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Hybrid Reasoning Agents: 35–55% fewer tokens and up to 2.6× faster inferenceHacker News · Oct 18
Free Pascal compiler now supports dynamic packagesHacker News · Oct 18
nsd-4.15.3-1.el10_2Fedora security updates (Bodhi) · Oct 18
nsd-4.15.3-1.fc43Fedora security updates (Bodhi) · Oct 18
CVE-2026-98853: net: gso: limit recursive IP-in-IP segmentationLinux Kernel CVE Announce · Oct 18
CVE-2026-98862: audit: fix exe mark UAF in kill_rules()Linux Kernel CVE Announce · Oct 18
Hackers exploit SiteGuard WAF flaw to run commands as adminsBleepingComputer · Oct 18
Orphaned VBA Projects Inside DWG Files: YARA Rule, (Sun, Oct 18th)SANS Internet Storm Center · Oct 18
US Cybersecurity Job Postings Fall 26% as AI Security Engineer Demand SoarsSecurityWeek · Oct 18
ConnectWise Suspends Cloud Backup After Attackers Compromise Microsoft 365 TenantsThe Hacker News · Oct 18

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KEV: CVE-2026-102764 — BeyondTrust Remote Support: BeyondTrust Remote Support Authentication Bypass by Spoofing VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 16
KEV: CVE-2025-61624 — Fortinet Multiple Products: Fortinet Multiple Products Path Traversal VulnerabilityCISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) · Oct 16
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

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