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BlueHammer, RedSun, and UnDefend: Three Windows Defender Zero-Days Turn Your Endpoint Shield into an Attack Vector
Three zero-day exploits targeting Windows Defender surfaced within 13 days. BlueHammer is patched, but RedSun and UnDefend remain open — and threat actors are chaining all three in live intrusions against enterprise networks.
VulnerabilitiesMicrosoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday: Netlogon RCE Flaw CVE-2026-41089 Threatens Every Domain Controller
Microsoft patched 137 vulnerabilities in May 2026 — but one stands out: CVE-2026-41089 lets unauthenticated attackers execute code as SYSTEM on domain controllers via a single network request.
VulnerabilitiesCopy Fail CVE-2026-31431: 732 Bytes to Root on Every Linux Server in Your Financial Infrastructure
A nine-year-old Linux kernel flaw dubbed "Copy Fail" lets any unprivileged user escalate to root with a 732-byte script. Every major distribution since 2017 is affected — here's what Saudi financial institutions must do now.
VulnerabilitiesCVE-2026-3854: Critical GitHub RCE Flaw Exposed Millions of Repositories via Single Git Push
A single git push command was all it took to execute arbitrary code on GitHub's backend servers. CVE-2026-3854 exposed millions of public and private repositories — here's what Saudi financial institutions must do now.
VulnerabilitiesCVE-2026-41940: cPanel Zero-Day Auth Bypass Exposes 1.5M Hosting Servers to Root Takeover
A CVSS 9.8 zero-day in cPanel & WHM lets unauthenticated attackers gain root-level WHM access via CRLF injection — exploited in the wild since February 2026 across 1.5 million exposed servers.
Breaches & Data LeaksCushman & Wakefield Vishing Breach: How One Phone Call Exposed 500K Salesforce Records
A single vishing call gave ShinyHunters access to 500,000 Salesforce records at Cushman & Wakefield. Two ransomware groups now claim the data. Here's what went wrong and why Saudi institutions must act now.
Supply Chain & Third PartyMini Shai-Hulud Worm Hits TanStack and 170+ Packages: The Largest npm Supply Chain Attack of 2026
TeamPCP weaponized GitHub Actions OIDC tokens to publish 401 malicious package versions across TanStack, Mistral AI, and UiPath — stealing credentials from cloud providers, crypto wallets, and CI systems. Here's what happened and how to respond.
Software EngineeringRubyGems Shuts Down Signups After BufferZoneCorp Supply Chain Attack Hits CI/CD Pipelines
RubyGems suspended new registrations after hundreds of malicious sleeper packages drained AWS keys, SSH credentials, and GitHub tokens from CI/CD pipelines — a wake-up call for every organization running open-source dependencies.
VulnerabilitiesCritical n8n Workflow Automation Flaws CVE-2026-42231 & CVE-2026-42232: Chained Prototype Pollution to Full RCE
Two prototype pollution vulnerabilities in n8n can be chained for full remote code execution with a CVSS 9.4 score. If your organization uses workflow automation, here's what you need to do now.
Cloud & IdentityFortinet 2026 Threat Report: 389% Ransomware Surge, 1.7B Stolen Credentials, and What It Means for Saudi Finance
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs confirms 7,831 ransomware victims in 2025 — a 389% spike — fueled by AI-assisted tools and 1.7 billion stolen credentials on the dark web. Saudi financial institutions face unique exposure.
VulnerabilitiesSAP S/4HANA and Commerce Cloud Hit with CVSS 9.6 Critical Flaws — Patch Now Before Attackers Move First
SAP released 15 security patches including two CVSS 9.6 critical flaws in S/4HANA and Commerce Cloud. Here's why Saudi banks and financial institutions running SAP must act within hours, not days.
VulnerabilitiesGoogle Confirms Hackers Used AI to Build a Zero-Day Exploit — What Saudi Financial Institutions Must Do Now
Google's Threat Intelligence Group confirmed that hackers used AI to find and exploit a zero-day vulnerability targeting a widely used admin tool. For SAMA-regulated institutions, this marks a turning point in threat modeling.
