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Medium 4 Hunt Leads

Revoked the M365 Session? Attackers Can Still Read Mail for 90 Minutes

Eye Security found that revoking sessions or resetting a password leaves Graph, EWS and ActiveSync mail access open for up to 90 minutes; only disabling the account cuts it off immediately.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Eye Security

Critical 1 CVE

A 16-Year-Old UEFI Bug Lets One Packet Beat Secure Boot

CVE-2026-97631, a 9.5-rated overflow in EDK II's PXE driver dating to 2010, can let someone on the local network run code before Secure Boot on network-booting machines. Firmware updates are still pending.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: The Hacker News

High

Sony’s So-net Breach Spills 2.6 Million ISP Customer Records

Sony Network Communications says an Oct. 19 intrusion exposed 2.59 million So-net and Docomo Hikari customer records, plus 54,401 email addresses with passwords. No card data was taken.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: BleepingComputer

High 5 Hunt Leads

SkyW4lker Phishing Asks for a Code, Not Your Microsoft 365 Password

ANY.RUN tracked the SkyW4lker kit across 173 domains: password-protected lures send Microsoft 365 users to the real device login page, where one typed code hands the attacker a token.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: ANY.RUN

High 6 Hunt Leads

Inside Qilin: The Password-Locked Encryptor That Takes Down ESXi Too

Acronis TRU dissects Qilin's Rust encryptor, its password gate and the PowerShell routine that resets ESXi root passwords and encrypts every host, as the gang passes 900 claimed victims in 2026.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Acronis TRU

High 1 CVE

China-Linked Hackers Used a VMware ESX Bug to Work Without Logs

CrowdStrike says China-nexus Warp Panda used CVE-2026-41709, a VMware ESX insufficient-logging flaw, as a zero-day against US law firms. CISA added it to KEV with a Nov. 11 deadline.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: The Hacker News

Critical 1 CVE

Cisco Firewall VPN Bug Is Being Used to Knock ASA and FTD Offline

Cisco says attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-76418, an unauthenticated bug in the ASA and FTD SSL VPN that forces the firewall to reboot when secondary authentication is configured.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: The Hacker News

High 2 CVEs

Magento Loader on 953 Stores Shows Scanners a Blank Page

Sansec found a JavaScript loader in Magento CMS blocks on 953 stores since July 2025; the newest version fingerprints visitors so scanners see nothing, and PolyShell is the main way in.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Sansec

Medium 6 Hunt Leads

Aokigahara Stealer Grabs Your Claude, Cursor and Copilot Sessions

Check Point says the new Aokigahara infostealer has a dedicated module for AI assistant and coding-tool sessions, plus cloud configs, SSH keys, browsers and crypto wallets.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Check Point Research

Medium

ENGIE Customer Data Stolen Through a Partner’s Sales Tool

ENGIE says attackers stole French customers' contact details and contract and meter numbers from a partner marketing platform; no banking data, and its own systems weren't hit.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: BleepingComputer

High

DreamHost Locks Out Email and FTP Users, Won’t Say Why

DreamHost is forcing email, FTP and SFTP password resets in an ongoing incident and telling owners to remove unknown forwarding rules, but hasn't said what happened.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: BleepingComputer

High

Inbox Flood, Then ‘IT’ on Teams: 400 Cases End in Remote Control

Arctic Wolf has seen more than 400 incidents where attackers mail-bomb a user, pose as IT on Microsoft Teams and get remote access via Quick Assist, a path to Black Basta, Cactus and Chaos ransomware.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Arctic Wolf

High

Hacker Trades in Victims’ Accounts, Then Tries to Extort GMO

GMO Internet says an attacker who breached Onamae.com Desktop Cloud used stolen logins to trade in customers' brokerage accounts and is now demanding money. GMO won't pay.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: GMO Internet Group

Critical 1 CVE

Apple Brings Its Exploited CoreGraphics Fix to Older iPhones

iOS and iPadOS 18.7.11 backport Apple's fix for CVE-2026-86950, a CoreGraphics zero-day Apple says may have been exploited against targeted individuals, to the iPhone XS, XR and older iPads.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: BleepingComputer

Info

FBI: Any Campaign Donation That ‘Pays You Back’ Is a Scam

The FBI warns of midterm scams promising guaranteed returns on campaign donations, fake PACs that keep the money, merchandise that never ships and fake voter-registration pages.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: MoneyWise

High

Tailworm: Tailscale SSH Bugs Can Turn One Login Into Root

Cyberdione Labs' Tailworm report says flaws in Tailscale SSH's root-run forwarding let a permitted SSH user reach root-only sockets. Tailscale calls the issues serious and targets a patched client by Oct. 27.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Cyberdione Labs (Tailworm)

High 6 Hunt Leads

Gheist Turns Stolen GitHub Tokens Into Secret Dumps via Actions Logs

Wiz says the Gheist campaign used stolen GitHub tokens to plant 13,500+ branches across 850+ accounts, each running a workflow that dumps repository secrets into Actions logs and deletes the run.

Oct 29, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Wiz

Info

Nefilim and Hive Renter Gets 70 Months in US Prison

Artem Stryzhak, a Ukrainian affiliate who rented Nefilim and Hive ransomware to hit companies, law firms, a dental office and a healthcare provider, was sentenced to 70 months in US prison.

Oct 28, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: BleepingComputer

Medium 5 Hunt Leads

Visit the Wrong Site While Logged In to WordPress, Get a Backdoor

Securonix found JavaScript on hijacked sites that uses a logged-in WordPress admin's session to install a backdoored plugin that persists in mu-plugins and hides from the plugin list.

Oct 28, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Securonix

High 4 Hunt Leads

Leaked Chats Show Silent Ransom Group Squeezing Law Firms by Phone

Ransom-ISAC's analysis of leaked Silent Ransom Group files shows callback-phishing extortion of mostly US law firms via AnyDesk, with at least $43.95 million confirmed received.

Oct 28, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Ransom-ISAC

High 4 Hunt Leads 1 CVE

Brazilian Skimmers Rode an Analytics Script Into Dozens of Checkouts

Sansec says a Brazilian Magecart group planted a card skimmer in the Plausible analytics script every Convertr store loads, exposing checkouts at dozens of fashion brands Oct. 24 to 27.

Oct 28, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Sansec

Critical 2 CVEs

CISA Puts PolyShell and Node2Shell on Its Must-Patch List

CISA added Adobe Commerce's PolyShell and the Brotli Node2Shell bug to its exploited-vulnerabilities list, due Nov. 10, as ELLIO logged the first Node2Shell exploit traffic.

Oct 28, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: The Hacker News

Critical 2 CVEs

PHP2Shell Scanners Left Their Toolboxes Open, and Hunt.io Looked

Hunt.io combed about ten attacker open directories full of PHP2Shell tooling and a Mirai-style botnet, and published attempt signatures and indicators defenders can search for today.

Oct 27, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Hunt.io

Critical 2 CVEs

A Korean-Speaking Crew Is Building a PHP2Shell Hit List

CYFIRMA says Korean-speaking operators are quietly scanning 216 unpatched PHP hosts at governments, banks and logistics firms, with a moderate-confidence Lazarus link.

Oct 27, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: CYFIRMA

Critical 2 CVEs

Oracle’s Emergency Java Fix Cuts eMudhra’s Weak Certificates Loose

Oracle's out-of-band CVE-2026-91403 fix (CVSS 9.1) stops Java trusting eight eMudhra intermediate certificates with weak keys; a second update, CVE-2026-114820, removes the related roots.

Oct 27, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Cyber Security News

High 1 CVE

Node2Shell: Crafted Brotli Data Runs Code on a Stock Node.js Build

Imperva ran attacker code on an official Node.js 24.22.0 image by feeding it crafted Brotli data, through fetch() responses or Express 5 body parsers. Patch Node.js and rebuild images.

Oct 27, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: The Hacker News

High 1 CVE

BlackX Bootkit Beats Secure Boot on Fully Patched Windows

Kaspersky found BlackX, a UEFI bootkit used against Central Asian diplomats that bypasses Secure Boot via Baton Drop because Microsoft's revocation step was never applied. Medium-confidence link to APT41.

Oct 27, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Kaspersky Securelist

High

Quest Diagnostics Breach Hits Its Lab Ordering Platform

Quest Diagnostics says an intruder reached patient records through its Quanum Lab Services Manager platform. It hasn't said how many people are affected.

Oct 27, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: SecurityWeek (Associated Press)

High 6 Hunt Leads

Storm-0940’s AI Agents Move On to Okta, Entra and Cognito

Wiz says ARTEX AI agents tied to Storm-0940 spent October probing IT and software vendors' Okta, Entra ID and Cognito sign-ins. Most attempts failed.

Oct 27, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: Wiz Research

High 1 CVE

Researchers Defused a Popcorn Time Updater on Millions of PCs

Eye Security found Time4Popcorn's abandoned updater would run any file as SYSTEM or root, registered its domain and used it to switch the updater off. Android users remain exposed.

Oct 27, 2026 · Publisher: ThreatRoundup.com · Source: BleepingComputer

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