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Metabase emergency patch: SQL injection rated CVSS 10.0 is being actively exploited
Metabase closed two critical vulnerabilities on 6 August 2026. The more severe one carries CVSS 10.0 and is, according to the vendor, being actively exploited:...
NetBird self-hosting licence 2026: what the Commercial Starter at 2,000 euros changes
NetBird has opened up its self-hosting licensing: instead of "price on request" there is now a figure on the pricing page. The Commercial Starter costs...
Zoom CVE-2026-53412: critical account takeover and sovereign alternatives
On 14 July 2026, Zoom disclosed a vulnerability rated critical in its Windows client: CVE-2026-53412 allows an unauthenticated attacker to take over an account through...
pedit COW & DirtyClone: Two Critical Linux Kernel Flaws in 2026
Within a few weeks in 2026, two Linux kernel local privilege-escalation flaws were published that work the same way: CVE-2026-46331 (nicknamed "pedit COW") and CVE-2026-43503...
Self-Host RustDesk 2026: the Sovereign TeamViewer Alternative Done Right
RustDesk has made unflattering headlines repeatedly in the first half of 2026: a botnet abusing the public server, a forced login on the demo server,...
Tailscale Pricing 2026: When Self-Hosting Headscale or NetBird Beats Seat Pricing
Two news items reshaped the market for modern mesh VPNs in 2026. Tailscale overhauled its pricing and now bills business plans per seat. And NetBird,...
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