millions of Emails
Threat actors have repurposed an AI prompt-injection technique known as ASCII smuggling to evade email security controls at massive scale, hiding…
Over 440,000 Exploit Attempts Target Super Forms and Elementor Pro RCE Flaws
Threat actors are exploiting two critical security flaws in WordPress plugins Super Forms and Elementor Pro, according to findings from Wordfence. The…
Free streaming boxes may be routing criminal traffic through your home
Researchers found that apps available on SuperBox devices could add your household connection to a residential proxy network.
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-09-04 12h : 8 posts
8 posts published in the last hour 09:31G7 Urges Fast-Track on Quantum-Safe Cybersecurity Rules 09:31Google fixes the sixth actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026 09:31Chinese-Speaking Hackers Use Claude, Qwen and DeepSeek AI Agents to Attack Government Systems 09:0214 Fake macOS…