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Monday, August 31, 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: The Hacker News

    TerminalFix Uses Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs to Deploy Reverse-Tunnel Backdoor

    News The Hacker News30 Aug3 sources

    Microsoft has disclosed details of a new ClickFix variant, dubbed TerminalFix, that aims to trick users into running a malicious command in Windows Terminal or PowerShell. "While traditional ClickFix campaigns direct victims to the Windows Run dialog, TerminalFix campaigns apply the same technique but direct users to Windows Terminal or PowerShell instead, increasing the likelihood that complex

    Also in Bleeping Computer Microsoft Security Blog

  2. Security Risk Advisors Launches SCALR AI as a Free SOC AI Platform for Security Teams

    News Cyber Security News5h ago3 sources

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, August 24th, 2026, CyberNewswire Security Risk Advisors (SRA) , the authors of the free VECTR platform, announce today another great free platform launch: SCALR AI. Security teams can get SCALR AI for free, delivered through the Azure Marketplace. SCALR AI is an agentive workbench that automates time-consuming security work and ships with fully functional incident triage and enrichment, with AI-driven quality review built-in. There are no limits on the free license (such as local use), and the SCALR AI platform is available to CISO teams to deploy in…

    Also in SecurityWeek The Hacker News

  3. Hackers Hide ValleyRAT Backdoor Inside Adware Targeting Users in China and India

    News Cyber Security News5h ago2 sources

    Hackers are using adware to deliver ValleyRAT, a Windows backdoor. The campaign primarily affects users in China and India, turning a program expected to display ads into a route for spying, theft, and further malware delivery. The installer changes its visible behavior according to its filename. One version installs a collaboration app, another installs a browser, and a third opens a meeting-download page. Those harmless-looking actions can keep a victim occupied while the malicious components are placed on the machine. Researchers at Securelist identified the activity after an apparent…

    Also in Microsoft Security Microsoft Security Microsoft Security

    CVE-2026-49177 ↗CVE-2026-50344 ↗CVE-2026-50448 ↗

  4. Spring Ring: An Inside Look at Voice Phishing Campaigns in Microsoft Teams

    Threat Intel Palo Alto Unit 429h ago2 sources

    Learn how the Spring Ring campaign abuses Microsoft Teams and voice phishing to deploy malware and target enterprise domain controllers.

    Also in Bleeping Computer Bleeping Computer

  5. Microsoft Investigating New Exchange Online Outage Tracked as EX1464935 [Updated]

    News Cyber Security News2h ago2 sources

    Microsoft has opened an active investigation into a new Exchange Online disruption after a wave of user reports flagged access and mail-flow problems across the cloud-based email service. The incident, logged in the Microsoft 365 admin center as EX1464935, began at 9:23 PM IST on August 31, 2026, with the company confirming at 9:25 PM IST that engineers were “investigating user reports of Exchange Online issues”. As of the latest update, the status remains listed as “Investigating,” meaning Microsoft has not yet isolated a root cause or confirmed the scope of the disruption. The advisory…

    Also in Bleeping Computer

  6. HardBreacher PoC Claims Kaspersky Endpoint 0-Day Privilege Escalation on Windows 11

    News Cyber Security News4h ago2 sources

    HardBreacher’s newly published PoC claims a local privilege-escalation flaw in Kaspersky Endpoint Security on fully patched Windows 11 systems, but the issue remains unverified and has not been publicly confirmed or assigned a CVE by Kaspersky. The project, published by a researcher, MSNightmare, describes the alleged flaw as a zero-day elevation-of-privilege vulnerability in Kaspersky’s enterprise endpoint product. According to the repository’s README, the proof of concept was tested on Windows 11 version 25H2 with Kaspersky Endpoint Security version 14.0.0.504. HardBreacher appears to…

    Also in SecurityWeek

  7. China-Linked Fire Ant Hijacks Cisco Routers to Steal Credentials and Blind Security Logs

    News The Hacker News10h ago2 sources

    A China-nexus cyber espionage actor tracked as Fire Ant has expanded a long-running campaign beyond VMware hypervisors to compromise Cisco IOS XR routers, Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System (TACACS) servers, and Linux management hosts used to route, authenticate, and manage high-value networks. Sygnia, the incident response firm that investigated the intrusion, said the actor

    Also in Bleeping Computer

  8. Anthropic warns infostealer malware is hijacking Claude sessions to drain usage

    News Bleeping Computer30 Aug2 sources

    Anthropic is warning some Claude users that infostealer malware on their PCs has stolen active Claude login sessions, allowing attackers to access accounts and consume their usage.

    Also in SecurityWeek

  9. Google's Calling Lake Ontario 'Lake America' Now

    News 404 Media30 Aug2 sources

    On Thursday, Trump signed an executive order demanding Lake Ontario be renamed to Lake America. At the signing of the order, he sat next to a big poster board map of the Great Lakes, with a big red arrow labeling Lake Ontario as "Lake America," with the words "Making the Great Lakes Even Greater." The Canadian province of Ontario borders the north, west, and southwest sides of the lake, with New York State on the south and east.

    Also in Bleeping Computer

Vulnerability watch what to look at, most urgent first

Details CVEProductSeverity CVSSEPSS KEVFixIn the news
Highest scoring today 10new CVEs, highest CVSS first
CVE-2026-82542 HG10Tenda Critical 10.0 — — — — CVSS 10.0
CVE-2026-82592 DIR-825MD-Link Critical 9.9 — — — — CVSS 9.9
CVE-2026-82593 DIR-825MD-Link Critical 9.9 — — — — CVSS 9.9
CVE-2026-82616 NR1800XTOTOLINK Critical 9.9 — — — — CVSS 9.9
CVE-2026-82874 ToolJetToolJet Critical 9.9 — — — — CVSS 9.9
CVE-2026-82689 DNS-320LD-Link Critical 9.9 — — — — CVSS 9.9
CVE-2026-58574 PowerStore 500TDell Critical 9.8 — — — — CVSS 9.8
CVE-2026-82854 nodemailernodemailer Critical 9.8 — — — — CVSS 9.8
CVE-2026-82855 policieshulumi Critical 9.8 — — — — CVSS 9.8
CVE-2026-82856 policieshulumi 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.