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Attackers Exploit WordPress CVE-2026-87902 Within Hours of Disclosure - The Hacker News

Technology September 25, 2026

Threat actors have begun to actively exploit a critical security flaw in WordPress within hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-87902 (CVSS score: 9.2), which could aοΏ½...

Chinese Hackers Exploit Chrome-Windows Zero-Day Chain to Deploy CLEANGULP Malware - thehackernews.com

Technology September 24, 2026

A Chinese threat actor codenamed UTA0565 has been observed exploiting the recently disclosed Google Chrome-Microsoft Windows exploit chain as zero-days through fake websites. The attacks, detected oοΏ½...

Google Patches Pixel Modem Flaw Amid Signs of Limited Targeted Exploitation - The Hacker News

Technology September 17, 2026

Google has disclosed that a high-severity security flaw in its Pixel Cellular Modem has come under exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-58704 (CVSS score: 8.0), is a privοΏ½...

GitLab CVSS 10 File-Read Flaw Draws In-the-Wild Probes After Disclosure - The Hacker News

Technology September 13, 2026

GitLab has released patches to address multiple flaws, including a maximum-severity security vulnerability that has witnessed in-the-wild probes within hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability οΏ½...

GitLab CVSS 10 File-Read Flaw Draws In-the-Wild Probes After Disclosure - thehackernews.com

Technology September 13, 2026

GitLab has released patches to address multiple flaws, including a maximum-severity security vulnerability that has witnessed in-the-wild probes within hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability οΏ½...

Four Spy Groups Used the Same Chrome and Windows Exploit Kit Within a Week - The Hacker News

Technology September 11, 2026

Multiple espionage-motivated threat activity clusters have been found deploying a previously undocumented exploit kit called BlueMoon that chains together multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft WindowοΏ½...

Fake IT Calls Target Executives in Microsoft 365 Data Theft and Extortion Attacks - The Hacker News

Technology September 8, 2026

Threat hunters have disclosed details of a widespread data theft and extortion threat cluster that's targeting Microsoft 365 and other software-as-a-service (SaaS) offerings through information technοΏ½...

Thousands of OpenAI Agents Quietly Turned an Abandoned Wiki Into Their Coordination Channel - The Hacker News

Business September 6, 2026

A group of AI safety researchers says a fleet of autonomous agents that identified themselves as OpenAI systems left about 18,000 posts on a dormant 25-year-old German wiki between May and July 2026,οΏ½...

Google Releases Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited V8 Zero-Day - The Hacker News

Technology September 5, 2026

Google on Thursday released security updates to patch 12 vulnerabilities, including one that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8504οΏ½...

19 Chrome and Edge Extensions Found With Wallet-Stealing and Crypto-Draining Code - The Hacker News

Technology August 30, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a cluster of 18 Google Chrome and one Microsoft Edge extensions that were published over the last six months and harbored wallet secret stealing and cryptocuοΏ½...