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SANS Internet Storm Center

From a VHDX File to a Remcos RAT, (Tue, Jun 16th)

Yesterday, a reader reported to us a malicious ZIP archive (SHA256: a0104921a2d37ab87482ac9a9f5c3713479c118846c3e999178e75b81620c094[1]). Once unzipped, it contains a VHDX file that discloses a malicious JavaScript after being mounted (which is automatic on modern Windows OSs):

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Google Cloud Blog

How customer collaboration is shaping the future of GenAI security with Model Armor

At Google Cloud, we believe that the best products are built in partnership with our customers. Their feedback and real-world experiences are invaluable in helping refine our services and deliver solutions that truly meet our customers’ needs. In January 2026, our Google Cloud Developer Advocacy team participated in a high-velocity technical sprint with a major Google Cloud customer and a leader in the telecommunications industry. This collaborative engagement provided us with deep insights, lea

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ExternalSoftware Architecture
Martin Fowler

Fragments: June 16

“Prag Dave” Thomas (co-author of the outstanding “Pragmatic Programmer”) has loved programming since he was young. Programming was how I could express myself. I wasn’t an artist. When I sing, dogs howl. When I draw, friends say, “Very nice. What is it?” I didn’t connect particularly well with people, even though I wanted to. And yet, when I wrote my first program, I discovered a medium which let me convert thought into action. All the ideas that were bottled up behind a wall of frustration sudde

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The Hacker News

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Actively Exploited SD-WAN Manager Flaw

Cisco has released security updates for a medium-severity security flaw in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20262, carries a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10.0. "A vulnerability in the web UI of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly SD-WAN vManage, could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to create a file or

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The Hacker News

CISA Flags LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Flaw Exploited for Root Privilege Escalation

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw impacting LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to apply the fixes by June 18, 2026. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-54420 (CVSS score: 8.5), which has been described as a case of privilege

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