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Wednesday, August 26, 2026 · generated · about 5 min read

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Patch today vendors with the most new CVEs today

Ranked by CVE count. Each vendor opens the CVE Feed filtered to that vendor and these dates.

Top developments ranked by cross-source trending

  1. Image: Cyber Security News

    Mirage2FA Phishing Kit Bypasses MFA to Hijack Microsoft 365 Sessions, Targeting 3,500+ Organizations

    News Cyber Security News4h ago7 sources

    Researchers tie the LinX Coders phishing-as-a-service toolkit to 9,332 compromise events across 94 countries, with 63.7% of victims in the United States and stolen session cookies accounting for more than half of all outcomes. A phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) toolkit tracked as Mirage2FA has been linked to the potential compromise of 4,532 Microsoft 365 accounts in a campaign that targeted 3,518 organizations, according to new research published by threat intelligence analysts ShiFu and raptur3 at ANY.RUN. The kit does not drop malware. Instead, it uses browser-executed HTML, XHTML, and SVG…

    Also in Bleeping Computer Bleeping Computer The Hacker News +3

    CVE-2026-63520 ↗

  2. SonicWall NetExtender Vulnerabilities Allow an Attacker to Write Arbitrary Files as Root

    News Cyber Security News2h ago5 sources

    SonicWall has disclosed two security vulnerabilities in its NetExtender Linux client, including a critical path traversal flaw that could allow an attacker to write arbitrary files with root privileges. The issues affect NetExtender Linux Client versions 10.3.5 and earlier; the fixed release is version 10.3.6 and later. Tracked as CVE-2026-66152, the more severe vulnerability received a CVSS score of 8.8. SonicWall said the issue lies in how the Linux client handles an OPSWAT tarball. A remote attacker could exploit path traversal sequences to place files outside the intended extraction…

    Also in Infosecurity Magazine SecurityWeek The Hacker News +2

  3. Hackers Use Fake Claude Desktop App to Disable Defender and Install Remote Access Malware

    News Cyber Security News15m ago4 sources

    Cybercriminals are using a counterfeit Claude desktop application to compromise Windows systems, disable key security checks, and install remote-access malware. The campaign turns a familiar AI software search into a route for credential theft and long-term access. It also shows how trusted-looking download pages can make a dangerous file appear routine. For organizations, the campaign creates risk beyond one endpoint because stolen credentials may open the door to email, cloud services, and internal systems. The attack begins with malicious search advertisements that steer victims toward…

    Also in Cyber Security News The Hacker News Microsoft Security +3

    CVE-2026-59127 ↗CVE-2026-62728 ↗CVE-2026-62747 ↗

  4. WhatsApp Adds Multiple Passkeys for Phishing-Resistant Sign-Ins Across iOS and Android

    News The Hacker News23h ago4 sources

    Meta on Tuesday announced a set of WhatsApp account security features, including support for multiple passkeys to a single account to help users with both iOS and Android devices sign into their accounts using the phishing-resistant method. The tech giant said more than 1 billion people use a passkey to log into WhatsApp. Support for passkeys was first introduced in Android in October 2023,

    Also in Malwarebytes Labs SecurityWeek Dark Reading +1

  5. WordPress Plugin Vulnerability Exposes 400,000 Sites to Account Takeover Attacks

    News Cyber Security News2h ago4 sources

    A critical vulnerability in the TranslatePress WordPress plugin could allow unauthenticated attackers to hijack administrator accounts and fully compromise affected websites. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-19632, affects TranslatePress versions up to 3.3.1 and has been fixed in version 3.3.2. TranslatePress is a multilingual WordPress plugin with more than 400,000 active installations. Wordfence assigned the vulnerability a CVSS score of 9.8, classifying it as critical. Security researcher momopon1415 responsibly reported the issue through the Wordfence Bug Bounty Program and received a $975…

    Also in SecurityWeek The Hacker News Bleeping Computer

    CVE-2026-15981 ↗CVE-2026-19632 ↗CVE-2026-61979 ↗

  6. You could've applied all 1,449 Oracle patches and still been hit by this attack

    News The Register Security20h ago4 sources

    In late July, Oracle released a mammoth security patch dump with 1,449 patches, in a perhaps unprecedented bad day for database admins. None of them, it turns out, would have prevented the credential theft on an Oracle database server described by security platform Huntress. “Even if it had been fully patched, everything working, it still would have happened,” said Craig Savage, cybersecurity lead at Oracle third-party support vendor Spinnaker Support, referring to the attack. In July, Huntress was alerted to credential theft activity, according to a post from the security company. The attack…

    Also in The Register Security The Hacker News CCCS Alerts & Advisories +1

    CVE-2026-21962 ↗

  7. Fake Apple Support AI Calls Target Stolen-Device Owners for Passcodes and 2FA Codes

    News The Hacker News6h ago3 sources

    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform built to strip Apple's Activation Lock from stolen devices, using rented AI voice agents that call theft victims posing as Apple Support and ask for their device passcode. SOCRadar Threat Research Unit (STRU) said the platform, which it tracks as AnonyMousKIT, is credit-metered and drives lures across

    Also in Bleeping Computer Zero Day Initiative

  8. Risky Business #850 -- Widespread AI-enabled attacks target Siemens PLCs

    Podcast Risky Business10h ago3 sources

    On this week’s show Patrick Gray and James Wilson are joined by guest co-host Ollie Whitehouse, the CTO of the UK’s NCSC, to talk through the week’s news, including: Iranian hackers take down a small-scale power generator in the UK Siemens PLCs in critical US sectors are also being targeted… We’re stumped on who could be behind that one, too. Microsoft fixed a CVSS 10 deserialisation bug in Entra before someone else found it and owned the planet Prompt injection isn’t going away LLMs are deceiving us meat sacks and it’s a worry Much, much more… This week’s show is brought to you by Okta. VP…

    Also in CISA Alerts & Advisories CISA ICS Advisories

  9. CISA Warns of Exploited Gitea Vulnerability

    News SecurityWeek7h ago2 sources

    CVE-2026-60004 is a remote code execution vulnerability patched by Gitea developers in late July with the release of version 1.27.1.

    Also in CISA Alerts & Advisories

    CVE-2026-60004 ↗

  10. Crooks push Mac malware through fake OpenAI Codex ads

    News The Register Security25 Aug3 sources

    Cybercrims are using fake OpenAI Codex download pages to trick Mac developers into running malware disguised as installation commands. Researchers at Cato Networks uncovered the campaign after spotting sponsored Google search results targeting people looking to download Codex for macOS. The ads direct would-be users to a convincing-looking download page hosted on Google Sites, complete with the familiar OpenAI branding. There is, however, no Codex waiting at the other end. Instead of serving up an installer, the fake site tells Mac users to open Terminal, paste in a supplied command, and run…

    Also in CCCS Alerts & Advisories Infosecurity Magazine

Vulnerability watch what to look at, most urgent first

Details CVEProductSeverity CVSSEPSS KEVFixIn the news
Highest scoring today 10new CVEs, highest CVSS first
CVE-2026-76193 Adobe Campaign ClassicAdobe Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-76195 Adobe Campaign ClassicAdobe Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-76197 Adobe Campaign ClassicAdobe Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-79911 N600RTOTOLINK Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-65083 OpenShellNVIDIA Critical 9.9 — — — — CVSS 9.9
CVE-2026-65093 OpenShellNVIDIA Critical 9.9 — — — — CVSS 9.9
CVE-2026-63586 IE-SR-2TX-WLWeidmueller Interface Critical 9.8 0.5% — — — EPSS 0.5%CVSS 9.8
CVE-2026-78568 Total DonationsWordPress Critical 9.8 0.3% — — — EPSS 0.3%CVSS 9.8
CVE-2026-78570 Total DonationsWordPress Critical 9.8 — — — — CVSS 9.8
CVE-2026-49845 Apache HiveApache Critical 9.8 — — — — CVSS 9.8

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Top developments come from the Security Feed's cross-source trending detection. Vulnerability watch comes from the CVE Feed's daily NVD and CISA KEV sync.