Three Steps to the Terminal: A Siemens ROX II Zero-Day Trilogy

Palo Alto Unit 42 conducted this research in close partnership with Siemens, reflecting their shared commitment to advancing the security and resilience of critical infrastructure. This report details a critical, chained exploit comprising three zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-40948, CVE-2025-40947, and CVE-2025-40949) Read More …

Shark vacuum flaw exposes cameras, home maps and Wi-Fi passwords

Shark’s cloud-connected robot vacuums are currently exposed by an unpatched AWS (Amazon Web Services) IoT (Internet of Things) policy flaw that could turn one compromised device into a remote-control skeleton key for many others in the same region, with access Read More …

Attackers target critical FortiSandbox flaws as CISA issues patch order

Fortinet admins have two more reasons to clear their calendars after CISA confirmed a pair of critical FortiSandbox bugs are being actively exploited. The two bugs, tracked as CVE-2026-39808 and CVE-2026-25089, both carry CVSS scores of 9.1 and affect FortiSandbox, Read More …

Top AI tools such as OpenClaw and Github Copilot can be hijacked to create new massive botnets

Your favorite AI service could be subverted to deploy code that turns your phone or PC into a botnet, according to researchers at Intuit, Technion, and Tel Aviv University. The technique has been given the name HalluSquatting, a portmanteau of Read More …

Microsoft tops last month’s record with 622 Patch Tuesday CVEs

Remember last month when we were awed by Microsoft’s record-setting Patch Tuesday that addressed 206 CVEs? That was a quaint era compared to this month: Redmond just rolled out patches for 622 CVEs specific to its products, slightly more than tripling last Read More …

Two Chrome updates in two days fix critical vulnerabilities

Updating Chrome is becoming an almost daily task lately. But it’s too important to ignore. On Wednesday, July 8, Google released another Chrome update, just one day later after the previous one. Between them, the two updates fixed 27 security vulnerabilities, including two Read More …

Microsoft has fixed the “RoguePlanet” zero-day in Microsoft Defender

Microsoft has quietly fixed the “RoguePlanet” zero-day in Microsoft Defender, closing the latest hole exposed by security researcher Nightmare Eclipse after months of public sparring over the company’s handling of vulnerability reports. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656, was addressed through an Read More …

WinRAR flaw could allow attackers to take control of your computer

Rarlab has released a new version of the popular WinRAR tool to patch a vulnerability that can be abused in remote code execution attacks. The issue is fixed in WinRAR 7.23, but users must install the new version manually because WinRAR still does not Read More …

Hackers breached DHS information-sharing network

A key Department of Homeland Security information-sharing database was accessed by an unknown threat actor in recent weeks, potentially exposing sensitive data exchanged between federal, state, local and industry partners, according to two people familiar with the matter. DHS investigators Read More …

Apple releases security patches for iOS, MacOS Tahoe, Safari

Apple has released security updates for more than two dozen security vulnerabilities across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The updates for iOS/iPadOS, MacOS Tahoe, and Safari were issued after testing on iOS 26.6 and iPadOS 26.6 betas. What stands out in the update Read More …