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Sunday, November 1, 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

    Google Launches Gemini 4 Carbon With State-Of-The-Art Cybersecurity Capabilities

    News Cyber Security News31 Oct4 sources↑ developing — 3 yesterday

    Google has announced Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest AI model built to find software flaws , test whether attackers could exploit them, and produce fixes. Unveiled on October 28, 2026, Carbon builds on Gemini 4 Argon and targets complex security and coding work that can take days. Access will begin with selected cyber defenders, not a public launch. According to Google’s announcement , Carbon combines stronger cybersecurity skills with improved handling of long tasks. Google says internal teams have seen it work through dead ends while tracing subtle bugs across large codebases and low-level…

    Also in Microsoft Security CrowdStrike Blog The Hacker News

    CVE-2026-111497 ↗View on Security Feed

  2. Suspected Chinese attackers built a custom PHP2Shell exploit and rooted 25 servers

    News The Register Security29 Oct4 sources

    Suspected Chinese attackers chained PHP2Shell with a Linux kernel privilege-escalation exploit to root 25 servers, including Palo Alto Networks firewalls linked to US government-affiliated organizations, according to Dream researchers. The snoops began exploiting these servers on October 23, targeting organizations across the US, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea. The attackers also honed in on US government-affiliated firewalls. “Within hours of compromising a US government-affiliated firewall, they had tunneled into the internal network, compromised a third server using the same PHP2Shell…

    Also in CCCS Alerts & Advisories Bleeping Computer The Hacker News

    CVE-2026-98432 ↗View on Security Feed

  3. Attackers Chain Three Ivanti Connect Secure Flaws to Gain Unauthenticated Root Access

    News The Hacker News31 Oct3 sources

    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two security flaws impacting Ivanti Connect Secure (ICS) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, following active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-111357 (CVSS score: 8.8) - A missing authentication for a critical function vulnerability that could allow a

    Also in CCCS Alerts & Advisories CISA Alerts & Advisories

    CVE-2026-111357 ↗View on Security Feed

  4. Hackers Actively Exploit Highly Critical Drupal Commerce Core Authorization Bypass Flaw

    News The Hacker News30 Oct4 sources

    Drupal has warned that threat actors are exploiting a "highly critical" security flaw in its Commerce Core component. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-118539 (CVSS score: N/A), is a case of missing authorization affecting Commerce Core versions from 0.0.0 to 2.41 and from 3.0.0 to 3.3.13. "This module enables you to sell goods and services to customers through an included shopping cart

    Also in CCCS Alerts & Advisories SecurityWeek Bleeping Computer

    CVE-2026-118539 ↗View on Security Feed

  5. NetamLoader Malware Targets Government Windows 10 Systems in Asia via .NET Injection

    News The Hacker News5h ago2 sources

    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of what has been described as a "highly sophisticated infection chain" targeting government organizations in Asia. The activity, detailed by Kaspersky this week, targeted a custom Windows 10 build used exclusively by government entities in Asia and involves the deployment of a previously undocumented .NET assembly-loading framework codenamed

    Also in Cyber Security News

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  6. Hackers steal $6.3 billion from Binance in record crypto heist

    Media Ars Technica Security30 Oct4 sources

    Binance has suspended all withdrawals after the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange fell victim to what appears to be the biggest heist in history. The exchange put the “estimated total impact” of the hack at about $6.3 billion and said around $3 billion of affected assets, mainly stablecoins that act as cash for the crypto market, had been frozen. But analysts at Elliptic said the attacker had changed about $3.3 billion into digital assets that could not be frozen and was working to cash those out as traditional currency. Read full article Comments

    Also in Bleeping Computer The Register Security The Hacker News +1

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  7. Over 60,000 Attacks Target WordPress RCE Vulnerability Within 24 Hours

    News Cyber Security News31 Oct3 sources

    Hackers are targeting a WordPress Core remote code execution vulnerability that can expose websites during software updates. The supplied Wordfence threat intelligence snapshot lists 60,471 blocked attempts over 24 hours. These are attack attempts, not confirmed website compromises, and the figure does not establish how many individual sites were targeted. WordPress released version 7.1.4 on October 28, 2026, addressing 22 security vulnerabilities. The update closes the code execution weakness alongside stored cross-site scripting, information disclosure, and permission issues. The official…

    Also in SecurityWeek The Hacker News SecurityWeek

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  8. Apple Warns iPhone Users in 99 Countries of Sophisticated Mercenary Spyware Attacks

    News Cyber Security News31 Oct3 sources

    Apple has issued a fresh round of threat notifications to selected iPhone users in 99 countries, warning that they have been targeted by sophisticated mercenary spyware attacks. Security researcher Costin Raiu reported the new wave on October 30, 2026, saying it was separate from August’s alerts and linked to new attacks. “Today’s notification is being sent to targeted users in 99 countries, and to date we have notified users in over 150 countries in total,” Apple said in the notice shared by Raiu. The company did not name the attackers or connect the warnings to any specific region…

    Also in CyberScoop 404 Media

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  9. Claude Model Builds Exploits Across Major Browsers & OSes

    News Dark Reading29 Oct2 sources

    An unreleased version of the AI model has found and chained multiple vulnerabilities in Chrome, Safari, Android, Windows, and Linux, Anthropic says.

    Also in Bleeping Computer

    CVE-2026-58882 ↗View on Security Feed

  10. CISA says max severity GitLab flaw now exploited in the wild

    News Bleeping Computer30 Oct3 sources

    Attackers have started exploiting a maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability patched earlier this month, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

    Also in SecurityWeek CCCS Alerts & Advisories

    CVE-2026-97229 ↗View on Security Feed

Vulnerability watch what to look at, most urgent first

Details CVEProductSeverity CVSSEPSS KEVFixIn the news
Highest scoring today 10new CVEs, highest CVSS first
CVE-2026-120189 DIR-505D-Link Critical 10.0 — — None linked — CVSS 10.0No fix linked
CVE-2026-120195 WL-WN579A3-AWAVLINK Critical 10.0 — — None linked — CVSS 10.0No fix linked
CVE-2026-120198 WL-WN530BE1-AWAVLINK Critical 10.0 — — None linked — CVSS 10.0No fix linked
CVE-2026-120196 WN579X3-DWAVLINK Critical 9.9 — — None linked — CVSS 9.9No fix linked
CVE-2026-120197 WL-WN530HG4BWAVLINK Critical 9.9 — — None linked — CVSS 9.9No fix linked
CVE-2026-118235 SimpleForm – Form Maker to Chat Apps with Quiz, Poll and Multi Lead NotificationsWordPress Critical 9.8 0.7% — None linked — EPSS 0.7%CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-120201 Jpomdromara Critical 9.8 — — None linked — CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-120209 AJ-Reportanji-plus Critical 9.8 — — None linked — CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-118636 Apache MINAApache Critical 9.8 — — None linked — CVSS 9.8No fix linked
CVE-2026-103882 Acadlix LMS – AI Quiz Maker, Online Exam & Course Plugin for WordPressWordPress Critical 9.1 0.8% — None linked — EPSS 0.8%CVSS 9.1No fix linked

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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.