Chinese-speaking actor tied to Red Heron exploits WordPress wp2shell, ZyXEL GS1900 CVE-2026-7273 and Ubiquiti; steals 18,000+ government records
GreyNoise reports that a single malicious cyber actor, tracked since 7 May 2026, is a suspected Chinese speaker working in UTC+8 and is the same as or related to Red Heron (reported by Acronis), based on the shared C2 domain, malware family, Gitea exploitation and other TTPs. The actor exploited the wp2shell WordPress chain (CVE-2026-6303…