Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

No Patches Yet Available, After Third Party Published Vulnerability DetailsSecurity researchers have discovered a new, critical flaw in the Linux kernel that attackers can exploit to gain root access. No patches are yet available to fix "Dirty Frag," the second new local privilege escalation flaw to be found in two weeks, following the similar "Copy Fail" vulnerability.

Akamai Researchers Flag 'BadSucessor' in Windows Server 2025An unpatched flaw in Windows Server 2025 that is "trivial" to exploit and present in the default configuration is full domain compromised, warns new research from Akamai. The flaw is present in a new account type known as delegated managed service accounts, or dMSA.

Kaspersky Says It Spotted QakBot Operators Exploiting the Flaw in AprilMicrosoft issued a patch Tuesday for a Windows zero-day vulnerability that security researchers say operators of the QakBot botnet and other hackers actively exploited. The elevation of privilege vulnerability flaw is rated "important" on the CVSS scale.