Check Point Fixes a New Actively Exploited Critical Security Flaw

Security Affairs reports multiple significant cybersecurity developments, including active exploitation of a critical Check Point Security Management Server path traversal flaw (CVE-2026-93616), a public PoC for a Windows Defender update denial-of-service zero-day, a public PoC enabling local privilege escalation in Veeam Agent, and CISA cataloging an actively exploited Zyxel GS1900 switch buffer overflow (CVE-2026-7273). The feed also covers a large-scale North Korea-linked malware campaign, attacks against Colorado water utility OT systems, a blockchain-based Node.js RAT, connected-car risks