Microsoft fixes Remote Desktop warnings displaying incorrectly
2026-05-01T13:23:29Z•a3a606f92a570deff70c4d2335817759b2991af3cd3c54c3eb7e429d8980f106
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What happened
Feed highlights multiple active and high-impact security issues: a critical authentication-bypass zero-day in cPanel/WHM (CVE-2026-41940) is being actively exploited; a widespread Linux local privilege-escalation flaw dubbed “Copy Fail” with a published exploit grants root on many major distros; and two Qinglong authentication-bypass RCEs are being exploited to deploy cryptominers. Also reported: supply-chain compromise of official SAP npm packages (credential theft), a long-running backdoor in a popular WordPress redirect plugin, the new Bluekit phishing-as-a-service with AI-assisted features
Why it matters
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- Source ID
- bleepingcomputer
- Record identifier
- a3a606f92a570deff70c4d2335817759b2991af3cd3c54c3eb7e429d8980f106
- Enrichment time
- 2026-05-01T13:23:29Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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