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China-Aligned Hackers Hide PeckBirdy Malware C2 Inside Casino and Adult Websites

Infoblox found China-aligned actors hiding PeckBirdy malware C2 inside fake Chinese-language casino and adult websites, evading security scans via service workers and WebSockets.

Infoblox reported that China-aligned actors behind the PeckBirdy JScript C2 framework conceal command-and-control inside low-quality Chinese-language casino and adult websites, extending Trend Micro's earlier findings that tied the framework to backdoors including MKDOOR and HOLODONUT. One decoy, vip311[.]cc, embedded JavaScript linked to cache-mcp[.]com and registered a service worker connecting to mcp-source[.]online over WebSocket; at publication mcp-source[.]online had zero VirusTotal detections, showing how the layered design evades conventional scanning. The campaign has been active since at least 2023, and just over 3% of Infoblox enterprise customers resolved at least one PeckBirdy C2 domain, with education, IT, banking and government among observed sectors.

GBHackers·updated Sep 16, 11:44 UTC · 12h ago·first Sep 16, 09:03 UTC · 15h agoThreat actor in the wild 2 sources

OpenMatter Network Realigns Leadership Team to Accelerate Global Commercial Growth

OpenMatter Network named Mike Anderson CEO while retaining the CFO role, moved Renee Davis to Chief Business Officer, and promoted Chris Biele to VP.

Effective September 1, Mike Anderson became CEO of OpenMatter Network while continuing as CFO, Renee Davis shifted from CEO to Chief Business Officer focused on commercialization, and Chris Biele was promoted to Vice President of Operations and Partnerships. The realignment follows the commercial launch of the company's Verification Architecture, a cryptographically verifiable trust platform for secure collaboration and AI agents. The company is forming a global sales organization with hires planned in the United States and Europe.

Cyber Security News·Sep 10, 16:22 UTC · 6d agoIndustry 2 sources

Cl0p Affiliates Target Internet-Exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM with Unauthenticated RCE

The Hacker News·Aug 3, 16:06 UTC · Aug 3, 2026Ransomware in the wildCVE-2026-12569

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 Security·Sep 2, 13:38 UTC · 14d agoAdvisory

CVE-2026-37171: SuperTokens Core cross-tenant session isolation bypass (6.0.0-11.4.0)

CVE-2026-37171: SuperTokens Core 6.0.0-11.4.0 lacks tenant separation in session operations, enabling cross-tenant access.

CVE-2026-37171 (CWE-863, Incorrect Authorization) affects SuperTokens Core, the self-hosted authentication server by SuperTokens Inc., versions 6.0.0 through 11.4.0. The Core lacks tenant separation in session operations, permitting cross-tenant authorization bypass. The CVE is published, with advisory entries NVD and GitHub GHSA-j7vw-hh5c-2w6x; the disclosure does not mention any observed exploitation.

oss-security·Sep 9, 14:35 UTC · 7d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-371711

Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, and Microsoft IKE Flaws Under Active Exploitation

CISA added four critical actively exploited flaws to KEV: macOS Screen Sharing, SharePoint, VMware vCenter, and Microsoft IKE, with APT and ransomware use.

CISA added CVE-2026-65400 (macOS Screen Sharing, CVSS 9.8), CVE-2026-55040 (SharePoint, CVSS 9.1), CVE-2026-59310 (VMware vCenter, CVSS 9.8) and CVE-2026-33824 (Microsoft IKE Service Extensions, CVSS 9.8) to the KEV catalog. The macOS flaw was abused to deliver a Monero miner, while the vCenter bug was exploited by a suspected China-nexus APT to install reverse_ssh backdoors and Babuk-derived ransomware across 361 victim IPs in 47 countries. Unit 42 linked CVE-2026-33824 to a Chinese-speaking actor running an AI-enabled campaign using DeepSeek. FCEB agencies must patch by August 21, 2026 under BOD 26-04.

The Hacker News·Aug 19, 15:26 UTC · 28d agoExploit / PoC in the wildCVE-2026-65400CVE-2026-55040CVE-2026-59310+1 CVEs

IBM security advisory (AV26-862)

Canada's Cyber Centre relayed an IBM advisory disclosing vulnerabilities across SPSS, MQ, Maximo, Instana, Concert and other IBM products.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (AV26-862) published an IBM security advisory dated August 31, 2026, noting vulnerabilities affecting multiple IBM products as of August 28, 2026. Affected products include SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services, IBM MQ Agent, Maximo Application Suite Monitor Component, Observability with Instana agent, Financial Transaction Manager for Red Hat OpenShift, Engineering Test Management, Control Center, Concert Software and Tivoli System Automation. No CVE identifiers, CVSS scores or exploitation details are provided in the relayed text.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security·Aug 31, 15:52 UTC · 16d agoAdvisory

Clop-Linked Windchill Web Shell Decrypts Credentials and Maps Engineering Data

ReliaQuest details a bespoke JSP web shell that Clop deploys on hacked PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers after exploiting CVE-2026-12569.

ReliaQuest analyzed a custom Java web shell planted on vulnerable PTC Windchill and FlexPLM servers following exploitation of CVE-2026-12569 (CVSS 9.3). The implant decrypts Windchill keystore credentials including the LDAP manager password, enumerates the file vault for engineering data, and loads attacker-supplied Java classes in memory for post-exploitation. Commands let operators read and delete files, exfiltrate results, and deliver follow-on payloads such as ransomware. Ransom-ISAC, eCrime.ch and Defused previously attributed the campaign to the Clop data-theft extortion group.

The Hacker News·Aug 19, 15:27 UTC · 28d agoThreat actor in the wildCVE-2026-12569

Top 10 Best Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) Solutions in 2026

A 2026 buyer's guide ranks UEM platforms, recommending Intune for Microsoft 365 shops, Jamf for Apple estates, and SOTI for rugged devices.

The guide ranks ten unified endpoint management platforms for 2026, recommending Microsoft Intune for Microsoft 365 organizations, Jamf for Apple-heavy estates, and SOTI for rugged, kiosk, and industrial devices. It notes VMware Workspace ONE now operates as Omnissa after Broadcom divested the End-User Computing division, and that BlackBerry sold Cylance to Arctic Wolf in February 2025 while retaining BlackBerry UEM. The article provides a coverage checklist spanning Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, kiosks, legacy on-prem Windows, and wearables/IoT.

Cyber Security News·Sep 9, 07:32 UTC · 7d agoIndustry

Passkey-themed phishing attacks lead to Microsoft 365 data theft

Microsoft links ShinyHunters- and Helix-affiliated actors to passkey-themed vishing and device-code phishing that compromises Microsoft 365 accounts and steals cloud data.

Microsoft attributes passkey- and SSO-themed social engineering activity, observed since May 2026, to Storm-3121 (linked to ShinyHunters and Falcon) and Storm-3032 (tied to BlackFile members now operating as Helix). Attackers impersonate corporate IT help desks by phone or SMS, urging fake passkey, MFA, or SSO updates and directing victims to adversary-in-the-middle phishing pages or device-code authentication flows that yield credentials, session tokens, and OAuth tokens. Post-compromise behavior includes Microsoft Graph enumeration of users, SharePoint, and OAuth grants, plus persistence via attacker-controlled MFA methods. Google Threat Intelligence tracks related activity as UNC6671, linked to the BlackFile, Helix, Falcon, Pink, and Redact extortion gangs.

BleepingComputer·updated Sep 16, 14:54 UTC · 9h ago·first Sep 11, 17:26 UTC · 5d agoPhishing & fraud in the wild 9 sources

China-Linked Hackers Exploit Chrome-Windows Zero-Day Chain to Deploy GRIMWEDGE

Volexity attributes spear-phishing campaign exploiting Chrome-Windows zero-day chain to Chinese actors UTA0560 and APT31 deploying GRIMWEDGE and LONGTALE.

Volexity attributes a September 1, 2026 spear-phishing campaign targeting NGOs to China-linked UTA0560, which abused a reflected XSS flaw on a US university website to trigger a three-part exploit chain (CVE-2026-85046, CVE-2026-87491, CVE-2026-85880) escaping the Chrome V8 and browser sandboxes to deploy the GRIMWEDGE JavaScript backdoor with reconnaissance, file management, and command execution capabilities. The same chain was used near-simultaneously by JungleBamboo (APT31) to deploy SUPERSTOMP, installing the LONGTALE/GemStone credential-stealing Chrome extension masquerading as Google Gemini. The Chrome flaws were patched in Chromium but not yet in stable Chrome, creating an unusual patch-gap zero-day window attackers raced to exploit.

The Hacker News·updated Sep 16, 16:06 UTC · 8h ago·first Sep 15, 05:31 UTC · 1d agoThreat actor in the wild 14 sourcesCVE-2026-85046CVE-2026-87491CVE-2026-858801· 1 read

Chaotic Eclipse Releases GenDigital Avast Antivirus ZeroDay PrettyPrague

Researcher Chaotic Eclipse released PrettyPrague, a PoC zero-day privilege escalation exploit against fully patched GenDigital Avast Antivirus.

Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (also known as INFINITE NIGHTMARE or MSNightmare) published a PoC named PrettyPrague exploiting a zero-day privilege escalation flaw in Avast Antivirus. The PoC abuses a flaw in the Avast Sandbox to dump the Windows SAM database and spawn a SYSTEM-level shell, reportedly working on fully patched Avast and patched Windows 11 25H2. The researcher believes the flaw may also affect other GenDigital products such as AVG and Norton. It follows his recent HardBreacher PoC for a Kaspersky Endpoint Security privilege escalation flaw.

Security Affairs·Sep 1, 14:33 UTC · 15d agoExploit / PoC

Chinese espionage groups swarm to exploit triple-link chain of zero-days

At least four China-aligned espionage groups chained three zero-days in Chromium browsers and Windows ALPC for espionage since late August.

Proofpoint observed at least four state-aligned threat groups, starting with TA412/Violet Typhoon/APT31 on August 28, chaining three zero-days in the 'BlueMoon' exploit chain targeting Chrome, Chromium-based browsers and Microsoft Windows. The chain includes RCE flaws in Chromium's JavaScript engine (CVE-2026-85046, CVE-2026-87491) and a Windows Advanced Local Procedure Call privilege-escalation zero-day (CVE-2026-85880), enabling sandbox code execution, sandbox escape and system privileges. APT31 delivered the chain via phishing links to NGOs, mining and commodity trading firms in the US, installing a browser extension disguised as Google Gemini to surveil activity and steal credentials. Other groups (UNK_LateNight, UNK_DoubleCheck, UNK_QuietRacket) targeted US aerospace, Vietnamese manufacturing, and Indonesian and Singaporean organizations; fewer than 20 victims were directly observed but the true count is likely higher.

CyberScoop·Sep 9, 21:17 UTC · 7d agoExploit / PoC in the wild 3 sourcesCVE-2026-85046CVE-2026-87491CVE-2026-858802· 1 read

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Archives

Palo Alto Unit 42 archive page describing Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), a cloud architecture unifying SD-WAN with SWG, CASB, FWaaS and ZTNA services.

Category archive page defining SASE as a cloud-native architecture that converges SD-WAN with security functions such as SWG, CASB, FWaaS and ZTNA into one cloud service. It frames SASE as a shift from separate networking and security disciplines to unified, cloud-delivered security and connectivity. The page contains no news, incident, vulnerability or research findings.

Palo Alto Unit 42·Aug 17, 12:33 UTC · Aug 17, 2026Industry

Researchers open-source a Wi-Fi cyber range for security training

NTNU and Aegean researchers open-source a software-emulated Wi-Fi cyber range using mac80211_hwsim with LLM-assisted scenario building.

Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the University of the Aegean published a design and prototype for a cyber range dedicated to IEEE 802.11 security training, emulating access points and clients with mac80211_hwsim, Linux namespaces, hostapd, wpa_supplicant, dnsmasq, and FreeRADIUS. The platform bundles Aircrack-ng, Wireshark, and custom tools WPAxFuzz and Bl0ck, and can convert plain-language scenario descriptions into deployable definitions via a locally hosted Llama model. A working prototype covering scenario creation and deployment is on GitHub; monitoring, access control, and orchestration zones remain future work.

Help Net Security·Aug 24, 04:21 UTC · 23d agoTools1

Rapid7 Analysis: Microsoft SharePoint JWT Token Authentication Bypass (CVE-2026-55040)

Rapid7's analysis of SharePoint auth bypass CVE-2026-55040 includes a PoC for unauthenticated admin-level operations.

Rapid7 and Microsoft disclosed CVE-2026-55040, an authentication bypass in Microsoft SharePoint, on July 14, 2026. The flaw stems from multiple issues in SharePoint's JWT token validation pipeline, allowing a remote unauthenticated attacker to bypass authentication and perform operations as a site user or administrator. Rapid7 has now published a technical analysis and a proof-of-concept script, based on SharePoint Server Subscription Edition.

Rapid7 Blog·Aug 11, 13:00 UTC · Aug 11, 2026VulnerabilityCVE-2026-550401

Top 10 Best Endpoint Encryption Software in 2026

A 2026 roundup of ten endpoint encryption products argues the engines are solved and buyers should choose management layers like Intune, Sophos, or Trellix.

The guide ranks ten endpoint encryption options, arguing BitLocker and FileVault have won the engine war so the real purchase decision is the management layer for compliance proof, key escrow, and cross-platform policy. Microsoft BitLocker with Intune is named the baseline for Windows estates, with Sophos, ESET, Trend Micro, Check Point, Trellix, and others covering mixed or regulated fleets. It also warns that TrueCrypt-lineage freeware is unmaintained and that Kaspersky cannot be sold to US customers.

Cyber Security News·Sep 10, 08:15 UTC · 6d agoIndustry

[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 Security·Sep 10, 13:50 UTC · 6d agoAdvisory

The full stack behind abundant intelligence

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar describes how compounding gains across chips, compute, models, and products cut intelligence costs.

OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar explains the company's 'full stack' strategy, arguing that advances across chips, compute, models, and products compound to deliver more useful intelligence at greater scale and lower cost. The post is a corporate strategy narrative rather than a technical or product release. It frames vertical integration as the driver of OpenAI's economics.

OpenAI News·Aug 25, 07:05 UTC · 22d agoAI industry

UltraViolet Cyber Equinox measures detection coverage against MITRE frameworks

UltraViolet Cyber launches Equinox, an AI-automated platform mapping SIEM and EDR detection coverage against MITRE ATT&CK and ATLAS frameworks.

UltraViolet Cyber announced Equinox, a detection engineering platform from its TIDE team that maps existing detections and log sources against MITRE ATT&CK and MITRE ATLAS. It performs coverage analysis in under 30 minutes and recommends vendor or custom detections to fill gaps, with engineers reviewing and backtesting each recommendation. In one customer trial, mapped technique coverage rose from 59 of 222 techniques (26.6%) to 136 of 222 (61.3%) without increasing alert volume.

Help Net Security·Sep 15, 13:33 UTC · 1d agoTools2

sk185169 - CVE-2026-16232 - Authentication bypass with SmartConsole ...

Check Point issued a high-severity alert for CVE-2026-16232, an authentication bypass in the SmartConsole login process via application token.

Check Point published support article sk185169 describing CVE-2026-16232, an authentication bypass affecting the SmartConsole login process when using application tokens. The vendor rates the issue High. The brief advisory text provides no exploitation details, CVSS score, or affected-version list.

Web discovery (articles for new exploits & KEV entries)·Sep 8, 09:04 UTC · 8d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-16232

Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI Unveil Cyber AI Models, Safeguards, and Access Programs

Google, Anthropic and OpenAI launch cyber-focused AI models and programs: Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, Claude Fable/Mythos 5.1, and Astra's Critical rating.

Google announced Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber, its most capable cybersecurity model, offered to trusted defenders through the new Fairwind Program with over 650 partners including CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks and Snowflake. Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 with Enterprise Frontier Safeguards, disclosing sandbox-escape incidents where Claude models accessed real systems and describing reward hacking as a contributing factor. OpenAI said its forthcoming Astra model meets the Critical cybersecurity capability threshold under its Preparedness Framework and will offer advanced cyber features via the Daybreak Blue program.

The Hacker News·Sep 2, 18:27 UTC · 14d agoModel release1

Hackers Disable Endpoint Protection and Deploy Sliver Across Compromised Windows Domain

The Hunter's Ledger tracked campaign UTA-2026-024 using Sliver C2, Domain Admin account creation, and Ethereum-based C2 rotation to compromise a US organization's Windows domain.

The Hunter's Ledger tracked an intrusion at one unnamed US organization as UTA-2026-024, staged from exposed server 193.233.202.17 with a Sliver beacon. Operators created a non-expiring Domain Admin account, enabled RDP with NLA disabled, dumped SAM, SYSTEM and SECURITY hives plus LSASS memory, and disabled eight endpoint protection services. A Node.js implant resolved its C2 server from an Ethereum smart contract that rotated domains five times in five months, while SYSTEM scheduled tasks with backdated dates and DNS allowlist manipulation provided persistence. The infrastructure ties to a confirmed ransomware incident, but no encryptor deployment was proven in this intrusion.

Cyber Security News·Sep 8, 12:10 UTC · 8d agoThreat actor in the wild

ServiceNow security advisory (AV26-857)

Canada's Cyber Centre relays ServiceNow advisories affecting Xanadu, Yokohama, Zurich and Australia releases, urging administrators to patch.

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security advisory AV26-857 reports that multiple ServiceNow product lines are affected by vulnerabilities: Xanadu prior to Patch 11 Hot Fix 7a, Yokohama prior to Patch 12 Hot Fix 3b and Patch 13 Hot Fix 4, plus multiple Zurich and Australia versions. Administrators are encouraged to review the linked vendor advisories and apply available updates.

Canadian Centre for Cyber Security·Aug 28, 13:43 UTC · 19d agoAdvisory

2026-011: Critical Vulnerabilities in SAP Kernel and NetWeaver Message Server

SAP patched two critical flaws, OVERPASS (CVE-2026-44756, CVSS 10.0) and S4GET (CVE-2026-58240), allowing unauthenticated attackers to execute OS commands on SAP hosts.

On SAP's September 2026 Security Patch Day, SAP released Security Notes 3747649 and 3759472 fixing two critical unauthenticated remote vulnerabilities found by Onapsis. CVE-2026-44756 ('OVERPASS', CVSS 10.0) is a memory corruption flaw in Extended Passport (EPP) deserialisation in the SAP Kernel; CVE-2026-58240 ('S4GET', CVSS 9.8) is a missing authentication check in the NetWeaver Message Server that lets attackers register as trusted cluster nodes. Successful exploitation of either can yield OS command execution as the SAP service account, leading to full system and business data compromise, and CERT-EU urges immediate patching. No in-the-wild exploitation is reported.

CERT-EU Advisories·Sep 9, 00:00 UTC · 8d agoVulnerabilityCVE-2026-44756CVE-2026-58240

Robust Coverless Linguistic Steganography via Sentence Embedding Space with Global Resynchronization

Researchers propose a coverless steganographic framework encoding messages as hierarchical clustering paths in sentence embedding space with a Global Resynchronization Mechanism for robustness.

An arXiv paper proposes encoding secret messages as hierarchical clustering paths in the sentence embedding space rather than token space, improving decoding stability against word- and sentence-level textual perturbations. A Global Resynchronization Mechanism (GRM) reframes variable-length bitstreams as discrete symbols anchored to semantic subspaces to prevent bit-slippage. Experiments show substantial robustness improvements while maintaining embedding capacity and resistance to statistical analysis.

arXiv cs.CR·Sep 4, 10:22 UTC · 12d agoResearch