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Veeam has released security patches to address a critical flaw in its Backup & Replication software that could result in remote code execution. Tracked as CVE-2026-44963 , the vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.4 out of a maximum of 10.0. "A vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) on the Backup Server by an authenticated domain user," Veeam said in a Tuesday advisory. It credited watchTowr researcher Sina Kheirkhah for responsibly discovering and reporting the issue. It impacts Veeam Backup & Replication 12.3.2.4465 and all earlier versions of 12 builds. Veeam has noted that the vulnerability does not affect any version 13.x build of the backup software due to architectural changes introduced in version 13. The shortcoming has been addressed in Veeam Backup & Replication version 12.3.2.4854. In March 2026, Veeam resolved multiple critical vulnerabilities in Backup & Replication software that, if successfully exploited, could resu...

Check Point has warned of active exploitation of a critical vulnerability impacting Remote Access VPN and Mobile Access deployments that are configured to use the deprecated IKEv1 key exchange protocol. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50751 (CVSS score: 9.3), is a case of a logic flow weakness in certificate validation that allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass user authentication and establish a remote access VPN connection without a valid user password. "By exploiting a logic flaw in certificate validation, an attacker can establish a VPN session without possession of a valid password, effectively bypassing authentication requirements," Check Point said . "Additional post-authentication activity is required to access internal resources or escalate privileges." The shortcoming impacts the following products and versions -

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a financially motivated data theft extortion campaign that has targeted dozens of organizations across professional, legal, and financial services in the U.S. between January and May 2026. The activity has been attributed by Google Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) to a threat actor dubbed UNC3753 , which is also known as Chatty Spider, Luna Moth, and Silent Ransom Group (SRG). "UNC3753 leverages voice phishing (vishing) and social engineering deception techniques to achieve remote access into corporate environments," researchers Chad Reams, Tufail Ahmed, Keith Knapp, Ashley Frazer, and Tyler McLellan said . "Using pretexts such as data migration or invoice-related emails, the threat actors initiate phone conversations posing as IT support and convince targets to host screen-sharing sessions and download remote monitoring and management (RMM) utilities." Upon gaining access, the threat a...

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a high-severity security flaw impacting SolarWinds Serv-U multi-protocol file server software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities ( KEV ) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28318 (CVSS score: 7.5), is a denial-of-service (DoS) bug that causes the service to crash under certain conditions. CISA described it as an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that results in a DoS condition. "SolarWinds Serv-U is susceptible to specially crafted POST requests that crash the Serv-U service without authentication using Content-Encoding: deflate," SolarWinds said in an advisory released earlier this week. The issue has been addressed in SolarWinds Serv-U version 15.5.4 HF1. As mitigations, it's advised to limit access to known addresses and block any request containing "content-encoding" since the vulnerable service does not r...

It got stupid again. The internet still feels held together with tape. Bad plugins, old bugs, fake tools, trusted apps doing shady things. Same mess, new wrapper. And now the weird stuff is normal. Forums go down and come back worse. Cheap hackers get better toys. AI starts breaking real systems. Great. Read the whole thing before it ruins your week anyway.