Microsoft Issues Emergency .NET Fixes for Brotli Flaw and Linux Privilege Escalation

Microsoft Issues Emergency .NET Fixes for Brotli Flaw and Linux Privilege Escalation

Microsoft has released emergency security updates for .NET 8, .NET 9, .NET 10 and .NET 11 Release Candidate 3 (RC3), fixing a buffer overflow flaw and a Linux vulnerability that could let local attackers gain higher privileges. The company has urged developers and administrators to install the updates as soon as possible. The October 25…

Google Issues Emergency Chrome Update for Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Attacks

Google Issues Emergency Chrome Update for Zero-Day Flaw Exploited in Attacks

Google has released an emergency security update for Chrome after confirming that a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in the browser’s V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine is being actively exploited. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-85046, could potentially expose users to browser crashes, data exposure or attacker-controlled code execution, depending on how it is exploited. The company has…