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1 mentions in 7 days · 4 in 30 days · 4 total · first seen Sep 1, 2026 · last 4d ago

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Why AI raises the stakes for exposure validation

Fal.Con 2026 commentary argues AI accelerates vulnerability discovery and exploitation, making evidence-based exposure validation essential for defender prioritization.

CSO Online reports on the exposure-validation theme at CrowdStrike's Fal.Con 2026 conference, where CEO George Kurtz described AI as the new cyber battlefield and emphasized AI red teaming and continuous security. The piece argues that as AI speeds up vulnerability discovery and exploitability analysis on both sides, teams must determine which exposures are actually exploitable in their environments—chained weaknesses, credential abuse, lateral movement, privilege escalation—rather than chasing theoretical risk. It points readers to Horizon3's conference perspective.

CSO OnlineSep 11, 21:49 UTC · 4d agoIndustry

What Fal.Con 2026 Reinforced: AI Makes Proving Exposure More Important Than Ever

Horizon3's Fal.Con 2026 recap argues AI-accelerated vulnerability discovery makes continuous attacker-based exposure validation essential for defenders.

In a Fal.Con 2026 recap, Horizon3 argues that AI is compressing the time between vulnerability discovery and exploitation, making attacker-derived evidence about real exploitability the key prioritization signal. Horizon3 announced it joined CrowdStrike's Project QuiltWorks, with NodeZero exploitability intelligence flowing into Falcon Next-Gen SIEM and Falcon Fusion SOAR workflows able to trigger NodeZero 1-Click Verify for remediation testing. The company reported running over 1,200 NodeZero demos during the show, and CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz's keynote framed AI red teaming and offense-informing-defense as central themes.

Horizon3.aiSep 4, 17:46 UTC · 11d agoIndustry

Exploitation of Sangoma Switchvox flaw is underway (CVE-2026-9586)

Attackers actively exploit SQL injection flaw CVE-2026-9586 in unauthenticated Sangoma Switchvox endpoints, dropping reverse shells and second-stage cryptominer malware.

CVE-2026-9586, an unauthenticated SQL injection in Sangoma Switchvox SMB Edition 8.3, lets crafted HTTP POST requests execute arbitrary SQL against the backend PostgreSQL database. Horizon3 honeypots first saw exploitation on August 30, 2026 from IP 176.65.148.184, and dozens of additional source IPs have since joined with scanning payloads and second-stage malware that appears to be a cryptominer. The flaw was patched in Switchvox 8.4.0.2 on July 14, 2026; roughly 4,000 exposed instances exist, mostly in the United States, and exploitation is likely against most of them.

Help Net SecuritySep 2, 00:00 UTC · 14d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-9586

CVE-2026-9586 | Sangoma Switchvox Unauthenticated SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2026-9586, a critical unauthenticated SQL injection to RCE in Sangoma Switchvox, is being actively exploited against internet-facing systems per honeypot observations.

CVE-2026-9586 (CVSS 4.0: 9.3) is an unauthenticated SQL injection in the /pa endpoint of Sangoma Switchvox SMB Edition, where the unsanitized PhoneIP value in XML phone notification requests reaches the PostgreSQL database. Horizon3 demonstrated escalation to OS command execution, and honeypots run with Defused Cyber observed exploitation attempts on August 30, 2026, using PostgreSQL commands with nc and curl. Fixed in Switchvox 8.4.0.2 released July 14, 2026; one attacker IP (176.65.148.184) was documented.

Horizon3.aiSep 1, 15:32 UTC · 14d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-9586

Related CVEsby mentions

CVE-2026-95869.312%
Unauthenticated SQL Injection RCE in Sangoma Switchvox SMB Edition
Sangoma Switchvox SMB Edition 8.3 (build 104997) contains an unauthenticated SQL injection flaw (CWE-89) in its /pa endpoint, where the user-controlled PhoneIP value from XML input is concatenated directly into PostgreSQL queries without sanitization or parameterization. A single crafted request lets a remote, unauthenticated attacker execute arbitrary SQL statements against the backend PostgreSQL database, which can be escalated to remote code execution on the server. Any organization running the affected Switchvox SMB Edition build is exposed, especially appliances reachable from the internet. Exploitation is confirmed in the wild: the flaw was added to CISA's KEV catalog on 2026-09-02, and researchers have observed attackers using it without credentials to deploy reverse shells and cryptocurrency miners.
· Sangoma Switchvox SMB Edition 8.3 (build 104997) KEV PoC moderate

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vendor Horizon3 4 vendor CrowdStrike 2 organization CrowdStrike 2 product Switchvox 2 vendor Sangoma 2 organization Sangoma 2 vendor Defused Cyber 2 product PostgreSQL 1 vendor CSO Online 1 malware cryptominer 1 vendor Security Risk Advisors 1 organization Defused Cyber 1 organization Security Risk Advisors 1 product Asterisk 1 product Falcon Fusion SOAR 1 product Falcon Next-Gen SIEM 1

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