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01 · 4 min

mSecure: Password manager advises a full reset and won't say why

mSeven reports "suspicious activity" linked to mSecure and advises changing passwords, re-enrolling 2FA and removing passkeys. It won't say what was affected. Here's what users should do now.

02 · 3 min

WordPress core race condition lands in CISA KEV, and a patch is out

CISA added CVE-2026-119977 to KEV. The WordPress flaw allows unauthenticated code execution during core updates. Fixes shipped October 28 for every branch back to 4.7. Update now and check your logs.

03 · 4 min

Google takes down the XCPE botnet, and says the TV box maker built the backdoor

Google shut down the servers behind XCPE, a botnet of 1.3M+ Android TV boxes, and attributes the backdoor to manufacturer Videostrong. Germany, the US and the UK each count tens of thousands of infected devices.

04 · 4 min

Binance theft: FBI blames North Korea's TraderTraitor

The FBI attributes the theft of more than $6 billion from Binance to North Korea's TraderTraitor. What we know, what has changed since the original post, and what you should do.

05 · 3 min

Chainalysis breach: attacker used 'offensive agentic techniques', customer data exposed

Chainalysis reports an intrusion into internal tools by an attacker using AI agent techniques. Names, emails, user IDs and roles were exposed. What we know and what customers should do now.

06 · 4 min

Synology warns: C3RB3R ransomware is encrypting outdated NAS devices

Attackers are encrypting Synology NAS devices on outdated DSM with C3RB3R ransomware. Synology points to a 2024 flaw, 360 to two from September 2026. Both are patched. Here's what to do now.

07 · 4 min

Android 'SMS of Death': One invisible text can knock out your phone, and Android 12 and 13 stay exposed

CVE-2026-58882: one crafted SMS crashes Android's phone service, even during emergency calls. Exploit code is public. Android 14 to 17 have a fix, while Android 12 and 13 likely won't get one.

08 · 4 min

Polymarket: Compromised Monitoring Script Drains User Accounts

A hijacked DebugBear performance script served malicious code on Polymarket that abused logged-in sessions. Losses: roughly $2.2M to $2.7M. Polymarket says it will reimburse all affected traders.

09 · 4 min

Trezor warns of suspected theft implant in a Safe 5 sold by CryptoBilis

A customer reports an extra board in a Trezor Safe 5 that allegedly sends the recovery phrase over a mobile network. Unconfirmed, but Trezor tells all CryptoBilis buyers since March 2026 to move funds.

10 · 4 min

Binance: $6.3 billion impacted, and it probably started with a laptop

Binance reports an incident affecting about $6.3B in assets, with nearly $3B frozen. Binance says it likely began with a DevOps engineer's laptop. What we know, what's still open, and what you should do.

11 · 4 min

Tampered Claude Code extension plants an SSH backdoor

Version 2.1.313 of the Claude Code extension was tampered with and planted SSH backdoors, mainly hitting Cursor users. Uninstalling isn't enough. Here's what to check now.

12 · 3 min

Drupal Commerce Core: critical authorization flaw under active exploitation

Attackers are already exploiting a flaw in Drupal Commerce Core (CVE-2026-118539), and they don't need to log in. It's fixed in 3.3.13 and 8.x-2.41. Shop owners should update and audit their orders.

13 · 4 min

GitLab: Unauthenticated CVSS 10 Flaw Exploited, and One Patch Isn't Enough

CISA lists GitLab flaw CVE-2026-97229 (CVSS 10.0) as actively exploited. Alpine Linux was targeted, and a second regex bug makes the first October patch insufficient. What self-hosters should do now.

14 · 4 min

Linux kernel: 11-year-old TCP flaw found by Claude: what admins should do now

CVE-2026-98432 in the Linux kernel's IPv4 TCP code: Anthropic's Claude found it and wrote a root exploit. Debian, Oracle and SUSE have patches. Ubuntu and RHEL don't have fixes out yet.

15 · 3 min

WordPress Core: RCE flaw in the update process draws nearly 63,000 attack attempts in 24 hours

A race condition in WordPress core updates allows unauthenticated code execution (4.7 to 7.1.3, CVSS 8.1, no CVE). Wordfence blocked nearly 63,000 attempts in 24 hours. Fix: 7.1.4 plus backports.

16 · 4 min

Rogue AGENTS.md in the Downloads folder tried to make an AI coding agent install malware

A rogue AGENTS.md in a Downloads folder tried to make Codex install a malicious npm package. It was stopped before code ran, but lab tests often succeeded. There is no patch.

17 · 4 min

Gheist: Stolen GitHub Tokens Drain Secrets Through Actions Logs

The Gheist campaign uses stolen GitHub tokens to plant workflows that dump secrets into Actions logs. GitHub now holds such runs in public repos, but private repos and Enterprise Server stay exposed.

18 · 4 min

Node2Shell: Brotli flaw hits Node.js, .NET, Python and Bun, and is now on CISA's exploited list

An out-of-bounds write in Google's Brotli decoder (CVE-2026-111497, CVSS 9.2) affects Node.js, .NET, PowerShell, Python packages and Bun. CISA reports exploitation. Patches are out.

19 · 4 min

PHP2Shell: From Scans to Working Shells

The PHP2Shell flaws are now being exploited successfully, and CISA lists them as actively exploited. Patches have been out since October 21. Unit 42 has retracted its link to an attack on a government agency.

20 · 4 min

BlackX: UEFI bootkit bypasses Secure Boot via the old Baton Drop flaw

The BlackX bootkit got past Secure Boot on fully patched Windows PCs at Central Asian diplomatic bodies, because the needed revocations were never switched on. Kaspersky suspects APT41.

21 · 4 min

Quest Diagnostics: Attacker accessed patient data through the Quanum LSM ordering portal

US lab giant Quest Diagnostics reports unauthorized access to its Quanum Lab Services Manager. Patient data is affected, and there is still no victim count. Here's what is known and what to do.

22 · 4 min

Capcom confirms CAPCOM ID breach: 11.7 million records exposed

Attackers accessed CAPCOM ID: 11,774,247 email addresses with login metadata and IP addresses were exposed, and 196 accounts had their passwords changed. Expect targeted phishing.

23 · 4 min

Collabora CODE Server in Nextcloud: Critical Flaw Under Attack, and Disabling the App Isn't Enough

CVE-2026-110447 (CVSS 9.2) in Nextcloud's built-in Collabora CODE Server is being exploited to plant web shells. A fix exists: 26.4.303 or later. Disabling the app does not protect you.

24 · 4 min

KRAKEN, part 1: sandbox first, AI second

A new open-source tool lets AI take finished programs apart and rewrite them in Rust. Before the AI got near it, I had to build a cage. More got stuck than I expected.

25 · 3 min

KRAKEN, part 2: 100 percent correct, and that's the problem

I had Claude take apart two programs without function names, one of them a real file from Ubuntu. Almost every name was right. Why that doesn't reassure me.

26 · 4 min

KRAKEN, part 3: the blind test, and how my own test cheated

In part 2 Claude matched every function name in known software. Was that understanding or memory? So I wrote a program no one can know. The result, and a mistake in my own experiment.

27 · 4 min

Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator: third exploited zero-day in four months

An SQL injection in on-prem VeloCloud Orchestrator (CVE-2026-114625, CVSS 9.9) is under active attack. A read-only login is enough to gain operator rights. Patches exist for 5.2, 6.1 and 6.4.

28 · 4 min

LiteLLM compromised for the second time this year: infostealer in version 1.107.0

On Oct 21 a poisoned LiteLLM 1.107.0 hit PyPI and Docker. It steals cloud logins, secrets and AI API keys. Safe version: 1.106.2. If you ran 1.107.0, rotate everything and rebuild.

29 · 4 min

Free Models on OpenRouter: Which Ones Work as Agents

Several free OpenRouter models handle tool calls well. With 50 requests a day, though, they're for experimenting, not for real work. And some hosts are allowed to train on your prompts.

30 · 5 min

Black October? What is true and what you can do today

A viral post warns of AI agents attacking the internet. I checked the core claims. Much of it holds up, the tone does not. And this is what actually helps.

31 · 2 min

My server lives in the living room

Blog, cloud, Git and a few websites run on a Mac mini at my place. No open ports on the router, one tunnel to the outside. An overview.

32 · 1 min

The 48 Hours, Episode 1: seven security incidents in two days

48 hours, seven incidents, from PHP to a private key with the value 4. As a 45-second video, built with AI.