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EDR Evasion Stack Helps Process Injection Slip Past Defenses

A process parameter-poisoning technique evades EDR by injecting code into process initialization structures without using the Windows APIs that EDR tools typically watch out for.

GitLab Email Addresses Can Be Weaponized for Supply Chain Attacks

Incoming email addresses automatically assigned to each user on the platform contain highly privileged access tokens that attackers can use.

Check Point warns of hackers exploiting Security Gateway VPN RCE flaw

Cybersecurity company Check Point has confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-85102, a pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the VPN certificate-handling functionality of its Security Gateway product…

Hackers start exploiting critical WordPress flaw for code execution

Threat actors have moved from probing WordPress sites vulnerable to CVE-2026-87902 to exploiting the flaw to write files to disk that execute shell commands when accessed…

Attackers Use Malicious Terraform Providers to Deliver Go Malware via HashiCorp Registry

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed Go-based malware distributed via two Go Modules and two Terraform providers, marking the first time threat actors are using the centralized repository hosted by HashiCorp as a distribution vector for malicious payloads. According to Aikido, the list of Terraform providers and Go modules is below - gocommunity-io/dockerd (222 downloads) kreuzwenker/…

A Leaked GitLab Issue Email Address Lets Anyone Push Code and Run CI Jobs as You

The private email address GitLab gives you for filing issues by email is a credential. Anyone who gets it can email a patch that GitLab commits in your name, to any branch you can push to, including main, and can start CI/CD jobs that run as you. GitLab shows each user this address behind a button labeled "Email work item to this project." Mail sent to it opens an issue in that project, authored…

Malicious AI agents steal 600K credit cards, infect 100+ sites with skimmers

A financially motivated threat actor is using open-source AI agent frameworks to attack hundreds of online retailers at scale, stealing more than 600,000 credit card records…

MikroTrick Chain Let Attackers Take Over MikroTik Routers Without a Password or SSH Key

Two MikroTik RouterOS SSH vulnerabilities chained together let attackers take full administrative control of Internet-exposed routers without a password, SSH key, or completed authentication. The chain, which CERT Polska calls MikroTrick, combines an SSH state-machine flaw (CVE-2026-67279) with an argument-injection bug in the RouterOS login process (CVE-2026-86060). Attack logs date to at…

UAE, Saudi Arabia Face Onslaught of Increasingly Complex Cyberattacks

The United Arab Emirates and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia together absorbed 50% of all cyberattacks recorded across the Gulf region in the first half of 2026.

Attackers Manipulate AI Chatbots in Mass Disinformation, Phishing Campaign

Threat actors are poisoning ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overview answers by seeding the Web with malicious links and data and then optimizing the content.

InfraTrust report warns network management systems under attack

Attackers are increasingly targeting the management systems used to control enterprise infrastructure, with several critical vulnerabilities actively exploited before or shortly after vendors disclosed them…

This Windows Malware is Built to Let Up to Four AI Models Vote on Its Next Move

How One Kubernetes YAML Can Hand Over a GCP Organization

A Kubernetes user with limited permissions can potentially gain control of an entire Google Cloud organization by exploiting the authority granted to Google Kubernetes Config Connector. Varonis explains how this confused deputy problem can turn a single Kubernetes YAML file into a path to organization-wide privilege escalation…

Compromised MemTensor Packages Deliver sckit Credential Stealer via npm and PyPI

Unknown threat actors have managed to compromise two legitimate MemTensor packages across the npm and Python Package Index (PyPI) repositories to push a platform-specific Go-based implant dubbed sckit designed for Windows, Linux, and macOS. According to reports from Aikido, SafeDep, Socket, and StepSecurity, the libraries in question below - @memtensor/memos-cloud-openclaw-plugin versions…

Arista patches actively exploited VeloCloud Orchestrator zero-day

Arista Networks has released security patches for a zero-day flaw that is being actively exploited and affects VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO) On-Prem deployments…

New cPanel Flaw Lets a Hosting Account Run Code as Root, Take Full Server Control

A flaw in cPanel's CalDAV and CardDAV service lets anyone with a cPanel hosting account run code as root and take "full control of the server," the company said on September 22. A second bug in the WP Toolkit plugin, used to install and manage WordPress sites, allows an account holder to change databases that belong to other accounts. cPanel has released fixed versions for both…

545 Hackers Tested It First. Now XRanges for AI Scores Your Security Agent

Autonomous security agents are getting good at finding bugs. Nobody has a good way to measure how good. Point one at a realistic target and what comes back is a report the agent wrote about itself: confident prose, a list of findings, and no way to tell which of them happened. Someone with a security background then sits down and checks every claim against the target. Which findings are real…

Anthropic and OpenAI Models Still Attempt Restricted Actions in Safety Tests

Anthropic and OpenAI on Tuesday announced new models, with both artificial intelligence (AI) companies noting that they are continuing to invest in improving alignment to combat risky behavior. Opus 5.5, per Anthropic, is a "major step up from Opus 5," and "achieves the best scores of any model to date on our automated behavioral audit, our alignment suite that tests Claude across thousands…

Microsoft: September Windows updates break Always On VPN connections

Microsoft warned that the September 2026 security updates may also break Always On VPN connections on some Windows 11 systems…

Exploit Released for Unpatched Ubuntu Linux Flaw Enabling Host-Root Container Escape

A use-after-free in the Linux kernel's AF_UNIX socket subsystem can be used to escape a container and gain root on the host, security firm DepthFirst said in research published September 22. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-80521 (CVSS score: 7.8), was fixed upstream on August 6, but Ubuntu has not shipped the patch for its 26.04, 24.04, or 22.04 LTS releases. DepthFirst…

F5 Patches Critical BIG-IP APM Zero-Day Exploited for Unauthenticated RCE on OAuth Servers

Chinese Hackers Exploit Chrome-Windows Zero-Day Chain to Deploy CLEANGULP Malware

A Chinese threat actor codenamed UTA0565 has been observed exploiting the recently disclosed Google Chrome-Microsoft Windows exploit chain as zero-days through fake websites. The attacks, detected on September 3 and 4, 2026, involved the chaining of two vulnerabilities in Chrome (CVE-2026-85046, CVE-2026-87491) and one impacting Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call (CVE-2026-85880) to break…

Ryuk ransomware member sentenced to 24 months in prison

An Armenian man was sentenced to 24 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for hacking U.S. companies and encrypting their systems in Ryuk ransomware attacks…

F5 patches BIG-IP APM zero-day flaw exploited in RCE attacks

F5 has released security updates to address a critical BIG-IP APM zero-day vulnerability being exploited in remote code execution attacks…

Critical Next.js ImageResponse Flaw Can Lead to Server Code Execution via Crafted SVG Input

A new security vulnerability in Next.js could allow attackers to run code on a server via ImageResponse, the feature that generates Open Graph and other social preview images, Vercel said. The risk applies when an app puts values an attacker controls, such as text read from the request URL, into the image. Vercel, which develops Next.js, fixed the flaw on September 22 in version…

ShinyHunters Claims FBI Breach, Says It Stole Data on Agents and Job Applicants

The cyber extortion group known as ShinyHunters on Tuesday claimed it had breached the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and stolen data belonging to current and former employees at the agency. "We have compromised the FBI. We hold very sensitive data on almost ALL FBI Agents and individuals who filed an application with the FBI for a job," the group said in a statement posted on their dark…

Rogue external MFA providers can steal passwords during logins

Security researchers developed an attack that lets hackers with privileged access register a rogue external MFA provider that steals users' passwords during legitimate login attempts…

Sweden fines Miljödata $183,000 over breach affecting 2.2 million

Sweden's data privacy regulator, IMY, has imposed a $183,000 (SEK 1.8 million) fine on IT systems provider Miljödata for inadequate security measures leading to a breach in August 2025 affecting 2.2 million people…

Relays Are Masking Chinese Access to Frontier AI Models in the US

More than 80,000 AI relay servers are helping users in China mask their identities while they access cutting-edge large language models (LLMs), probably to clone them.

How the CISO-CMO Alliance Builds Trust Before Crisis Strikes

Chinese hackers exploit WordPress, Zyxel flaws to steal govt data

A Chinese-speaking threat actor has been exploiting vulnerabilities in ZyXEL GS1900 Smart Managed Switches and WordPress to steal sensitive data from 996 devices and more than 18,500 records stored in backend databases…

Microsoft Disrupts EvilTokens Device Code Phishing Service

Microsoft seized 50 websites and disabled more than 150 domains as part of a coordinated disruption effort against a phishing-as-a-service platform targeting Microsoft 365 accounts.

Deception by Design: CISA's Guide to Tricking Cybercriminals

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is going old school to help organizations with limited resources set traps for hackers.

ShinyHunters claims FBI hack, data theft in PeopleSoft zero-day breach

The ShinyHunters extortion gang claims it breached FBI systems using a new Oracle PeopleSoft zero-day vulnerability, gaining access to internal services and stealing sensitive data on employees and job applicants…

Check Point Warns of Management Server Zero-Day Exploited in Targeted Attacks

Attackers exploited a previously unknown flaw in Check Point's Security Management Server in a handful of targeted attacks on July 23, the company said. The flaw, CVE-2026-93616, allows an attacker who can access the server's web service to run scripts on it without logging in. Check Point released a fix on September 22 for the server that controls firewall policies for the Check Point…

New ClosedQuorum Windows malware uses AI for attack decisions

A new Windows malware named ClosedQuorum uses Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, and Mistral AI models to autonomously determine the actions to take during post-compromise stages of an attack…

WordPress Issues Patch for Critical Flaw That Can Enable Code Execution on Some Servers

WordPress has fixed a critical flaw in its core software that lets an attacker with no account make a site load a PHP file from outside its theme folders. On some servers, that can go further, allowing the attacker to run their own code. The fix shipped on September 22 in WordPress 7.1.2, with fixes for every branch the project still supports, back to 4.7, and WordPress is telling site owners…

Malicious npm Package Poses as Twilio Bug-Bounty Probe, Can Exfiltrate Credentials

Shai-Hulud Attack Nips Cyber-Firm CrowdSec's GitHub Data

Threat actors stole 170 private repositories using an OAuth token stolen from a former employee's computer through the TanStack npm supply chain attack.

Reducing shadow IT visibility gaps with Wazuh

Shadow IT can leave security teams unaware of unmanaged endpoints, unauthorized software, and other assets that fall outside existing monitoring. Wazuh explains how endpoint inventory, agentless monitoring, and centralized analysis can help organizations identify and reduce these visibility gaps…

Amid Ongoing Rogue Incidents, Debate Over AI Safety Gets Real

As more reports of misalignment incidents underscore AI risks, large AI labs, regular businesses, and even nations are searching for better ways to keep control and be secure.

Microsoft Takes Down EvilTokens Device-Code Phishing Service Tied to 12,000 Inbox Compromises

Microsoft on Tuesday announced the takedown of the EvilTokens device code phishing service that it said used artificial intelligence (AI) "at every step of the attack chain." The action, carried out with authorization from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, involved the efforts of Health-ISAC, alongside Cloudflare, Coinbase, OpenAI, Railway, SpyCloud, The Shadowserver…

Critical Bifrost AI Gateway Flaw Lets Attackers Run Commands Without Credentials

A critical vulnerability in Bifrost, an open-source AI gateway that routes requests to more than 20 LLM providers, allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary commands on the gateway server with a single HTTP request. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-90898 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects all versions of the Bifrost HTTP transport before 2.1.0 when management authentication is…

Check Point warns of Management Server zero-day exploited in attacks

Check Point Software released emergency hotfixes to address a critical Security Management Server vulnerability that could let attackers run arbitrary scripts…

Researcher Drops BigDiskBuster Zero-Day PoC That Blocks Microsoft Defender Updates

A zero-day proof-of-concept tool that stops Microsoft Defender from installing platform and signature updates by filling all available disk space was published on GitHub on September 19. The tool, called BigDiskBuster, has no patch, no CVE, and no Microsoft advisory. Its author, Abdelhamid Naceri, is a former Microsoft security researcher whose earlier Defender exploits were used in…

EvilTokens PhaaS disrupted after compromising 12,000 Microsoft accounts

The EvilTokens platform that compromised more than 12,000 Microsoft accounts at over 10,000 organizations has been disrupted in an effort led by Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit (DCU)…

Webinar tomorrow: Inside real-world Google Workspace breaches

Tomorrow's webinar examines real Google Workspace breaches involving social engineering and malicious OAuth applications, from initial access through the critical first hours of incident response. Learn which security controls and response decisions can make the greatest difference…

D-Link warns of max severity zero-day bug in DIR-822A routers

D-Link warned customers of a maximum-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-86296) with public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code and no patch, affecting legacy DIR-822A dual-band Wi-Fi routers…

AI Agents Are Rewriting the Rules of Lateral Movement

Security teams have spent decades asking whether an identity has too much access. AI agents raise a harder question: how can we determine which paths an autonomous system can discover, given the access it already has? A person may try several ways to complete a task. A deterministic application follows the flow its developer wrote. But an AI agent is relentless in its pursuit of done. In May…

New CVSS 10.0 VeloCloud Orchestrator Flaw Actively Exploited in Certificate-Based Setups

Attackers are exploiting a new flaw in on-premises VeloCloud Orchestrator (VCO), the server that manages the Edge devices in a VeloCloud SD-WAN, Arista said on September 22. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-93952, may allow a remote attacker with no login access to privilege internal functions and affect the VCO host. Only orchestrators set up to authenticate their Edges with certificates are…

More Than a Third of Industrial Orgs See Cybersecurity Risk as a Top Obstacle to Growth, Study Finds

Industrial companies are increasing cybersecurity investment as connected operations, AI adoption, and IT/OT convergence expand operational risk.

DORA Year Two: Can Your SOC Actually See the Attack?

When the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) became enforceable across the European Union in January 2025, it triggered an administrative sprint. Financial entities spent the first year establishing risk governance, assessing third-party service providers, updating contract clauses, and documenting incident escalation workflows. Now in its second year, the harder part of DORA is…

New Linux Kernel Flaw Gives ARM64 KVM Guests Read-Write Access to Host Memory

SharePoint Flaw Initially Listed as Spoofing by Microsoft Enables Authenticated RCE

A SharePoint Server vulnerability that Microsoft initially classified as a spoofing flaw with a CVSS score of 6.5 actually enables authenticated remote code execution, according to full technical details published today by Viettel Cyber Security researcher Dinh Ho Anh Khoa. The flaw, CVE-2026-65660, affects SharePoint Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition. Patches have been…

New Windows Defender zero-day blocks Microsoft antivirus updates

Over the weekend, security researcher Abdelhamid Naceri (also known as Nightmare Eclipse) released another Microsoft Defender zero-day exploit that blocks antivirus updates…

Malicious npm Package indexed-btree Hid Its Loader in Runtime Code Before Removal

A malicious npm package named "indexed-btree" has been observed hiding its malicious behavior within application code rather than using lifecycle scripts, indicating that threat actors are likely shifting tactics in response to recent security controls. "Indexed-btree is a malicious npm package mimicking the legit sorted-btree package, an ordinary B-tree/indexing utility," Checkmarx said. "…

CISA orders feds to patch Zyxel flaw exploited for data theft

​Attackers are now actively exploiting a high-severity vulnerability in Zyxel GS1900 series switches, according to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)…

SideCopy Broadens India Targeting to Academia With ReverseRAT Spear-Phishing

The threat actor known as SideCopy has been observed using spear-phishing lures to target academic institutions in India, expanding their strategic focus beyond government entities. "SideCopy campaign operations typically initiate through spear-phishing campaigns that leverage the abuse of mshta.exe to execute malicious scripts and circumvent standard security protocols," Trellix researchers…