Cyber Security News for October 5 2026 - Daily DefSec Brief

Daily DefSec Brief · Oct 5, 2026 · 4m · transcript

1. NetScaler SAML flaw exploited after last fix — CVE-2026-88779 — Fixed: 14.1-73.41 or 13.1-64.28 — federal due 2026-10-07 — Do: Update NetScaler again if it uses SAML — https://support.citrix.com/external/article/CTX697174/citrix-netscaler-adc-and-citrix-netscale.html

2. AI-found Rejetto HFS flaw now exploited — CVE-2026-61500 — Fixed: 3.2.1 — Do: Upgrade Rejetto HFS or take it offline — https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61500

3. Malicious VS Code themes on official Marketplace — Do: Allowlist the VS Code extensions developers use — https://socket.dev/blog/glassworm-vscode-themes

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