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hackerone.com > press-release > hackerone-report-reveals-growing-exposure-debt-vulnerability-backlogs-grew-131-even

HackerOne Report Reveals Growing Exposure Debt: Vulnerability Backlogs Grew 131% Even as Resolution Time Improved 54%

21+ hour, 41+ min ago   (260+ words) Agentic AI orchestrator runs continuously across every stage. AI agents and human experts, scaling with your attack surface. Time-bound offensive testing by the world's top security researchers. AI code security with human expert validation built in. Agentic analysis reasons across…...


dev.to > secbyjasonmiller > patching-elementor-pro-doesnt-remove-the-webshell-check-before-you-close-the-ticket-4nc6

Patching Elementor Pro doesn't remove the webshell. Check before you close the ticket.

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (385+ words) Elementor shipped the fix for CVE-2026-32475 on August 19. Attackers started exploiting it the same day, and Wordfence blocked more than 190,000 attempts in the first five days. If your site ran Elementor Pro 4.2.1 or earlier during that window, updating is the…...


thenewstack.io > demo-rapid-vulnerability-remediation-with-slim-ai

Demo: Rapid Vulnerability Remediation with Slim.ai

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (476+ words) CHICAGO — Trust is a critical part of the creation, distribution and consumption of software. As systems become more complex and modular, this becomes increasingly challenging. Teams have to ensure they have the right processes in place in order to ensure…...


devops.com > hackerone-report-surfaces-massive-increase-in-vulnerability-backlogs

HackerOne Report Surfaces Massive Increase in Vulnerability Backlogs

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (361+ words) By: Mike Vizard on October 7, 2026 An analysis of the backlog of vulnerabilities published today by HackerOne finds that while the rate at which issues are being resolved has increased 54% in the past year there has also been a 131% over the…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 10/07/2026 > x-org-server-fixed-vulnerabilities

Check your X.Org server version because a dozen vulnerabilities have been patched

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (224+ words) X.Org fixed 12 security flaws in the X server and Xwayland, with the repairs shipping in xorg-server 21.1.25 and xwayland-24.1.14. Nine of the flaws can lead to arbitrary code execution. The other three can crash the server or disclose information. Ten of…...


devops.com > security-teams-are-fixing-vulnerabilities-faster-than-ever-so-why-is-software-getting-riskier

Security Teams Are Fixing Vulnerabilities Faster Than Ever. So Why Is Software Getting Riskier?

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (783+ words) By: Mitchell Johnson on October 6, 2026 For years, the software industry’s answer to vulnerability overload has been straightforward: Find issues earlier, prioritize them better and fix them faster. Developers have always made trade-offs when selecting dependencies, weighing functionality, compatibility, maintenance, security…...


dev.to > jeffreyciend > what-the-wordpress-470-to-711-file-inclusion-bug-teaches-about-patch-windows-24ab

What the WordPress 4.7.0 to 7.1.1 file inclusion bug teaches about patch windows

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1117+ words) WordPress 7.1.2 was released on 22 September 2026 to fix a remote file inclusion flaw tracked as CVE-2026-87902. The interesting part of this event is not the vulnerability class. It is the timeline. Attack attempts were observed within hours of the patch, and…...


techloy.com > what-is-virtual-patching-and-why-is-it-suddenly-a-big-deal

What Is 'Virtual Patching,' and Why Is It Suddenly a Big Deal?

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (345+ words) With virtual patching, you’re basically applying a strong, weather-resistant patch on top of that tear, instead of sewing the tear together. Virtual patching, also commonly known by the less catchy phrase ‘just in time patching’ is the practice of addressing…...


helpnetsecurity.com > 10/01/2026 > legit-security-agentic-remediation-expansion

Legit Security extends automated fixes to vulnerable open-source dependencies

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (257+ words) Legit Security has announced an expansion of its Agentic Remediation capability to cover vulnerabilities found in open-source dependencies, not just first-party code, enabling development teams to move from vulnerability detection to a verified fix without manual triage. Legit’s Agentic Remediation…...


dev.to > stanleya > the-morning-after-habit-update-and-scan-discipline-that-closes-the-exploit-window-eh0

The Morning-After Habit: Update and Scan Discipline That Closes the Exploit Window

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (179+ words) Auto-updates miss hosts where the feature is disabled, overridden, or tracking the wrong branch. Verify with ground truth: In php.ini for web requests: That single setting breaks the classic pearcmd.php?+config-create argument-injection path Ressl and Patchstack both flag…...