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U.S. CISA adds Qualcomm and Broadcom VMware Aria Operations flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Qualcomm and Broadcom VMware Aria Operations flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Google Chromium CSS, Microsoft Windows, TeamT5 ThreatSonar Anti-Ransomware, and Zimbra flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2026-22719 (CVSS…

APT41-Linked Silver Dragon Targets Governments Using Cobalt Strike and Google Drive C2

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an advanced persistent threat (APT) group dubbed Silver Dragon that has been linked to cyber attacks targeting entities in Europe and Southeast Asia since at least mid-2024. “Silver Dragon gains its initial access by exploiting public-facing internet servers and by delivering phishing emails that contain malicious attachments,” Check Point…

CISA Adds Actively Exploited VMware Aria Operations Flaw CVE-2026-22719 to KEV Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a recently disclosed security flaw impacting Broadcom VMware Aria Operations to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing active exploitation in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-22719 (CVSS score: 8.1), has been described as a case of command injection that could allow an

AI-powered attack kits go open source, and CyberStrikeAI may be just the beginning

AI is making it ever easier for bad actors to launch attacks, and a newly-identified open source platform, CyberStrikeAI, seems to be lowering the bar even further. The platform packages end-to-end attack automation into a single AI-native orchestration engine, and is linked to the threat actor behind the recent campaign that breached hundreds of Fortinet…

AI-powered attack kits go open source, and CyberStrikeAI may be just the beginning

AI is making it ever easier for bad actors to launch attacks, and a newly-identified open source platform, CyberStrikeAI, seems to be lowering the bar even further. The platform packages end-to-end attack automation into a single AI-native orchestration engine, and is linked to the threat actor behind the recent campaign that breached hundreds of Fortinet…

Possible U.S.-developed exploits linked to first known ‘mass’ iOS attack

An exploit kit that may have originated from a leaked U.S. government framework is behind what researchers are calling the first mass-scale attack on iOS, the operating system for Apple’s iPhones. Traces of the exploits, found in the work of Chinese cybercriminals, also have been spotted in Russian attacks on Ukraine and used by a…

NCSC Warns UK Organisations to Prepare for Potential Iran-Linked Cyber Activity

Geopolitical conflict rarely stays confined to physical battlefields. Increasingly, it spills into the digital domain. The latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East has prompted the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to issue a warning to organisations to review their cyber security posture and prepare for possible cyber activity linked to Iran. While…

Researchers discover suite of agentic AI browser vulnerabilities

Researchers have discovered multiple vulnerabilities that let attackers to quietly hijack agentic AI browsers. Researchers at Zenity Labs discovered these flaws, which affected multiple AI browsers, including Perplexity’s Comet. Before being patched, an attacker could exploit them via a legitimate calendar invite, using a prompt injection to force the AI browser to act against its…

Coruna: Spy-grade iOS exploit kit powering financial crime

A powerful iOS exploit kit has circulated among multiple threat actors over the past year, moving from a commercial surveillance operation to state-linked espionage campaigns and, ultimately, ended into the hands of financially motivated hackers, according to new research from Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). “The exploit kit, named ‘Coruna’ by its developers, contained five…

Alabama Sextortion Case Involved Hundreds of Victims

A 22-year-old Alabama man has pleaded guilty to federal charges after hijacking the social media accounts of hundreds of young women and extorting them with stolen intimate images.  Between 2022 and 2025, Jamarcus Mosley used impersonation tactics to seize control of victims’ Snapchat and Instagram accounts, then threatened to publish private photos unless they complied…

UK Warns of Heightened Iranian Cyber Risk as Middle East Conflict Intensifies

The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is urging British organizations to brace for potential Iranian-linked cyber activity as tensions escalate in the Middle East.  While officials say there is no confirmed spike in direct attacks against the UK, they caution that the situation could shift rapidly.  “There is almost certainly a heightened risk…

$5M Microsoft Activation Key Fraud Ends in Prison Term

A Florida woman has been sentenced to 22 months in federal prison for running a years-long scheme that trafficked thousands of illicit Microsoft software activation keys.  Heidi Richards, who operated Trinity Software Distribution, was also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine after pleading guilty to charges tied to the resale of Microsoft Certificate of Authenticity…

Identity Security Blind Spots Fuel Modern Attacks

Many organizations believe they have identity security under control.  New data from Permiso’s State of Identity Security Report suggests that confidence is increasingly misplaced — right as identity becomes the dominant attack vector in cloud environments. “92% percent of organizations have AI agents in production accessing sensitive data, and those agents are creating identities without…

Oracle EBS 2025 campaign impacts Madison Square Garden, sensitive data leaked

Madison Square Garden confirmed a data breach tied to the 2025 Oracle E-Business Suite hacking campaign. Madison Square Garden (MSG) has confirmed it was affected by a data breach linked to the 2025 cybercrime campaign targeting Oracle’s E-Business Suite (EBS) customers. Madison Square Garden (MSG) is a world-famous multi-purpose indoor arena located in New York…

Anthropic won’t kill cyber, but it will kill some companies

Over the past several weeks, social media has been exploding with predictions that “cyber is dead”. It doesn’t take much insight to jump on that bandwagon, as Anthropic’s announcement of Claude Code Security indeed sent the cybersecurity public market into turmoil, with some companies losing as much as 20% of their market cap. Contrary to…

Cato Networks Launches Auto-Adaptive Threat Prevention Engine

Cato Networks, a provider of SASE solutions, has announced the debut of Cato Dynamics Prevention, an auto-adaptive threat-prevention engine on its SASE platform. Proactive defense against compromise The new solution was designed to proactively stop stealthy, multi-stage attacks – continuously evaluating activity in full context – and correlate signals from across Cato’s sensors over months…

UAC-0252 Attack Detection: SHADOWSNIFF and SALATSTEALER Fuel Phishing Campaigns in Ukraine

Since January 2026, CERT-UA has been tracking a series of intrusions attributed to UAC-0252 and built around SHADOWSNIFF and SALATSTEALER infostealers. The campaigns rely on well-crafted phishing lures, payload staging on legitimate infrastructure, and user-driven execution of disguised EXE files. Detect UAC-0252 Attacks Covered in CERT-UA#20032 According to the Phishing Trends Q2 2025 research by…

OAuth phishers make ‘check where the link points’ advice ineffective

Microsoft has warned that phishers are exploiting a built-in behavior of the OAuth authentication protocol to redirect victims to malware, using links that point to legitimate identity provider domains such as Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. The links look safe but ultimately lead somewhere that isn’t. “OAuth includes a legitimate feature that allows identity…

OAuth phishers make ‘check where the link points’ advice ineffective

Microsoft has warned that phishers are exploiting a built-in behavior of the OAuth authentication protocol to redirect victims to malware, using links that point to legitimate identity provider domains such as Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. The links look safe but ultimately lead somewhere that isn’t. “OAuth includes a legitimate feature that allows identity…

Phishing campaign exploits OAuth redirection to bypass defenses

Microsoft researchers warn that threat actors abuse OAuth redirects to target government users and deliver malware. Microsoft has warned of phishing campaigns targeting government and public-sector organizations by abusing OAuth URL redirection. Instead of stealing credentials or exploiting software flaws, attackers leverage OAuth’s legitimate by-design behavior to bypass email and browser defenses. The tactic redirects…

Expanding Phishing Detection at Scale with Automatic SSL Decryption

90% of modern cyberattacks start with phishing and it’s getting worse. The volume of compromise attempts keeps surging, leaving companies more exposed to credential theft and heavy financial hits.  As phishing evolves, we focus on countering the core tactics that make it effective. That’s why ANY.RUN is upgrading the threat detection capabilities of the Interactive Sandbox across all subscription tiers with the new SSL decryption technology.  By extracting encryption keys directly from process memory, it increases the detection rate of phishing inside the sandbox, helping every user and SOC team…

Android devices hit by exploited Qualcomm flaw CVE-2026-21385

Google confirms that the Qualcomm Android vulnerability CVE-2026-21385 was exploited in real-world attacks. Google has confirmed that CVE-2026-21385 (CVSS score of 7.8), a high-severity vulnerability affecting an open-source Qualcomm component used in Android devices, has been actively exploited. “There are indications that CVE-2026-21385 may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” reads Google’s advisory. The flaw is…

Epic Fury introduces new layer of enterprise risk

Operation Epic Fury — the US administration’s sustained kinetic pressure on core Iranian regime assets — introduces a new layer of operational risk for every multinational with people, assets, or dependencies in the Middle East region and beyond. The immediate briefings from Washington — early damage assessments, stated intent, geopolitical framing, and situational updates and…

Android’s March 2026 security patch fixes over 100 flaws, one under targeted exploitation

The Android March 2026 security patch addresses vulnerabilities across dozens of components and includes one CVE confirmed under active exploitation. Devices running a patch level of 2026-03-05 or later receive fixes for all disclosed issues. Android March 2026 security patch includes one CVE under active exploitation The bulletin notes indications that CVE-2026-21385 may be under…

Google Confirms CVE-2026-21385 in Qualcomm Android Component Exploited

Google on Monday disclosed that a high-severity security flaw impacting an open-source Qualcomm component used in Android devices has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-21385 (CVSS score: 7.8), a buffer over-read in the Graphics component. “Memory corruption when adding user-supplied data without checking available buffer space,” Qualcomm said in an…

Google addresses actively exploited Qualcomm zero-day in fresh batch of 129 Android vulnerabilities

Google disclosed one actively exploited zero-day vulnerability Monday, warning that the high-severity defect affecting an open-source Qualcomm display component for Android devices “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” The memory-corruption vulnerability — CVE-2026-21385 — which Google’s Android security team reported to Qualcomm Dec. 18, affects 234 chipsets, Qualcomm said in a security bulletin. Qualcomm said…

Vulnerability monitoring service secures public-sector websites faster

An automated scanning system has cut the time it takes to fix cybersecurity vulnerabilities across public sector IT systems, reducing median remediation time for general cyber vulnerabilities from 53 days to 32, and slashing DNS-specific average fix times from 50 days to eight. The results come from the UK government’s newly launched vulnerability monitoring service…

The Dark Side of Luxury Brands: Fraud and Laundering

Haute couture may be showcased under chandeliers and velvet ropes, but its underground counterpart operates in Telegram channels, crypto wallets, and dark web storefronts.  What looks like a niche problem of fake handbags is, in reality, a sprawling shadow economy where luxury goods function as financial instruments, laundering vehicles, and scam bait. “Unlike the glamorous…

Europol Operation Targets Online Network Exploiting Minors

A yearlong international crackdown has led to 30 arrests tied to “The Com,” a decentralized cybercrime collective accused of targeting children and teenagers across digital platforms.  Coordinated by Europol and involving law enforcement agencies from 28 countries, the operation — codenamed Project Compass — resulted in the arrest of 30 suspects, linked 179 additional individuals…

Russia-linked APT28 exploited MSHTML zero-day CVE-2026-21513 before patch

Russia-linked APT28 reportedly exploited MSHTML zero-day CVE-2026-21513 before Microsoft patched it, a high-severity bypass flaw. Akamai reports that Russia-linked APT28 may have exploited CVE-2026-21513 CVSS score of 8.8), a high-severity MSHTML vulnerability (CVSS 8.8), before Microsoft patched it in February 2026. The vulnerability is an Internet Explorer security control bypass that can lead to code…

BYOVD Turns Trusted Drivers Against Windows Security

A growing number of great actor groups are quietly abusing legitimate Windows drivers to turn endpoint defenses against themselves.  Known as Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD), the technique allows attackers to load a digitally signed but flawed driver and exploit it to gain full kernel-level access.  Attackers “… load a legitimate, digitally signed, but…

Everyone Knows About Broken Authorization – So Why Does It Still Work for Attackers?

Broken authorization is one of the most widely known API vulnerabilities.  It features in the OWASP Top 10, AppSec conversations, and secure coding guidelines. Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) and Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA) account for hundreds of API vulnerabilities every quarter. According to the 2026 API ThreatStats report, authorization issues ranked ninth in…

APT37 combines cloud storage and USB implants to infiltrate air-gapped systems

North Korea-linked APT 37 used Zoho WorkDrive and USB malware to breach air-gapped networks in the Ruby Jumper campaign. North Korean group ScarCruft (aka APT37, Reaper, and Group123) deployed new tools in a campaign dubbed Ruby Jumper, using a backdoor that leverages Zoho WorkDrive for C2 and a USB-based implant to breach air-gapped systems. Zscaler ThreatLabz…

How ‘silent probing’ can make your security playbook a liability

For years, cyberattacks followed a familiar pattern: reconnaissance, exploitation, persistence, impact. Defenders built their strategies around that cycle, patching vulnerabilities, monitoring indicators, and working to reduce dwell time. But a quieter shift is underway. Today’s most sophisticated adversaries are using AI to study how organizations defend themselves. They run what we call “silent probing campaigns:”…

APT28 Tied to CVE-2026-21513 MSHTML 0-Day Exploited Before Feb 2026 Patch Tuesday

A recently disclosed security flaw patched by Microsoft may have been exploited by the Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28, according to new findings from Akamai. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-21513 (CVSS score: 8.8), a high-severity security feature bypass affecting the MSHTML Framework. “Protection mechanism failure in MSHTML Framework allows an unauthorized

Motorola turns to GrapheneOS for smartphone security upgrade

Motorola is strengthening smartphone security through a long-term partnership with the GrapheneOS Foundation, a mobile security nonprofit that develops a hardened operating system based on the Android Open Source Project. GrapheneOS includes protections designed to reduce entire classes of vulnerabilities, strengthen app sandboxing and system boundaries, and limit the impact of common exploits while maintaining…

Europol’s Project Compass nets 30 arrests in crackdown on “The Com”

Europol’s Project Compass led to 30 arrests targeting ‘The Com’ network, identifying 62 victims and protecting four children from harm. A yearlong operation, code-named Project Compass, led by Europol has dealt a major blow to The Com,’ a cybercrime network known for targeting children and teenagers. The joint effort, called Project Compass and coordinated by…

GUEST ESSAY: Real cyber risks arise when small flaws combine and alerts are viewed in isolation

Security teams are drowning in signals. Alerts fire. Logs accumulate. Dashboards light up. Yet breaches still unfold quietly, often through a series of low-level actions that never trigger a single catastrophic alarm. Related: How ‘observability’ drives security Attackers do not rely on one silver bullet. They move incrementally. They probe. They chain together small weaknesses…

Your dependencies are 278 days out of date and your pipelines aren’t protected

Applications continue to ship with known weaknesses even as development workflows speed up. A new Datadog State of DevSecOps 2026 report examines how dependency management and pipeline practices are influencing exposure across cloud native environments. Across the environments studied, 87% of organizations run at least one exploitable vulnerability in production services, affecting 40% of those…

Claude code abused to steal 150GB in cyberattack on Mexican agencies

Hackers abused Claude Code to build exploits and steal 150GB of data in a cyberattack targeting Mexican government systems. Hackers abused Anthropic’s Claude Code AI assistant to develop exploits, create custom tools, and automatically exfiltrate more than 150GB of data in an attack on Mexican government systems, the Israeli cybersecurity firm Gambit Security reports. The…

SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 86

Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter Technical Deep Dive: The Monero Mining Campaign Operation Olalampo: Inside MuddyWater’s Latest Campaign   VShell and SparkRAT Observed in Exploitation of BeyondTrust Critical Vulnerability (CVE-2026-1731)   Operation MacroMaze: new APT28 campaign using basic tooling and legit…

CVE-2025-64328 exploitation impacts 900 Sangoma FreePBX instances

About 900 Sangoma FreePBX systems were infected with web shells after attackers exploited a command injection flaw. Hundreds of Sangoma FreePBX instances are still infected with web shells following attacks that began in December 2025. Sangoma FreePBX is an open-source, web-based platform for managing Asterisk-powered VoIP phone systems. Maintained by Sangoma Technologies, it allows businesses…

Week in review: Self-spreading npm malware hits developers, Cisco SD-WAN 0-day exploited since 2023

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Identity verification systems are struggling with synthetic fraud Fake and expired IDs keep showing up in routine customer transactions, from alcohol purchases to credit card applications. The problem shows up most often in industries that depend on fast onboarding and…

Security Affairs newsletter Round 565 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Canadian Tire 2025 data breach impacts 38 million users Iran ’s Internet near-totally blacked out amid…

ClawJacked Flaw Lets Malicious Sites Hijack Local OpenClaw AI Agents via WebSocket

OpenClaw has fixed a high-severity security issue that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed a malicious website to connect to a locally running artificial intelligence (AI) agent and take over control. “Our vulnerability lives in the core system itself – no plugins, no marketplace, no user-installed extensions – just the bare OpenClaw gateway, running exactly…

MY TAKE: The Pentagon punished Anthropic for red lines it accepted from OpenAI hours later

KINGSTON, Wash. — On Friday afternoon, President Trump ordered every federal agency to stop using Anthropic’s AI technology. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth followed by designating the company a “supply-chain risk to national security,” a label the government typically reserves for companies like Huawei. Related: Claude’s memory vs. ChatGpt’s Anthropic’s offense: refusing to remove contract provisions…

Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?

In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to build Kimwolf, the world’s largest and most disruptive botnet. Since then, the person in control of Kimwolf — who goes by the handle “Dort” — has coordinated a barrage of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), doxing and email flooding attacks…

Security hole could let hackers take over Juniper Networks PTX core routers

Network admins with Juniper PTX series routers in their environments are being warned to patch immediately, because a newly-discovered critical vulnerability could lead to an unauthenticated threat actor running code with root privileges. The hole is “especially dangerous, because these devices often sit in the middle of the network, not on the fringes,” said Piyush…

FreeBSD Jail Escape Flaw Breaks Filesystem Isolation

A critical vulnerability in FreeBSD allows attackers to escape jail environments and access the host filesystem.  The flaw weakens a core isolation mechanism and, under specific configurations, can lead to a complete breakdown of filesystem separation. This vulnerability “… enables full filesystem access for a jailed process, breaking the chroot,” said researchers in the advisory.…

Juniper PTX Flaw Could Allow Full Router Takeover

Juniper Networks has disclosed a critical vulnerability in Junos OS Evolved that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain root-level control of affected PTX Series routers.  These routers are widely used in service provider, telecom, and cloud environments. The vulnerability “… allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to execute code as root,” said the company in…

Trend Micro Patches Critical Apex One RCE Flaws

Trend Micro has released patches for two high-severity vulnerabilities in its Apex One endpoint security platform. The flaws impact the Apex One management console and could allow remote code execution on unpatched systems. One of the vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-71210, “… could allow a remote attacker to upload malicious code and execute commands on affected installations,” said…

Zero-Days, Data Breaches, and AI Risks Define This Week’s Cybersecurity Landscape

Major Threats & Vulnerabilities Zero-Day Exploits and Critical CVEs Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Grants Root Access has been actively exploited since 2023, allowing attackers to bypass authentication and gain root privileges. Cisco urges administrators to patch immediately, secure management planes, and monitor for rogue peers. ServiceNow AI Platform Vulnerability could allow unauthenticated remote code execution through…

Juniper issues emergency patch for critical PTX router RCE

Juniper released an emergency patch for Junos OS Evolved to fix CVE-2026-21902, a critical RCE flaw affecting PTX routers. Juniper Networks issued an out-of-band security update for Junos OS Evolved to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21902 (CVSS score of 9.3), impacting PTX routers. The company urges customers to apply the…

US authorities punish sellers of malware and spyware

The US authorities have made it clear that they will have no truck with any individuals trying to by-pass regulations on trading cyberweapons with hostile powers. Selling sensitive cyber-exploit components to a Russian company landed Australian citizen Peter Williams with an 87-month prison sentence from the US District Court for the District of Columbia on…

Why application security must start at the load balancer

For a long time, I thought of the load balancer as a performance device. Its job was to distribute traffic, improve uptime, and make applications feel fast. Security was something that happened elsewhere, on firewalls, inside WAFs or deep in the application code. That perspective changed early in my consulting career. I worked with a…

12 Million exposed .env files reveal widespread security failures

Mysterium VPN found 12M IPs exposing .env files, leaking credentials and revealing widespread security misconfigurations worldwide. Configuration mistakes rarely trigger alarms. A forgotten deny rule, an overlooked server setting, or a full project folder uploaded to production can quietly expose a company’s most sensitive secrets. In many cases, those secrets live inside simple environment files…

Ransomware groups switch to stealthy attacks and long-term access

Ransomware attackers are switching tactics in favor of more stealthy infiltration, as the threat of public exposure of sensitive corporate data is becoming the main mechanism of extortion. Picus Security’s annual red-teaming report shows attackers shifting away from loud disruption toward quiet, long-term access — or from “predatory” smash-and-grab tactics to “parasitic” silent residency. Four…

Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Actively Exploited to Gain Root Access

A zero-day vulnerability in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN products has been actively exploited since at least 2023, allowing attackers to bypass authentication and ultimately gain root access in targeted environments.  This flaw affects core control-plane components and has been linked to a sophisticated threat actor cluster known as UAT-8616. “The Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN zero-day, which is…

Inside AWS Security Agent: A multi-agent architecture for automated penetration testing

AI agents have traditionally faced three core limitations: they can’t retain learned information or operate autonomously beyond short periods, and they require constant supervision. AWS addresses these limitations with frontier agents—a new category of AI that performs complex reasoning, multi-step planning, and autonomous execution for hours or days. Multi-agent collaboration has emerged as a powerful…

ServiceNow AI Platform Vulnerability Enables Unauthenticated RCE

ServiceNow has addressed a critical vulnerability in its AI Platform that could have allowed unauthenticated remote code execution in enterprise environments.  The flaw has a CVSS score of 9.8, reflecting its high severity and potential impact on workflow automation and AI-driven operations. “This vulnerability could potentially enable an unauthenticated user, in certain circumstances, to remotely…

Trend Micro fixes two critical flaws in Apex One

Trend Micro fixed two critical Apex One flaws enabling remote code execution on vulnerable Windows systems and urged immediate updates. Trend Micro has addressed two critical vulnerabilities in Apex One that could allow attackers to achieve remote code execution on affected Windows systems. The company released security updates and strongly urged customers to apply the…

Project Compass is Europol’s new playbook for taking on The Com

A global law enforcement effort has taken root to combat The Com, a sprawling nihilistic network of thousands of minors and young adults engaged in various forms of cybercrime, including physical violence and extortion. Project Compass, an operation coordinated by Europol with support from 28 countries, including all members of the Five Eyes, has resulted…

Nearly 38 Million Impacted in ManoMano Third-Party Breach

European online DIY giant ManoMano is notifying roughly 38 million customers after threat actors compromised a third-party customer service provider, exposing personal data tied to user accounts and support interactions.  The incident, discovered in January 2026, underscores the persistent risk posed by supply chain and vendor-based breaches. “We can confirm that ManoMano has recently notified…

U.S. CISA adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added two Cisco SD-WAN flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2022-20775 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Path Traversal Vulnerability CVE-2026-20127 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager Authentication…

Hacker kompromittieren immer schneller

Der Einsatz von KI-Tools macht Cyberangriffe nicht nur schneller, sondern erhöht auch die Taktzahl. Color4260 / Shutterstock Crowdstrike hat die aktuelle Ausgabe seines Global Threat Report veröffentlicht – mit mehreren bemerkenswerten Erkenntnissen. So benötigte ein Angreifer im Jahr 2025 im Schnitt nur noch 29 Minuten, um sich vollständigen Zugriff auf ein Netzwerk zu verschaffen. Damit…

CVE-2026-20127: Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Exploited Since 2023

New day, new vulnerability in the spotlight. We’re once again seeing how quickly weaponized flaws in widely deployed platforms turn into real operational risk. Coverage of maximum-severity Cisco bugs (CVE-2025-20393, CVE-2026-20045), as well as the Dell RecoverPoint zero-day CVE-2026-22769, shows that attackers are increasingly prioritizing edge-facing infrastructure that quietly controls traffic flows, identity paths, and…

Hackers abused Cisco SD-WAN zero-day since 2023 to gain full admin control

Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability CVE-2026-20127 has been exploited since 2023 to gain unauthenticated admin access. A critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20127 (CVSS score of 10.0), has been actively exploited since 2023. The flaw affects Catalyst SD-WAN Controller and Manager and allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication and gain full administrative access by sending…

China-linked hackers used Google Sheets to spy on telecoms and governments across 42 countries

Google has disrupted a China-linked espionage group that used Google’s spreadsheet application as a covert spy tool to compromise telecom providers and government agencies across 42 countries, sending commands and receiving stolen data through it, Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said on Thursday. Working with Mandiant, GTIG confirmed intrusions at 53 organizations across 42 countries,…

Google GTIG disrupted China-linked APT UNC2814 halting attacks on 53 orgs in 42 countries

Google and partners disrupted UNC2814, a suspected China-linked group that hacked 53 organizations across 42 countries. Google, with industry partners, disrupted the infrastructure of UNC2814, a suspected China-linked cyber espionage group that breached at least 53 organizations in 42 countries. The group has been active since at least 2017, and was spotted targeting governments and…

5 trends that should top CISO’s RSA 2026 agendas

RSA 2026 is still weeks away and the hype machine is humming. This year’s theme, “The Power of Community,” is somewhat ironic as the overwhelming chatter at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from March 23 to March 26 will be about AI agents, not humans. Welcome to the cybersecurity community, agents, automatons, and robots!…

Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20127 Exploited Since 2023 for Admin Access

A newly disclosed maximum-severity security flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly vSmart) and Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage) has come under active exploitation in the wild as part of malicious activity that dates back to 2023. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20127 (CVSS score: 10.0), allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain

AI-driven DAST reduces manual setup and surfaces exploitable vulnerabilities

In this Help Net Security interview, Joni Klippert, CEO at StackHawk, discusses what defines DAST coverage in 2026 and why scan completion does not equal security. She explains how AI-driven DAST testing automates attack surface discovery, supports business-logic testing in pre-production, and reduces the manual setup that has limited adoption. Klippert also describes how organizations…

Finding Signal in the Noise: Lessons Learned Running a Honeypot with AI Assistance [Guest Diary], (Tue, Feb 24th)

[This is a Guest Diary by Austin Bodolay, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Over the past several months, I have gained practical insight into the challenges of deploying and operating a honeypot, even within a relatively simple environment. This work highlighted how varying hardware, software, and network design—can significantly alter…

Governments issue warning over Cisco zero-day attacks dating back to 2023

Attackers have been exploiting a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s network edge software for at least three years, and the global campaign is ongoing, authorities said across a series of warnings released Wednesday. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an emergency directive about the global attacks and issued joint guidance with the Five…

Five Eyes issue emergency directive on exploited Cisco SD-WAN zero-day

Cybersecurity agencies across the Five Eyes alliance have issued an emergency directive warning that a critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability is being actively exploited to gain unauthorized access to federal networks. Officials confirmed that threat actors are targeting core SD-WAN control systems —infrastructure that manages traffic across government and enterprise networks — and urged organizations to…

Critical Zyxel router flaw exposed devices to remote attacks

Zyxel fixed a critical flaw in multiple routers that lets unauthenticated attackers remotely execute commands on vulnerable devices. Zyxel addressed a critical remote code execution vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-13942 (CVSS score of 9.8), affecting more than a dozen router models. A command injection flaw in the UPnP feature of several Zyxel CPEs, Fiber ONTs, and…

Treasury Sanctions Russian Exploit Brokerage

The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on a foreign exploit brokerage accused of purchasing and reselling stolen government cyber tools under the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act (PAIPA).  This action targets Operation Zero, a Russia-linked exploit broker, and signals a tougher stance against markets that monetize zero-day vulnerabilities tied to national security systems.  “If you…

ShinyHunters Claims Wynn Resorts Data Theft

Wynn Resorts has confirmed that employee data was accessed by an unauthorized third party after the company appeared on the ShinyHunters extortion group’s leak site. The casino and hospitality giant said it activated its incident response plan immediately upon discovering the intrusion. “We have learned that an unauthorized third party acquired certain employee data,” Wynn…

Claude Code Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and API Key Exfiltration

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in Anthropic’s Claude Code, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant, that could result in remote code execution and theft of API credentials. “The vulnerabilities exploit various configuration mechanisms, including Hooks, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and environment variables – executing

Threat actor leveraged Cisco SD-WAN zero-day since 2023 (CVE-2026-20127)

A “highly sophisticated” cyber threat actor has been exploiting a zero-day authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-20127) in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly vSmart), Cisco has announced today. The vulnerability was reported by Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre, who said that once the vulnerability was exploited, “the malicious actors add[ed] a rogue peer, and eventually…

12.4 Million Accounts Exposed in CarGurus Leak

Millions of CarGurus users may have had their personal and financial data exposed after a notorious threat actor group published a massive dataset allegedly stolen from the automotive marketplace.  Attributed to the ShinyHunters extortion group, the leak includes 12.4 million records with about 70% of those being new data. “The ShinyHunters extortion group has published…

Vulnerabilities grew like weeds in 2025, but only 1% were weaponized in attacks

Would-be attackers spent 2025 swimming in a sea of more than 40,000 newly published vulnerabilities, VulnCheck said in a report released Wednesday, but only 1% of those defects, just 422, were exploited in the wild. As the deluge of vulnerabilities grows every year, and CVSS ratings lose significance for vulnerability management prioritization, some defenders are…