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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > cisa-flags-exploited-cisco-citrix.html

CISA Flags Exploited Cisco, Citrix, Fortinet Flaws, Sets Sept. 12 Federal Patch Deadline

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (471+ words) The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added three flaws, each impacting Cisco, Citrix, and Fortinet, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to apply the patches by September 12, 2026. The vulnerabilities…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > four-spy-groups-used-same-chrome-and.html

Four Spy Groups Used the Same Chrome and Windows Exploit Kit Within a Week

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (594+ words) The first in-the-wild use of BlueMoon has been attributed to the China-aligned state-sponsored group tracked as APT31 (aka Bronze Vinewood, Judgement Panda, JungleBamboo, PerplexedGoblin, RedBravo, TA412, Tide Castle, and Violet Typhoon) on August 28, 2026. "Within days, several other espionage-motivated clusters began using BlueMoon,…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > bengalseo-poisons-bing-search-results.html

BengalSEO Poisons Bing Search Results to Deliver MayaBot and Tech Support Scams

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1052+ words) Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a sprawling search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that paves the way for malware deployment and tech support scams. The campaign, discovered by the DFIR Report in March 2026, has been codenamed BengalSEO. It has…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > jsceal-malware-can-bypass-google.html

JSCeal Malware Can Bypass Google Authentication Using Stolen Session Cookies

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (494+ words) Malvertising campaigns distributing the malware make use of two ZIP archives delivered via PowerShell: one containing the Node.js runtime and the other containing the main payload and other auxiliary components. As recently as last month, ad security platform Confiant…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > attackers-breached-jetbrains-cadence.html

Attackers Breached JetBrains Cadence via Unpatched TeamCity, Extracting AWS Credentials

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (509+ words) JetBrains is urging Cadence users to revoke and rotate all credentials following a security incident last month in which unidentified threat actors exploited a recently disclosed critical vulnerability in TeamCity to breach its own environment. "Cadence users should immediately revoke…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > attackers-turn-trusted-nodejs-runtime.html

Attackers Turn Trusted Node.js Runtime Into Malware Delivery Tool in Targeted Attacks

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (665+ words) Threat actors are leveraging the trusted Node.js JavaScript runtime in multiple cyber attacks as a way to deploy malicious payloads. According to a new report published by the Symantec Threat Hunter Team today, the attack method has been put…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > cisa-adds-seven-exploited-flaws-as.html

CISA Adds Seven Exploited Flaws as Attackers Deploy Reverse Shells and Crypto Miners

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (322+ words) The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added seven security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog after they landed in attackers' crosshairs. The vulnerabilities are as follows - As for CVE-2026-48710, a report from Horizon3.ai in June…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > fake-software-installers-disable.html

Fake Software Installers Disable Windows Update and Weaken Microsoft Defender

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (599+ words) An active malware campaign is using bogus software-download websites to impersonate trusted vendors and distribute malicious installers. The websites observed as part of the campaign are hosted on the.com.cn and.hl.cn infrastructure and use Chinese-language lure content…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > malicious-git-configs-can-make-claude.html

Malicious.git Configs Can Make Claude, Codex, Cursor, and Other AI Agents Run Attacker Code

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (983+ words) Manifold Security has disclosed eight security flaws across seven command-line AI coding agents in which a repository's own Git configuration names a command that the agent runs on the developer's machine, four of them still unpatched at publication. The command…...

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thehackernews.com > 2026 > 09 > geonetwork-fixes-unauthenticated-rce.html

GeoNetwork Fixes Unauthenticated RCE Chain Affecting Government Geoportal Backends

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (379+ words) Two vulnerabilities in GeoNetwork can be chained to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) on the open-source geospatial metadata catalog, which sits behind many government and agency geoportals. The project shipped fixes in versions 4.4.12 and 4.2.17 on July 8, 2026, and published the…...