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New Fragnesia Linux Kernel LPE Grants Root Access via Page Cache Corruption

New Fragnesia Linux Kernel LPE Grants Root Access via Page Cache Corruption

Ravie LakshmananMay 14, 2026Vulnerability / Linux Details have emerged about a new variant of the recent Dirty Frag Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain root access, making it the… 

18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Enables Unauthenticated RCE

18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Enables Unauthenticated RCE

Ravie LakshmananMay 14, 2026Vulnerability / Web Server Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, including a critical flaw that remained undetected for 18 years. The vulnerability, discovered by depthfirst,… 

Microsoft’s MDASH AI System Finds 16 Windows Flaws Fixed in Patch Tuesday

Microsoft’s MDASH AI System Finds 16 Windows Flaws Fixed in Patch Tuesday

Ravie LakshmananMay 13, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence Microsoft has unveiled a new multi-model artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system called MDASH to facilitate vulnerability discovery and remediation at scale, adding that it’s being tested by some customers… 

[Webinar] Why Your AppSec Tools Miss the “Lethal Path” (and How to Fix It)

[Webinar] Why Your AppSec Tools Miss the “Lethal Path” (and How to Fix It)

The Hacker NewsMay 13, 2026AppSec / Webinar TL;DR: Stop chasing thousands of “toast” alerts. Join experts from Wiz and Okta/GitLab to learn how hackers connect tiny flaws to build a “Lethal Chain” to your data—and… 

GemStuffer Abuses 150+ RubyGems to Exfiltrate Scraped U.K. Council Portal Data

GemStuffer Abuses 150+ RubyGems to Exfiltrate Scraped U.K. Council Portal Data

Ravie LakshmananMay 13, 2026Software Supply Chain / Data Exfiltration Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed GemStuffer that has targeted the RubyGems repository with more than 150 gems that use the registry… 

Android Adds Intrusion Logging for Sophisticated Spyware Forensics

Android Adds Intrusion Logging for Sophisticated Spyware Forensics

Google on Tuesday unveiled a new opt-in Android feature called Intrusion Logging for storing forensic logs to better analyze sophisticated spyware attacks. Intrusion Logging, available as part of Advanced Protection Mode, enables “persistent and privacy-preserving… 

New Exim BDAT Vulnerability Exposes GnuTLS Builds to Potential Code Execution

New Exim BDAT Vulnerability Exposes GnuTLS Builds to Potential Code Execution

Ravie LakshmananMay 12, 2026Vulnerability / Email Security Exim has released security updates to address a severe security issue affecting certain configurations that could enable memory corruption and potential code execution. Exim is an open-source Mail…