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GitLab urges users to patch max severity path traversal flaw

GitLab urged users on Thursday to patch their servers immediately against a maximum-severi...

Sep 11, 2026
Jabaroot: Behind the hacker group's claim of a 70,000‑name leak in Morocco's police and intelligence

Jabaroot: Behind the hacker group's claim of a 70,000‑name leak in Morocco's police and in...

Sep 11, 2026
Houthis used Anthropic AI to develop ballistic missile software, says report

Houthis used Anthropic AI to develop ballistic missile software, says report A Yemen-based...

Sep 11, 2026
Kenya: AI Plot to Divide Opposition Ahead of 2027 Exposed

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- An artificial intelligence-driven influence operation targeted for...

Nairobi, Kenya · Sep 11, 2026
Most Organizations Skip Permissions Reviews Before Deploying AI Tools

A new Syskit study has shown that only 43% of organizations with AI agents deployed in Mic...

Sep 11, 2026
For China, a Mock A.I. Attack on WeChat Signals a Dangerous New Era

The demonstration of a potent cyberweapon has exposed China’s vulnerabilities and added to...

China · Sep 11, 2026
Yemeni militants used Anthropic AI to try to build ballistic missiles

Missile test by group apparently failed, but exposes limits of AI safeguards

Yemen · Sep 11, 2026
China, Iran among countries that have used AI to aid spying, Anthropic says

Anthropic said on Thursday it shut down multiple cases of state-sponsored surveillance ope...

Sep 11, 2026
Japan’s Digital Agency says personal information possibly leaked

No secondary damage, such as the misuse of the possibly leaked personal information, has b...

Sep 11, 2026
Anthropic blocks possible attempt to use AI to make biological weapons

The revelations in Anthropic's threat intelligence report come after a former top research...

Sep 11, 2026
Anthropic blocks effort to use AI to research potential biological weapons

Anthropic says it has blocked efforts to use its artificial intelligence models to carry o...

Sep 11, 2026
Anthropic warns of bids to use AI to build biological weapons

Experts urge stricter access to AI models as Anthropic reports rising misuse cases, includ...

Sep 11, 2026
Why AI experts are ‘freaked out’ over safety fears ahead of Xi-Trump summit

A flurry of cybersecurity breaches, internal whistle-blowing, and declining visibility int...

Sep 11, 2026
Trezor: 347,000 users targeted in phishing attacks after Brevo breach

Trezor has revealed that phishing attacks against its customers earlier this week targeted...

Sep 11, 2026
Anthropic foils AI surveillance targeting dissidents in China, Iran and West Africa

Anthropic said on Thursday it had disrupted several state-sponsored surveillance operation...

Sep 11, 2026
Attackers Chain JFrog Artifactory Flaws to Gain Admin Control and Plant Backdoors

Attackers have chained two flaws in JFrog Artifactory, the repository that software build ...

Sep 11, 2026
China-Linked UNC3569 Exploited Sogou Input Method Flaw to Deploy GRAYRABBIT Backdoor

A China-linked hacking group exploited a flaw in Sogou Input Method, one of the most widel...

Sep 11, 2026
Conti ransomware gang member sentenced to 4 years in prison

A Ukrainian national has been sentenced to four years in prison for his role in Conti rans...

Sep 11, 2026
PaperCut Replaces Emergency Patches With Fixes for Two Actively Exploited Flaws

PaperCut on Thursday released a new security maintenance release that replaces all previou...

Sep 11, 2026
Chinese student jailed for creating 1,141 deepfakes of women in his lab

A Chinese doctoral student in Seoul was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Sept. 10 for c...

Sep 11, 2026
Cisco FMC Flaws Exploited to Steal Credentials and Deploy Qilin Ransomware

Cisco has revealed that three distinct threat clusters linked to ransomware and state-spon...

Sep 11, 2026
Anthropic says it stopped AI misuse for cyberattacks, propaganda and bioweapons

The AI company revealed new cases of its models being used for cyberattacks, propaganda ca...

Sep 11, 2026
Anthropic blocked possible use of AI model to build bioweapons

As industry insiders issue louder warnings about the catastrophic danger of unchecked arti...

Sep 11, 2026
Anthropic claims Claude AI used for missile projects, global espionage

AI was used to develop missile guidance software in Yemen and to power cyber operations, a...

Sep 11, 2026
Gender minister says Google must take responsibility for any legal violations over data leak

Gender Equality Minister Won Min-kyong said Friday that Google must take responsibility fo...

Sep 11, 2026
URGENT: Info leak suspected following unauthorized access to Japan gov't network

The Japanese Digital Agency said Friday that some 246,000 personal data records may have b...

Sep 11, 2026
Meta in talks with Seoul on social media restrictions for children

SEOUL - Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said Thursday it is ...

Sep 11, 2026
Anthropic disrupts Russian, Chinese AI campaigns targeting its Claude models

Alibaba, Moonshot, DeepSeek and Xiaomi are among tech giants Anthropic accuses of trying t...

Sep 11, 2026
US calls for AI poisoning to sabotage China’s model distillation

Beijing has threatened to retaliate if Washington moves to curb Chinese artificial intelli...

Sep 11, 2026
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Geopolitical Summary 7 September 2026

AI-prepared Sep 06, 2026 · the week across all seven sites

In the week to 6 September the United States and Iran resumed open exchange of fire around the Strait of Hormuz, and the effects showed up in American diesel prices, world food prices, European gas storage, and the bond markets of every G7 economy. Washington spent the week insisting none of it was a war.

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How fast CISA is adding known-exploited vulnerabilities

Additions to the CISA KEV catalog per month. Listing means confirmed exploitation, not merely a severe score.

0100200300vulnerabilities1 Nov 211 Jun 221 Jan 231 Aug 231 Mar 241 Oct 241 May 251 Dec 251 Jul 26
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PeriodKEV additions (vulnerabilities)
2021-11-01291.0
2021-12-0120.0
2022-01-0140.0
2022-02-0132.0
2022-03-01226.0
2022-04-0145.0
2022-05-0183.0
2022-06-0148.0
2022-07-013
2022-08-0123.0
2022-09-0124.0
2022-10-0112.0
2022-11-0110.0
2022-12-019
2023-01-015
2023-02-0114.0
2023-03-0118.0
2023-04-0117.0
2023-05-0119.0
2023-06-0124.0
2023-07-0116.0
2023-08-018
2023-09-0119.0
2023-10-0118.0
2023-11-0118.0
2023-12-0111.0
2024-01-0121.0
2024-02-019
2024-03-0110.0
2024-04-0110.0
2024-05-0114.0
2024-06-019
2024-07-0114.0
2024-08-0119.0
2024-09-0125.0
2024-10-0117.0
2024-11-0122.0
2024-12-0116.0
2025-01-0114.0
2025-02-0127.0
2025-03-0132.0
2025-04-0115.0
2025-05-0124.0
2025-06-0120.0
2025-07-0120.0
2025-08-0115.0
2025-09-0116.0
2025-10-0131.0
2025-11-0111.0
2025-12-0120.0
2026-01-0117.0
2026-02-0128.0
2026-03-0126.0
2026-04-0131.0
2026-05-0121.0
2026-06-0123.0
2026-07-0126.0
2026-08-0131.0
2026-09-0129.0

Source: CISA · retrieved 22 Sep 2026 · Public domain (US Government)

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