PaperCut RCE Vulnerability Actively Exploited

By Editorial Team | August 31, 2026
A PaperCut RCE vulnerability chain is under active exploitation on PaperCut NG and MF servers. Two flaws let attackers run code with no login. Patch now.

A newly disclosed PaperCut RCE vulnerability is already being exploited against PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF print management servers worldwide. PaperCut confirmed active attacks on August 27, 2026, shipped an emergency patch within hours, then replaced it with a hardened second patch the next morning after researchers found the first fix incomplete. Every organization running…

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Berlin Ransomware Attack: State Refuses to Pay

By Editorial Team | August 31, 2026
Berlin ransomware attack 2026 — Rhysida extortion of German state government network

A Berlin ransomware attack has put Germany’s capital in the position every public-sector CISO dreads: a confirmed data breach, a seven-figure ransom demand, and an election three weeks away. The ransomware group Rhysida claims it stole 5.79 terabytes from Berlin’s state administrative network and is demanding 30 Bitcoin, roughly €2.05 million, with a seven-day auction…

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Top 5 Cybersecurity News Stories August 28, 2026

By Editorial Team | August 28, 2026
Cybersecurity News Stories August 28, 2026 image showing five exploited trust layers in one week across identity, OT, developer infrastructure, communications, and endpoint security`

This week’s Cybersecurity News Stories August 28, 2026 arrives with a pattern that cuts across every story: the infrastructure that organisations designate as trusted — the identity service that decides who gets access, the security tool that watches for threats, the developer pipeline that builds and deploys code, the video conferencing platform that carries internal…

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miniOrange SAML SSO Bypass Vulnerability

By Editorial Team | August 28, 2026
A miniOrange SAML SSO bypass (CVE-2026-61979, CVE-2026-15981) lets attackers forge admin logins on WordPress — and most scanners miss it.

A miniOrange SAML SSO bypass is under active exploitation against WordPress sites, and most vulnerability scanners cannot detect whether a given site is actually affected. Two chained authentication bugs, CVE-2026-61979 and CVE-2026-15981 (CVSS 9.8 each), let an unauthenticated attacker forge a SAML login and access wp-admin as any existing user, including administrators. DigitalOcean confirmed exploitation…

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GitLab GraphQL code injection vulnerability

By Editorial Team | August 27, 2026
A GitLab GraphQL code injection vulnerability (CVE-2026-19478, CVSS 9.4) was exploited within minutes of disclosure. What happened and how to patch now.

A GitLab GraphQL code injection vulnerability is now under active exploitation, reproduced and attacked within minutes of GitLab’s August 17, 2026 disclosure of CVE-2026-19478. The unauthenticated flaw (CVSS 9.4) lets an attacker delete public projects, forge fake fix records, or lock out maintainers on any unpatched self-managed GitLab instance. GitLab.com and GitLab Dedicated were already…

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