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An exploit is code, data, or a sequence of actions that uses a software, hardware, or configuration vulnerability to produce unintended behavior. Depending on the flaw and the attacker’s access, it may enable unauthorized code execution, privilege escalation, information disclosure, or denial of service. Exploitation can occur remotely through exposed services, web applications, or client software, or locally after an attacker gains limited access.
Exploitation matters because a vulnerability becomes an active attack path when the required conditions are reachable and exploitable. Defenders should inventory affected assets, prioritize remediation when exploitation is known or credible, apply patches or vendor mitigations, and reduce exposure through access controls, segmentation, and secure configuration. Monitoring for exploit-specific indicators—such as abnormal requests, unexpected processes, or privilege changes—supports detection; systems suspected of successful exploitation require containment and investigation for follow-on access.
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An unknown threat actor has been observed exploiting a recently disclosed maximum-severity security flaw in SimpleHelp to deliver two previously unreported malware families, TaskWeaver and Djinn Stealer
Attackers are exploiting a critical flaw in Oracle E-Business Suite, CVE-2026-46817, that allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to take over Oracle Payments. A critical vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite, tracked as CVE-2026-46817, is being actively exploited in the wild, according to cybersecurity firm Defused Cyber. “CVE-2026-46817 (CVSS 9.8 unauth HTTP takeover in Oracle E-Business) is being […]
Attackers have begun exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-46817) in the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) financial application, according to threat intelligence company Defused. [...]
Palo Alto Networks warns that attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-0257, a PAN-OS flaw that lets unauthorized users bypass authentication and establish VPN connections. Palo Alto Networks has confirmed active exploitation of CVE-2026-0257, a PAN-OS authentication bypass vulnerability affecting GlobalProtect portals and gateways. Palo Alto Networks addressed the vulnerability on May 13. Two weeks later, cybersecurity firm Rapid7 […]
The ShinyHunters extortion crew exploited an unpatched flaw in Oracle PeopleSoft to break into enterprise systems, steal data, and demand payment to keep it private. The campaign hit universities hardest
Despite a 2025 patch, Russian-linked groups still exploit a WinRAR flaw (CVE-2025-8088) to deploy malware via phishing archives. CVE-2025-8088 is a path traversal flaw in WinRAR that lets an attacker write files outside the extraction directory using NTFS Alternate Data Streams. WinRAR fixed it in version 7.13 in July 2025. Nearly a year later, Trend […]
Cisco has patched a bug in Unified Communications Manager that lets an unauthenticated attacker on the network write files to the box and, from there, climb to root
Cisco patched a critical Unified CM flaw with public PoC code that allows unauthenticated attackers to launch SSRF attacks remotely. Cisco has addressed a high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20230, affecting Unified CM and Unified CM SME. The flaw, caused by improper validation of certain HTTP requests, allows a remote attacker without authentication to perform server-side […]
An unknown threat actor has been observed using a large language model (LLM) agent to conduct post-compromise actions after obtaining initial access following the exploitation of a publicly-accessible Marimo network using a recently disclosed vulnerability
Hackers are exploiting an authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-35616) in FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) to deliver an undocumented credential stealer called EKZ. [...]
Attackers began exploiting Drupal SQL injection flaw CVE-2026-9082 within 48 hours of patch release. Drupal issued a highly critical security patch on May 20 for CVE-2026-9082, a SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to compromise sites running PostgreSQL databases. The project maintainers warned ahead of the release that exploits could surface within hours or […]
The U.S.Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a newly disclosed vulnerability impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to remediate the issue by May 17, 2026
A threat actor named Mr_Rot13 has been attributed to the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical cPanel flaw to deploy a backdoor codenamed Filemanager on compromised environments
A new Mirai-based malware campaign is actively exploiting CVE-2025-29635, a high-severity command-injection vulnerability affecting D-Link DIR-823X routers, to enlist devices into the botnet. [...]
Hackers are running a large-scale campaign to steal credentials in an automated way after exploiting React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) in vulnerable Next.js apps. [...]
A large-scale credential harvesting operation has been observed exploiting the React2Shell vulnerability as an initial infection vector to steal database credentials, SSH private keys, Amazon Web Services (AWS) secrets, shell command history, Stripe API keys, and GitHub tokens at scale
A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway is witnessing active reconnaissance activity, according to Defused Cyber and watchTowr
Threat actors are suspected to be exploiting a maximum-severity security flaw impacting Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA), according to Arctic Wolf
Interlock's post-exploit toolkit exposed Ransomware criminals exploited CVE-2026-20131, a maximum-severity bug in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center software, as a zero-day vulnerability more than a month before Cisco patched the hole, according to Amazon security boss CJ Moses.…
Amazon Threat Intelligence is warning of an active Interlock ransomware campaign that's exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) Software