Cybersecurity briefing, 2026-07-18

Here is the brief for July 18.

• Siemens OT switches can keep root after reboot
• Fairlife ransomware hits shelf supply, not data
• Acquisition boundaries did not stop Abbott breach
• Run-box lures steal cloud sessions too
• Gold Eagle makes vulnerability triage a federal pipeline
• Spirals shrinks the ransomware response window
• OpenSSL fix misses the usual scanner signals
• Stolen code-signing certs break trusted-binary checks
• Coding tests become a secret delivery path
• GoSerpent kept access alive for months
• 7-Zip fix leaves embedded decoders behind
• Zoom account takeover, Splunk credential exposure
• Adobe Experience Manager fixes missing-auth and SSRF flaws

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