Rank Math reported a security incident in which its premium Rank Math PRO WordPress plugin, version 3.0.123, was distributed with malware. Sites are at risk if administrators activated the compromised version. The affected download window ran from October 15, 2023 20:02 UTC to October 16, 2023 07:12 UTC (dates as stated in the article), a…
A supply chain campaign tracked as UNC7017 hijacked the update infrastructure of AOMEI Technology between April and July 2026 to distribute the CROSSROAD downloader and the SHINYROAD backdoor through AOMEI Backupper and AnyViewer update workflows. The attackers tampered with server configurations only briefly, then restored legitimate con…
Swallowtail (also tracked as APT28, Fancy Bear and Forest Blizzard), a Russian espionage group linked by the U.S. government to the GRU, targeted organizations in two NATO member states. Victims included a law enforcement agency, a naval shipbuilder and a manufacturer of military aircraft engines. Symantec's Threat Hunter Team reported th…
Attackers compromised 333 Tor exit nodes, roughly 10% of the network's ~3,000 exit relays, to intercept SSH connections, harvest passwords and attempt to install the Ebury Linux backdoor. A researcher's account published on October 20, 2026 says the attackers accessed the underlying servers in August and began coordinated interception on …