Unit 42 Threat Intelligence published its overview of the top five initial access threat vectors observed in September 2026. Adversary activity relied heavily on external edge exploitation and identity compromise, with public-facing infrastructure and legitimate credential abuse as the primary footholds for intrusion campaigns. Social eng…
The FBI, CISA, NSA, EPA, DOE, CNMF and Treasury warn of ongoing exploitation of internet-exposed PLCs by an Iranian-affiliated APT group, with activity observed since at least March 2026. Targets are Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley, Schneider Electric and Siemens PLCs in the Government Services and Facilities, Water and Wastewater Syste…
Tenable's Cybersecurity Awareness Month blog summarizes government guidance on defending critical infrastructure against nation-state and AI-assisted attacks. Per a joint US government advisory (published in April, updated in July), Iran-affiliated APT groups have attacked US water, energy and government facilities since Operation Epic Fu…
A still-unknown actor hacked thousands of remote-controlled refrigeration systems across hundreds of French grocery stores, spiking temperatures, spoiling food and sparking fires. The incident fits a broader trend of extortionists and other attackers going after physical systems to maximise real-world pressure on victims. Earlier examples…
A joint StopRansomware advisory (AA26-293A) from CISA, the FBI, the USSS, Germany's Landeskriminalamt Rheinland-Pfalz, the UK's National Crime Agency and the North West Regional Organised Crime Unit details SafePay ransomware activity observed through August 2026 (cisa.gov). Findings cover FBI, USSS and German investigations (securityaffa…
The PHP security team released emergency fixes on October 21, 2026 for two critical core flaws, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, nicknamed PHP2Shell. Both are rated CVSS v4.0 9.2 and allow unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) as the web worker account. They can also expose process memory that may hold credentials and API keys (…