[GUEST DIARY] Tearing apart website fraud to see how it works., (Wed, May 13th)
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What happened
SANS ISC diary roundup (May 8–13, 2026) covering multiple topics: a guest write-up on dissecting website fraud, discussions on proxying EXE traffic, and reasons for using CAPTCHAs. Major vendor patch coverage: Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday addressing 137 vulnerabilities (including 137 Chromium-related Edge issues) and Apple shipping fixes for 84 vulnerabilities across iOS/iPadOS/macOS and other platforms — apply vendor updates. Security tooling/news: YARA-X 1.16.0 released. A notable vulnerability write-up details a new Linux kernel local privilege escalation dubbed “Dirty Frag,” reported a
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