Commentary says defenders must catch up after Claude Mythos
Cited tests say Mythos ran a 32-step simulated network attack, and Glasswing is expanding to about 150 organizations.
Cited tests say Mythos ran a 32-step simulated network attack, and Glasswing is expanding to about 150 organizations.
Google Threat Intelligence reports monthly CVE disclosures doubled to 10,740 by August 2026, exploited vulnerabilities rose to 18 monthly, and AI-assisted finds skew toward RCE.
GTIG finds 50% of likely AI-discovered vulnerabilities enable RCE versus 26% of others, as exploitation accelerates; BeyondTrust CVE-2026-1731 was exploited within four days.
Mass exploitation of NetScaler CVE-2026-88772 grants attackers root access to deploy WHIPSHOT web shells and SLAPSHOT tunneler against government and financial targets.
Actively exploited Citrix NetScaler zero-days CVE-2026-88772/88771 give attackers root access; Mandiant uncovers WHIPSHOT web shells and SLAPSHOT tunneler in ongoing campaign.
ShinyHunters (UNC6240) resumed mass-exploiting Oracle PeopleSoft via a WAF-bypassing variant of CVE-2026-35273, deploying web shells and SideEye to extort victims.
Microsoft links ShinyHunters- and Helix-affiliated actors to passkey-themed vishing and device-code phishing that compromises Microsoft 365 accounts and steals cloud data.
Google Threat Intelligence details an agentic AI pipeline with human expert oversight to review source code and outpace AI-enabled attackers.
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