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Cisco Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical ISE Flaw

Cisco warns that CVE-2026-76460 (CVSS 10.0) in Identity Services Engine is actively exploited, enabling unauthenticated root access; CISA added it to KEV.

Cisco disclosed CVE-2026-76460, a CVSS 10.0 flaw caused by insufficient control of an API endpoint in Cisco ISE and ISE-PIC, allowing crafted requests to bypass the web-based management interface and potentially obtain root command execution. Active exploitation is confirmed; patches are available and no workarounds exist, though infrastructure access control lists can restrict management traffic as an interim measure. CISA added the flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, requiring FCEB agencies to prioritize patching. Cisco urges checking access.log on every node, reimaging suspected compromised nodes, and reviewing external firewall logs for unexpected uploads.

Infosecurity Magazine · 1h agoExploit / PoC in the wild 21 sourcesCVE-2026-76460

AI Agent Carries Out Multi-Stage Data Theft Attack

Spain's data protection agency reports the country's first agentic AI-powered breach: an AI agent logged in, found vulnerabilities, and modified personal data.

Spain's Agencia Espanola de Proteccion de Datos (AEPD) disclosed on September 14 what it calls the country's first agentic AI-powered personal data breach. An agent using a known language model scanned generic files to log in, then autonomously searched for application vulnerabilities, modified personal data, and accessed invoices. AEPD said the agent was used as an instrument to chain attack phases, implying deliberate use by a threat actor rather than a rogue model. CybaVerse CTO Simon Phillips suggested the actor likely jailbreaked or bypassed the model's guardrails.

Infosecurity Magazine · 4h agoData breach in the wild

NCSC and Allies Warn of Iranian Spyware Campaign

NCSC, FBI and AIVD warn Iranian-backed actors deliver Chosen Brick spyware to regime critics via social engineering; stolen data has surfaced on pro-Iranian leak sites.

NCSC, the FBI and the Netherlands' AIVD published a joint advisory warning that a Tehran-backed campaign, active since at least 2025, targets dissidents, activists and journalists with Chosen Brick spyware. The malware persists via Windows registry keys, adds Microsoft Defender exclusions, uses Telegram for C2, and captures screens, audio, emails and Telegram or WhatsApp messages. Stolen data has surfaced on pro-Iranian leak sites in some cases, raising risks to victims' personal safety.

Infosecurity Magazineupdated · 5h agofirst · 1d agoThreat actor in the wild 7 sources

PHP Webshell Campaign Targets WordPress Through Critical WooCommerce Plugin Bug

Wordfence blocked over 100,000 exploitation attempts against CVE-2026-27540 in WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture, letting attackers upload PHP webshells to WordPress sites.

Wordfence reported more than 100,000 blocked exploitation attempts against CVE-2026-27540 in the WooCommerce Wholesale Lead Capture plugin (roughly 6,000 active installs), which was disclosed and patched on February 20 in version 2.0.3.2. The unauthenticated AJAX handler wwlc_file_upload_handler reads permitted file extensions from the attacker-controlled request, enabling arbitrary file upload of PHP files such as shell.php that report host details and serve further upload forms. Attack activity peaked between June 4 and June 17, 2026, with additional waves on July 1 and August 30. Wordfence rates the flaw CVSS 9.8, while Patchstack's CVE record lists 9.0.

Infosecurity Magazine · 21h agoExploit / PoC in the wild 6 sourcesCVE-2026-27540

Hackers Favor US Eastern Business Hours in M365 Phishing Campaign

KnowBe4 tracked 29,785 phishing emails abusing Microsoft 365 Direct Send to spoof internal senders while timing sends to US Eastern business hours.

KnowBe4 Threat Lab observed 29,785 confirmed phishing emails between July and August 2026 abusing Microsoft 365's Direct Send feature, which lets devices and legacy apps send mail without a dedicated account. The emails appeared to come from trusted internal addresses such as HR or accounting, bypassing email gateways by connecting directly to Exchange Online MX endpoints, with activity peaking on Monday-Tuesday during US Eastern business hours and near-zero weekend volume. About 35% of the messages carried malicious attachments like fake invoices, voicemail alerts, and OneDrive shares, and 4,023 used reply-to addresses on different domains to capture employee responses. Researchers recommended strict DMARC enforcement, connector restrictions, DKIM signing, and checking for the 'X-MS-Exchange-Organization-AuthAs: Anonymous' Exchange header.

Infosecurity Magazineupdated · 21h agofirst · 5d agoPhishing & fraud in the wild 9 sources2

Human Attacker Hits Machine-Speed Exploitation of Marimo RCE

Sysdig details a human attacker chaining pre-auth RCE in Marimo (CVE-2026-39987) to AWS credentials and a bastion host in eight seconds.

Sysdig's Threat Research Team documented an intrusion where an operator exploited CVE-2026-39987, a pre-auth RCE in the Marimo notebook terminal WebSocket endpoint, gaining an interactive shell with no credentials. The attacker harvested AWS credentials from the process environment and Redis backend, retrieved an SSH private key from AWS Secrets Manager, and authenticated to an internet-reachable bastion host. The chain fired in eight seconds after roughly four hours of toolkit building, logging over 850 commands during a nine-hour session. The flaw, fixed in Marimo 0.23.0, has been on CISA's KEV catalog with a May 7, 2026 federal remediation deadline.

Infosecurity Magazineupdated · 2d agofirst · 2d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 4 sourcesCVE-2026-39987

Hackers Exploit Maximum Severity Flaw in GitLab

CISA added GitLab path traversal CVE-2026-85706 to KEV after in-the-wild probes; unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files.

CVE-2026-85706 is a maximum-severity path traversal flaw in GitLab CE/EE's repository commits API that allows an unauthenticated user to read arbitrary files from the server due to improper path confinement and missing authentication enforcement. It affects versions 18.7 before 19.1.8, 19.2 before 19.2.6, and 19.3 before 19.3.2, and was fixed on September 10. Watchtower reported detecting in-the-wild probes for the bug on September 11, and CISA added the CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a September 15 federal patch deadline. Defenders are urged to hunt logs for HTTP POST requests to /api/v4/projects/{id}/repository/commits/ URIs containing file.path parameters.

Infosecurity Magazineupdated · 2d agofirst · 3d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 18 sourcesCVE-2026-85706

Malicious Twitch Extension Exposes 31,000 Users' OAuth Tokens

Malicious Twitch extension 'Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot' forwarded live OAuth session tokens of roughly 31,000 users to Russian JeetBot proxy servers.

Socket research found the cross-store extension Twitch Enhanced Viewer | JeetBot (about 30,000 Chrome users and 552 Firefox users) routing Twitch video requests through JeetBot proxy servers with the account-scoped OAuth bearer token appended in cleartext as a URL query parameter. Version 4.x builds, including 4.8 from January 2026, posted captured tokens to dedicated set-token endpoints on JeetBot infrastructure with backups on two Deno services. Token holders can read and send whispers, post in chat, and spend channel points without a password or 2FA; listings were still live at publication and users are advised to remove the extension and re-authenticate.

Infosecurity Magazine · 2d agoMalware in the wild 2 sources

Gigabud Uses Android App Cloning to Evade Fraud Detection

Group-IB reports the Gigabud Android banking trojan clones bank apps into isolated work profiles via the Vwork tool to evade fraud detection, with roughly $960,000 in losses in Indonesia.

Group-IB found Gigabud now ships dedicated code to work with Vwork, a weaponized fork of the open-source Android cloning app Shelter it attributes to GoldFactory, exposing cloning functions so any installed app can call them. After installing via phishing sites and messengers posing as airline, tax and government apps, operators request accessibility and overlay permissions, then clone the victim's banking app into a new work profile where it is invisible to signature-based detection in the personal profile. Fake login screens and overlays capture credentials while cloned-app transactions appear to banks as coming from an unrecognized, malware-free device. Between February and July 2026 in Indonesia, Group-IB observed about 1,469 compromised devices, 1,281 potentially compromised logins and estimated losses of roughly $960,939, with Vwork-enabled samples targeting 11 countries including Brazil, Mexico, Egypt and Thailand.

Infosecurity Magazine · 7d agoMalware in the wild

ClickFix Moves into the Browser to Steal Cryptocurrency

Cisco Talos details a ClickFix campaign injecting browser JavaScript via Google Sheets to skim crypto deposits, stealing at least ~0.159 BTC since October 2025

Cisco Talos reported a months-long ClickFix campaign that shifted from OS command execution to injecting JavaScript through Chrome's address bar or the Tampermonkey extension into sessions on two cryptocurrency trading sites. Since March 2026 the operators fetch obfuscated payloads via the Google Visualization API from public Google Sheets, replacing displayed deposit addresses and amounts and overriding the fetch API, and the campaign survived two disruption attempts. Talos observed 49 Bitcoin addresses with 24 receiving at least 0.159 BTC (~$10,000) by early August, with proceeds routed through roughly 30 wallets and more than 3,000 addresses in apparent mixing. Lures posed as leaked vulnerability reports describing non-existent API flaws at crypto swap services, promising payouts up to 38% higher.

Infosecurity Magazine · 7d agoPhishing & fraud in the wild

NHIs Now the Number One Corporate Entry Point for Hackers

SpyCloud survey finds non-human identities like AI agents and API keys were the primary entry point in 31% of intrusions, nearly double phishing.

SpyCloud's Identity Threat Report, based on a survey of 750 security leaders at organizations with 500+ employees, found non-human identities caused 31% of intrusions versus 17% for social engineering. Only 36% of organizations actually monitor NHIs although 95% believe they have adequate visibility into them. Some 68% of respondents suffered an identity-based event, with NHI-related misuse at 42%, and organizations able to see stolen session cookies reported identity incidents at a lower rate (37% vs 50%).

Infosecurity Magazine · 7d agoResearch in the wild

Microsoft Shatters Patch Tuesday Record With 974 CVE Fixes in September 2026

Microsoft's September 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes a record 974 CVEs, including two actively exploited Windows zero-days, CVE-2026-85880 and CVE-2026-81963.

Microsoft fixed a record 974 CVEs in its September 2026 Patch Tuesday, surpassing the previous record of 570 in July 2026, with Windows affected by 723 flaws and Office by 111, including 119 critical vulnerabilities. Two zero-days are actively exploited: CVE-2026-85880, a 7.8 heap-based buffer overflow in Windows ALPC allowing AppContainer privilege escalation, and CVE-2026-81963, an improper link resolution flaw in the Windows Update Stack enabling local privilege escalation. Microsoft attributed the update surge partly to agentic AI tools used to discover zero-day vulnerabilities, and researchers highlighted critical RCE flaws in Windows DNS, DHCP and Deployment Services as priorities.

Infosecurity Magazine · 8d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-85880CVE-2026-81963CVE-2026-62878+4 CVEs2

AI Coding Tools Now a Prime Target for Threat Actors, Google Warns

Google Threat Intelligence Group warns threat actors increasingly target AI coding tools and proprietary AI data, with UNC6780's Dustmaker enabling large-scale supply chain compromises.

Google Threat Intelligence Group's September 8 report says AI-assisted coding tools have become prime targets, contributing to large-scale software supply chain compromises in 2025 and early 2026. Financially motivated group UNC6780 used its Dustmaker credential stealer to extract tokens from GitHub Actions runner memory and compromise packages across PyPI, npm, and Docker Hub, then sold harvested AI tool credentials to other criminals. Chinese nation-state actor UNC6508 conducted espionage against proprietary AI research at North American academic, medical, and military institutions, while extortion gangs stole models, prompts, and source code in Q2 2026. GTIG also documented agentic attacker experimentation, including an autonomous multi-agent credential harvesting campaign built in under six hours and a 'Recon' C2 framework managing over 23,800 harvested secrets.

Infosecurity Magazine · 9d agoThreat actor in the wild 2 sources1

THost9 Android RAT Pairs Packed Loader With ADB Worm

Dark Atlas details THost9, a packed Android RAT paired with an ADB worm that installs itself on devices with exposed Android Debug Bridge services.

Dark Atlas researchers described the Hagaseca cluster, whose THost9 packed loader hides executable code in an embedded asset decoded with single-byte XOR and gzip before loading a tc9.dex second stage. The second stage adds shell execution, file transfer, tunneling, reverse shells, downloadable modules and a self-propagating ADB worm that expands single addresses into 65,025-host scan ranges. Newer builds include anti-analysis checks for Frida, and incident reports connect THost9 and THost4 to Android phones and Redroid containers with exposed ADB from October 2024 through 2026.

Infosecurity Magazine · 9d agoMalware in the wild

BigBear 2 PhaaS Campaign Steals 5000+ Microsoft Credentials

CloudSEK researchers found the BigBear 2.0 PhaaS kit, built on Evilginx2, has stolen over 5,100 Microsoft 365 credentials across 461 organizations in 40+ countries.

CloudSEK gained admin access to the BigBear 2.0 phishing-as-a-service panel, an Evilginx2-based adversary-in-the-middle platform operated by someone using the alias 'General Boss'. The team observed 3,331 unique victim IPs across more than 40 countries, 42 VPS nodes mostly on Vultr, and 5,137 credential records across 461 organizations, including 4,148 session cookies, 1,032 plaintext passwords, and 474 completed MFA-bypassed authentications. IT and managed service providers were the most targeted sector, raising supply-chain risk since their compromise can expose client infrastructure and privileged Azure AD access.

Infosecurity Magazine · 9d agoPhishing & fraud in the wild

Pegasus Zero-Click Exploit Infects Serbian Student Activist's iPhone

Citizen Lab and SHARE Foundation confirm a Serbian student activist's iPhone was infected with NSO Group Pegasus via a zero-click iMessage exploit.

Forensic analysis found high-confidence infection indicators on the activist's iPhone during December 2025 and January 2026, using an iMessage zero-click exploit the Citizen Lab believes was patched as of iOS 18.4.1, released April 2025. The target was among at least 14 Apple Threat Notification recipients in Serbia's student movement, civil society, and opposition politics documented by the SHARE Foundation. Targeting occurred ahead of key 2026 election cycles; Amnesty Tech also confirmed a new NoviSpy version on another student movement member's device.

Infosecurity Magazine · 13d agoThreat actor in the wild

Outsider Phishing Kit Survives Takedown With 700 New Pages

Group-IB found the Outsider phishing kit kept generating 700+ new phishing pages within a month of Operation Ghost Hook's takedown.

Group-IB linked the Outsider Phishing Kit, operated by a threat actor known as ChenLun, to more than 100,000 phishing pages across 54+ countries between December 2025 and May 2026. After the FBI, Google, and Lumen's Black Lotus Labs seized core admin servers, a Shopify storefront, about $100,000, and thousands of domains under Operation Ghost Hook in June, over 700 new phishing domains appeared within a month. The kit offered 267 templates, adversary-in-the-middle MFA interception, WebSocket-based live operator communication, and SMS delivery via a Telegram affiliate ecosystem with more than 5,000 subscribers.

Infosecurity Magazine · 13d agoPhishing & fraud in the wild1

FBI Probes Possible Breach of 153 Million Driver’s Licenses

FBI investigates possible breach exposing up to 170M North American driver's licenses, data sold on Exploit forum via 'Nexus' service, linked to IDScan.net.

The FBI is investigating a potentially massive breach of identity data affecting as many as 170 million North Americans, first reported by Krebs. The 'Nexus' service on the Exploit cybercrime forum claimed to hold over 153 million US and Canadian driver's licenses plus ID cards, travel documents, and medical cards, sourced from an active breach at a major identity verification company. Krebs linked the trove to New Orleans-based IDScan.net, which is investigating. The service went dark shortly after publication; experts warn stolen license data (DOB, address, ID numbers) can't be changed and could enable lifelong identity fraud.

Infosecurity Magazine · 14d agoData breach in the wild

Russian Man Extradited Over Malware Campaign Targeting Freelancers

A Russian national was extradited to the US for allegedly spreading TVRAT and DarkVNC malware to 80,000 freelance platform users via Excel attachments.

Searzhudin Tamirlanovich Aktulaev, 40, was arrested in Cyprus in May 2025, extradited on August 28, 2026, and indicted on conspiracy, computer damage, unauthorized access and aggravated identity theft charges. Prosecutors say he and co-conspirators used about 255 fake accounts on a freelance employment platform's messaging system to send macro-laden Excel attachments between June 2016 and November 2017, deploying TVRAT (TVSPY/TeamSpy) and DarkVNC remote access trojans. Thousands of victims were identified on a US-hosted C2 domain, with roughly half of the 80,000 affected users in the US; C2 infrastructure was paid for with virtual currency. If convicted he faces up to 20 years for wire fraud conspiracy plus additional terms and fines.

Infosecurity Magazine · 14d agoPolicy & legal in the wild1

Hackers Chain Two New SonicWall Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

SonicWall warns two zero-days (CVE-2026-83548 SSRF, CVE-2026-83549 post-auth RCE) in SMA1000 appliances are being actively exploited.

A September 1 SonicWall advisory discloses actively exploited zero-days in SMA1000 appliance models 6210, 7210 and 8200v, affecting platform-hotfix versions 12.4.3-03453 and 12.5.0-02835 and older. CVE-2026-83548 (CVSS 10.0) is a pre-authentication SSRF in the Appliance Work Place interface via an unintended alternate access path; CVE-2026-83549 (CVSS 7.8) is post-authentication OS command injection enabling RCE in the Appliance Management Console. SonicWall urges hotfix upgrades, IOC checks with SonicWall support, and re-imaging plus credential and TOTP resets if compromise is found.

Infosecurity Magazine · 15d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-83548CVE-2026-83549

Attackers Steal METR API Key and Burn $600,000 in AI Credits

Attackers used a stolen METR API key for three weeks, burning $600,000 in AI model credits before the abuse was stopped.

Attackers obtained a METR API key and used it without authorization for roughly three weeks, consuming AI model credits worth $600,000. The incident, reported by Infosecurity Magazine, shows how stolen cloud AI credentials can drive rapid, high-cost abuse. It underscores the need for API key hygiene, usage monitoring, and spend alerts on AI accounts.

Infosecurity Magazine · 15d agoAI safety & security in the wild

Threat Actors Abuse Cursor Agent AI to Assist Ransomware Operations

Aurora ransomware operators are using SpaceX-owned Cursor's AI agent to perform reconnaissance and exploitation tasks during intrusions.

The Aurora ransomware group is abusing the Cursor Agent AI coding tool to automate reconnaissance and exploitation activities during its operations. This marks a notable case of criminals weaponizing an AI coding agent inside their attack workflow. Cursor was recently acquired by SpaceX, drawing extra attention to the tool's abuse.

Infosecurity Magazine · 20d agoRansomware in the wild

Manchester Airports Group Hit by Cyber Incident

Manchester Airports Group disclosed that an unauthorized third party accessed customer data from bookings and airport Wi-Fi registrations.

Manchester Airports Group, which operates Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports, reported a cyber incident in which an unauthorized third party accessed customer data. Affected data is linked to bookings and airport Wi-Fi registrations. The number of affected customers was not stated in this report.

Infosecurity Magazine · 20d agoData breach in the wild

Chinese Hacker Group QTFY Uses Custom-Built Platforms to Target US Infrastructure, FBI Warns

FBI warns that China-linked hacking group QTFY uses custom-built distributed platforms to exploit vulnerabilities at scale while targeting US infrastructure.

An FBI advisory describes the activities of QTFY, a Chinese hacker group targeting US infrastructure. The group operates a distributed hacking ecosystem with custom-built platforms that allow it to exploit vulnerabilities at scale while obfuscating its activities. The warning provides defenders with attribution and tradecraft details for tracking the campaign.

Infosecurity Magazine · 21d agoThreat actor in the wild

CISA Warns of Six Exploited Flaws in Microsoft, Linux, Red Hat and Citrix Products

CISA added six actively exploited vulnerabilities in Microsoft, Linux, Red Hat and Citrix products to its KEV catalog on August 26.

CISA added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on August 26, citing signs of active exploitation in the wild. The affected products span Microsoft, Linux, Red Hat, and Citrix. Specific CVE identifiers and affected versions were not listed in the source text, but KEV listing requires confirmed exploitation.

Infosecurity Magazine · 21d agoExploit / PoC in the wild1

ZeroTokens Phishing Platform Steers Attacks in Real Time

ZeroTokens phishing platform hands operators live control of victim sessions in ongoing attacks targeting 53 financial brands.

ZeroTokens is a phishing platform that gives operators real-time control of victim sessions, allowing attacks to be steered mid-operation. The platform is being used in campaigns targeting 53 financial brands. Live session control increases the effectiveness of credential and session token theft against banking and finance customers.

Infosecurity Magazine · 22d agoPhishing & fraud in the wild

Australia Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical TeamCity Server Flaw

Australian officials warn of active exploitation of a critical JetBrains TeamCity flaw and urge customers to patch immediately.

Australian authorities warn that a critical vulnerability in JetBrains TeamCity is being actively exploited and urge customers to apply patches. The alert follows a similar warning from the US government. TeamCity is a widely deployed CI/CD server whose past flaws have been leveraged in large-scale exploitation campaigns.

Infosecurity Magazine · 23d agoExploit / PoC in the wild1

Fake Minecraft Clients Deliver WeedHack Malware Despite Infrastructure Takedown

Attackers keep distributing WeedHack malware through fake Minecraft clients even though the original infrastructure was taken down in July.

A threat actor continues distributing WeedHack malware to Minecraft players via fake game clients. The campaign persists despite the takedown of the malware's original infrastructure in July, indicating resilient or reconstituted distribution infrastructure.

Infosecurity Magazine · 23d agoMalware in the wild1

ReliaQuest Rejects Compromise Claims After ShinyHunters Incident

ReliaQuest detailed a ShinyHunters-linked social engineering attack and denied reports that the threat actor successfully compromised its systems.

Cybersecurity services firm ReliaQuest disclosed a social engineering attack attributed to activity linked to the ShinyHunters group. The company denied reports that the threat actor successfully compromised its systems, stating the incident did not result in a breach.

Infosecurity Magazine · 23d agoData breach in the wild

Doubloon Dredger Abuses Notion to Harvest Authentication Tokens

Doubloon Dredger malware abuses Notion and malicious PDFs to steal Microsoft authentication tokens from victims.

Doubloon Dredger is a malware campaign that abuses Notion and malicious PDF files to harvest Microsoft authentication tokens. Using a legitimate collaboration service likely helps the operation blend into trusted SaaS traffic and evade detection. Stolen Microsoft authentication tokens can enable account access without knowing user passwords.

Infosecurity Magazine · 23d agoMalware in the wild1

Wake-Up Call for CNI After Iranian Attack Shuts Down UK Power Plant

A cyber-attack attributed to Iran shut down a UK power plant, exposing the frailty of critical national infrastructure, security experts warn.

Security experts say an Iranian cyber-attack forced a UK power plant offline, describing the incident as a wake-up call for critical national infrastructure operators. The attack caused physical operational disruption at an energy facility. Technical details about the intrusion path and the affected operator remain limited in initial reporting.

Infosecurity Magazine · 24d agoThreat actor in the wild

North Korean Hackers Tied to Rust Supply Chain Attack

Researchers linked a backdoor hidden in compromised Rust packages to North Korean actors' prior software supply chain attack campaigns.

Cybersecurity researchers attributed a malicious backdoor planted in compromised Rust packages to North Korean threat actors based on ties to earlier supply chain attacks. The campaign targets the open-source developer ecosystem, where infected packages can propagate downstream to developer build systems. The attribution suggests DPRK-aligned actors continue investing in open-source supply chain tradecraft.

Infosecurity Magazine · 26d agoThreat actor in the wild

New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Boosts Evasion Capabilities

KnowBe4 documented an Agent Tesla v4 campaign using emoji-based code obfuscation to evade detection.

KnowBe4 researchers reported a campaign distributing Agent Tesla v4, a long-running Windows keylogger and infostealer. The new variant uses emoji-based code obfuscation, a novel technique, to hinder static analysis and evade security tooling. Defenders should watch for behavioral indicators such as credential theft and unusual process activity.

Infosecurity Magazine · 27d agoMalware in the wild

ICS Operators Warned of AI-Driven Attacks on Siemens PLCs

A US government advisory warns attackers are using AI-generated exploitation scripts against internet-exposed Siemens S7 Series PLCs.

A US government advisory warns ICS operators that attackers are targeting exposed Siemens S7 Series PLCs using AI-generated exploitation scripts. The use of AI to automate exploit development and delivery marks an escalation in threats to industrial control systems. Operators of exposed PLCs are warned to harden their environments as AI-assisted tooling lowers the barrier for adversaries.

Infosecurity Magazine · 28d agoExploit / PoC in the wild

MaaS Campaign Combines ClickFix, ErrTraffic and Cruciferra

eSentire uncovered a malware-as-a-service campaign pairing ClickFix social-engineering lures with the ErrTraffic and Cruciferra malware families.

Threat researchers at eSentire identified an ongoing malware-as-a-service (MaaS) campaign that combines ClickFix social-engineering lures with the ErrTraffic and Cruciferra malware families. The campaign relies on ClickFix-style deception to trick users into executing malicious actions that deliver the malware. Further technical detail on affected sectors or infection volumes was not provided in the disclosure.

Infosecurity Magazine · 28d agoMalware in the wild

Over 500 Critical Infrastructure Organizations Hit by Medusa Ransomware

FBI warns Medusa ransomware-as-a-service has hit over 500 critical infrastructure organizations while significantly improving its tactics, techniques and procedures.

The FBI warned that the Medusa ransomware-as-a-service operation has compromised more than 500 critical infrastructure organizations. The agency said the group has significantly enhanced its tactics, techniques and procedures, making it harder for defenders to counter. Defenders in critical infrastructure sectors should review exposure and harden against Medusa's updated TTPs.

Infosecurity Magazine · 29d agoRansomware in the wild

Time Exploit Plummets Nday Flaws

Analysis shows time-to-exploit for n-day vulnerabilities has plummeted, shrinking defender patch windows as known flaws are exploited faster.

Infosecurity Magazine reports on analysis finding that the time between a vulnerability's disclosure and its exploitation in the wild has dropped sharply for n-day flaws. Faster exploitation compresses defenders' patching windows and raises the urgency of rapid patch deployment. The specific flaw families and metrics were not detailed in the available information.

Infosecurity Magazine · 29d agoResearch in the wild

Change Healthcare Cyber

Change Healthcare's ransomware attack disrupted US healthcare payments and exposed data of roughly 190 million people.

Infosecurity Magazine covers the cyberattack on Change Healthcare, the UnitedHealth Group subsidiary hit by ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware. The attack disrupted US pharmacy and payment processing services and led to the exposure of data belonging to about 190 million individuals. It ranks among the largest healthcare sector cyber incidents on record.

Infosecurity Magazine · 29d agoRansomware in the wild

San Francisco 49ers Ransomware

Ransomware attackers hit the San Francisco 49ers, adding the NFL franchise to the growing list of sports organizations targeted.

Infosecurity Magazine reports a ransomware attack on the San Francisco 49ers. The headline confirms the NFL organization was targeted by ransomware operators. The article text was unavailable, so the responsible gang, encryption scope, and extortion details are unconfirmed. The incident reflects continued ransomware pressure on sports and entertainment organizations.

Infosecurity Magazine · 29d agoRansomware in the wild

Us Thwarts Volt Typhoon Espionage

US thwarts an espionage operation by Chinese state-linked threat actor Volt Typhoon, according to the headline.

The headline indicates US authorities disrupted espionage activity attributed to Volt Typhoon, the Chinese state-sponsored group known for targeting critical infrastructure. No article text is available, so details on scope, victims, or method are unavailable.

Infosecurity Magazine · 29d agoThreat actor in the wild