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Top 24 products — Last week

#1Linux Kernel
Operating System Kernel

The Linux kernel is the core kernel of the Linux operating system family. It provides the fundamental interfaces and services between hardware and user space, including process scheduling, memory management, device driver support, networking, filesystems, security mechanisms, virtualization support, and architecture-specific platform handling. The provided context references a wide range of Linux kernel subsystems and drivers, including networking, USB gadget, HID, DRM/GPU, power management, memory management, Industrial I/O, wireless, hwmon, pin control, storage, and filesystem components, reflecting the kernel’s broad role as the central system software layer across servers, desktops, embedded systems, mobile devices, and cloud environments.

Mentions101VendorLinux
#2Suse Linux Enterprise Server
Operating System

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is SUSE’s enterprise Linux server operating system. The provided content shows it as a product line tracked across multiple major releases and service packs, including SLES 12 SP5, 15 SP6, 15 SP7, 16.0, and 16.1, with package-level maintenance for kernel variants such as kernel-default, kernel-source, kernel-azure, kernel-64kb, kernel-rt, and related cloud images. It is used as the base platform for SUSE security advisories and vulnerability remediation, with status states such as Released, In progress, Affected, Not affected, and Unsupported applied per package and release.

Mentions57VendorSuse
#3Suse Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Kernel live patching service / enterprise Linux update product

SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching is a SUSE offering for applying selected Linux kernel security and stability fixes to running SUSE Linux Enterprise systems without requiring an immediate reboot. The provided context shows it as a product line tied to specific SUSE Linux Enterprise service pack releases, with live patch packages such as kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7 and related real-time variants. It is referenced in SUSE security advisories and CVE status matrices as a distribution channel for kernel live patch updates, with product states such as Released and Not affected depending on the CVE and service pack.

Mentions53VendorSuse
#4Telegram
Messaging Platform

Telegram is a cloud-based instant messaging and social media platform used for one-to-one messaging, group chats, channels, voice/video communication, and bot-driven automation. It is available across mobile and desktop platforms and is widely used for personal communications, community broadcasting, and programmatic interactions through its Bot API. In the provided context, Telegram appears both as a legitimate messaging application targeted for account compromise and data extraction, and as infrastructure abused by threat actors for command-and-control, exfiltration, operator coordination, recruitment, and bot-based workflows.

Mentions51VendorTelegram
#5Windows
Operating System

Windows is Microsoft’s operating system family for personal computers, workstations, and servers. In the provided content it appears primarily as the endpoint and application platform for security operations, malware execution, virtualization, and forensic analysis. The references specifically mention Windows 10 and Windows 11 workstations and VMs, Windows guests under KVM, Windows-specific artifacts such as Prefetch, LNK files, ShellBags, Jump Lists, the USN Journal, registry keys, event logs, print spool files, and NTFS alternate data streams, as well as Windows APIs and ETW/WPP tracing. The content also shows Windows as a common malware target and execution environment for remote access trojans, infostealers, phishing payload delivery, privilege-escalation tooling, and browser credential theft.

Mentions50VendorMicrosoft Corporation
#6Salesforce
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Platform

Salesforce is a cloud-based customer relationship management (CRM) platform used to manage customer, sales, support, and related business data. In the provided content, Salesforce appears as an enterprise SaaS environment that stores customer contact information, CRM records, support case data, and sales-related information, and that commonly integrates with third-party platforms via OAuth-connected applications and tokens. The content also references Salesforce login pages, Salesforce instances, and Salesforce environments accessed through integrations such as Klue and Gong, indicating its role as a central business application and data repository in many organizations.

Mentions39VendorSalesforce
#7Windows 11
Operating System

Windows 11 is Microsoft’s desktop operating system for personal and enterprise PCs. The provided content describes it as the current Windows client platform across Home, Pro, and Enterprise editions, with ongoing feature updates and monthly servicing. Mentioned capabilities include Windows Update management, Point-in-time restore for full-system recovery via WinRE using VSS snapshots, Secure Boot and TPM-backed platform security, and support for modern hardware security features such as VBS, HVCI, and IOMMU. The content also references versioned releases such as 24H2, 25H2, and 26H2, including Microsoft’s enablement-package servicing model for newer branches.

Mentions34VendorMicrosoft Corporation
#8Android
Mobile Operating System

Android is Google’s mobile operating system and application platform used on smartphones, tablets, and other devices. It provides the runtime and framework for Android applications packaged as APKs, uses components such as AndroidManifest.xml and classes.dex, and historically transitioned from the Dalvik runtime to ART beginning with Android 4.4 KitKat. The platform includes security and privacy features referenced in the content such as SELinux, Google Play Protect, ad privacy controls, MAC randomization in newer releases, and newer protections such as Advanced Protection on Android 16 and later. The content also reflects Android’s broad ecosystem role as a major target for mobile malware, banking trojans, forensic extraction, and application reverse engineering.

Mentions30VendorGoogle
#9Github
Source Code Management and DevOps Platform

GitHub is a web-based software development and collaboration platform centered on Git repositories. It provides source code hosting for public and private repositories and supports collaborative development workflows such as branching, pull requests, issue tracking, release distribution, and automation through GitHub Actions. In the provided content, GitHub appears both as a legitimate developer platform and as infrastructure frequently abused in cyber operations, including hosting proof-of-concept code, malware payloads, staging repositories, release assets, command-and-control content, exfiltration channels, and persistence mechanisms such as personal access tokens, OAuth apps, SSH keys, and workflow automation.

Mentions29VendorGitHub
#10Claude
AI Assistant / Large Language Model Platform

Claude is Anthropic’s family of large language model-based AI assistants and related consumer and enterprise products. In the provided content, Claude appears both as a general-purpose chatbot and as a platform used in multiple modes and tiers, including consumer plans such as Claude Free, Pro, and Max, API access, coding-assistant use, desktop and mobile applications, and model variants such as Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus. The content also references Claude features and workflows including privacy controls, incognito chat, memory/history behavior, AI coding assistance, and an agentic desktop-oriented mode called Claude Cowork. Claude is used for conversational assistance, software engineering tasks, advanced reasoning, long-running task execution, and security-focused analysis workflows.

Mentions28VendorAnthropic
#11Fortigate
Network Security Appliance / Firewall / VPN Gateway

Fortinet FortiGate is a network security appliance product line from Fortinet used to protect enterprise and organizational network perimeters. Based on the provided content, FortiGate devices provide firewall functionality and are commonly deployed as internet-facing security gateways and SSL VPN endpoints. Reported capabilities in the source material include firewalling, SSL VPN, network access control, and intrusion prevention. The content also describes FortiGate as integrating with FortiGuard security services and being deployed as both firewalls and VPN gateways.

Mentions28VendorFortinet
#12Microsoft 365
Cloud productivity suite / SaaS collaboration and email platform

Microsoft 365 is Microsoft’s cloud-based productivity and collaboration suite used by enterprises and consumers. Based on the provided content, it includes services for business email, collaboration, data access, document editing, identity and authentication workflows, and integrated security/audit capabilities. Referenced workloads and components include Exchange/Exchange Online, Outlook webmail, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams-related content access via Copilot retrieval, Microsoft Graph, Unified Audit Log/Purview Audit, and tenant-level identity features such as MFA and device code authentication. The content also reflects that Microsoft 365 is commonly deployed as an enterprise SaaS platform and is a frequent target for phishing, token theft, mailbox abuse, forwarding-rule abuse, and identity-focused attacks.

Mentions27VendorMicrosoft Corporation
#13Visual Studio Code
Integrated Development Environment (IDE) / Source Code Editor

Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a widely used source-code editor and integrated development environment from Microsoft. In the provided context it appears as the host IDE for extensions and developer tooling, including AI coding assistants, language plugins, Remote SSH functionality, debugging workflows, and workspace/task automation via files such as .vscode/tasks.json. The context also references its extension ecosystem, workspace trust model, background project analysis by plugins such as rust-analyzer, and use in development and debugging scenarios.

Mentions26VendorMicrosoft Corporation
#14Chatgpt
Generative AI Chatbot / Large Language Model Assistant

ChatGPT is OpenAI’s conversational generative AI product. It provides a chat-based interface to large language models that can generate and transform text in real time, answer questions, assist with writing and coding, summarize content, and support multi-turn interactions. In the provided content, ChatGPT appears both as a consumer-facing chatbot and as part of organizational workspace/tenant functionality that allows users to be invited into shared ChatGPT workspaces. The content also references privacy and administrative controls such as Temporary Chat, memory/history behavior, and the “Improve the model for everyone” data-control setting, as well as enterprise usage where organizations connect approved AI services including ChatGPT to internal data under governance controls.

Mentions25VendorOpenai
#15Claude Code
AI coding assistant

Claude Code is Anthropic’s AI coding assistant that operates directly in the terminal. It is designed for software development workflows and can read and modify files in the current project, generate and edit code, and run commands as part of interactive development tasks. The provided content describes it as distinct from the standard Claude web interface because it has direct terminal-level access to local project files and tooling. It supports permission modes including Default, Auto-accept edits, and Plan mode, reads project guidance from a CLAUDE.md file at session start, and supports extensibility through hooks, skills, and settings stored under .claude/ such as .claude/settings.json. The content also references support for SessionStart hooks, project-level configuration, and use in security-sensitive workflows where permissions, hooks, and policy files can be used to constrain behavior.

Mentions24VendorAnthropic
#16Opensuse Leap
Operating System

openSUSE Leap is a Linux distribution from the openSUSE project. The provided context references multiple Leap releases, including 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, and 16.0, in SUSE security advisory and package status material. It is presented as an operating system platform that receives kernel and security updates through named patches such as openSUSE-Leap-16.0-325.

Mentions22VendorSuse
#17Ubuntu
Operating System

Ubuntu is a Linux distribution and operating system referenced throughout the content in the context of multiple kernel and AppArmor-related security behaviors across releases such as 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, 24.04, and 26.04. The content indicates Ubuntu uses AppArmor by default and, in newer releases such as 24.04 and later, restricts unprivileged user namespace creation via AppArmor, which can block or complicate exploitation paths for several local privilege escalation vulnerabilities. Ubuntu is discussed as shipping multiple kernel package variants and release tracks, including LTS releases and cloud/vendor-specific kernels such as aws, azure, gcp, oracle, raspi, realtime, and FIPS variants.

Mentions22VendorCanonical
#18Iphone
Smartphone

iPhone is Apple’s smartphone product line. It is a mobile computing and communications device running Apple’s iOS operating system and is referenced in the provided content in contexts including mobile security research, forensic access, spyware targeting, device unlocking, manufacturing, and consumer use. The content specifically associates iPhone with Apple security features such as PIN-based device protection, data-erasure safeguards, SecureROM/boot protections on older models, Safari-based web app behavior, Siri availability, and its role as a frequent target of advanced mobile exploitation and forensic extraction efforts.

Mentions22VendorApple
#19Whatsapp
Secure Messaging / Communications Platform

WhatsApp is a cross-platform instant messaging and voice/video calling application operated by Meta. It provides end-to-end encrypted personal and group communications and is widely used on mobile devices, with client support referenced here for Android, iOS, Business editions, Windows Phone, and Tizen. The product supports text messaging, media sharing, voice and video calls, and account-based communications tied to phone numbers. The provided content also references WhatsApp as a frequent target or medium in security incidents, including account hijacking campaigns, phishing impersonation, malware data theft, forensic extraction, and historical exploitation of flaws in its VoIP/video-calling stack.

Mentions22VendorMeta Platforms
#20Development Tools Module
Operating System Module / Software Repository

A SUSE Linux Enterprise add-on module for SLE 15 SP7 that provides development-related packages and source artifacts. In the provided content it appears as an update source for kernel-related packages such as kernel-source, kernel-syms, and kernel-obs-build, and is referenced in SUSE security advisories as one of the affected or source modules for kernel security updates.

Mentions21VendorSuse
#21Basesystem Module
Operating System Module / Software Repository

A SUSE Linux Enterprise product module that provides core base-system packages for SLE systems. In the provided content it appears as "Basesystem Module 15-SP7" and is referenced as the source for kernel-related packages such as kernel-default-base and kernel-source in SUSE security advisories. It functions as a foundational software repository/module within the SUSE Linux Enterprise ecosystem rather than as a standalone application.

Mentions21VendorSuse
#22Active Directory
Directory Service / Identity and Access Management

Active Directory is Microsoft’s directory service for Windows domain environments. It provides centralized identity, authentication, authorization, and policy management for enterprise networks. In the provided context, it is referenced as the core domain infrastructure used to manage users, groups, computers, organizational units, Group Policy Objects, certificates, and trust relationships, and as the environment in which authentication protocols such as LDAP, NTLM, and Kerberos operate. The content also reflects its role in domain joining, enterprise device management, and administrative control, as well as its frequent use as a target for enumeration, credential theft, privilege escalation, lateral movement, and persistence in offensive security and ransomware operations.

Mentions21VendorMicrosoft Corporation
#23Firefox
Web Browser

Mozilla Firefox is an open-source web browser developed by Mozilla. It is used for general web browsing and supports a broad extension ecosystem, including browser add-ons based on the Manifest framework. The provided content references Firefox as a browser that stores user history in places.sqlite, supports browser extensions including continued support for Manifest V2, offers user-facing features such as built-in page screenshot capture, and is deployed across desktop environments including Linux. The content also shows Firefox user data commonly targeted by malware, including logins.json, key4.db, cert9.db, cookies, and browsing history artifacts.

Mentions20VendorMozilla
#24Windows 10
Operating System

Windows 10 is Microsoft's desktop operating system for personal computers and workstations. The provided content identifies Windows 10 version 22H2 as the final release for the Windows 10 product line and notes that standard support ended on 2025-10-14. After end of support, eligible systems can continue receiving Extended Security Updates (ESU). The content specifically references consumer eligibility for Windows 10 22H2 Home, Professional, Pro Education, and Workstation editions, as well as separate commercial ESU paths for organizations. Windows 10 is also referenced in enterprise workstation, RDP, Wi-Fi policy, and Secure Boot contexts, reflecting its continued use across consumer and managed environments.

Mentions19VendorMicrosoft Corporation