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Belgium’s Digital ID Trust Layer Was One Download Away From RCE

Belgian flag beside an eID smart card and browser-extension attack chain

Researchers found that Belgium’s widely used Connective signing extension could expose eID and Maestro card data, recover PINs and execute attacker-controlled code through its native host. The flaws were fixed in July, but the case shows how a powerful browser extension can quietly undermine an otherwise strong national identity system.

SharePoint PoC Goes Live, and Attackers Start Using It Within a Day

Hostile traffic bypassing a JWT authentication boundary protecting enterprise document servers

Exploit code for CVE-2026-55040, a Microsoft SharePoint authentication bypass, was weaponised almost immediately after Rapid7 published its analysis. With thousands of SharePoint servers exposed online and a separate SharePoint flaw now tied to ransomware, administrators should treat patching, exposure reduction and compromise checks as one urgent task.

CVE-2026-68820 Turns a Windows Foothold Into SYSTEM

Red exploit path crossing a Windows network-driver layer into a privileged kernel core

Microsoft’s August 2026 updates fix a WinSock privilege-escalation flaw used by North Korea’s Lazarus group against defence, aerospace and aviation organisations. The exploit helped Operation Dream Job turn a local Windows foothold into SYSTEM access, deploy a kernel rootkit and interfere with endpoint-security controls.