Microsoft says Windows 11 KB5120998 update resets mouse settings
Microsoft has confirmed that mouse settings are being reverted on Windows 11 systems after installing the KB5120998 August 2026 non-security preview update. [...]
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207 notíciasFive Critical WordPress Plugin and Theme Flaws Enable Site Takeover or RCE
Multiple critical security flaws have been disclosed in WordPress plugins and themes, including WPMU DEV Dashboard, Avada, TranslatePress, Pods, and GiveWP, that could lead to authentication bypass, account takeover, and arbitrary code execution. The vulnerabilities, according t…
Why Healthcare Can’t Wait to Rethink Patching and Incident Response
The post Why Healthcare Can’t Wait to Rethink Patching and Incident Response appeared first on Clearwater.
Cosmos EVM Flaw Exploited After Cosmos Labs Knew Every Blockchain Running It Was Vulnerable
Cosmos Labs has warned that a critical balance-handling flaw in the shared Cosmos EVM module was exploited to drain funds from six blockchains between August 20 and August 25, 2026. The vulnerability, designated GHSA-7g4w-cg88-2cq2, is rated Critical by Cosmos Labs and was publi…
PaperCut releases second emergency patch for exploited flaws
PaperCut has released a second emergency security update for two actively exploited vulnerabilities in its PaperCut NG and MF print management software after researchers discovered multiple ways to bypass the initial fixes. [...]
Offensive Security Investments Surge as AI Threats Increase
Omdia's Theresa Lanowitz talks with the Dark Reading News Desk about the potential — and risks — of using agentic AI for penetration testing, red teaming, and other practices.
Medtronic recalls pH monitoring capsule linked to 184 serious injuries
For the second time in two years, Medtronic has pulled capsules from the market over a fault that could obstruct patients’ airways.
Boston Scientific says cyberattack has disrupted product manufacturing
The attack has affected the company’s ability to manufacture products and to process and ship customers’ orders, and there is still no timeline for restoration.
Seeing The Score, Missing The Risk
By Mark Ferrari - Healthcare has gotten very good at producing third-party risk scores. We have platforms, dashboards, questionnaires, and assessments that can generate a number for almost any vendor relationship. Leaders like scores. They are simple. They are comparable. They fi…
AI Is Accelerating Vulnerability Discovery. Can Defenders Keep Up?
AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, putting pressure on systems built to enrich, prioritize, and remediate flaws at a slower pace. Action1 explains why defenders increasingly need to correlate multiple intelligence sources and turn vulnerability data into faster remediati…
The Vulnpocalypse Is Repricing the Bug Bounty Economy
The surge of AI-powered vulnerability reports is driving down bug bounty prices, and that could spell trouble for independent researchers.
J&J’s latest Impella recall tied to 3 deaths, 37 injuries
Hospitals can use automated controllers in inventory while waiting for service from J&J’s Abiomed business to ensure patients who need Impella heart pumps can still receive care.
Microsoft rolls out fix for Windows 11 crashes, gaming issues
Microsoft has started rolling out a permanent fix for a known issue that causes system crashes and gaming issues on Windows 11 devices. [...]
CISA Adds Six Exploited Flaws to KEV, Including NetScaler, Linux, and SQL Server Bugs
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added six flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including a high-severity security vulnerability impacting Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway, citing evidence of active exp…
CISA Red Team Compromised Two Critical Infrastructure Orgs, One Detected Nothing
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published the results of two red team assessments it conducted simultaneously against two critical infrastructure organizations, using what it described as similar tradecraft while recording sharply different de…
Is Cyber Facing an Affordability Crisis?
As breach costs reach record highs and defense spending nears $240 billion, small businesses are dangerously exposed, threatening supply chain security.
From Fake Workers to Account Recovery: The Growing Identity Verification Risk
Attackers are increasingly targeting the processes used to establish or recover identity rather than attacking the login itself. Specops explains how stronger identity verification can help organizations prevent fake workers and social engineering attacks from gaining legitimate …
Frontier AI: Vulnerability Management's Systemic Revolution
Vulnerability management has been a staple of security programs since the dawn of the cybersecurity discipline. The symbiotic relationship between vulnerability and patch management teams has also existed for that time and has gone through waves of contention and thankfulness. Wh…
What Caused the 2026 Crypto Market Decline?
The recent crypto market decline reflects global volatility, low risk appetite, uncertain monetary policy and doubts about Bitcoin's role as a safe-haven asset.
Trump’s 50% tariff on many Canada imports in effect as talks stall
The two countries failed to reach an agreement before Saturday’s deadline for the Section 338 levies, with Canada vowing to “match those tariffs dollar for dollar.”