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Attackers abused compromised ConnectWise Cloud Backup credentials to access Microsoft 365 customer environments, prompting ConnectWise to shut off application access and interrupt backup services. Jonathan Semon confirmed unauthorized sign-ins across 162 tenants as of 19:00 UTC on October 16, exposing risks associated with privileged vendor applications. ConnectWise said in its October 17 update, supplied for […]

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Hackers used a stolen ConnectWise Cloud Backup credential to sign in to 173 Microsoft 365 partner and customer tenants, giving them access through a trusted backup application. The incident shows how one leaked vendor secret can create risk across many organizations when a multitenant app already has wide permissions. The affected product is ConnectWise Cloud […]

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Anthropic says an internal Claude research model reconstructed how the National Security Agency generated seeds for five NIST elliptic curves in under 30 minutes, addressing a cryptographic mystery spanning roughly 25 years. Its October 16 report attributes the seeds to a standard C pseudorandom number generator initialized with Unix timestamps, rather than secret passphrases. Despite […]

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Two WordPress Core vulnerabilities can be chained to execute remote code without authentication, according to analysis by Seqrite researcher Amruta Wagh. Dubbed WP2Shell, the exploit chain reportedly emerged in July 2026 and combines REST API route confusion with SQL injection, allowing attackers to progress from public endpoints to server compromise without possessing valid WordPress credentials. […]

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A newly disclosed OpenBSD kernel exploitation chain combines a shared memory accounting flaw with a separate out-of-bounds write to obtain root privileges. Calif researcher Andrew Griffiths published the “Big Fish” research on October 16, 2026, alongside public proof-of-concept code demonstrating exploitation with multiple kernel security protections enabled. The oldest vulnerability traces to a shared memory […]

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