Show Notes
1. Two MikroTik flaws exploited, deadline Sunday — CVE-2026-86060, CVE-2026-67277 — Do: Patch RouterOS, close SSH and btest — https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog 2. WatchGuard Firebox now in ransomware — CVE-2025-14733 — Do: Upgrade Fireware to 12.5.15 or later — https://www.scworld.com/news/cisa-watchguard-firebox-bug-exploited-in-ransomware-campaigns · NVD — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14733 3. Two 9.8s in Check Point VPN certs — CVE-2026-85102, CVE-2026-85103 — Do: Apply Check Point's 9 September VPN fixes — https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/check-point-discloses-two-98-rated-vpn.html 4. AWS SSM agent leaks instance credentials — CVE-2026-89049 — Do: Upgrade SSM Agent to 3.3.4851.0 — https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/rss/2026-107-aws/ 5. Backup driver writes below the OS — CVE-2026-12780 — Do: Block amwrtdrv.sys, confirm Secure Boot on — https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/687587 · NVD — https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12780 6. AI closed the detection-evasion loop — Do: Weight behavioural detection over signatures — https://www.securityweek.com/anthropic-says-russian-hackers-used-claude-ai-to-automate-malware-evasion/ 7. BYOD calls end at the Graph API — Do: Alert on new MFA device registrations — https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/voice-callers-exploit-byod-microsoft-365-corporate-data 8. IDScan confirms the licence breach — Do: Ask vendors how long they keep the scan — https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/idscan-confirms-breach-tied-to-153-million-stolen-drivers-licenses/ 9. Sogou input method drops a backdoor — CVE-2026-51990 — Do: Confirm Sogou is on an April 2026 build — https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/china-linked-unc3569-exploited-sogou.html 10. Work profiles hide a banking trojan — Do: Test your app's checks inside a work profile — https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/gigabud-creates-android-work-profiles.html 11. Android ransomware plus spyware — Do: Block sideloading, alert on Accessibility grants — https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/mantaxotax-android-malware/ 12. MCP tool descriptions act as instructions — Do: Review and pin your MCP tool descriptions — https://www.scworld.com/resource/when-english-becomes-exploit-code-the-hidden-risk-inside-mcp-servers 13. Root on the node forges workload identity — Do: Shorten SPIFFE credential lifetimes — https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/kubernetes-spiffe-spire-identity-spoofing/ 14. Passkeys move between managers — Do: Revisit passkeys now migration works — https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/10/google-android-password-manager-transfer/ 15. Invoice fraud with an AI paper trail — Do: Call back on every payment-detail change — https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/09/10/protecting-organizations-ai-assisted-executive-impersonation-invoice-fraud/
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