16 Aug, 2026

Shell investigates ‘potential incident’ after Clop data theft claims

Oil giant Shell has confirmed it is investigating a potential security incident after the Clop ransomware gang claimed it stole 89GB of data. Shell is a British multinational energy conglomerate and one of the world’s top three oil and gas companies, after Chevron and ExxonMobil. It has 85,000 employees in more than 70 countries and […]

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Clop ransomware targets Windchill, FlexPLM in data theft attacks

The Clop ransomware gang (also tracked as Cl0p) is targeting Internet-exposed PTC Windchill and FlexPLM instances in a new data theft extortion campaign. Clop has reportedly been exploiting a critical improper input validation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-12569, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable Windchill and FlexPLM instances. As cybersecurity company ReliaQuest reported on […]

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PTC warns of imminent threat from critical Windchill, FlexPLM RCE bug

PTC Inc. is warning of a critical vulnerability in Windchill and FlexPLM, widely used product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, that could allow remote code execution. The security issue, identified as CVE-2026-4681, could be leveraged through the deserialization of trusted data. Its severity has prompted emergency action from German authorities, with the federal police (BKA) reportedly […]

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