Security News. From Our Analysts.

Security news from the Brandefense team: new malware, vulnerabilities, data breaches and threat actor activity, summarized for security professionals.

Broken smoked-glass padlock with a coral-red illuminated seamSecurity News WatchGuard SIP Proxy RCE: Check Policies Before Patching Check SIP proxy policies for CVE-2026-93857, match each Firebox to its fixed Fireware release, and verify the running build after patching. Oct 29, 20264 Min Cracked dark glass shield with coral-red light through a narrow central channelSecurity News Cisco ASA/FTD VPN DoS: Patch the Exploited Tunnel Flaw Cisco confirms exploitation of an ASA and FTD SSL VPN denial-of-service flaw. Check secondary authentication and the fixed release for each track. Oct 29, 20263 Min A fractured dark glass frame with coral-red light around an empty central openingSecurity News CVE-2026-98432: Ubuntu Kernel Status and Host Triage Ubuntu still lists several kernel packages as vulnerable while fixes progress. Match the exact package before treating an upstream fix as a deployed update. Oct 29, 20265 Min Dark glass fractured audit seal with coral-red lightSecurity News CISA Adds Linux PHP2Shell Chain and VMware ESX Logging Issue to KEV CISA adds Linux CVE-2026-46300 and VMware ESX CVE-2026-41709 to KEV. Compare their risks, federal due dates, vendor fixes and forensic triage status. Oct 29, 20264 Min Fractured dark-glass envelope with coral light, illustrating email gateway security.Security News Sophos UTM Vulnerability: Patching an End-of-Life Appliance by Hand Sophos UTM is end of life, yet CVE-2026-118633 lets an attacker run commands as root through the email proxy. Follow Sophos' manual patch steps in order. Oct 28, 20264 Min Smoked-glass network router with two red fracture lines across its topSecurity News Juniper Session Smart Router Vulnerability: 18 CVEs, Two Rated 9.8 The Juniper Session Smart Router vulnerability bulletin lists 18 CVEs, two rated 9.8. See which hit the Router or Conductor and which versions fix them. Oct 28, 20265 Min Dark glass vault door with a red seal across it, cover art for: Virtualine Bulletproof Hosting SeizedSecurity News Virtualine Bulletproof Hosting Seized: What the DOJ Says the Service Did US authorities seized virtualine.net, a bulletproof hosting service. See what DOJ says it sold, how it handled abuse notices and what defenders should do. Oct 28, 20264 Min Dark glass vault door slightly ajar with a thin red line of light and three small red probe lines on its surface, cover art for: Oracle E-Business Suite vulnerability CVE-2026-101767 probed by attackersSecurity News Oracle E-Business Suite Vulnerability CVE-2026-101767 Is Now Being Probed Oracle EBS 12.2.3 to 12.2.15 has an unauthenticated CVSS 9.8 vulnerability, CVE-2026-101767, and probing has begun. See who is exposed and how to patch. Oct 28, 20264 Min Dark glass stack of storage platters with one cracked layer and red neon lines, cover art for: Dell Data Domain seven critical flawsSecurity News Dell Data Domain: Seven Critical Flaws and the Build Each Release Line Needs Dell's DSA-2026-416 lists seven critical PowerProtect Data Domain flaws, four needing no login. See the fixed DD OS build for each release line. Oct 28, 20265 Min Dark glass circuit board with a hairline crack along a network cable with red neon lines, cover art for: EDK II PXE Vulnerability CVE-2026-97631: Patch Status by VendorSecurity News EDK II PXE Vulnerability CVE-2026-97631: Patch Status by Vendor CVE-2026-97631 is a pre-boot flaw in EDK II network boot code. See which vendors and distributions have a fix as of 28 October 2026, and which… Oct 28, 20265 Min Dark glass backup vault door with a hairline crack and red neon lines, cover art for: Veeam Backup and Replication critical authorization bypass and four more fixesSecurity News Veeam Fixes Five Flaws, One Critical, in Backup & Replication and Veeam ONE On 27 October 2026 Veeam fixed CVE-2026-108142, a critical authorization bypass in Backup & Replication 13, and four more flaws. See the builds to run. Oct 28, 20264 Min A dark glass gate with two stacked latches, the upper one locked and the lower one slid aside, lit by thin red neon linesSecurity News phpMyAdmin WebAuthn 2FA Bypass Claim: Which Installs Are Exposed? A researcher claims a phpMyAdmin WebAuthn 2FA bypass. No CVE yet. By our code reading, the official download and Docker image are not on the weak… Oct 28, 20266 Min
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Last updated June 9, 2026
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