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Realtor.com's annual analysis has identified a specific seven-day window this fall as the optimal time to purchase a home in 2026, based on a combination of pricing, available inventory, and buyer competition. The report suggests this window, while not the year's peak buying season, offers a rare mix of lower prices and less crowded conditions.
F5's honeypots detected a month-long scanning campaign exploiting CVE-2026-39364, a high-severity flaw in Vite versions 7.1.0-7.3.2 and pre-8.0.5, that lets unauthenticated attackers bypass access controls via crafted query parameters like ?raw or ?import&raw. Over 800 attacks and roughly 32,000 events were recorded, with attackers hunting for environment files, AWS and Azure credentials, Terraform state files, and system files like /etc/passwd. Most activity came from the US, Belgium, and the Netherlands, with some attackers routing through Google Cloud IPs and also exploiting older Vite access-control bugs.
D-Matrix introduced Raptor, a new accelerator that stacks compute logic directly on top of DRAM dies to tackle memory bottlenecks in generative AI inference. The design aims to bridge the gap between SRAM's speed but tiny capacity and HBM's larger capacity but bandwidth and power limitations, following the company's earlier Corsair and JetStream products.
At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard confirmed development of Diablo V, an action-RPG set 100 years after Diablo IV where Diablo has already conquered Sanctuary. The story unfolds in Westmarch, casting players as the Heir to its royal line navigating a hellscape with no towns, heroes, or quest-givers, only a traveling caravan of survivors.
CISA has added a maximum-severity GitLab vulnerability, CVE-2026-85706, to its known exploited vulnerabilities catalog after security firm watchTowr detected attackers scanning the internet for unpatched servers. The flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to read credentials and sensitive files from GitLab instances via a single crafted HTTP request to the repository commits API. GitLab patched the issue in versions 19.3.2, 19.2.6, and 19.1, but federal agencies now have just three days to remediate under a binding directive.
Blizzard revealed at BlizzCon 2026 that Overwatch's Season 5, launching next month, will add Doctrine, a vampire-themed support hero who buffs allies and drains enemies through an alternate-fire ability tied to his kit. Two existing heroes are also getting substantial gameplay reworks alongside his debut, continuing the game's 10th-anniversary push to add 10 new heroes this year.
Gen Digital researchers found the China-linked group UNC3569 actively exploiting a one-click remote code execution bug (CVE-2026-51990) in Tencent's Sogou Input Method for Windows, an app used by hundreds of millions in China. Attackers chain a malicious sgbiz: link, an unrestricted browser navigation flaw, and an outdated, unsandboxed Chromium 80 engine to silently install the GrayRabbit backdoor once a victim clicks a crafted link.
At BlizzCon 2026, Blizzard revealed a cinematic trailer for a new game simply called StarCraft, billed as a story-driven open-world shooter. The title marks the franchise's first major new entry since StarCraft 2 launched 16 years ago, but Blizzard says it won't arrive until spring 2030.
The Dutch NCSC has issued an alert about two critical Check Point VPN vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-85102 and CVE-2026-85103, warning that attacks exploiting them are likely to begin soon even though no public proof-of-concept exploit exists yet. Check Point released patches for both bugs on September 9, covering Security Gateways and Management Servers across multiple supported and end-of-support versions.
TechCrunch announced that tonight, September 11 at 11:59 p.m. PT, is the absolute final deadline to apply to host an official Side Event at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026. The company stated there will be no further extensions or chances to apply after this cutoff.
At IFA 2026, laptop makers showed a market polarizing into cheap machines under $800 with 8GB of RAM and premium AI-oriented systems costing thousands with up to 192GB of memory, leaving little in the middle tier. Companies including Lenovo, Dell and Acer unveiled colorful budget models like the IdeaPad Vibe, Dell 14S and a 16-inch Swift Air, directly responding to Apple's MacBook Neo with varied chip choices from Qualcomm, AMD and Intel.
Wiz researchers found multiple threat actors exploiting two Artifactory vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-42018 and CVE-2026-42016, to escalate from a low-privileged anonymous session to full administrator access in under five minutes in some cases. Once inside, attackers installed malicious Groovy plugins to run commands and deployed a custom Rust-based backdoor with command-and-control capabilities, alongside webshells and stolen configuration data. A separate critical flaw, CVE-2026-82329, has also been used by other attackers to mint admin tokens on unpatched instances.