F5 Labs, using attack telemetry from Efflux sensors, reports that CVE-2017-9841 (PHPUnit eval-stdin.php RCE) remained the most targeted vulnerability in May 2025 with over 54,000 instances. CVE-2020-8958 (Guangzhou ONU command injection RCE) shows near-exponential targeting growth for a third consecutive month. CVE-2024-3721 (TBK DVR OS c…
F5 Labs reports a scanning campaign observed on its Honeynet in March 2026. It recorded 1,897 session-grouped attempts (2,821 raw events) tied to CVE-2018-14028, a WordPress 4.9.7 unrestricted file upload flaw, and the CVE entered the monthly top 10 after being absent in February. Instead of exploiting the upload flaw, the operator probes…
Cisco disclosed a critical authentication bypass, CVE-2026-76504, in the API session-based authentication management of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can send a crafted HTTP request and gain access to the API with the privileges of the admin user. Cisco has released software updates and states that no …
Cisco disclosed multiple critical vulnerabilities in the Next Generation OAM (NGOAM) feature of Cisco NX-OS Software, affecting Cisco Nexus 3000 Series and Nexus 9000 Series switches. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with root privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) on an affected device. The flaws ar…
Cisco disclosed a critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-76471, in the NX-API feature of Cisco NX-OS Software. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could use it to execute arbitrary code with root privileges or to cause a denial of service on an affected device. Cisco rates the Security Impact as Critical. Software updates are available and no w…
The US State Department is offering up to US $10 million through Rewards for Justice for information on Zhang Yu, 44, a Chinese national accused of being a key figure in the state-sponsored group Hafnium (also tracked as Silk Typhoon). Zhang is described as a director at Shanghai Firetech Information Science and Technology, working under …
Copyright takedown requests tied to OnlyFans and other adult content creators are exposing how attackers exploit vulnerable university and government websites to manipulate search results. The takedown notices act as a visible indicator of compromised sites that were abused to host or promote content for search engine manipulation. UpGuar…
Cisco disclosed that CVE-2026-76519, a critical (CVSS 9.8) flaw in Secure Email Gateway (SEG), has been exploited as a zero-day before a fix was available. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can write files and execute commands as root on the appliance simply by sending a malicious email. CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnera…
EG Secure Solutions warns that CVE-2026-106931, an OS command injection flaw in the statistics function of SiteGuard Server Edition, a Japanese host-based WAF, is being exploited in the wild. Successful exploitation lets an attacker run commands as root or SYSTEM on the server hosting the product. The flaw is rated CVSS 4.0 8.5 and CVSS 3…
Arista Networks released security updates for CVE-2026-114625, a critical (CVSS 9.9) zero-day SQL injection in VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) that is being actively exploited. Any authenticated user, even with the lowest built-in Enterprise Read Only role, who can reach the VCO web interface can escalate to operator privileges and masquerad…
This weekly roundup covers a cluster of breaches, critical vulnerabilities and law-enforcement actions. Bluesky confirmed more than 4,500 accounts compromised in a phishing campaign using a fake government payment offer. Zeabur will shut down after a second breach this year that exposed over 3.2 million environment variable records and da…
Two critical vulnerabilities in the PHP engine, collectively referred to as PHP2Shell, prompted emergency security releases on 21 October 2026 after details leaked on 20 October ahead of the planned disclosure. The UK NCSC urged organisations to identify affected systems and update immediately, and Amazon threat intelligence reported expl…
Nord Security reports 2,894 ransomware attacks between July and September 2026, a 50% increase year over year and an 8.6% rise over Q2 2026. Researchers attribute the rebound to the market stabilizing after law enforcement takedowns of LockBit, BlackCat and RansomHub, which suppressed activity during 2025. The Gentlemen (383 attacks) narr…
Horizon3.ai has released a public proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2026-106173, a critical flaw in Fortinet FortiSIEM that lets unauthenticated attackers turn an arbitrary file write into remote code execution. Researcher Zach Hanley published the technical analysis on October 20, following Fortinet's advisory FG-IR-26-180 of October 13. …
Ivanti released its October 2026 security update on 13 October 2026. It fixes the actively exploited Connect Secure zero-day CVE-2026-104935, a spoofing-based authentication bypass that lets remote, unauthenticated attackers execute arbitrary commands (cert.ssi.gouv.fr, darkwebinformer.com). The flaw was discovered by Volexity, which trac…
A Chinese-speaking threat actor used AI agents coordinated through the open-source Cairn platform to attempt intrusions against more than 1,200 websites, reportedly compromising sites of over 100 companies, including Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins. Researcher Snorre Fagerland of NorForge found the activity while monitoring internet-exposed…
Check Point researchers disclosed two high-risk vulnerabilities in LiteLLM, an open-source LLM gateway with almost 100,000 downloads a month. The gateway connects enterprise AI applications to providers such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic. The flaws, CVE-2026-35029 and CVE-2026-59823, could let any user with an account on a vulnerable de…
A Chinese-speaking operator used the open-source AI agent framework Cairn to run autonomous attacks against more than 1,200 sites, reaching websites of over 100 companies, including Deere, SharkNinja and Cummins. Researcher Snorre Fagerland of NorForge found the operation around 2 October 2026 by scanning for about two dozen exposed Cairn…
Kaspersky Security Services published a threat-model paper on how attackers can compromise modern logistics warehouses. It follows an order through eight fulfillment stages: unloading, receiving, putaway, storage, picking, sorting, packing and shipment. The paper identifies the warehouse management system (WMS) as the highest-value target…
A Chinese-speaking operator used autonomous AI agents on the open-source Cairn platform to compromise the websites of more than 100 companies. NorForge tracks the most active campaign as AIA0001: over 1,100 attack projects across 14 dashboards, and more than 1,200 break-in attempts overall. Targets were e-commerce businesses in the United…