The Hacker News
A Linux kernel flaw called Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) lets an ordinary user with no special access escalate to root on Linux desktops, servers, and Android, and a fix is out. Researcher Jaeyoung Chung built a working exploit that widens the roughly...
Vulnerabilities & Patching
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Google, working with the FBI, Lumen and other partners, took action against the NetNut residential proxy network, also known as Popa, disabling Google accounts and services used for malware command-and-control and updating Google Play Protect to block apps...
Malware
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Researchers at Nebula Security disclosed GhostLock (CVE-2026-43499), a use-after-free flaw in Linux kernel futex priority inheritance code that has shipped by default in mainstream distributions since 2011 and lets any logged-in local user gain root;...
Zero-Days & Exploits