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Attackers Exploit VMware vCenter Vulnerability to Gain Persistent Remote Access

Attackers Exploit VMware vCenter Vulnerability to Gain Persistent Remote Access

Ravie LakshmananAug 12, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence Threat actors have begun to actively exploit a recently patched critical security flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter, according to new findings from QUIRSO. The vulnerability in question is… 

Malicious LiteLLM Releases Tied to Trivy Hack May Have Exposed 2,100+ Organizations

Malicious LiteLLM Releases Tied to Trivy Hack May Have Exposed 2,100+ Organizations

Two malicious LiteLLM releases sat on PyPI for about 40 minutes in March carrying credential-stealing code capable of harvesting cloud keys, SSH keys, Kubernetes tokens, database passwords, and other secrets from systems that installed them.… 

SAP Commerce Cloud Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code

SAP Commerce Cloud Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code

Ravie LakshmananAug 12, 2026Enterprise Security / Vulnerability SAP has released patches to address a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Commerce Cloud (Data Hub Adapter) that could result in arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability, assigned the CVE… 

ShieldBreak Zero-Day PoC Claims Microsoft Defender Patch Bypass With SYSTEM Access

ShieldBreak Zero-Day PoC Claims Microsoft Defender Patch Bypass With SYSTEM Access

Ravie LakshmananAug 12, 2026Zero-Day / Vulnerability The security researcher going by the name Chaotic Eclipse (aka INFINITE NIGHTMARE, MSNightmare, and Nightmare-Eclipse) has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a new Microsoft zero-day called ShieldBreak. The vulnerability,… 

Cisco ASA and FTD Flaw Exploited in the Wild Can Trigger Remote DoS

Cisco ASA and FTD Flaw Exploited in the Wild Can Trigger Remote DoS

Ravie LakshmananAug 12, 2026Network Security / Vulnerability Cisco has warned that a new vulnerability impacting Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software has been exploited in the wild.… 

Microsoft Patches 398 Flaws Including a Windows Driver Zero-Day Under Active Attack

Microsoft Patches 398 Flaws Including a Windows Driver Zero-Day Under Active Attack

Swati KhandelwalAug 11, 2026Vulnerability / Windows Security Microsoft released its monthly security updates on Tuesday, and one of the flaws it closed is already being used in attacks. The bug sits in a core Windows… 

FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures

FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims’ online accounts to steal their intimate pictures

The FBI is warning that cybercriminals are hacking into the social media accounts of adults and children to steal their intimate explicit images and videos. The perpetrators rely largely on social engineering tactics to target…