3+ hour, 18+ min ago  (327+ words) Microsoft has officially acknowledged a critical installation failure affecting its May 2026 Patch Tuesday cumulative update for Windows 11, KB5089549, leaving users stranded with error code 0x800f0922 and, in some cases, additional errors 0x80240069 and 0x80240031. The known issue was formally added to the update's change…...

1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (386+ words) CISA has issued a fresh warning about a newly disclosed Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability that is already being exploited in real-world attacks, raising concerns for organizations relying on on-premises email infrastructure. According to the official advisory, the issue occurs during…...

4+ hour, 13+ min ago  (342+ words) A critical Windows privilege escalation zero-day vulnerability dubbed "Mini Plasma" has emerged with a public proof-of-concept exploit that allows attackers to achieve SYSTEM-level privileges on fully patched Windows systems. Security researcher Nightmare-Eclipse released the weaponized exploit on Git Hub on…...

6+ hour, 29+ min ago  (717+ words) Fast16 malware has been reclassified as a precision tool engineered not to disrupt nuclear warheads directly, but to quietly falsify the outcome of nuclear weapons test simulations and stall weapons development. Rather than causing kinetic damage, Fast16s purpose was psychological and developmental:…...

6+ hour, 59+ min ago  (419+ words) A critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability has been discovered in Anthropic's Claude Code CLI tool, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a victim's machine by tricking them into clicking a specially crafted deeplink. The issue stemmed from eager…...

6+ hour, 8+ min ago  (430+ words) A critical vulnerability in a widely used Word Press plugin has exposed over 200, 000 websites to full account takeover, raising urgent concerns across the security community. Tracked as CVE-2026-8181 with a CVSS score of 9. 8, the vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to bypass…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (453+ words) A threat actor infiltrated Grafana Labs" Git Hub environment, stealing a privileged token to download the company"s private codebase, and then attempted to extort the open-source observability giant with an unanswered ransom demand. Grafana Labs disclosed on May 16, 2026, that…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (472+ words) Apple's M5 silicon has reportedly been exploited for the first time in a public mac OS kernel memory corruption attack, successfully bypassing the company's notable hardware-level memory protection. Researchers from Calif, Bruce Dang, Dion Blazakis, and Josh Maine, developed a working…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (362+ words) A widely used download manager trusted by millions has briefly turned into a malware delivery platform after attackers compromised the official JDownloader website, replacing legitimate installers with malicious versions targeting both Windows and Linux users. The incident, confirmed by developers…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (359+ words) Pwn2 Own Berlin 2026 is rapidly escalating into one of the most intense offensive security contests in recent years, with Day Two delivering a fresh wave of critical zero-day exploits targeting enterprise software, AI tools, and operating systems. Following a strong opening…...