Cyber Security Week in Review: October 16, 2026
In brief: multiple vendors fix zero-day across their products; the AdFection a zero-click spyware campaign routed targets to spyware servers; and more.
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Request DemoIn brief: multiple vendors fix zero-day across their products; the AdFection a zero-click spyware campaign routed targets to spyware servers; and more.
18 min readUsers are strongly advised to update to patched versions of the products as soon as possible.
3 min readThe suspects allegedly hosted and configured company-issued laptops at US locations, allowing overseas workers to access them remotely.
3 min readThe zero-day vulnerability is CVE-2026-96951, a Windows Shell security feature bypass that allows attackers to circumvent the Mark of the Web security feature.
3 min readKimsuky used fake conference invitations, research requests and malicious files to steal information, though most of the observed attacks were unsuccessful.
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