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CVE-2026-560018.5highlibxfontA heap buffer overflow in BitmapScaleBitmaps in libXfont2 before 2.0.8 due to an overflowing 32bit size could be u96d ago
CVE-2026-560028.5highlibxfontA heap bufferflow in pcfReadFont() due to missing glyph bounds checking in libXfont2 before 2.0.8 allows attackers96d ago
CVE-2026-560038.5highlibxfontA heap buffer overflow due to missing size checking in the property buffer when parsing PCF files in libXfont2 Com96d ago

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Canadian cybersecurity executive arrested in federal extortion case

A Canadian cybersecurity executive was arrested in Pennsylvania on Thursday, facing federal charges of conspiracy to commit extortion. Edward Dubrovsky, 54, a co-founder and former Chief Operating Officer of CYPFER, a firm specializing in ransomware negotiation, is charged with conspiring to threaten the confidentiality of information for extortion and conspiring to commit Hobbs Act extortion,…

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Criminal IP Introduces AITEM as the Next Evolution of Attack Surface Management

AI SPERA, the company behind the cyber threat intelligence platform Criminal IP, has announced AITEM (AI-Powered Threat Exposure Management), an expansion of its Attack Surface Management (ASM) offerings. AITEM aims to move beyond traditional asset discovery to provide a more comprehensive approach to understanding, prioritizing, and responding to security exposures. The platform is scheduled…

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Insider Cyber Extortion Plot Against Industrial Firm Lands Engineer in Prison

A former core infrastructure engineer has been sentenced to prison for an attempted cyber extortion plot against an industrial firm. The engineer reportedly deleted administrative accounts and reset hundreds of user passwords, subsequently demanding a ransom of 20 Bitcoin to prevent further disruption to the company's servers.

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Hackers abuse Google Ads, Bing redirects to push Claude ClickFix attacks

A new malvertising campaign, dubbed "Adception" by security researchers at Push Security, is leveraging Google Ads and Bing redirects to distribute fake Claude installers that deploy "ClickFix" attacks. The campaign was identified after researchers observed malicious Google ads targeting users searching for "claude mac."

ransomware

Japan confirms arrest of Russian Qilin operative, extradition to Germany

Japanese authorities have confirmed the arrest and extradition of a Russian national suspected of involvement with the Qilin ransomware group. The 28-year-old individual, whose identity has not been publicly disclosed, was apprehended in Japan based on an arrest warrant issued by Germany.

vulnerabilitycritical

Unpatched AhsayCBS flaws exploited to deploy webshells, mine crypto

Threat actors are actively exploiting two unpatched vulnerabilities in the AhsayCBS backup management platform to deploy webshells and cryptocurrency miners. The targeted attacks, first observed on October 7, have affected at least five organizations, primarily managed service providers (MSPs) and system integrators.

ransomware

Germany arrests alleged core Qilin ransomware member after extradition

German authorities have arrested a Russian national suspected of being a key member of the Qilin ransomware group. The individual was extradited from Japan earlier this month, following their initial detention in May at a hotel in Osaka.

vulnerabilitycritical

Citrix warns admins to patch new NetScaler RCE flaw immediately

Citrix has issued an urgent advisory to administrators regarding a new critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-107406, affecting its NetScaler ADC networking appliances and NetScaler Gateway secure remote access solutions. The company is urging immediate patching to mitigate the risk of remote code execution (RCE) or denial-of-service (DoS) attacks.

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Thousands of wind and solar park systems sit exposed on the internet across Europe

A recent report by Modat and the Dutch government's cybersecurity center, NCSC-NL, has revealed that 8,547 industrial control systems at wind and solar energy facilities across 35 countries in and around the European Union are directly accessible from the internet. These systems, which should be isolated from public networks, range from basic login portals to turbine control interfaces…

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Lawmakers warn Google could expose Spirit Airlines data in $10 million AI training deal

More than 100 members of Congress have urged Google and Spirit Airlines to halt a proposed $10 million deal that would transfer Spirit's internal data to Google for the purpose of training artificial intelligence models. The lawmakers expressed significant concerns that even with de-identification safeguards, the data could still expose sensitive employee information.

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DOJ, FBI seize Flax Typhoon-linked hacking tools Microscan, FishHub

The U.S. Justice Department and FBI have announced the seizure of two hacking tools, Microscan and FishHub, which are linked to the Chinese government-affiliated group Flax Typhoon and the China-based firm Integrity Technology Group. The seizures, authorized by a court in the Western District of Pennsylvania, aim to disrupt access to these tools by denying hackers their domain names.

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Cisco warns of critical flaws allowing Nexus switch takeover

Cisco has issued a warning regarding five critical vulnerabilities identified in its NX-OS data center network operating system, which could enable attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges on Nexus switches. In scenarios where remote code execution is not achievable, exploitation of these flaws could lead to process crashes and device reloads, resulting in denial-of-service…