SecurityNews Patchwork – Tuesday 3 November Ivanti Connect Secure hijacked via three chained flaws, GitLab servers remain unpatched, Synology warns of ransomware, and Zyxel and refrigeration systems demand swift action. 3 November 2026
SecurityNews Patchwork – Monday 2 November In Canonical LXD and MicroCloud an attacker can log in as a trusted client without a private key. Scoring 10.0, the flaw is patched; no exploitation reported yet. 2 November 2026
SecurityNews Patchwork – Saturday 31 October WordPress fixes RCE flaw in update process, Drupal Commerce exploited, Ivanti Connect Secure chain grows in KEV catalogue, Synology ransomware strikes and TeamViewer flaw threatens helpdesks. 31 October 2026
SecurityNews Targeted phishing up 41 per cent as mass campaigns decline Spear phishing rose by 41.1 per cent, according to KnowBe4 research, while mass phishing campaigns fell sharply. Dutch organisations face technical attack methods more often than average. 30 October 2026
SecurityNews Small DDoS attacks on the rise as large attacks decline Cloudflare mitigated 18.2 million network-layer DDoS attacks in the third quarter. Small, short-lived attacks rose by 208 per cent, while attacks above 1 Tbps declined. 30 October 2026
SecurityNews Patchwork – Friday 30 October Cisco firewalls knocked offline via the SSL VPN, Oracle E-Business Suite probed, a Linux kernel flaw awaiting patches at Ubuntu and Red Hat, and the GitLab flaw exploited. 30 October 2026
SecurityNews Majority of Dutch employees carry out digital tasks on autopilot HP-commissioned research shows 83 per cent of Dutch office workers perform tasks on autopilot daily. Only 2 per cent cite taking their own action after phishing. 29 October 2026
SecurityIn Depth The RDI is watching: can your MSP pass the test? The Dutch Cybersecurity Act requires registration, but half the target group is still missing. For MSPs, their status determines whether supervision is proactive or only follows an incident. 29 October 2026
SecurityNews Patchwork – Thursday 29 October A Linux kernel flaw turns PHP2Shell webshells into root shells, a VMware ESX zero-day masks logs, Magento stores are attacked and attackers abuse MDM platforms to deploy ScreenConnect. 29 October 2026
SecurityNews Gartner presents eight cybersecurity projects that should be prioritised Gartner analyst Niyati Daftary presented eight cybersecurity projects that CISOs should prioritise in 2026. Four concern AI; the rest cover resilience, IAM, post-quantum cryptography and deepfakes. 28 October 2026
