OpenBSD picks a 37-year-old bug as an exploit chain’s front door

A research firm built a working root exploit on Unix by chaining an integer overflow patched as a reliability fix with a separate use-after-free.

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PwnEscape lets a VM guest slip past the Linux kernel boundary

An isolation failure in the Linux kernel's network handling let a guest virtual machine breach the boundary separating it from its host. Tracked as CVE-2026-99999, the PwnEscape flaw is fixed on seven stable branches.

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UK sanctions a crypto platform it calls a laundering hub

Britain has frozen the assets of Cryptomus and three payment services, citing a pipeline that helps Russia move money and fund cybercrime.

North Macedonia charges the alleged OLVX market operator

Prosecutors say a 20-year-old ran a marketplace selling stolen data and attack tools, pulling in more than $500,000 since 2023.

Citizen Lab ties a spyware pipeline to ordinary ad slots

Researchers say targeted advertising is being used to push zero-click spyware onto millions of devices, with an Israeli ad firm as the facilitator.

CikaBika RAT hides its command channel inside Discord

A Rust-based remote access trojan delivered through document lures is using Discord as its control panel, Darktrace reports.

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