21 Oct, 2026

Cisco FMC flaws exploited by ransomware gang, state-sponsored hackers

Cisco Talos says two recently patched Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) vulnerabilities have been exploited by three separate threat clusters linked to ransomware and state-sponsored attacks. The attacks exploited CVE-2026-20079, a maximum-severity authentication bypass flaw, and CVE-2026-20316, a static credential vulnerability that allows attackers to log in using a low-privileged account. According to a new […]

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New ‘BlueMoon’ kit exploited Windows and Chrome zero-day flaws

Multiple cyber-espionage groups deployed an exploit kit dubbed “BlueMoon” that leveraged zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Google Chrome. BlueMoon combines two security issues in Chromium-based browsers that allow remote code execution and sandbox escape with a kernel local privilege escalation in Windows. The kit appears to be a shared modular tool that supports exploit additions […]

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CISA: WatchGuard RCE flaw now exploited in ransomware attacks

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has confirmed that ransomware gangs are also exploiting a critical WatchGuard Firebox firewall vulnerability, which it flagged as actively exploited in December. This flaw is tracked as CVE-2025-14733 and stems from an out-of-bounds write allowing unauthenticated threat actors to execute malicious code remotely in low-complexity attacks. This vulnerability affects firewalls running […]

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Cisco confirms CVE-2026-20079 Secure FMC flaw exploited in attacks

Cisco has confirmed that a maximum-severity authentication bypass vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-20079 in its Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) software is being actively exploited in attacks. The vulnerability has a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and allows unauthenticated, remote attackers to bypass authentication and execute scripts and commands as root on vulnerable devices. “In August […]

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Google warns of new Chrome zero-day bug exploited in attacks

Google has patched 230 vulnerabilities on Tuesday, including another actively exploited Chrome zero-day bug, the seventh such vulnerability patched since the start of the year. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2026-87491 exists in the wild,” the company said in a Tuesday security advisory. The company began rolling out patched versions to Windows (153.0.8010.36), Mac […]

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Hackers breach F5 BIG-IP APM devices to deploy Linux rootkit

A Linux rootkit targeting devices in F5 BIG-IP APM environments can intercept PHP file loading and inject a fileless web shell directly into memory, avoiding the need to write malicious code to disk. The malware shows signs of being a second-stage payload that was likely deployed after exploiting CVE-2025-53521, a critical remote code execution (RCE) flaw […]

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Adobe fixes critical Magento zero-day exploited to backdoor servers

Adobe has released an emergency fix for CVE-2026-75650, an actively exploited max-severity zero-day vulnerability dubbed StyleSmuggler, that impacts multiple versions of Magento and Adobe Commerce. E-commerce security company Sansec discovered that the flaw has been leveraged in attacks since at least September 4 to plant a backdoor on vulnerable websites. The backdoor disguised its command-and-control (C2) host […]

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Magento StyleSmuggler zero-day exploited to deploy Linux backdoor

A zero-day vulnerability dubbed “StyleSmuggler” affecting all versions of Magento and Adobe Commerce is being exploited in attacks to deploy a backdoor. The first exploitation incident was recorded on September 4 on a target running the latest security updates. E-commerce security company Sansec says that Adobe Enterprise Support confirmed earlier today that it was working […]

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Hackers exploit new MikroTik RouterOS flaws to hijack routers

Hackers are exploiting a chain of two recently disclosed vulnerabilities in MikroTik routers to take control of devices with SSH services exposed to the internet. One of the security issues, tracked as CVE-2026-67276, is an SSH authentication bypass flaw in MikroTik RouterOS caused by incomplete validation of RSA public keys. An attacker who knows a […]

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N-able patches max severity N-central flaw amid ongoing attacks

N-able has released an emergency hotfix for a maximum-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw affecting its N-central remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform. IT departments and managed service providers (MSPs) use the N-central platform to monitor, manage, and maintain client networks and devices from a centralized web-based console. Tracked as CVE-2026-86218, this RCE vulnerability allows threat […]

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