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Joseph Lee

About Joseph Lee

Joseph has had a varied and passionate background in IT and cyber security since the late 1980s. His early technical experience included working on an IBM PS/2, assembling PCs and programming in C++.

He also pursued academic studies in computer and systems engineering, anthropology and an MBA in technology forecasting.

Joseph has worked in data analytics, software development and, in particular, enterprise IT security. He specialises in vulnerability management, encryption and penetration testing.

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Patch Now! CVE-2026-18577 in N-able N-central Actively Exploited

CVE-2026-18577 (CVSS 8.2, EPSS ≥ 71st pctl) and CVE-2026-18556 (CVSS 7.4, EPSS ≥ 19th pctl), published in early August, have both been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) list within days of their disclosure [1][2]. N-able has published Indicators of Compromise (IoC) and post-exploitation activity from successful attacks against its own hosted N-central instances. […]

6. August 2026/by Joseph Lee
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Patch Priority: An Emerging Tide of Linux Vulnerabilities Put Users in Hot Water

Several concerning vulnerabilities affecting Linux have emerged in recent months. The vulnerabilities include CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) entries for CVE-2026-31431 (aka Copy Fail) [1], and an older flaw, CVE-2022-0492 [2]. However, a wave of concerning new vulnerabilities are associated with publicly available exploits or proof-of-concept (PoC) code. Collectively, the flaws represent local privilege escalation, […]

30. July 2026/by Joseph Lee
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Patch Now! Back-to-Back Synacor Zimbra Updates Fix Two Sets of Critical Vulnerabilities

In July 2026, Zimbra released two security patches for multiple vulnerabilities affecting the Classic Web Client and other components of Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS). Version 10.1.19 addressed a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw that has not been assigned a CVE. Version 10.1.20 fixed a command-injection issue in the SNMP monitoring component, four additional stored XSS […]

29. July 2026/by Joseph Lee
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CVE-2026-16232: Check Point SmartConsole Login Process Actively Exploited and More

Check Point has published three new security advisories addressing flaws in Security Management Server (SMS), Multi-Domain Management (MDM), and other Gaia-related components. The highest-priority issue, CVE-2026-16232 (CVSS 9.1), is an actively exploited authentication bypass affecting Check Point SmartConsole in SMS and MDM products. CVE-2026-16232 was published on July 22nd, 2026, and added to CISA’s Known […]

28. July 2026/by Joseph Lee
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CVE-2026-53359 (aka Januscape): VM Escape Hits Linux KVM/x86

Januscape, tracked as CVE-2026-53359 (CVSS 8.8), is a use-after-free vulnerability [CWE-825] in the Linux kernel KVM/x86 that can let a guest crash its host and potentially break guest-host isolation. The highest-risk targets are Intel and AMD x86_64 KVM hosts that expose nested virtualization, especially in environments that accept untrusted guests or allow users to create […]

23. July 2026/by Joseph Lee
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wp2shell: Exploit Chaining for Unauthenticated RCE in WordPress

A WordPress Core vulnerability chain, publicly nicknamed wp2shell, combines CVE-2026-63030 (CVSS 9.8) and CVE-2026-60137 (CVSS 5.9) for pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE). The exploit chain affects WordPress 6.9.x before 6.9.5 and 7.0.x before 7.0.2. WordPress 6.8.x before 6.8.6 is affected by CVE-2026-60137 alone. Dozens of proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits have been published for the full exploit […]

22. July 2026/by Joseph Lee
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CTX696604: Multiple New Flaws Affecting Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway

Citrix security advisory CTX696604 covers six vulnerabilities in customer-managed NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway. NetScaler Gateway is used to authenticate remote users and connect them to internal network resources, and NetScaler ADC load balancing is a core feature used to distribute requests and improve availability. The highest-risk issues in the bulletin can lead to memory […]

16. July 2026/by Joseph Lee
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BeyondTrust BT26-03: Critical and High-Severity Flaws in Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access

BeyondTrust advisory BT26-03, issued on July 6th, 2026, describes multiple new vulnerabilities in BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access (PRA). The vulnerabilities include two critical flaws exploitable without authentication and additional high-severity issues in network communication and web application components. All the flaws require specific configurations for exploitation, but BeyondTrust has not […]

15. July 2026/by Joseph Lee
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CVE-2026-48282: CVSS 10 Flaw in Adobe ColdFusion Is Actively Exploited and More

CVE-2026-48282 (CVSS 10) is a critical path traversal vulnerability [CWE-22] in Adobe ColdFusion. According to Adobe’s Security Bulletin [APSB26-68], the issue affects ColdFusion 2025 Update 9 and earlier, and ColdFusion 2023 Update 20 and earlier. Exploitation is network-based, which increases the risk to exposed ColdFusion instances, and exploitation does not require authentication. A successful attack […]

13. July 2026/by Joseph Lee
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June 2026 Threat Report: Technical Debt Demands Visibility

The true impact that cyber security aware AI will have on the global threat landscape remains to be seen. By some reports, the CVE output for software made by major vendors is on the rise. This June 2026 threat report only scratches the surface of the major cyber security threats from this month. The month […]

9. July 2026/by Joseph Lee
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