Daily DefSec Brief - Cyber Security News for July 23 2026
1. Check Point SmartConsole authentication bypass zero-day (active exploitation) — CVE-2026-16232, CVE-2026-50751 — CISA KEV: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog · BleepingComputer: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/check-point-patches-smartconsole-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks/ 2. Chaos ransomware msaRAT hides C2 in Chrome/Edge via WebRTC — No CVE — Cisco Talos: https://blog.talosintelligence.com/chaos-msarat-living-off-the-browser-to-build-covert-c2-channel/ · BleepingComputer…
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