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helpnetsecurity.com > 09/13/2026 > week-in-review-linux-rootkit-deployed-on-f5-big-ip-apm-devices-cisco-fmc-bugs-exploited

Week in review: Linux rootkit deployed on F5 BIG-IP APM devices, Cisco FMC bugs exploited

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1419+ words) Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Zero trust AI agents demand a different kind of security In this interview, Chris Webber, VP, Product Marketing at Teleport, explains why zero trust principles…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 09/11/2026 > automox-mitigation-worklet-pipeline

Automox Mitigation Worklets cut endpoint exposure to unpatchable flaws

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (207+ words) Automox has announced its AI-speed Mitigation Worklet Pipeline, which automates mitigation to reduce risk from the increased volume and velocity of frontier-model AI vulnerabilities. Now the time from vulnerability disclosure to exposure mitigation is shortened from days or weeks to…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 09/10/2026 > wordpress-automated-plugin-security-review

WordPress adds automated security checks to block risky plugin releases

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (460+ words) WordPress’ automated security review will now assess every plugin release before it is distributed through the WordPress.org update API. Releases considered a potential security risk will be blocked automatically. “A plugin can be secure today and introduce a vulnerability,…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 09/10/2026 > product-showcase-gitguardian-honeytoken-decoy-service

Product showcase: GitGuardian Honeytoken catches credential theft as it happens

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (730+ words) Credential harvesting on developer machines has widened. Earlier infostealers worked from a short list of known targets, mostly browser stores and a few cloud credential paths. The families active now cast a much wider net. Shai-Hulud, for instance, ran a…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 09/09/2026 > securin-exposure-management-platform

Securin Platform helps security teams prove when attack paths are closed

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (292+ words) Securin has announced the general availability of the Securin Platform, an AI-native Preemptive Exposure Management platform designed to answer three questions security teams struggle with every day: What can attackers actually exploit? What should we fix first? And did the…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 09/09/2026 > google-chrome-cve-2026-87491-zero-day-flaw

Google fixes yet another actively exploited Chrome zero-day (CVE-2026-87491)

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (226+ words) Google has fixed 230 vulnerabilities in Chrome, including a zero-day flaw, CVE-2026-87491, with an in-the-wild exploit. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-87491 exists in the wild,” the company said in a Tuesday security advisory. The fix has been shipped…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 09/08/2026 > trezor-shipping-partner-breach-phishing-attacks

Trezor customers hit with phishing calls and letters after shipping-partner breach

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (575+ words) Roughly 67,000 more customers of SatoshiLabs, the maker of hardware crypto-wallet Trezor, are at heightened risk of phishing attacks after their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and shipping addresses were exposed. “The leaked information could be used for scam emails, fraudulent…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 09/08/2026 > vishing-microsoft-365-data-theft-extortion

IT help-desk vishing tricks executives into handing over Microsoft 365 access

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (394+ words) IT help-desk vishing calls, stolen session tokens, and sign-ins routed through residential proxies are behind a wave of data theft and extortion against Microsoft 365 and other SaaS accounts, according to Arctic Wolf. The company is tracking the activity under the…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 09/08/2026 > jellyfin-12-0-security-fixes

Jellyfin 12.0 security fixes arrive alongside the removal of legacy client logins

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (335+ words) Jellyfin shipped version 12.0 of its media server. Several of the security fixes in it block requests built to reach files outside the folders the server is supposed to hand out. The rest of the security work touches first-run setup, plugin…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 09/08/2026 > mathspace-data-breach-metabase-vulnerability

Mathspace breach exposes data on over a million students and parents

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (415+ words) Mathspace has confirmed that attackers broke into its internal reporting system through an unpatched Metabase vulnerability and stole data belonging to more than a million students, parents, and school staff. The Sydney-based maths education company wrote in a blog post…...