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Metasploit Wrap Up 05/22/2026

Another week, another authentication bypassOur humble Metasploit weekly(ish) blog has been blessed with a new network component vulnerability. The dynamic duo of @sfewer-r7 and @jburgess-r7 have discovered and authored the admin/networking/cisco_sdwan_vhub_auth_bypass module for CVE-2026-20182, a vulnerability gracing the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller. The devices, whose purpose is to control a software-defined (SD) wide-area-network (WAN) was unfortunately missing an extra A for...

FBI warns of Kali Oauth stealers

The FBI has warned of the danger from a new wave of phishing attacks generated by a tool called Kali365. It enables cyber criminals to obtain Microsoft 365 access tokens and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA) protocols without intercepting the user’s credentials by capturing Oauth tokens linked to the victim’s Microsoft 365 account. The scam works...

Microsoft Warns: Windows Zero-Day ‘YellowKey’ Can Bypass BitLocker

Microsoft has released a temporary mitigation for YellowKey, a Windows zero-day that can reportedly bypass BitLocker protections. The post Microsoft Warns: Windows Zero-Day ‘YellowKey’ Can Bypass BitLocker appeared first on TechRepublic. - Read more

Fast and Furious – Nimbus Manticore Operations During the Iranian Conflict

Key Findings The Iranian, IRGC affiliated, threat actor Nimbus Manticore resurfaced during Operation Epic Fury, the US military campaign against Iran launched on February 28, 2026, demonstrating newly adopted techniques and enhanced capabilities. The campaign leveraged malicious lures impersonating organizations in the aviation and software sectors across the United States, Europe and the Middle East. For the first time, we observed...

CVE-2026-33117 Azure SDK for Java Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

The executive summary has been updated to include additional details about this vulnerability. This change does not affect the available security updates. Customers should install the recommended updates to remain protected from this vulnerability. - Read more

Fake Gemini and Claude Code Sites Spread Infostealers Through SEO Poisoning

The infostealer payload in this campaign collect a vast amount of data, from collaboration authentication keys to cryptocurrency wallets - Read more

Apple Blocked $2.2bn in App Store Fraud in the Last Year

Total figure for fraudulent transactions Apple has blocked since 2020 now stands at over $11bn - Read more

Cloud Atlas activity in the second half of 2025 and early 2026: new tools and a new payload

In 2025, we observed pervasive SSH tunnel activity, which has remained active into 2026, affecting many government organizations and commercial companies in Russia and Belarus. Behind some of this activity is Cloud Atlas, a group we have known since 2014. During our investigation, we identified new tools used by this group, as well as indicators of compromise. The group is...

Real-Time Webhook Notifications: No More Lost Security Alerts

Every security team knows the pain: a critical alert lands in someone’s inbox, buried under dozens of other emails, or filtered out by a spam rule. By the time anyone sees it, the incident is already in full swing—no ticket opened, no Slack message sent, no automated workflow triggered. The detection worked, but the notification system didn’t. Why email was...

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Check Point VPN Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

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