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OpenImageIO-3.2.1.1-2.fc46 ffmpeg-9.0.2-2.fc46 libheif-1.23.6-3.fc46 mingw-openexr-3.4.15-2.fc46 openjph-0.32.0-1.fc46 xevd-0.8.0-1.fc46 xeve-0.7.1-1.fc46Fedora security updates (Bodhi) · Oct 15
Federal bankruptcy courts dealing with outages after contractor cyberattackThe Record · Oct 15
AI Slop Isn't Just for Social Media; It's Ruining Cyberattacks, TooDark Reading · Oct 15
Hackers exploit Collabora RCE flaw to backdoor Nextcloud serversBleepingComputer · Oct 15
Critical PwnEscape Linux Kernel Vulnerability Lets Guest VMs Read Host MemoryThe Hacker News · Oct 15
What I Self-HostHacker News · Oct 15
Xcode 27.1 (27A9275)Apple Developer Releases (OS updates) · Oct 15
New Withings Users Must Pay $99/Year for Apple Health SyncingHacker News · Oct 15
Android gets AI defenses against messaging scams, fake callsBleepingComputer · Oct 15
GitPython-3.2.1-1.el10_4Fedora security updates (Bodhi) · Oct 15

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KEV: CVE-2026-21589 — Atlassian Multiple Products: Atlassian Multiple Products Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 15
KEV: CVE-2026-105134 — Ahsay AhsayCBS: Ahsay AhsayCBS Command Injection VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 14
KEV: CVE-2026-76519 — Cisco Secure Email Gateway: Cisco Secure Email Gateway Relative Path Traversal VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 14
KEV: CVE-2026-105133 — Ahsay AhsayCBS: Ahsay AhsayCBS Improper Authentication VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 14
KEV: CVE-2026-0322 — Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS: Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS Code Injection VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 14
KEV: CVE-2026-104935 — Ivanti Connect Secure: Ivanti Connect Secure Authentication Bypass by Spoofing VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 13
KEV: CVE-2026-96951 — Microsoft Windows: Microsoft Windows Command Injection VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 13
KEV: CVE-2015-5477 — ISC BIND: ISC BIND Data Processing Errors VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 8

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1m	98.113.241.✱	🇺🇸 Queens, United States	https://zeeke.xyz/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
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3m	172.31.0.✱	🌐	https://johnelia.com/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
5m	98.113.241.✱	🇺🇸 Queens, United States	https://redpatch.us/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
5m	98.113.241.✱	🇺🇸 Queens, United States	https://mugszm.com/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
6m	98.113.241.✱	🇺🇸 Queens, United States	https://zeeke.xyz/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
6m	98.113.241.✱	🇺🇸 Queens, United States	https://johnelia.com/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
8m	172.31.0.✱	🌐	https://johnelia.com/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
10m	98.113.241.✱	🇺🇸 Queens, United States	https://redpatch.us/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
10m	98.113.241.✱	🇺🇸 Queens, United States	https://mugszm.com/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
11m	98.113.241.✱	🇺🇸 Queens, United States	https://zeeke.xyz/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
11m	98.113.241.✱	🇺🇸 Queens, United States	https://johnelia.com/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0
11m	216.157.41.✱	🇨🇦 Montreal, Canada	https://johnelia.com/	Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; HubSpot Crawler; HubSpot Domain check; +https://www.hubspot.com)
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12m	164.90.204.✱	🇳🇱 Amsterdam, The Netherlands	https://redpatch.us/	Python-urllib/3.14
13m	172.31.0.✱	🌐	https://johnelia.com/	Uptime-Kuma/2.5.0

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