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The agency added Cisco, Citrix, Fortinet and Chrome flaws to its known-exploited list this week, giving federal agencies until September 12 to patch three of them.
Meridians Money Desk · 13 September 2026 · 4 min read
Both zero-days let attackers escalate to full SYSTEM control, and both were being exploited before Microsoft had a fix ready. Update now.
Meridians Money Desk · 9 September 2026 · 4 min read
CVE-2026-85046 is a type-confusion bug in Chrome's V8 engine that only requires visiting a malicious page. Federal agencies have until September 18 to patch — everyone else should not wait that long.
Meridians Money Desk · 6 September 2026 · 3 min read
A Microsoft 365 disruption on August 31, 2026 broke Outlook email, Teams, and SharePoint for several hours, and Microsoft still hasn't confirmed what caused it.
Meridians Money Desk · 1 September 2026 · 3 min read
Chrome 152, released August 25, includes fixes researchers say could let a malicious website break out of the browser's sandbox and run code directly on your computer. Update by restarting the browser — downloading the update alone isn't enough.
Meridians Tech Desk · 29 August 2026 · 3 min read
CISA added a Windows kernel driver flaw to its exploited-vulnerabilities catalog this month after hackers used it to plant a rootkit. Installing the update alone does not fix it — the repair only takes effect after a restart.
Meridians Money Desk · 26 August 2026 · 4 min read
CVE-2026-69836 scored a perfect 10.0 for severity and could have let an attacker run code in Microsoft's cloud identity service without logging in. Microsoft says it's already fixed and there's nothing users need to do.
Meridians Money Desk · 23 August 2026 · 3 min read
Apple's August 17 updates patch close to 30 vulnerabilities, most in the Safari engine WebKit. None were exploited before the fix, but that changes once patches are public.
Meridians Money Desk · 21 August 2026 · 4 min read
A Windows driver bug linked to North Korea's Lazarus Group was under active attack before the fix shipped. Researchers say installing August's update isn't optional.
Meridians Money Desk · 21 August 2026 · 4 min read
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