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Daily Brief · 18 August 2026 · 24h windowRISKHIGH
StratQuad CTI Daily Brief, 18 August 2026

Compiled from 52 monitored sources · 291 articles reviewed

Today’s Briefing

CISA added CVE-2025-62593 in Ray-Project Ray to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue today, a code injection flaw allowing remote code execution against developers using Ray as a development tool through Firefox and Safari. Separately, a researcher has released ShieldBreak, a new technique that bypasses Microsoft's patch for an earlier Defender vulnerability and achieves SYSTEM privileges, and attackers are actively exploiting a macOS Screen Sharing vulnerability to gain root access and install Monero cryptominers. Cisco Talos disclosed a financially motivated campaign by UAT-11795 deploying the novel Starland RAT and a bespoke WLDR C2 implant.

Top Stories

  1. ShieldBreak bypasses Microsoft’s patch for earlier Defender flaw
  2. CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
  3. Update your Mac: Screen Sharing vulnerability exploited in the wild

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