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Dutch NCSC Warns Attackers Are Poised to Exploit Critical Check Point VPN Flaws

The Dutch Nationaal Cyber Security Centrum (NCSC) is warning that exploitation of two critical flaws in Check Point VPN, tracked as CVE-2026-85102 and CVE-2026-85103, is imminent. Although no public proof-of-concept exploit has surfaced, the agency rates both the likelihood of exploitation and the potential impact as high and is urging

Check Point Rushes Patch for Actively Exploited SmartConsole Zero-Day

Check Point Software addresses a critical zero-day vulnerability in its SmartConsole admin panel that attackers actively exploit in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2026-16232, the authentication bypass flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to obtain login tokens and gain administrator privileges on vulnerable Security Management Servers. The vulnerability enables attackers to modify security

Microsoft Fixes 17-Year-Old Wormable Windows DNS Server Flaw

Microsoft releases an urgent patch for SIGRed, a critical 17-year-old vulnerability in Windows DNS Server that scores a perfect 10.0 in severity and risks handing attackers total control over corporate networks.

Microsoft Fixes 17-Year-Old Wormable Flaw in Windows DNS Server

Microsoft addresses a critical, wormable remote code execution vulnerability in Windows DNS Server that attackers exploit through malicious DNS responses.