Rushed Patches Follow Broken Embargo on New Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities
2026-05-11T14:52:20Z•f4104d466c8d9435dfb2d64bf1563b5aee081982254b67404525b834c7c7f0ef
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What happened
A roundup of InfoSecurity Magazine stories highlighting an urgent security landscape: new high‑severity Linux kernel bugs (nicknamed “Dirty Frag”) prompted rushed, embargobroken patches; researchers report the first observed use of AI to develop a zero‑day; multiple supply‑chain and software‑trojan incidents (trojanized Daemon Tools, malicious npm dependency, fake Claude sites/installers delivering PowerShell stealers, DonutLoader and a Beagle backdoor via DLL sideloading); a surge in phishing and platform abuse (Vercel phishing, large-scale compliance email phishing); targeted infostealer and
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