Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-09-18 17:00 PDT

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2026-09-18 17:00 PDT

• Friday Squid Blogging: On Squid Egg Sacs
  Schneier on Security • 2026-09-18 14:06 • www.schneier.com

  Short essay about squid egg sacs.

  As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.

  Blog moderation policy.

  https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/09/friday-squid-blogging-on-squid-egg-sacs.html

• Public Exploits Released for Four Linux Kernel Flaws That Enable Local Root
  The Hacker News • 2026-09-18 11:02 • thehackernews.com
  A security researcher has released working exploit code for four Linux kernel flaws that each let a local user gain root, the highest level of access on a machine.

  Kernel maintainers have fixed all four over the past few weeks, so a system running an up-to-date kernel is not affected. But the exploit code is now public, and any machine still running an older kernel should be updated.

  The flaws
  https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/public-exploits-released-for-four-linux.html

Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.