Severity: ElevatedAction: Be aware

AI Vulnerability Finding

A comment : 3% of ‘critical’ software security bugs, in all of recorded history, have been found in the last month. This is on pace to find another ~100,000 bugs this year alone, adding ~26% more vulnerabilities to the all time total Do you realize how fucking insane that is? Yes. It is a new world out there.

Excerpt from the primary source: Schneier on Security

Who is affected

Security professionals

What you should do · Be aware

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Security research

AI Vulnerability Finding Schneier on Security · schneier.com · Nov 2, 2026 · Primary source
Severity: ElevatedAction: Be aware

Microsoft fixes Smart App Control broken by October Windows update

Microsoft has resolved a known issue that prevented some users from activating the Smart App Control security feature after installing the October 2026 KB5127648 Windows 11 security update.

Severity: CriticalAction: Act nowExploitation: Exploited

Over 1,000 GitLab servers vulnerable to ongoing RCE attacks

Over 1,000 Internet-exposed GitLab servers are still unpatched against a maximum-severity flaw actively exploited in remote code execution attacks.

Why it matters

Source reporting says attackers are already exploiting this, so exposed affected systems are at immediate risk.

Act now

Treat this as an emergency.

Severity: HighAction: PatchExploitation: Suspected

Ivanti patches two more Connect Secure zero-days chained in attacks

Ivanti released security updates to patch two more Connect Secure (ICS) remote access gateway flaws that have been chained in zero-day attacks since at least October 1.

Why it matters

There are signs this may already be exploited, which usually shortens the time available to patch.

Patch

Apply the vendor's security update for Ivanti Connect Secure / EPMM.

Severity: ElevatedAction: UpdateExploitation: PoC public

New Android SMS of Death exploit can remotely crash unpatched phones

A security researcher has released a proof-of-concept exploit for a recently patched Android vulnerability, dubbed "SMS of Death" and tracked as CVE-2026-58882, that lets attackers remotely disrupt cellular service or crash phones by sending a specially crafted text message.