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Panzer Ransomware Targets Italian Manufacturers and Telecom Firms With ESXi-Ready RaaS

New Panzer ransomware-as-a-service operation lists Italian firms Doimo Cucine and NTE Italia as victims, offering encryptors for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and ESXi.

Panzer, a ransomware-as-a-service operation that surfaced August 5, listed a kitchen manufacturer in Treviso (Doimo Cucine) and a telecommunications engineering firm in Catanzaro (NTE Italia) among alleged victims, claiming 30 GB and 16 GB of stolen data respectively. The group advertises encryptors for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, and VMware ESXi, a Tox-based affiliate recruitment process with screening, an affiliate dashboard, and an 80/20 revenue split. Neither victim had publicly confirmed the incidents when researcher Andrea Fortuna's report was published, and the group's first access method and payload have not been independently analyzed. Panzer posted victims across 11 countries as claimed Italian ransomware incidents reached 212 by September 6, already above 2025's full-year total of 169.

Cyber Security NewsSep 8, 09:10 UTC · 8d agoRansomware in the wild

Three Critical VMware Flaws Allow Auth Bypass, Code Execution, and VM Escape

Broadcom patches three critical VMware flaws, including vCenter auth bypass CVE-2026-59309 and an ESX VM escape, urging immediate updates.

Broadcom issued emergency updates for VMware ESX, vCenter, Workstation and Fusion, fixing five flaws including CVE-2026-59309 (CVSS 9.8 authentication bypass in vCenter) and CVE-2026-59310 (CVSS 9.8 directory traversal allowing code execution). CVE-2026-47876 (CVSS 9.3) is an out-of-bounds write in the ESX VMXNET3 adapter that permits a virtual machine escape to the host. Broadcom found no evidence of exploitation, but Defused Cyber reported a spike in vCenter scanning on August 11, 2026 consistent with exploitation attempts against CVE-2026-59309 (VMSA-2026-0006). No workarounds are available.

The Hacker NewsAug 11, 15:42 UTC · Aug 11, 2026Vulnerability CVE-2026-59309 CVE-2026-59310 CVE-2026-47876+2 CVEs1

Mistral X Mozilla: Private, Multilingual AI Browsing

Mistral and Mozilla partnered to power Firefox's Smart Window AI browsing assistant in France and North America, with zero data retention.

Mozilla's Firefox Smart Window (beta) AI browsing assistant is now powered by Mistral models for users in France and North America, with the UK and Germany expected later this year. Conversations are not saved on Mozilla's servers by default, and Mistral agreed to zero data retention. Both companies frame the partnership as advancing open-source, privacy-first, and regionally fine-tuned AI, with models trained on regional languages, dialects, and cultural context.

Hacker News · securityupdated 15:01 UTC · 5h agofirst 08:08 UTC · 11h agoAI industry 2 sources HN 35↑ · 8 comments

Mozilla security advisory (AV26-868)

Canada's Cyber Centre reports Mozilla vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 155 and Firefox ESR 115.40, 140.15, and 153.2.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security advisory AV26-868, dated September 1, 2026, notes vulnerabilities in Firefox (versions prior to 155) and Firefox ESR (prior to 115.40, 140.15, and 153.2). The bulletin links to Mozilla's security advisories and urges users and administrators to update. No CVE identifiers or exploitation details are provided.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecuritySep 1, 18:14 UTC · 15d agoAdvisory

Suspected China-Nexus Actor Exploits VMware vCenter Flaw, Deploys Babuk

QUIRSO attributes exploitation of VMware vCenter CVE-2026-59310 to a suspected China-nexus actor that hit 361 IPs in 47 countries, deploying backdoors and Babuk.

German incident response firm QUIRSOS assessed with moderate confidence that a suspected China-nexus actor, likely operating in UTC+08:00 hours, exploited VMware vCenter flaw CVE-2026-59310 (CVSS 9.8 directory traversal) beginning five days after Broadcom's July 29 patch. The campaign compromised 361 unique victim IPs across 47 countries, most in Germany, the US, Turkey, Iran, and France. The actor abused cron jobs, a XOR-obfuscated 'linuxFile' WebSocket backdoor with systemd/cron persistence, a JSP web shell, SSH authorized-keys manipulation, and a reverse SSH tool, with one Babuk deployment reported. A separate vCenter 'vcenter_admin' account creation consistent with CVE-2026-59309 exploitation was also observed from August 1.

The Hacker NewsAug 17, 16:59 UTC · Aug 17, 2026Threat actor in the wildCVE-2026-59310 CVE-2026-593091

Three Threat Groups Target Russian Enterprises With Backdoors, Ransomware, and Wipers

Kaspersky details NightEagle, Hacking Cat, and Toy Ghouls targeting Russian enterprises with Exchange backdoors, Gorilla RAT, and destructive Monkey ransomware.

Kaspersky reports three threat clusters targeting Russian enterprises: NightEagle (APT-Q-95), the pro-Ukrainian hacktivist group Hacking Cat, and Toy Ghouls. NightEagle uses compromised VPN credentials and the GhostContainer modular backdoor to fully compromise Microsoft Exchange servers, chaining CVE-2020-0688 exploitation, BlueKeep (CVE-2019-0708), Active Directory vulnerabilities, and DCSync to seize domain controllers. Hacking Cat exploits Exchange flaws including CVE-2021-26855 and CVE-2026-42897 to deliver the Gorilla RAT and multiple Monkey ransomware variants written in Rust, .NET, C++, and Golang targeting Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi, with some variants acting as wipers that never store the encryption key.

The Hacker News15:27 UTC · 4h agoThreat actor in the wild 2 sources CVE-2020-0688 CVE-2019-0708 CVE-2021-26855+1 CVEs

Weekly Cybersecurity Newsletter – Top 50 Biggest Cybersecurity Stories of the Week

GBHackers weekly digest rounds up 50 stories including Microsoft's 973-CVE patch drop, exploited Cisco FMC flaws, and Claude agent attacks.

GBHackers' September 7-12, 2026 newsletter summarizes the 50 biggest cybersecurity stories of the week. Highlights include Microsoft patching a record 973 CVEs with two exploited zero-days, active exploitation of Cisco FMC, Check Point VPN and Ivanti flaws, China-linked crews chaining Chrome and Windows zero-days, AI agents mass-exploiting PaperCut to compromise 440 servers, and the emergence of Panzer cross-platform ransomware. It also covers Anthropic and OpenAI agentic AI incidents and CrowdStrike's SafeMind launch.

GBHackersSep 15, 11:44 UTC · 1d agoIndustry in the wild

Dell security advisory (AV26-843)

Canada's Cyber Centre issued advisory AV26-843 covering Dell vulnerabilities requiring updates across Alienware, PowerScale, PowerStore, and other products.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security published advisory AV26-843 on August 24, 2026, noting Dell products affected by vulnerabilities as of August 17, 2026. Affected products include Alienware Command Center prior to 6.14.20.0, Dell Command Update prior to 5.7.1, Dell Networking OS10 prior to 10.5.6.14, PowerScale OneFS prior to 14.1, PowerStore OS prior to 5.0.0.2, OpenManage Enterprise prior to 4.7.0, ObjectScale prior to 4.3.0.1, Metro Node prior to 4.6.0.4, and others. Users are directed to apply the vendor's updates.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecurityAug 24, 13:12 UTC · 23d agoAdvisory

Aurora Ransomware Operators Use Cursor AI in Attacks Against 10 Targets

Aurora ransomware operators used Cursor AI running Claude Sonnet to plan and execute intrusions against dozens of organizations in nine countries.

CloudSEK and Gambit Security analyzed exposed infrastructure tied to the Russian-speaking Aurora (Aur0ra) group, revealing months of activity against more than 20 organizations across nine countries between April and July 2026, with 33 victims listed by Ransomware.Live. The operator used the Cursor agentic coding assistant to plan attacks in Russian, including an AD CS exploitation plan, and Gambit observed Cursor Agent (running Anthropic's Claude Sonnet) performing hands-on exploitation tasks such as Nmap scanning, NetExec enumeration, NTLM relay, and certificate attacks against 10 targets. Attacks begin with email bombing plus IT help desk vishing via Xray-core, followed by SMB/LDAP/WinRM/RDP lateral movement, log clearing, Defender disabling, and exfiltration; the Windows and Linux/ESXi encryptors are built from a single Zig codebase, with shadow copy deletion and VM-killing before encryption.

The Hacker NewsAug 31, 11:47 UTC · 16d agoRansomware in the wild1

Towards Scalable and Cost-Efficient Vulnerability Detection: A Study on Automatic Query Generation

A study finds LLM-synthesized CodeQL queries improve average F1-score by 82% over baseline queries, offering scalable vulnerability detection versus direct LLM scanning.

Researchers conducted an empirical study evaluating whether LLMs can synthesize executable CodeQL queries from National Vulnerability Database vulnerability data. LLM-generated queries significantly enhanced baseline CodeQL suites, yielding an 82% improvement in average F1-score across a diverse set of real-world vulnerabilities. A cost-benefit analysis shows direct LLM-based scanning of entire repositories is often computationally and financially prohibitive, while LLM query synthesis offers a scalable and cost-effective alternative for large-scale vulnerability detection.

arXiv cs.CRSep 9, 16:31 UTC · 7d agoResearch1

CISA: Critical VMware RCE flaw now exploited by ransomware gangs

CISA warns ransomware gangs now exploit critical VMware vCenter syslog RCE CVE-2026-59310, already KEV-listed after APT compromises across 47 countries.

Broadcom patched critical directory traversal flaw CVE-2026-59310 in the vCenter Syslog server on July 29, warning of unauthenticated remote code execution. QUIRSO subsequently found 361 compromised IPs across 47 countries after a suspected APT deployed a reverse SSH tool for persistence and remote access. CISA added the flaw to its KEV catalog with a three-day patch deadline for federal agencies, and over the weekend updated it to flag active abuse by ransomware gangs. Shadowserver tracks over 450 exposed vCenter servers, and CISA has tagged 26 VMware vulnerabilities as exploited in the wild over five years, nine abused by ransomware.

BleepingComputerSep 15, 12:16 UTC · 1d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-59310 CVE-2025-60710 CVE-2025-22225+2 CVEs1

China-Linked Fire Ant Hijacks Cisco Routers to Steal Credentials and Blind Security Logs

China-nexus espionage group Fire Ant compromised Cisco IOS XR routers and TACACS servers to harvest credentials, capture traffic and suppress logs.

Sygnia investigated an intrusion in which Fire Ant expanded beyond VMware hypervisors to Cisco IOS XR routers, TACACS servers and Linux management hosts. The actor deployed purpose-built router implants that hid a GRE tunnel, filtered log messages, captured PCAPs uploaded to external FTP servers, and used TacTap to inject a library into tac_plus and steal TACACS credentials obfuscated with a single-byte XOR key of 0xEF. A Linux backdoor named BridgeAgent masqueraded as a Zabbix agent, persisted via a root systemd unit, disguised itself as /usr/bin/gnome-shell and received commands over TLS on port 443. The group also used Medusa and REPTILE rootkits, SSH backdoors and renamed binaries impersonating SentinelOne and Cybereason agents, while suppressing logs, disabling SELinux and rewriting login history. Sygnia assesses strong overlap with UNC3886 and published IoCs.

The Hacker NewsAug 31, 09:04 UTC · 16d agoThreat actor in the wild1

[Control systems] Advantech security advisory (AV26-907)

Canada's Cyber Centre flagged vulnerabilities in the Advantech WISE-6610 industrial gateway and urged users to apply available updates.

Advisory AV26-907, dated September 10, 2026, states that multiple versions and models of the Advantech WISE-6610 industrial gateway are affected by vulnerabilities. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security encourages users and administrators to review the provided links and apply updates as they become available. No CVE identifiers or exploitation details were included in the announcement.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecuritySep 10, 13:50 UTC · 6d agoAdvisory

New SLEEPWALKER Backdoor Waits for One Crafted Packet, Then Runs Its Own Bytecode

A new Windows backdoor dubbed SLEEPWALKER hides as ESET Management Agent's dpapi.dll, waits for a crafted network packet, then executes custom 23-instruction bytecode.

Researcher Dominik Reichel documented SLEEPWALKER, an unsigned 59,904-byte 64-bit Windows DLL that side-loads into ESET Management Agent's ERAAgent.exe while impersonating dpapi.dll. The implant monitors every network interface indefinitely for a specifically crafted trigger packet, then executes commands written in a custom 23-instruction bytecode language over six transports, including TCP, UDP, ICMP, SMB named pipes, raw promiscuous capture, and VMware VMCI. It has no embedded infrastructure, makes no outbound connections of its own, and requires prior local administrator access to install; no victims, attribution, or in-the-wild deployment are confirmed. Reichel assesses the design as consistent with a targeted, well-resourced operation, while ESET calls the scenario's security relevance negligible since it provides no new access path.

The Hacker NewsSep 4, 04:00 UTC · 12d agoMalware

Mozilla security advisory (AV26-924)

Canadian Cyber Centre advisory AV26-924 lists vulnerabilities in Firefox 156 and Firefox ESR 115.41, 140.16, and 153.3, urging users to update.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security issued advisory AV26-924 on September 15, 2026, covering vulnerabilities in Firefox versions prior to 156 and Firefox ESR versions prior to 115.41, 140.16, and 153.3. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Mozilla's security advisories and apply updates. No exploitation details are included in the advisory.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecuritySep 15, 18:54 UTC · 1d agoAdvisory

[Control Systems] Siemens security advisory (AV26-864)

Siemens fixed a vulnerability in Element maps-ng V47-V49 (SSA-682041); Canada's Cyber Centre urges administrators to apply the updated releases.

Siemens advisory SSA-682041 addresses a vulnerability affecting Element maps-ng V47 prior to V47.12.3, V48 prior to V48.11.3, and V49 prior to V49.16.1. Canada's Cyber Centre republished the notice (AV26-864) encouraging users and administrators to review the vendor links and apply the necessary updates. No CVSS score or exploitation details were provided in the bulletin.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecurityAug 31, 15:59 UTC · 16d agoAdvisory

Veradigm warns of patient data breach after ransomware gang claims attack

Healthcare vendor Veradigm disclosed a patient data breach via a third-party vendor's credentials, which the Gentlemen ransomware gang claims involved 3.5 million records.

Veradigm, formerly Allscripts, told the SEC that an attacker used compromised credentials from a third-party vendor to access a customer-service API and copy patient data, including personal details and Social Security numbers, without touching clinical data or the broader network. The Gentlemen ransomware group listed Veradigm on its leak site claiming 3.5 million patient records and threatened to publish the data by September 11 unless ransom negotiations start. The gang, active since mid-2025, runs double extortion across Windows, Linux, NAS, BSD and ESXi, lists 800+ victims in 86 countries, and has been linked to a SystemBC proxy botnet and the GentleKiller EDR killer. Veradigm is notifying affected individuals, offering credit monitoring, and says it does not expect a material business impact.

BleepingComputerSep 9, 15:31 UTC · 7d agoData breach

[webapps] Langflow 1.8.4 - Path Traversal to Remote Code Execution

A path traversal to remote code execution exploit for Langflow 1.8.4, a popular LLM application builder, was published on Exploit-DB.

Exploit-DB lists a proof-of-concept exploit chaining path traversal to remote code execution in Langflow 1.8.4, an open-source tool used to build LLM applications and agents. The chain allows an attacker to write arbitrary files outside the intended directory and achieve code execution on the host. The provided text does not include a CVE identifier or reports of exploitation in the wild, but RCE in a widely deployed AI tooling product is notable for defenders.

Exploit-DBAug 31, 00:00 UTC · 16d agoExploit / PoC1

GentleKiller targets more than 400 security processes across 48 products

ESET details the Gentlemen ransomware gang's in-house GentleKiller EDR-killer framework targeting over 400 security processes across 48 products, supplied to affiliates.

ESET analyzed the Gentlemen ransomware gang's in-house GentleKiller EDR-killer framework, confirmed through an internal data leak from May 2026. The framework has at least eight variants impersonating legitimate security products and abusing vulnerable or malicious kernel drivers, targeting more than 400 process names across 48 security products. Gentlemen emerged in late 2025, became one of the five most active ransomware gangs in Q1 2026, offers affiliates a 90% ransom share, and practices double extortion using Go-based and C-based ESXi encryptors. The suite also reuses outside tools including HexKiller, ThrottleBlood, and HavocKiller, unified by a shared evasion layer that mimics well-known security vendors.

Help Net SecurityAug 24, 04:22 UTC · 23d agoRansomware in the wild

An Empirical Analysis of ReDoS Vulnerabilities and ReDoS Detection Tools

Study of NVD data finds ReDoS vulnerabilities growing more prevalent and more likely to be exploited, while five detection tools disagree substantially.

The study compares five publicly available ReDoS detection tools and one regex correction tool across three datasets. An empirical analysis of all ReDoS vulnerabilities reported to the NVD finds they are becoming more prevalent and are much more likely to be exploited than non-ReDoS weaknesses. The detection tools exhibited substantial disagreement on whether a given regex is vulnerable.

arXiv cs.CRSep 9, 15:09 UTC · 7d agoResearch

A New Way to Navigate GreyNoise

GreyNoise launched a redesigned Visualizer that consolidates internet-noise analysis workflows into one interface.

GreyNoise introduced a redesigned Visualizer interface for its internet noise and scanning intelligence platform. The redesign groups related workflows in one place to make the platform's capabilities easier to navigate. It is a product usability update with no security impact.

GreyNoiseAug 17, 00:00 UTC · Aug 17, 2026Tools

Vulnerabilities fixed in libxml2-2.15.4

libxml2 2.15.4 fixes an out-of-bounds read in xmlregexp's NXT macro plus several integer overflow and parsing flaws.

libxml2 2.15.4 (released September 1, 2026) includes security fixes: an out-of-bounds read in the xmlregexp NXT macro, missing overflow checks in dict.c, uri.c, and valid.c, an integer overflow in xmlIO before the writecallback, and an overflow check in xmlXPtrEvalXPtrPart. The release also propagates parseFlags in xmlXIncludeProcess and xmlXIncludeProcessTree. No CVE identifiers, exploitation, or severity ratings are given in the announcement.

oss-securitySep 4, 21:23 UTC · 11d agoVulnerability

Xen Security Advisory 512 v3 (CVE-2026-79604) - oxenstored: Unbounded accumulation of watches

Xen Project released XSA-512 (CVE-2026-79604) fixing unbounded accumulation of watches in oxenstored that can exhaust resources after xenbus reconnects.

Xen Security Advisory 512 v3 publicly discloses CVE-2026-79604 in oxenstored, the OCaml xenstore implementation. Oxenstored maintains a global trie and per-domain hashtable for watches, and on a xenbus reconnect requests the watches are not cleared out of the global structure. This allows unbounded accumulation of watches. The Xen security team published the advisory and fix as a public release.

oss-securitySep 8, 15:42 UTC · 8d agoVulnerability 4 sources CVE-2026-79604

Xen Security Advisory 509 v3 (CVE-2026-62437) - x86: DMs may cause mem leak by IRQ binding

Xen Project released XSA-509 (CVE-2026-62437) fixing a memory leak in IRQ tracking when guests with assigned PCI devices are terminated.

Xen Security Advisory 509 v3 publicly discloses CVE-2026-62437, a memory leak affecting the Xen hypervisor on x86. When guests are terminated, cleanup of PCI devices assigned to those guests and removal of associated IRQ tracking structures may fail, leaking memory. The advisory was released publicly as version 3.

oss-securitySep 8, 15:35 UTC · 8d agoVulnerability CVE-2026-62437

HPE security advisory (AV26-873)

Canada's Cyber Centre relays HPE advisories covering multiple vulnerabilities in Aruba AOS-CX switches and Fabric Composer, urging updates.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security issued advisory AV26-873 noting multiple vulnerabilities in HPE Aruba Networking AOS-CX and Fabric Composer. Affected versions span AOS-CX releases through branches 10.10, 10.13, 10.16, 10.17, and 10.18, and Fabric Composer through 7.3.3. Administrators are urged to review HPE bulletins HPESBNW05133 and HPESBNW05134 and apply available updates.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecuritySep 2, 13:38 UTC · 14d agoAdvisory

GNU security advisory (AV26-923)

Canadian Cyber Centre advisory AV26-923 flags a stack overflow in GNU libextractor before v1.15 via OLE2 files.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security issued advisory AV26-923 on September 15, 2026, covering CVE-2026-91752, a stack overflow vulnerability in GNU libextractor versions prior to 1.15 triggered via OLE2 file parsing. The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the provided links and apply necessary updates as they become available.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecuritySep 15, 15:10 UTC · 1d agoAdvisory CVE-2026-91752

Cisco BroadWorks Out-of-Band Blind XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability

Cisco patched an XXE flaw in BroadWorks' OCI XML parser letting unauthenticated remote attackers read sensitive files from the filesystem.

Cisco BroadWorks permits external entity resolution by default in its Open Client Interface XML parser, enabling out-of-band blind XXE injection. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send crafted XML to the OCI-P provisioning service and read sensitive configuration files with BroadWorks user privileges. Cisco has released software updates and no workarounds are available.

Cisco Security AdvisoriesAug 19, 16:00 UTC · 28d agoAdvisory

Chrome, Firefox Updates Patch 115 Vulnerabilities

Google and Mozilla patch 115 vulnerabilities across Chrome 153 and Firefox 156, including three critical Chrome bugs; no exploitation reported.

Google's Chrome 153 (153.0.8010.47/.48 for Windows/macOS) fixes 42 flaws, including three critical: CVE-2026-91726, an out-of-bounds read in WebGL, and use-after-free bugs CVE-2026-91721 and CVE-2026-91749 in Internals and Workers. Mozilla's Firefox 156 resolves 73 vulnerabilities, including 29 high-severity use-after-free and privilege escalation issues, with related fixes in Thunderbird and Firefox ESR branches. Neither vendor reports any of the defects being exploited in the wild.

SecurityWeek10:28 UTC · 9h agoVulnerability CVE-2026-91726 CVE-2026-91721 CVE-2026-91749

[Control Systems] Siemens security advisory (AV26-890)

Canada's Cyber Centre relayed a Siemens advisory affecting Reyrolle 7SR5, Teamcenter, Siveillance Control, Desigo CC and other products.

Advisory AV26-890, dated September 8, 2026, flags Siemens vulnerabilities in Reyrolle 7SR5 (versions prior to V2.70), Teamcenter, Siveillance Control, SIMATIC AX Runtime, Desigo CC, Industrial Edge Management, and SIMOVE Fleetmanager and SIPLANT across multiple versions and models. The Cyber Centre encourages users and administrators to review the Siemens advisory and apply available updates. No specific CVEs or exploitation details are provided in the relayed advisory.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecuritySep 8, 17:27 UTC · 8d agoAdvisory

Grafana security advisory (AV26-860)

Canada's Cyber Centre warned that Grafana Alloy versions through 1.18.1 are affected by CVE-2026-19516 and urged users to apply available updates.

Canada's Cyber Centre issued advisory AV26-860 warning that Grafana Alloy versions prior to or equal to 1.18.1 are affected by CVE-2026-19516. The bulletin directs users and administrators to vendor resources and available patches. No exploitation or severity details are included in the advisory text.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecurityAug 28, 14:58 UTC · 19d agoAdvisory CVE-2026-19516

CISA Warns of Chromium Type Confusion 0-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited in Attacks

CISA added the actively exploited Chromium V8 type confusion zero-day CVE-2026-85046 to its KEV catalog, urging patching of Chrome, Edge, and Opera.

CISA added CVE-2026-85046, a V8 type confusion flaw (CWE-843) in Chromium-based browsers, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. A remote attacker can trigger arbitrary code execution inside the browser sandbox via a specially crafted HTML page. Google Chrome is directly affected, and Microsoft Edge, Opera, and other Chromium-based browsers may also be impacted depending on their V8 version. Google has released a Stable channel Chrome update, and CISA directs mitigations under Binding Operational Directive 26-04.

Cyber Security NewsSep 8, 16:25 UTC · 8d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-85046

Mirai Variant V3G4 Targets IoT Devices

Unit 42 tracked the Mirai variant V3G4 exploiting 13 vulnerabilities across IoT devices and servers from July-December 2022 to build a DDoS botnet.

From July to December 2022, Unit 42 observed three campaigns spreading V3G4, a Mirai botnet variant, by exploiting 13 vulnerabilities, including CVE-2022-26134 in Atlassian Confluence and CVE-2019-15107 in Webmin. The campaigns shared the same C2 domains containing the string 8xl9, nearly identical shell script downloaders, and the same XOR keys, suggesting a single threat actor. The malware brute-forces telnet and SSH credentials, terminates rival botnet processes via a stop list, and receives DDoS commands from its C2. Compromised servers and networking devices are absorbed into the botnet for further attacks.

Palo Alto Unit 42Aug 17, 13:05 UTC · Aug 17, 2026Malware in the wildCVE-2012-4869 CVE-2014-9727 CVE-2017-5173+6 CVEs

E-Commerce Access, Vedicline Data, Langflow RCE, ASUS Claim, and Energy Shell Access

SOCRadar reports underground posts claiming a Bangladeshi e-commerce database, Vedicline data leak, Langflow RCE, ASUS breach, and energy-sector shell access.

SOCRadar's Dark Web Team identified several new underground posts, including an alleged Bangladeshi e-commerce customer database offered for sale. The roundup also covers a claimed Vedicline data leak, Langflow remote code execution, an ASUS breach claim, and energy-sector shell access sales. Details on record counts and victims were not provided in the excerpt.

SOCRadarSep 7, 09:20 UTC · 9d agoData breach

Dell security advisory (AV26-863)

Dell issued firmware and AppSync security updates for PowerEdge Intel-processor servers (DSA-2026-356, DSA-2026-165); Cyber Centre urges administrators to apply them.

Dell advisories DSA-2026-356 and DSA-2026-165 cover vulnerabilities in Dell PowerEdge server firmware for Intel processors across multiple versions and models, and in Dell AppSync versions up to and including 4.6.0.4 and 4.6.1.0. Canada's Cyber Centre republished the notice (AV26-863) urging users and administrators to review the provided links and apply necessary updates. No exploitation or severity details were included in the bulletin.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecurityAug 31, 15:55 UTC · 16d agoAdvisory

Dell security advisory (AV26-886)

Canada's Cyber Centre flags September 2026 Dell vulnerabilities across iDRAC9/iDRAC10, OpenManage, PowerEdge, Avamar, NetWorker VE, PowerProtect, IDPA and PowerScale OneFS.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security advisory AV26-886 lists Dell vulnerabilities across iDRAC9, iDRAC10, OpenManage Network Integration, PowerEdge servers, the OpenManage Python SDK, Avamar, NetWorker Virtual Edition, PowerProtect DP Series, IDPA and PowerScale OneFS. Fixed versions include iDRAC9 7.30.10.50, iDRAC10 1.30.30.50 and OpenManage Network Integration 3.10. No CVE identifiers or exploitation status are provided; administrators are urged to apply the vendor updates.

Canadian Centre for Cyber SecuritySep 8, 14:07 UTC · 8d agoAdvisory

ZDI-26-532: SonicWall Email Security updateNetIf Command Injection Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ZDI advisory ZDI-26-532 discloses CVE-2026-66149, a command injection in SonicWall Email Security updateNetIf allowing local privilege escalation (CVSS 7.8).

SonicWall Email Security contains a command injection flaw in the updateNetIf routine, tracked as CVE-2026-66149 with CVSS 7.8. A local attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to escalate privileges. The vulnerability was disclosed via ZDI advisory ZDI-26-532.

ZDI Published AdvisoriesAug 11, 05:00 UTC · Aug 11, 2026Vulnerability CVE-2026-66149

U.S. Defense Manufacturer IEH Hit by Phishing Attack, Exposing Potentially Export

Security AffairsAug 9, 16:44 UTC · Aug 9, 2026Phishing & fraud

[webapps] Langflow 1.10.0 - RCE

A public proof-of-concept demonstrates remote code execution in Langflow 1.10.0, the open-source AI workflow builder.

Exploit-DB lists a remote code execution proof of concept targeting Langflow version 1.10.0. Langflow is a widely used open-source tool for building AI agent and LLM workflows. The listing does not include a CVE id or evidence of in-the-wild exploitation, but RCE in AI development tooling is relevant to teams running it in production.

Exploit-DBSep 2, 00:00 UTC · 14d agoExploit / PoC1