- Hackers exploiting ScreenConnect plugin flaw to spread malware across hundreds of PCs
November 12, 2026
Hackers have used a dodgy third-party ScreenConnect extension to push malware onto at least 288 machines across 48 organizations, prompting ConnectWise to disable a handful of plugins in hundreds of customer environments. Security outfit Huntress first raised the alarm in a Reddit post on Wednesday, warning of an active campaign targeting cloud-hosted ScreenConnect instances. At the ...
- North Korean hackers blamed for stealing record $6.3B in Binance breach
October 30, 2026
Hackers working for the North Korean regime have been blamed for a record cryptocurrency heist following a cyberattack at crypto exchange Binance. The hackers stole at least $6.3 billion in crypto from the company’s wallets, though about half of that amount was frozen as the stolen crypto traveled across various blockchains, according to security researchers. The ...
- Hackers are breaking into company networks via hacked CCTV camera software
October 29, 2026
Attackers abused camera management software to gain initial access and establish persistence on networks. Campaign used DLL sideloading and reverse shells to evade detection and maintain control. Researchers urge treating camera systems as security-sensitive assets and monitoring them for abnormal activity. Read more… Source: Sign up for the Cyber Security Review Newsletter The latest cyber security news and insights delivered ...
- A 16-year-old bug could be putting millions of routers at risk — despite Broadcom saying it patched the issue years ago
October 26, 2026
A Broadcom WPS flaw dating back to at least 2010 lets attackers within Wi-Fi range run code on routers without the password. Broadcom told the researcher it replaced the code from 2018, but declined to assign a CVE, calling the software obsolete. Changing your Wi-Fi password won’t help, and disabling WPS may not either; firmware updates or ...
- A fake WatchGuard VPN site is stealing your passwords
October 18, 2026
A fraudulent WatchGuard download website stole VPN login details while supplying the authentic installation package, experts have claimed. Security investigators at Huntress traced the activity to a lookalike domain that collected connection details before downloading the legitimate client. The investigation began after suspicious activity involving an administrator working for a managed service provider was detected. Read more… Source: TechRadar ...
- AI-Powered Espionage Campaign Targets Government Linux Infrastructure
October 15, 2026
Unit 42 identified a campaign targeting government entities and state-affiliated infrastructure, with observed activity spanning from October 2025–April 2026. We track this activity as CL-UNK-1211. In the operations we witnessed, the attackers relied on AI-generated payloads. Multiple artifacts deployed throughout the intrusion contained AI-made conversational annotations and developer reasoning comments, suggesting that the code was either ...
- Unit 42 Uncovers PEERSTITCH, a Stealthy FortiGate Implant
October 14, 2026
Unit 42 investigated a multi-stage network intrusion against a telecommunications organization that occurred in September 2024, which we are tracking as cluster CL-STA-0954 (aka UNC5820). The attackers behind CL-STA-0954 achieved an initial compromise by exploiting CVE-2024-47575 against a centralized FortiManager appliance. From that single appliance, our observations are that the attackers exfiltrated an archive containing running ...
- Attackers hijack country-code domains to impersonate Google and other services
October 8, 2026
According to Google, attackers compromised infrastructure behind three country-code domain namespaces—.gh (Ghana), .sl (Sierra Leone), and .as (American Samoa)—and used it to obtain unauthorized HTTPS certificates for Google domains and other organizations. These domain endings aren’t limited to sites serving those countries, so the risk can extend to users elsewhere. This wasn’t a break in encryption, ...
- MikroTik router flaws allow takeover without a password
September 8, 2026
CERT Polska warns that attackers are actively exploiting a chain of critical MikroTik RouterOS flaws to seize control of routers exposed to the internet. Although the warning comes from Poland’s national cybersecurity response team, MikroTik routers are sold worldwide, including in the US. The vulnerabilities can affect users anywhere if their router is running a vulnerable version ...
- CISA gives feds 3 days to fix actively exploited Ray RCE bug
August 18, 2026
CISA says attackers are exploiting a critical 2025 vulnerability in Ray, the widely used open source framework for scaling Python and machine-learning workloads. Tracked as CVE-2025-62593 and rated 9.4 under CVSS v4, the bug was first disclosed in November 2025. It allows an attacker to use Firefox or Safari to achieve remote code execution (RCE) on a vulnerable Ray system. The open ...
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