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Coverage under this tag concerns a named threat actor or intrusion set: an individual, group, or organized operation assessed to be responsible for malicious cyber activity. Reports may describe incidents, malware, attack infrastructure, disruption efforts, or analyst assessments. Attribution is often provisional, so actor names and reported links should be treated as intelligence judgments rather than established identity, nationality, sponsorship, or motive.

For defenders, such reporting can help connect incidents and prioritize monitoring, but indicators and techniques may be reused or become obsolete. Validate reported infrastructure, hashes, and behaviors against local telemetry; use confirmed weaknesses to guide vulnerability remediation and access controls. If activity is suspected, preserve relevant logs and evidence, contain affected accounts or systems, and coordinate investigation without relying on an actor label alone.

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Attackers are exploiting the critical CVE-2026-10520 flaw in Ivanti Sentry, compromising many internet-exposed gateways shortly after patches were released. Threat actors have started exploiting a maximum-severity OS command injection flaw in Ivanti Sentry, tracked as CVE-2026-10520, that allows remote code execution with root privileges. “An OS Command Injection vulnerability in Ivanti Sentry before the R10.5.2, R10.6.2 and R10.7.1 versions allows a remote […]

Security Affairs 12 Jun 2026, 5:57 a.m. Incident · 2 stories Actively exploited CVE-2026-10520 Compromise Critical Vulnerability CVE Exposure Flaw Patch Remote Code Execution Root Access Threat Actor Vulnerability

Attackers are exploiting the critical CVE-2026-10520 flaw in Ivanti Sentry, compromising many internet-exposed gateways shortly after patches were released. Threat actors have started exploiting a maximum-severity OS command injection flaw in Ivanti Sentry, tracked as CVE-2026-10520, that allows remote code execution with root privileges. “An OS Command Injection vulnerability in Ivanti Sentry before the R10.5.2, R10.6.2 and R10.7.1 versions allows a remote […]

Security Affairs 12 Jun 2026, 5:57 a.m. Incident · 2 stories Actively exploited CVE-2026-10520 Compromise Critical Vulnerability CVE Exposure Flaw Patch Remote Code Execution Root Access Threat Actor Vulnerability

Threat actors are exploiting a critical FortiClient EMS flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-35616, to deploy malware on unpatched systems. Threat actors are exploiting a critical FortiClient EMS vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score of 9.1), that allows remote code execution without authentication. Fortinet released fixes in April after confirming zero-day attacks in the wild and urged […]

Security Affairs 29 May 2026, 4:05 a.m. Incident · 3 stories Actively exploited CVE-2026-35616 0-Day Authentication CVE Flaw Fortinet Malware Patch Remote Code Execution Theft Threat Actor Vulnerability

Attackers are exploiting the patched Ghost CMS flaw CVE-2026-26980, compromising over 700 unpatched sites, including universities. Threat actors are actively exploiting a security flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-26980, in Ghost CMS that was fixed months ago in real attacks against unpatched websites. According to Qianxin, the campaign has already affected more than 700 sites, including well-known organizations and […]

Security Affairs 26 May 2026, 6:07 a.m. Incident · 3 stories CVE-2026-26980 Compromise CVE Fixed Flaw Patch Threat Actor