TL;DR The Apache Software Foundation fixed 38 Apache Traffic Server vulnerabilities. The patches landed in versions 9.2.15 and 10.1.4. The flaws range from request smuggling and access-control byp…

TL;DR Researchers at Calif.io published full technical details and working proof-of-concept exploit code for CVE-2026-50343, tracked as Dark Elevator. The Windows privilege escalation bug, rated C…

TL;DR A new Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-53264, lets a local user run arbitrary code and escalate to root. The flaw sits in the net/sched packet scheduler and comes from a use-a…

Las Vegas, Nevada, 4th August 2026, CyberNewswire

The Most Useful Payloads Every Pentester Should Know

The Unthinkable Happened

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File uploads may seem simple, but they’re one of the most common attack vectors in modern web and mobile applications. A single insecure…

A walkthrough of how one WhatsApp message about an “unpaid traffic challan” led to a full phishing and malware investigation, from…

The Dark Web Is Not Unknowable

ThreatWatch360 uncovers a network of fraudulent crypto websites using lookalike domains to impersonate legitimate platforms, steal investor…

This research project was born after reading many news articles about supply chain attacks and highly used packages being compromised to…

From reconnaissance and port scanning to privilege escalation and lateral movement — a realistic look at what happens after initial access.

Last time in The Server Is a Servant, I got an XML parser to fetch things on my behalf, and it ended on a single change: swap file:// for…

XXE (XML External Entity injection) and SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) look like separate bugs, and they’re usually taught that way…

A walkthrough of a multi-stage Node.js/Express box: NoSQL auth bypass → SSTI → SSH pivot → Node Inspector RCE → disk-group privesc.

Plot of the room is really instructive — somebody accidentally commited sensitive data despite of strong rules of the company.

The Hacker Holidays 2026 event by TryHackMe is a 14-day cybersecurity challenge where a new room is released every day. Each room focuses…

Platform: TryHackMe Room: Crack the Cage of Sage Category: Crypto / Forensics Difficulty: Medium Points: 100

In the first article, we explored why rate limiting is one of the most important security controls protecting modern applications. Now…