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Breach Watch tracks genuine security incidents -- data breaches, ransomware attacks, zero-day exploits, supply-chain compromises and nation-state campaigns -- and classifies each one as critical, high, medium or low severity.

Sources include specialist security desks, CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue and AlienVault OTX threat-intel pulses, so security teams see actively exploited CVEs alongside the news coverage.

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  1. CISA KEV: CVE-2026-111497 — Google Brotli actively exploited

    CISA KEV · · Critical severity

    Google Brotli Unchecked Return Value Vulnerability. Google Brotli contains an unchecked return value vulnerability that allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to corrupt adjacent decoder state memory, disclose sensitive memory...

  2. CISA KEV: CVE-2026-48356 — Adobe Commerce and Magento actively exploited

    CISA KEV · · Critical severity

    Adobe Commerce and Magento Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability. Adobe Commerce and Magento contain an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution...

  3. Former DOGE staffers say they just hacked Anthropic in less than 12 hours

    Fast Company Tech · · Medium severity

    A cybersecurity firm run by former members of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) says it has broken into internal data and messaging systems at Anthropic. Perhaps even more surprising, though, is its claim that it...

  4. Microsoft releases Windows OOB updates to distrust eMudhra certificates

    BleepingComputer · · Medium severity

    Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) Windows updates to remove trust in certificates tied to compromised eMudhra certificate authority keys, protecting systems that do not receive automatic certificate trust updates.

  5. Anthropic says it will be burning lots of natural gas to feed the AI boom

    TechRadar · · Medium severity

    Benedict is a Senior Security Writer at TechRadar Pro, where he has specialized in covering the intersection of geopolitics, cyber-warfare, and business security. Benedict provides detailed analysis on state-sponsored threat actors, APT...

  6. Brotli bug reaches far beyond Node.js (CVE-2026-111497)

    Help Net Security · · Medium severity

    A vulnerability in Brotli, Google’s widely used open-source compression library, is putting a broad range of software at risk. About CVE-2026-111497 Alternatively known as “Node2Shell”, “Broccoli2Shell” and “Brotli2Shell”,...

  7. OTX Threat: PHP2Shell: Exploitation Attempts and Remediation Trends

    AlienVault OTX · · Medium severity

    Wiz Research has been monitoring exploitation attempts targeting two critical PHP vulnerabilities since their public disclosure on October 21, 2026. While no successful attacks have been observed in their telemetry, some private...

  8. OTX Threat: Inside ICMacOS: From an Infostealer to a Persistent RAT

    AlienVault OTX · · Medium severity

    ICMacOS (Icarus macOS) is a newly identified macOS Malware-as-a-Service stealer actively marketed since September 2026 by the Russian-speaking actor GlowComa on underground forums. The malware targets macOS systems running Sierra...

  9. USN-8957-1: authd vulnerability

    Ubuntu security notices · · Medium severity

    Ali Mashally discovered that authd did not properly validate user identities when matching accounts from identity providers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access to another user's local account and files, resulting...

  10. 'Aokigahara' Stealer Targets 'Developer Keyrings' & AI Assistants

    darkreading · · Medium severity

    The malware's focus on AI tools expands the traditional infostealer playbook to expose a forest of AI sessions, sensitive business data, and developer infrastructure from a single compromised endpoint.

  11. EPICS Base

    CISA Alerts · · Medium severity

    View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition, corrupt memory, disclose sensitive information, or potentially execute arbitrary code. The following...

  12. OTX Threat: How VBScript Malware Evades Detection Using Trusted Tools Copy

    AlienVault OTX · · Medium severity

    Three malware campaigns using VBScript have been identified targeting victims primarily in Brazil and Portugal through phishing attacks. The campaigns deliver Overlord RAT, Lampion trojan, and an unknown RAT using fake legal notices,...

  13. OTX Threat: DarkCore: A Data-Theft RAT With a Session-Hijacking Browser

    AlienVault OTX · · Medium severity

    Security researchers uncovered DarkCore, a remote access trojan distributed through cybercrime networks with advanced credential theft and session hijacking capabilities. The threat features a dedicated browser that reuses stolen...

  14. University of New Mexico hospital diverts ambulances after cyberattack

    The Record by Recorded Future · · Medium severity

    For about two hours on Monday, the organization diverted ambulances to health systems in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. They were forced to suspend outpatient surgeries and appointments for the remainder of the day.

  15. The Huntress Tragic Quadrant: Ranking Threats Hitting Businesses Hardest

    BleepingComputer · · Medium severity

    Attackers are increasingly abusing legitimate IT tools, Microsoft 365 sessions, and everyday workflows to compromise businesses without triggering traditional defenses. Huntress Labs ranks the threats hitting organizations hardest,...

  16. Ransomware in the Age of AI: How Defenders Can Break the Attack Chain

    Flashpoint · · Critical severity

    Table Of Contents Table of Contents Introducing Ransomware in the Age of AI: A Survival Guide for Defenders Understanding the Modern Ransomware Attack Lifecycle Build a More Proactive Defense Against Ransomware More subscribe to our...

  17. Bitdefender’s new tool maps how attackers could reach critical systems

    TNW · · Medium severity

    Bitdefender has launched GravityZone Exposure Management, which combines vulnerability discovery, internet-facing asset scanning, attack-path mapping and per-user hardening. It is available now on Windows, as an add-on or standalone....

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