A daily, automatically-compiled digest of the cyber security stories that broke in the last 24 hours, drawn from 11 trusted feeds. Each entry is a short excerpt — follow the link to read the full article at its original publisher. Compiled 17 September 2026 · 27 items.
Urgent Vulnerabilities 5
Actively exploited, critical, or high-severity flaws — patch or mitigate first.
CISA Cybersecurity Advisories17 Sep
KEV · exploited
- Exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- Audience
- Endpoint/mobile users
- Action
- Patch when a fix is available; monitor exposure
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized access to telemetry data and firmware. The following versions of Bransys ELD are affected: Android <11.00.00 (CVE-2026-86520, CVE-2026-86689, CVE-2…
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CVEDatabase - Critical CVEs17 Sep
CriticalCVSS 9.6
- Audience
- Windows admins
- Action
- Patch when a fix is available; monitor exposure
CVSS 9.6 CRITICAL · Vendor: Microsoft Improper neutralization of special elements in output used by a downstream component ('injection') in Azure Cosmos DB allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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CVEDatabase - Critical CVEs17 Sep
CriticalCVSS 10
- Impact
- Missing authentication
- Audience
- Windows admins
- Action
- Patch when a fix is available; monitor exposure
CVSS 10.0 CRITICAL · Vendor: Microsoft Missing authentication for critical function in Azure AI Foundry allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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CVEDatabase - Critical CVEs17 Sep
CriticalCVSS 9.9
- Impact
- Command injection
- Audience
- Windows admins
- Action
- Patch when a fix is available; monitor exposure
CVSS 9.9 CRITICAL · Vendor: Microsoft Improper neutralization of special elements used in a command ('command injection') in M365 Copilot allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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CVEDatabase - Critical CVEs17 Sep
CriticalCVSS 10
- Audience
- Windows admins
- Action
- Patch when a fix is available; monitor exposure
CVSS 10.0 CRITICAL · Vendor: Microsoft Improper access control in Azure Logic Apps allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
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Threat Activity 16
Malware, campaigns and adversary tradecraft.
CISA Cybersecurity Advisories17 Sep
KEV · exploited
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with access to the same network segment to tamper with communication data in the affected product by sending specially crafted packets under specific t…
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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories17 Sep
KEV · exploited
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to successfully authenticate even with an invalid block password by executing the affected product and modify part of the executable module in mem…
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CISA Cybersecurity Advisories17 Sep
KEV · exploited
View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of vulnerabilities that affect the FACTS Control systems with GWS component listed in this document. An attacker exploiting these vulnerabilities can cause impact on confidentiality, integrity and…
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The Hacker News17 Sep
Every release of the Unbound DNS resolver before 1.26.1 has a critical heap overflow in its DNSSEC validator, maintainer NLnet Labs said in an advisory on Wednesday. An attacker who controls a malicious zone and queries a vulnerable resolv…
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Microsoft Security Blog17 Sep
The latest email security benchmarking reports show strong Microsoft Defender performance across pre-delivery and post-delivery scenarios and reveal where threats and defenses continue to evolve. The post Improving email security outcomes…
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The Hacker News17 Sep
Attackers now weaponize new vulnerabilities in about five days (Mandiant, part of Google Cloud). The median organization takes 43 days to patch one (Verizon DBIR 2026). A new free guide explains how autonomous AI agents are closing that ga…
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Palo Alto Unit 4217 Sep
Cross-environment attacks demand a new approach to security operations. Learn how Unit 42 Managed XSIAM helps SOC teams investigate complete attack paths. The post Inside the Modern SOC: Defending the Cross-Environment Pivot appeared first…
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Cisco Talos17 Sep
In this week's Threat Source, David talks about why focusing on your security basics is still your best bet, even in a world with rapid AI advancements.
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Microsoft Security Blog17 Sep
AI has made fundamental changes to the operating environment for cybersecurity. Explore exposure management guidance on recommended controls and take action and stay ahead of cyberthreats. The post From guidance to action: Security fundame…
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Dark Reading17 Sep
The move is consistent with the agency's advice on the need for organizations to prioritize the vulnerabilities that actually matter.
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Dark Reading17 Sep
Amid the US and China's fight for eco-colonial influence in Latin America, a stealthy backdoor has taken flight.
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BleepingComputer17 Sep
OpenAI has presented new examples of what they call "AI model misalignment" from the past six months, including unauthorized file uploads, following self-generated instructions, hiding mistakes, and leveraging exposed API keys. [...]
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BleepingComputer17 Sep
AI is making credential theft faster and easier to scale, giving attackers more opportunities to abuse valid identities. Specops explains why identity security must go beyond successful authentication by verifying that both the user and th…
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The Hacker News17 Sep
A new CVE drops. Your scanner finds it. The severity score looks ugly. But that still does not answer the question that matters: Can it actually be exploited in your environment? Mythos-class AI is compressing the time between disclosure a…
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The Hacker News17 Sep
The China-aligned state-sponsored threat actor known as FamousSparrow has been observed deploying a previously unreported backdoor called SparroWocky in attacks targeting multiple countries in Latin America since at least August 2025. "Spa…
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TrustedSec Blog17 Sep
<p>Six stages. Multiple encryption layers. One static analysis. In this blog, we unpack a multi-stage malware loader combining Python obfuscation, Donut shellcode, and laZzzy PE encryption, without executing the payload.</p>
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