TL;DR A Linux kernel CPU timer flaw lets a local user reach root. Tracked as CVE-2026-64560, it scores 7.0 on CVSS. Researchers confirmed a root shell on a Pixel 10 Pro. The full details and proof…

TL;DR SonicWall disclosed critical flaws in its GMS and Email Security products on August 11, 2026. The most severe is a SonicWall GMS vulnerability, CVE-2026-66147, scoring CVSS 9.4. It allows un…

TL;DR Cisco disclosed a Cisco ASA and FTD VPN vulnerability on August 11, 2026. Tracked as CVE-2026-20349 (CVSS 8.6), it lets an unauthenticated attacker crash the firewall remotely. Cisco confirm…

Apple capped how many security reports a researcher can file. The cap is a symptom. The real change is that discovery stopped being the…

30-second version: Apple’s Private Cloud Compute (PCC) runs the heavy-lifting for Apple Intelligence. Its first userspace process…

Testing a Banking API Against the OWASP API Security Top 10

A plain-language tour of the ten ways your app most likely gets owned — and the small code changes that stop them.

In Part 1, we secured the database. In Part 2, we secured the session. But there is a hard truth in cybersecurity: No matter how strong…

How I Used a SIM-less Xiaomi to Ride a Robotaxi in Vegas During DEF CON

TL;DR Google shipped a new Chrome security update on the Stable channel. It fixes five high-severity use-after-free flaws across V8, Blink, HTML, TabStrip, and Extensions. No exploitation in the w…

What happened at a glance Actor or group Lazarus (DPRK-linked), per Check Point Research Activity type Spear-phishing, trojanized software, zero-day exploitation Targets Defense, aerospace, and av…

TL;DR Microsoft August 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 421 vulnerabilities, with 62 rated critical. One flaw, CVE-2026-68820, is already exploited in the wild. Microsoft also patched two other zero-days …

TL;DR Zoom released four security bulletins on August 11, 2026. Two of the flaws allow remote code execution against meeting participants. Each Zoom security vulnerability now has a fix, so users …

A command injection that fires before any sandbox exists, a V8 isolate that protects the wrong half of your module, and an XSS in the OAuth…

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SQL Injection Is Still the #1 Threat in 2026

TL;DR A researcher has published a public PoC called ShieldBreak. It bypasses Microsoft’s July patch for the RoguePlanet Windows Defender flaw, CVE-2026-50656. The exploit escalates a standa…

Tags: Cybersecurity, Bug Bounty, Hacking, Web Development, IDOR

In cybersecurity, red teaming and vulnerability research are often treated as two different skill sets.

There’s no shortage of options for building an API in 2026. Node.js, Go, FastAPI, Kotlin, Rust — all of these show up in production, all of…

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