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Key Findings New malware campaign discovered on approximately 1,980 WordPress sites using Steam Community profile comments to store encoded command-and-control instructions Malware uses invisible Unicode characters hidden within visible Steam profile comments to deliver payloads, making detection difficult Infected sites load external malicious JavaScript and contain a server-side backdoor capable of modifying PHP files for persistent access Campaign first detected in July 20

Key Findings Meta's AI support assistant was exploited to hijack high-profile Instagram accounts including the Obama White House account and U.S. Space Force Chief Master Sergeant account over the weekend of May 31 Hackers used a VPN to spoof location, then tricked the AI bot into adding unauthorized email addresses to target accounts and resetting passwords The exploit bypassed two-factor authentication entirely and was defeated only by accounts with multi-factor authenticat

Key Findings Dutch authorities dismantled a botnet comprising at least 17 million infected devices across computers, tablets, and smartphones Police seized over 200 servers hosted within the Netherlands that controlled the botnet infrastructure The operation was linked to ASOCKS, a Russia-based residential proxy service used for criminal activities A security researcher's report to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) triggered the investigation The botnet was taken offl

Key Findings Attackers are conducting a coordinated phishing campaign targeting Signal users by impersonating Signal Support via text messages The campaign specifically seeks backup recovery keys, which decrypt entire message archives stored on Signal's servers, not just future communications Journalists, activists, and human rights workers are confirmed targets, with reports of campaigns against Chinese activists and German officials A 64-character recovery key grants access

Key Findings CVE-2026-0257 is an authentication bypass vulnerability actively exploited in the wild against Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS appliances Threat actors can forge valid VPN authentication cookies without credentials if specific certificate configurations exist CISA added this flaw to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog due to active exploitation campaigns A single threat actor orchestrated at least two waves of attacks starting May 17, 2026, successfully obtaini

Key Findings Threat actors are actively exploiting CVE-2026-35616, a critical FortiClient EMS vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.1, to deploy credential-stealing malware across enterprise networks Attackers abuse legitimate FortiClient management pathways to push malicious PowerShell commands, evading traditional network monitoring solutions A new infostealer payload named EKZ Infostealer masquerades as vendor software updates and extracts credentials from Chrome and Firefo

Key Findings Critical vulnerability CVE-2026-7524 in Langflow OSS framework allows arbitrary file reading and remote code execution with CVSS score of 9.8 Flaw exploits symlink handling in archive extraction across Docling, Docling Serve, and Unstructured API modules Attackers can steal JWT secrets, forge authorization tokens, and execute arbitrary Python code through chatbot queries Affects versions 1.0.0 through 1.9.1; patch available in version 1.9.2 Separate critical vuln

Key Findings FortiGuard Labs identified persistent P2Pinfect botnet activity within Google Kubernetes Engine clusters targeting multiple enterprise clients One network compromise persisted for six months, demonstrating advanced operational dedication Initial infections originated from exposed Redis instances requiring no complex exploitation, only basic misconfigurations P2Pinfect uses peer-to-peer mesh architecture written in Rust, eliminating single points of failure and de

Key Findings First VPN Service, a criminal VPN operating since 2014, was dismantled in a coordinated international operation led by France and the Netherlands At least 25 ransomware groups used the service to conduct attacks, including network reconnaissance, data theft, fraud, and denial-of-service operations The takedown involved 16 countries and resulted in the seizure of 33 servers across 27 countries and the shutdown of associated domains First VPN marketed itself specif

Key Findings 5,718 malicious commits pushed to 5,561 GitHub repositories within a six-hour window on May 18, 2026 Attackers used forged identities (build-bot, auto-ci, ci-bot, pipeline-bot) and throwaway GitHub accounts to hide their tracks Malicious GitHub Actions workflows embedded base64-encoded bash payloads designed to exfiltrate sensitive credentials and secrets Two attack variants identified: SysDiag (broad reach, triggers on every push/pull request) and Optimize-Build

Key Findings SonicWall Gen6 SSL-VPN devices remain vulnerable to MFA bypass despite firmware patches because administrators are missing six required manual remediation steps CVE-2024-12802 exploitation observed in-the-wild between February and March 2026, leading to ransomware-related intrusions across multiple organizations Attackers successfully brute-forced VPN credentials and bypassed MFA, reaching internal file servers in some cases within 30 minutes Gen6 devices reached

Key Findings AI-assisted vulnerability exploitation caused 31% of all breaches, overtaking stolen credentials as the primary initial access method for the first time in DBIR's 19-year history Generative AI has compressed the vulnerability exploitation window from months to just hours, collapsing traditional defense timelines Mobile-based social engineering attacks via voice and text achieve 40% higher success rates than email phishing Shadow AI tool usage among employees trip

Key Findings GitHub's internal repositories were compromised after an employee device was infected with a malicious Visual Studio Code extension Approximately 3,800 internal repositories were exfiltrated in the attack TeamPCP, a financially motivated hacking group, claimed responsibility and is selling the stolen data for around $95,000 GitHub confirmed it detected, contained and isolated the breach; no customer data outside internal repositories was affected Critical credent

Key Findings Drupal Security Team releasing emergency core security update May 20, 5-9 p.m. UTC across all supported branches Vulnerability is severe enough that exploits could be developed within hours or days of patch release Update affects Drupal 11.3.x, 11.2.x, 10.6.x, and 10.5.x with best-effort patches for 11.1.x and 10.4.x End-of-life versions (Drupal 8 and 9) receiving manual patch files only, with no guarantees Drupal 7 is not affected by this vulnerability Backgroun

Key Findings Grafana Labs suffered a breach allowing attackers to download source code after compromising a GitHub token No customer data exposure or impact to customer systems was found during investigation An attacker demanded ransom in exchange for not releasing the stolen code Grafana rejected the extortion demand, citing FBI guidance against paying ransoms Compromised credentials have been revoked and new security safeguards implemented The company plans to release addit

Key Findings Unauthorized party obtained a GitHub token granting access to Grafana's environment and downloaded company source code Attacker demanded ransom to prevent stolen code from being published; Grafana refused to pay No customer data, personal information, or impact to customer systems was identified CoinbaseCartel, a data extortion group that emerged in September 2025, has claimed responsibility Grafana invalidated compromised credentials and implemented additional s

Key Findings Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability CVE-2026-42897 is actively being exploited in the wild Cross-site scripting flaw with CVSS score of 8.1 enables spoofing and arbitrary JavaScript execution Vulnerability affects on-premises Exchange Server 2016, 2019, and Subscription Edition at any update level Exchange Online is not impacted Temporary mitigation available through Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service; permanent patch in development Attackers deliver explo

Key Findings TeamPCP-linked forum account claims to be selling roughly 5GB of internal Mistral AI repositories and source code The alleged archive contains approximately 450 repositories covering training systems, inference infrastructure, and enterprise AI projects No independent verification of the authenticity of the claimed repositories has been established The sale announcement surfaced days after Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attacks compromised hundreds of npm and PyPI

Key Findings CVE-2025-32975 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Quest KACE SMA with a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 An unpatched instance at managed services provider HIQ was exploited to compromise over 60 downstream organizations across law enforcement, healthcare, education, and government The attacker left a 308 MB toolkit and 512 MB database dump publicly accessible on an unprotected HTTP server for three days Over 12,000 internet-facing KACE appliances are

Key Findings Critical cPanel vulnerability CVE-2026-41940 (CVSS 9.3) is being actively exploited in the wild to deploy the Filemanager backdoor Over 2,000 malicious IPs from Germany, US, Brazil, Netherlands and other regions are conducting automated attacks Threat actor Mr_Rot13 has been linked to the campaign, with evidence of operations dating back to at least 2020 Exploitation has led to cryptomining, ransomware deployment, botnet propagation, and credential theft Southeas