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FBI: Ongoing FortiBleed attacks lock out FortiGate VPN admins
The FBI is warning that FortiBleed attacks are still ongoing, targeting exposed Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and SSL VPN gateways and locking out legitimate administrators. Hackers gain access to exposed endpoints by using previously leaked credentials, or logins obtained from infostealer logs, credential stuffing, and password spraying attacks. They then extract additional authentication data from compromised […]
Hackers hijack Google domains after breaching ccTLD registries
Hackers obtained unauthorized HTTPS certificates for several Google domains and hijacked domains in the country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs) for Ghana, American Samoa, and Sierra Leone after compromising third-party operators and modifying authoritative DNS records. Google underlines that the attacks affected domains of other organizations in the .GH, .SL, and .AS ccTLDs but “did not involve […]
Microsoft Outlook to block MSIX attachments starting November
Microsoft announced that it will add .msix and .msixbundle attachments to the list of blocked attachments in Outlook Web and the new Outlook Windows client starting next month. .msix files are modern Windows installation packages tailored for specific computer architectures or configurations, while .msixbundle is a container that groups multiple .msix packages into a single […]
PoeLLM malware infects exposed AI servers in cryptomining attacks
A cryptomining campaign targeting exposed AI services is using PoeLLM malware to turn compromised servers into scanners and exploit launchpads. The malware features an uncommon method to retrieve command-and-control (C2) addresses by extracting keywords in a poem hosted on GitHub. Researchers at Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs (BLL) tracking the botnet malware say it has compromised more […]
Hackers exploit critical Atlassian flaw after public PoC release
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-21589) affecting multiple Atlassian product families, including Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket, is being exploited in attacks that do not require authentication. Earlier today, security company Previdian detected the activity on its honeypot network, just hours after a detailed technical report was published. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit CVE-2026-21589 to access specific files […]
SonicWall warns of max severity SSRF flaw in SMA1000 gateways
SonicWall has released hotfixes to address a maximum-severity server-side request forgery (SSRF) flaw in SMA1000 series appliances. Tracked as CVE-2026-102255, the vulnerability was found in the Appliance WorkPlace interface of SMA1000 6210, 7210, and 8200v models, but it does not affect the SMA 100 Series product line or SSL-VPN running on SonicWall firewalls. The flaw […]
Musician sent to prison for $10 million streaming fraud using AI bots
A North Carolina musician was sentenced to 18 months in prison for collecting more than $10 million in royalties from Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music in a massive streaming royalty fraud scheme. 54-year-old Michael Smith pleaded guilty in March after being indicted in September 2024 for fraudulently inflating his songs’ listening stats […]
Advantest confirms personal information stolen in ransomware attack
Advantest Corporation is notifying affected individuals that a ransomware attack earlier this year exposed their personally identifiable data. The Japanese company is a global manufacturer of automated test equipment for the semiconductor industry. On February 15, a threat actor breached its network and gained access to some of its systems. At the time, the disclosure […]
Ninja Forms plugin flaw exploited to hack WordPress sites
Hackers are exploiting stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in two unrelated WordPress plugins, Ninja Forms and WPC Product Bundles for WooCommerce, to install backdoors and create rogue admin accounts. Both vulnerabilities received a high severity score and require an authenticated session to exploit. They are tracked as CVE-2026-93836, affecting WPC Product Bundles for WooCommerce versions 8.6.6 […]
Hackers exploit 32 zero-days on first day of Pwn2Own Ireland
On the first day of the Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 competition, security researchers hacked the Samsung Galaxy S26 twice and earned $388,500 after exploiting 32 zero-days. During the Pwn2Own Ireland 2026 hacking contest, competitors target products in seven categories, including mobile phones (Apple iPhone 17, Samsung Galaxy S26, and Google Pixel 10), printers, smart home devices, […]