ISC Stormcast For Monday, May 11th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9926, (Mon, May 11th)
2026-05-11T13:23:53Z•ffefb0fe0632d93f3c82917b6a1f722f8ec387a79c8e3241aa18fba0cbc8fabd
CVE-2026-31431Copy FailDirty FragLPEMicrosoft EdgeSANS ISCSSL.comYARA-Xbrowser securitycertificate rotationcleartext passwordshoneypotincident responsekernellinuxlocal privilege escalationmitigationsoftware releaseweb logs
What happened
SANS ISC diary roundup (May 4–11, 2026) highlighting multiple items: a newly disclosed Linux kernel local privilege escalation dubbed “Dirty Frag” (reported by Hyunwoo Kim) that follows the recently public Copy Fail issue (CVE-2026-31431) — the diary discusses Dirty Frag’s background, its relationship to Copy Fail, mitigation options, and recommended next steps for system owners. Other entries note the YARA‑X 1.16.0 release (improvements and bugfixes), a report of cleartext passwords in Microsoft Edge (2026), an SSL.com root certificate rotation (potential operational impacts), an ISC guestdi-
Why it matters
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- 2026-05-11T13:23:53Z
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