RefluXFS Linux Flaw, Google Selfie Login, GitHub Actions Abuse and Check Point Exploitation

THN Daily Updates The True Cost of Building at Machine Speed AI is speeding up software delivery faster than traditional security review can handle. Learn how to govern risk without slowing development. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Jul 23, 2026 How Synthetic Identity Fraud is Coming for Machine Identities Most people understand identity theft as an attacker stealing a real person's sensitive information and impersonating them. Synthetic identity fraud is much harder to catch. Instead of stealing a real identity, the att... Read More Attackers Weaponize GitHub Actions Runners to Target cPanel and WHM Servers Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a large-scale campaign that has turned compromised GitHub repositories into distributed attack infrastructure designed to target cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) instances. ... Read More 5 Steps to Secure Against Software Vulnerabilities Discovered by AI Models AI has emerged as a potent weapon in cybersecurity. Learn how to best safeguard your organization. Read More Google Adds Selfie Video Recovery for Users Locked Out of Their Accounts Google on Thursday announced a new way for users to sign-in to their accounts by letting them take a selfie video. The selfie for sign-in, per the tech giant, is another option on top of existing recovery methods to lo... Read More Nine-Year-Old RefluXFS Linux Flaw Gives Local Users Root on Default RHEL Installs RefluXFS, a new Linux kernel flaw disclosed on July 22 and tracked as CVE-2026-64600, lets an unprivileged local user overwrite root-owned files on an XFS filesystem and gain persistent root access. Qualys said default... Read More The New Insider Has No Pulse: Securing Privilege When the Actor Is an AI Agent AI agents inherit long-lived secrets and standing privilege, turning old identity gaps into machine-speed risk across enterprise environments. Read More Check Point Patches Exploited SmartConsole Flaw Allowing Full Admin Access Check Point has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities impacting Security Management and Multi-Domain Management (MDSM) products, including a critical flaw that has come under active exploitation ... Read More GitHub Cuts Public Bug Bounty Payouts, Moves Top Rewards to VIP Tier Beginning July 27, 2026, GitHub will cut public bug bounty payouts by at least half at every severity level. Critical findings will drop from $20,000-$30,000+ to a fixed $10,000, while its permanent invite-only VIP tier... Read More The True Cost of Building at Machine Speed AI is speeding up software delivery faster than traditional security review can handle. Learn how to govern risk without slowing development. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to sikubaycom.s3cr3tz@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from THN. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact THN: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe THN | K.P BLock, Pitampura, Delhi