Classification: Critical, Solution: Official Fix, Exploit Maturity: Not Defined, CVSSv3.1: 9.8, CVEs: CVE-2026-98432, Summary: A use-after-free vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's IPv4 networking subsystem. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit a race condition during TCP connection request processing to trigger remote code execution. The flaw arises when socket options are freed while still being accessed by a concurrent operation, such as a retransmitted connection…
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 2nd November, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Binance, a global cryptocurrency exchange, has suffered a cyberattack resulting in the theft of approximately $6.3 billion in digital assets. Attackers reportedly compromised a DevOps engineer’s laptop and abused internal wallet infrastructure to authorize unauthorized withdrawals. The incident ranks among the largest cryptocurrency thefts ever…
Local privilege escalation (LPE) is the step that turns a foothold into full control of a host. An attacker who lands as an unprivileged user rarely stops there. They want root, and Linux keeps offering new ways to get it.In this edition of our "Linux Detection Engineering" series, we’ll cover:The default flow that a Linux LPE produces on the host and the general rules that detect it.The recurring LPE patterns behind the most recent LPEs and how each works, along with how each looks through the…