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Zyxel
Attacker compromised nearly 1000 Zyxel switches since August (CVE-2026-7273)

A Chinese-speaking threat actor has exploited a vulnerability (CVE-2026-7273) in unpatched ZyXEL GS1900 Smart Managed Switches and has exfiltrated sensitive data from 996 …

PaperCut
AI agents exploited PaperCut flaws to breach 395 organizations

A threat actor built a working exploit for PaperCut print management software, then handed the job of breaking into hundreds of organizations to AI agents that did most of the …

AI
Threat actors are posing as AI crawlers to hunt for exposed credentials

Attackers are disguising automated scanning as traffic from AI crawlers operated by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity and other companies while searching websites for …

botnet
Edge systems take the brunt of internet-wide exploitation attempts

Internet-facing VPNs, routers, and remote access services absorbed sustained exploitation attempts throughout the second half of 2025, with nearly 3 billion malicious sessions …

BeyondTrust
Hackers probe, exploit newly patched BeyondTrust RCE flaw (CVE-2026-1731)

Attackers are exploiting a recently patched critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-1731) in internet-facing BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access instances. …

vmware
CISA confirms exploitation of VMware ESXi flaw by ransomware attackers

CVE-2025-22225, a VMware ESXi arbitrary write vulnerability, is being used in ransomware campaigns, CISA confirmed on Wednesday by updating the vulnerability’s entry in …

Cisco
Too many Cisco ASA firewalls still unsecure despite zero-day attack alerts

Despite Cisco and various cybersecurity agencies warning about attackers actively exploting zero-day vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362) in Cisco Adaptive …

Help Net Security
GreyNoise unveils MCP Server to power AI-driven SOC workflows

GreyNoise Intelligence introduced the GreyNoise Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server to enable MCP-compatible LLMs and agents to query GreyNoise APIs directly, providing …

Can AI make threat intelligence easier?
Can AI make threat intelligence easier? One platform thinks so

When analysts at RH-ISAC found themselves spending 10 hours a week just collecting threat intelligence, they knew their process wasn’t sustainable. They were manually tracking …

Fortinet
Brute-force attacks hammer Fortinet devices worldwide

A surge in brute-force attempts targeting Fortinet SSL VPNs that was spotted earlier this month could be a portent of imminent attacks leveraging currently undisclosed …

Help Net Security
GreyNoise enhances threat response with real-time blocklists, feeds, and SOAR integrations

GreyNoise Intelligence introduced three new platform capabilities designed to help security teams detect, block and respond faster to emerging cybersecurity threats. These …

Netscaler
Check for CitrixBleed 2 exploitation even if you patched quickly! (CVE-2025-5777)

With PoC exploits for CVE-2025-5777 (aka CitrixBleed 2) now public and reports of active exploitation of the flaw since mid-June, you should check whether your Citrix …

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