SANS Internet Storm Center's Daily Network Security News Podcast

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, April 1st, 2026: Application Control Bypass; Axios NPM Module Compromise; TeamPCP vs Cloud Application Control Bypass for Data Exfiltration https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Application%20Control%20Bypass%20for%20Data%20Exfiltration/32850 Axios NPM Module Supply Chain Compromise https://www.stepsecurity.io/blog/axios-compromised-on-npm-malicious-versions-drop-remote-access-trojan https://www.linkedin.com/events/7444763050819092480/ TeamPCP vs. Cloud Resources https://www.wiz.io/blog/tracking-teampcp-investigating-post-compromise-attacks-seen-in-the-wild keywords: teampcp; cloud; axios; npm; application conftrol; palo alto

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, March 31st, 2026: Honeypot Session Lifetime; Let's Encrypt Tests Mass Revocation; F5 RCE Exploited Honeypot Session Lifetime https://isc.sans.edu/diary/DShield%20%28Cowrie%29%20Honeypot%20Stats%20and%20When%20Sessions%20Disconnect/32840 Let's Encrypt Tests Mass Revocation https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/lets-encrypt-2026-mass-revocation-simulation/245960 https://www.certkit.io/blog/ari-solves-mass-certificate-revocation https://www.certkit.io/blog/lets-encrypt-mass-revocation-simulation F5 Vulnerability Re-Classified (and already exploited) as RCE https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K000156741 keywords: F5; Lets' Encrypt; ARI; revocation; honeypot; session; lifetime;

SANS Stormcast Monday, March 30th, 2026: More TeamPCP: telnyx; Netscaler Exploit; macOS ClickFix Fix; Windows Smart Install TeamPCP Update #2: Telnyx PyPi Compromise https://isc.sans.edu/diary/TeamPCP%20Supply%20Chain%20Campaign%3A%20Update%20002%20-%20Telnyx%20PyPI%20Compromise%2C%20Vect%20Ransomware%20Mass%20Affiliate%20Program%2C%20and%20First%20Named%20Victim%20Claim/32838 Citrix Netscaler Vulnerability Details https://labs.watchtowr.com/the-sequels-are-never-as-good-but-were-still-in-pain-citrix-netscaler-cve-2026-3055-memory-overread/ macOS Clickfix Warning https://x.com/ClassicII_MrMac/status/2036797948911141129 Windows Smart Install https://textslashplain.com/2026/03/24/windows-choose-where-to-get-apps/ keywords: windows; install; smart; citrix; netscaler; teampcp; telnyx

SANS Stormcast Friday, March 27th, 2026: TeamPCP Update; DarkSword vs Patches; LangFlow Exploited TeamPCP Supply Chain Campaign: Update 001 - Checkmarx Scope Wider Than Reported, CISA KEV Entry, and Detection Tools Available https://isc.sans.edu/diary/TeamPCP%20Supply%20Chain%20Campaign%3A%20Update%20001%20-%20Checkmarx%20Scope%20Wider%20Than%20Reported%2C%20CISA%20KEV%20Entry%2C%20and%20Detection%20Tools%20Available/32834 DarkSword and This Weeks iOS Updates https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/darksword-ios-exploit-chain LangFlow Exploited https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/03/25/cisa-adds-one-known-exploited-vulnerability-catalog keywords: langflow; darksword; ios; patches; teampcp; checkmarx

SANS Stormcast Thursday, March 26th, 2026: Apple Patches; SmatApeSG Update; Trivy/LiteLLM/TeamPCP Update; Google Accelerates Quantum Save Crypto Rollout Apple Patches (almost) everything again. March 2026 edition. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Apple%20Patches%20%28almost%29%20everything%20again.%20March%202026%20edition./32830 SmartApeSG campaign pushes Remcos RAT, NetSupport RAT, StealC, and Sectop RAT (ArechClient2) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/SmartApeSG%20campaign%20pushes%20Remcos%20RAT%2C%20NetSupport%20RAT%2C%20StealC%2C%20and%20Sectop%20RAT%20%28ArechClient2%29/32826 Trivy/LiteLLM/TeamPCP Updates https://www.sans.org/webcasts/when-security-scanner-became-weapon https://rosesecurity.dev/2026/03/24/sha-pinning-is-not-enough.html Google Moves Up Quantum Crypto Deadline https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/safety-security/cryptography-migration-timeline/ keywords: trivy; litellm; teampcp; apple; smartapesg; google; quantum; crypto

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, March 25th, 2026: IP KVM Usage; TeampPCP, Trivy, miniLLM and More Detecting IP KVM Usage https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Detecting%20IP%20KVMs/32824 TeamPCP, Trivy, MiniLLM, Iran and more https://www.aikido.dev/blog/teampcp-stage-payload-canisterworm-iran https://www.aquasec.com/blog/trivy-supply-chain-attack-what-you-need-to-know/ https://blog.gitguardian.com/trivys-march-supply-chain-attack-shows-where-secret-exposure-hurts-most/ https://www.sysdig.com/blog/teampcp-expands-supply-chain-compromise-spreads-from-trivy-to-checkmarx-github-actions keywords: ipkvm; teampcp; trivy; minillm; checkmarx; supply chain

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, March 24th, 2026: Tax Scam to EDR Kill; Netscaler Patches; gRPC-Go Authz Bypass; From W-2 to BYOVD: How a Tax Search Leads to Kernel-Mode AV/EDR Kill https://www.huntress.com/blog/w2-malvertising-to-kernel-mode-edr-kill NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway Security Bulletin for CVE-2026-3055 and CVE-2026-4368 https://support.citrix.com/support-home/kbsearch/article?articleNumber=CTX696300 gRPC-Go Authorization bypass via missing leading slash in :path CVE-2026-33186 https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go/security/advisories/GHSA-p77j-4mvh-x3m3 keywords: gRPC; Go; authz; netscaler; citrix; w-2; tax; scam; google; seo; BYOVD

SANS Stormcast Monday, March 23rd, 2026: GSocket Backdoor in Bash; Oracle Security Alert; Rockwell Attacks GSocket Backdoor Delivered Through Bash Script https://isc.sans.edu/diary/GSocket+Backdoor+Delivered+Through+Bash+Script/32816/#comments Oracle Security Alert CVE-2026-21992 Released https://blogs.oracle.com/security/alert-cve-2026-21992 Rockwell Automation Reiterates Customer Guidance to Disconnect Devices from the Internet and Harden PLCs to Protect from Cyber Threats https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/trust-center/security-advisories/advisory.SD1771.html keywords: rockwell; oracle; gsocket; bash

SANS Stormcast Friday, March 20th, 2026: Cowrie Strings; MSFT Intune Hardening; Unifi Network Update; Interesting Cowrie Strings https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Interesting+Message+Stored+in+Cowrie+Logs/32810 Microsoft Intune Hardening Advice https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/intunecustomersuccess/best-practices-for-securing-microsoft-intune/4502117 https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2026/03/18/cisa-urges-endpoint-management-system-hardening-after-cyberattack-against-us-organization Unifi Network Update https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-062-062/c29719c0-405e-4d4a-8f26-e343e99f931b keywords: unifi; ubiquity; microsoft; intune; cowrie; iran

SANS Stormcast Thursday, March 19th, 2026: Adminer Scans; Apple WebKit Patch; another telnetd vuln; screenconnect vuln Scans for "adminer" https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Scans%20for%20%22adminer%22/32808 Background Security Improvement for WebKit https://support.apple.com/en-us/126604 Remote Pre-Auth Buffer Overflow in GNU Inetutils telnetd (LINEMODE SLC) https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-03/msg00031.html ScreenConnect™ 26.1 Security Hardening https://www.connectwise.com/company/trust/security-bulletins/2026-03-17-screenconnect-bulletin keywords: screenconnect; connectwise; webkit; adminer

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, March 18th, 2026: IPv4 mapped IPv6; KVM Vulnerabilities; AWS Bedrock DNS Covert Channel IPv4 Mapped IPv6 Addresses https://isc.sans.edu/diary/IPv4%20Mapped%20IPv6%20Addresses/32804 More IP KVM Vulnerabilities https://eclypsium.com/blog/your-kvm-is-the-weak-link-how-30-dollar-devices-can-own-your-entire-network/ AWS Bedrock AgentCore Code Interpreter DNS Leak https://www.beyondtrust.com/blog/entry/pwning-aws-agentcore-code-interpreter keywords: aws; bedrock; agentcore; kvm; ipv6

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, March 17th, 2026: Proxy URLs; Local Network Address Restrictions; Advanced Phishing /proxy/ URL scans with IP addresses https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/proxy+URL+scans+with+IP+addresses/32800/ Local Network Address Restrictions https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/ms-edge-local-network-access#how-to-mitigate-impact-for-cross-origin-iframes https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/microsoft-edge-relnote-stable-channel European Security Vendor Targeted by Hackers Fronting as Cisco Domain https://specopssoft.com/blog/phishing-campaign-cisco/ keywords: phishing; dkim; url; proxy; chrome; edge

SANS Stormcast Monday, March 16th, 2026: SmartApeSG and Remcos RAT; React Based Phishing; Google Chrome Patches; AdGaurd Vuln SmartApeSG campaign uses ClickFix page to push Remcos RAT https://isc.sans.edu/diary/SmartApeSG%20campaign%20uses%20ClickFix%20page%20to%20push%20Remcos%20RAT/32796 A React-based phishing page with credential exfiltration via EmailJS https://isc.sans.edu/diary/32794 Google Chrome announced two zero-day fixes, then removed one. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/03/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_12.html AdGuard Vulnerability https://github.com/AdguardTeam/AdGuardHome/releases/tag/v0.107.73 keywords: adguard; google; chorme; remco; react; rat; emailjs clickfix. smartagesg

SANS Stormcast Friday, March 13th, 2026: IOT Device Discovery; Apple Patches; Veeam Patches When your IoT Device Logs in as Admin, It's too Late! https://isc.sans.edu/diary/When%20your%20IoT%20Device%20Logs%20in%20as%20Admin%2C%20It%3Fs%20too%20Late!%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32788 Apple Patches https://support.apple.com/en-us/100100 Veeam Patches https://www.veeam.com/kb4830 keywords: veeam; apple ; patches; iot

SANS Stormcast Thursday, March 12th, 2026: Zombie Zip; Analyzing "Zombie Zip" Files (CVE-2026-0866) https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Analyzing%20%22Zombie%20Zip%22%20Files%20%28CVE-2026-0866%29/32786 How "Strengthening Crypto" Broke Authentication: FreshRSS and bcrypt's 72-Byte Limit https://pentesterlab.com/blog/freshrss-bcrypt-truncation-auth-bypass keywords: zombie; zip; fressrss; bcrypt

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, March 11th, 2026: Windows, Fortinet, Adobe, and Zoom Patches Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft%20Patch%20Tuesday%20March%202026/32782 Fortinet Updates https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt Adobe Updates https://helpx.adobe.com/security.html Zoom Update https://www.instagram.com/direct/t/17848218473607233/ keywords: zoom; adobe; fortinet; microsoft

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, March 10th, 2026: Encrypted Client Hello; ExitTool Vulnerability; Encrypted Client Hello: Ready for Prime Time? https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Encrypted%20Client%20Hello%3A%20Ready%20for%20Prime%20Time%3F/32778 The ExifTool vulnerability: how an image can infect macOS systems https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/exiftool-macos-picture-vulnerability-mitigation-cve-2026-3102/55362/ Remote code execution in Nextcloud Flow via vulnerable Windmill version https://github.com/nextcloud/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-g7vj-98x3-qvjf keywords: Windmill; ExifTool; macOS; ECH; https; tls; client hello; encrypted

SANS Stormcast Monday, March 9th, 2026: YARA-X Update; IP Camera Targeting; Node.js Upgrades; nginx UI Vuln YARA-X 1.14.0 Release https://isc.sans.edu/diary/YARA-X%201.14.0%20Release/32774 INTERPLAY BETWEEN IRANIAN TARGETING OF IP CAMERAS AND PHYSICAL WARFARE IN THE MIDDLE EAST https://research.checkpoint.com/2026/interplay-between-iranian-targeting-of-ip-cameras-and-physical-warfare-in-the-middle-east/ Announcing the Node.js LTS Upgrade and Modernization Program https://openjsf.org/blog/nodejs-lts-upgrade-program nginx UI Vulnerability https://github.com/0xJacky/nginx-ui/security/advisories/GHSA-g9w5-qffc-6762 keywords: yara; iran; ip cameras; node.js; nginx

SANS Stormcast Friday, March 6th, 2026: Targeted or Not? pac4j-jwt auth bypass; freescout dangerous uploads; MSFT Authenticator vs Graphene OS Differentiating Between a Targeted Intrusion and an Automated Opportunistic Scanning [Guest Diary] https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Differentiating%20Between%20a%20Targeted%20Intrusion%20and%20an%20Automated%20Opportunistic%20Scanning%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32768 CVE-2026-29000: Critical Authentication Bypass in pac4j-jwt - Using Only a Public Key (CVSS 10) https://www.codeant.ai/security-research/pac4j-jwt-authentication-bypass-public-key FreeScout Help Desk Vulnerability https://github.com/freescout-help-desk/freescout/security/advisories/GHSA-mw88-x7j3-74vc Microsoft Authenticator Not Supported on Graphene OS https://www.heise.de/en/news/GrapheneOS-Microsoft-Authenticator-does-not-support-secure-Android-OS-11200495.html keywords: freesccout; pac4j-jwt; algorithm confusion; targeted; honeypot;

SANS Stormcast Thursday, March 5th, 2026: XWorm Analysis; Cisco "Secure" Firewall Managmeent Center; LastPass Phishing Want More XWorm? https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Want%20More%20XWorm%3F/32766 Cisco "Secure" Firewall Management Center Vulnerabilities https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-fmc-rce-NKhnULJh https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-onprem-fmc-authbypass-5JPp45V2 LastPass Phishing https://www.securityweek.com/lastpass-users-targeted-with-backup-themed-phishing-emails/ keywords: LastPass; cisco; firewall management; xworm

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, March 4th, 2026: CrushFTP Brute Force; Android Patches 0-Day; 0Auth Phishing Abuse Bruteforce Scans for CrushFTP https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Bruteforce%20Scans%20for%20CrushFTP%20/32762 Android March 2026 Patches, including 0-Day (CVE-2026-21385) https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-03-01 OAuth redirection abuse enables phishing and malware delivery https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/03/02/oauth-redirection-abuse-enables-phishing-malware-delivery/ keywords: crushftp; android; oauth; phishing; brute force

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026: Finding URLs in ZIPs in RTFs; Merkle Tree Certificates; Taming Agentic Browsers Quick Howto: ZIP Files Inside RTF https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Quick+Howto+ZIP+Files+Inside+RTF/32696/#comments Keeping the Internet fast and secure: introducing Merkle Tree Certificates https://blog.cloudflare.com/bootstrap-mtc/ Taming Agentic Browsers: Vulnerability in Chrome Allowed Extensions to Hijack New Gemini Panel https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/gemini-live-in-chrome-hijacking/ keywords: agentic; gemini; browsers; chrome; certificate; webpki; zip; rtf;

SANS Stormcast Monday, March 2nd, 2026: Reversing Fake Fedex; Abusing .ARPA; MSFT Authenticator Update; Apex One Vuln; Special AirSnitch Webcast Fake Fedex Email Delivers Donuts! https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Fake%20Fedex%20Email%20Delivers%20Donuts!/32754 Abusing .ARPA: The TLD that isn't supposed to host anything https://www.infoblox.com/blog/threat-intelligence/abusing-arpa-the-tld-that-isnt-supposed-to-host-anything/ MC1179154 - Microsoft Authenticator app: Upcoming changes to jailbreak and root detection https://mc.merill.net/message/MC1179154 SECURITY BULLETIN: Apex One and Apex One (Mac) - February 2026 https://success.trendmicro.com/en-US/solution/KA-0022458 Special Webcast: AirSnitch – How Worried Should You Be? https://www.sans.org/webcasts/airsnitch-how-worried-should-you-be keywords: fedex; apex; one; airsnitch; webcast; authenticator; microsoft; arpa; tld; phishing

SANS Stormcast Friday, February 27th, 2026: Finding Singal (@sans_edu intern); Google API Keys and Gemini; AirSnitch Breaking Client Isolation Finding Signal in the Noise: Lessons Learned Running a Honeypot with AI Assistance [Guest Diary] https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Finding%20Signal%20in%20the%20Noise%3A%20Lessons%20Learned%20Running%20a%20Honeypot%20with%20AI%20Assistance%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32744 Google API Keys Weren't Secrets. But then Gemini Changed the Rules. https://trufflesecurity.com/blog/google-api-keys-werent-secrets-but-then-gemini-changed-the-rules AirSnitch: Demystifying and Breaking Client Isolation in Wi-Fi Networks https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/airsnitch-demystifying-and-breaking-client-isolation-in-wi-fi-networks/ keywords: airsnitch; wifi; api; google; maps; gemini; noise; honeypot; sans.edu

SANS Stormcast Thursday, February 26th, 2026: CLAIR Model; Cisco SD-WAN 0-Day; Cortex XDR Abuse; OpenSSL Vuln; The CLAIR Model: A Synthesized Conceptual Framework for Mapping Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies [Guest Diary] https://isc.sans.edu/diary/The+CLAIR+Model+A+Synthesized+Conceptual+Framework+for+Mapping+Critical+Infrastructure+Interdependencies+Guest+Diary/32748 Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Authentication Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2026-20127 https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-sdwan-rpa-EHchtZk https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-8616-sd-wan/ Abusing Cortex XDR Live https://labs.infoguard.ch/posts/abusing_cortex_xdr_live_response_as_c2/ OpenSSL Vulnerability CVE-2025-15467 https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q1/220 keywords: openssl; cortex; xdr; cisco; catalyst; sd-wan; clair; ics

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, February 25th, 2026: Open Redirects; setHTML in Firefox; telnetd issues Open Redirects: A Forgotten Vulnerability? https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Open%20Redirects%3A%20A%20Forgotten%20Vulnerability%3F/32742 Goodbye innerHTML, Hello setHTML: Stronger XSS Protection in Firefox 148 https://hacks.mozilla.org/2026/02/goodbye-innerhtml-hello-sethtml-stronger-xss-protection-in-firefox-148/ More telnetd issues https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q1/199 keywords: redirects; innerhtml; telnet; sethtml; xss;

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, February 24th, 2026: Malicious JPEG Analysis; Calibre Vuln; jsPDF object injection; Roundcube Exploited Another day, another malicious JPEG https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Another%20day%2C%20another%20malicious%20JPEG/32738 Calibre Path Traversal Leading to Arbitrary File Write and Potentially Code Execution CVE-2026-26064 CVE-2026-26065 https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-72ch-3hqc-pgmp https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/security/advisories/GHSA-vmfh-7mr7-pp2w CVE-2026-25755: PDF Object Injection in jsPDF (addJS Method) https://github.com/ZeroXJacks/CVEs/blob/main/2026/CVE-2026-25755.md Roundcube Webmail Exploited CVE-2025-49113 https://roundcube.net/news/2025/06/01/security-updates-1.6.11-and-1.5.10 https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/06/02/3 keywords: roundcube; webmail; jspdf; calibre; jpeg

SANS Stormcast Monday, February 23rd, 2026: Japanese Phishing; AI Agents Ignoring Instructions; Starkiller MFA Phishing Japanese-Language Phishing Emails https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Japanese-Language%20Phishing%20Emails/32734 'God-Like' Attack Machines: AI Agents Ignore Security Policies https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/ai-agents-ignore-security-policies Starkiller: New Phishing Framework Proxies Real Login Pages to Bypass MFA https://abnormal.ai/blog/starkiller-phishing-kit keywords: starkiller; phishing; mfa; mitm; japanese; ai; agents; security

SANS Stormcast Friday, February 20th, 2026: DynoWiper Analysis; Vibe Passwords; IDE Extension Vulns; Gransstream GXP 1600 Vuln and PoC Under the Hood of DynoWiper https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Under%20the%20Hood%20of%20DynoWiper/32730 Vibe Password Generation: Predictable by Design https://www.irregular.com/publications/vibe-password-generation Vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-65715, CVE-2025-65716, CVE-2025-65717) in four popular IDE Extensions https://www.ox.security/blog/four-vulnerabilities-expose-a-massive-security-blind-spot-in-ide-extensions/ Grandstream GXP1600 VoIP Phones https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/ve-cve-2026-2329-critical-unauthenticated-stack-buffer-overflow-in-grandstream-gxp1600-voip-phones-fixed/ keywords: grandstream; gxp1600; vibe; password; vs code; extensions; dynowiper;

SANS Stormcast Thursday, February 19th, 2026: Malware Image Resuse; Dell RecoveryPoint; Admin Center Vuln; DNS-PERSIST-01 Tracking Malware Campaigns With Reused Material https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Tracking%20Malware%20Campaigns%20With%20Reused%20Material/32726 From BRICKSTORM to GRIMBOLT: UNC6201 Exploiting a Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Zero-Day https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc6201-exploiting-dell-recoverpoint-zero-day Windows Admin Center Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability CVE-2026-26119 https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-26119 DNS-PERSIST-01: A New Model for DNS-based Challenge Validation https://letsencrypt.org/2026/02/18/dns-persist-01.html Defending Web Apps https://www.sans.org/cyber-security-courses/application-security-securing-web-apps-api-microservices keywords: windows; admin center; dns-persist-01, brickstorm; grimpbolt; dell; recoverypoint; malware;

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, February 18th, 2026: IR Phishing; Neenadu Android Backdoor; NiFi Bugs; LLMs Phishing; Encrypted RCS Fake Incident Report Used in Phishing Campaign https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Fake%20Incident%20Report%20Used%20in%20Phishing%20Campaign/32722 Divide and conquer: how the new Keenadu backdoor exposed links between major Android botnets https://securelist.com/keenadu-android-backdoor/118913/ CVE-2026-25903: Apache NiFi: Missing Authorization of Restricted Permissions for Component Updates https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q1/166 The Next Frontier of Runtime Assembly Attacks: Leveraging LLMs to Generate Phishing JavaScript in Real Time https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/real-time-malicious-javascript-through-llms/ Encrypted RCS in iOS/iPadOS https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release-notes/ios-ipados-26_4-release-notes keywords: rcs; apple; nifi; android; backdoor; phishing

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, February 17th, 2026: 64Bit Malware; Password Manager Weaknesses; OpenClaw Config Theft; 2026 64-Bits Malware Trend https://isc.sans.edu/diary/2026%2064-Bits%20Malware%20Trend/32718 A Comparative Security Analysis of Three Cloud-based Password Managers https://zkae.io Infostealer Infection Targeting OpenClaw Configurations https://www.infostealers.com/article/hudson-rock-identifies-real-world-infostealer-infection-targeting-openclaw-configurations/ keywords: openclaw; infostealer; password; managers; malware; 64 bit

SANS Stormcast Monday, February 16th, 2026: Graph Generator; nslookup and clickfix; Chrome 0-Day; TURN Threats AI-Powered Knowledge Graph Generator & APTs https://isc.sans.edu/diary/AI-Powered%20Knowledge%20Graph%20Generator%20%26%20APTs/32712 nslookup and ClickFix https://x.com/MsftSecIntel/status/2022456612120629742 Google Chrome 0-Day Patch https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_13.html TURN Security Threats https://www.enablesecurity.com/blog/turn-server-security-threats/ keywords: TURN; Chrome; nslookup; ClickFix; AI; graph;

SANS Stormcast Friday, February 13th, 2026: SSH Bot; OpenSSH MacOS Change; Abused Employee Monitoring Four Seconds to Botnet - Analyzing a Self-Propagating SSH Worm with Cryptographically Signed C2 [Guest Diary] https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Four%20Seconds%20to%20Botnet%20-%20Analyzing%20a%20Self%20Propagating%20SSH%20Worm%20with%20Cryptographically%20Signed%20C2%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32708 OpenSSH Update on MacOS https://www.openssh.org/releasenotes.html Employee Monitoring and SimpleHelp Software Abused in Ransomware Operations https://www.huntress.com/blog/employee-monitoring-simplehelp-abused-in-ransomware-operations keywords: monitoring; openssh; macos; botnet; ssh

SANS Stormcast Thursday, February 12th, 2026: WSL in Malware; Apple and Adobe Patches WSL in the Malware Ecosystem https://isc.sans.edu/diary/32704 Apple Patches Everything: February 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Apple%20Patches%20Everything%3A%20February%202026/32706 Adobe Updates https://helpx.adobe.com/security/security-bulletin.html keywords: apple; adobe; wsl; malware

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, February 11th, 2026: Microsoft Patch Tuesday; Secure Boot Updates; Fake 7-Zip; FortiSlob Microsoft Patch Tuesday - February 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Microsoft%20Patch%20Tuesday%20-%20February%202026/32700 Refreshing the root of trust https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2026/02/10/refreshing-the-root-of-trust-industry-collaboration-on-secure-boot-certificate-updates/ Fake 7-Zip downloads are turning home PCs into proxy nodes https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/threat-intel/2026/02/fake-7-zip-downloads-are-turning-home-pcs-into-proxy-nodes FortiNet Vulnerabilities https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-093 https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-1052 keywords: Fortinet; 7zip; fake; trojan; trust; boot; root; microsoft; patch; tuesday

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, February 10th, 2026: Extracting URLs; Singal Phishing; Ivanti PoC; BeyondTrust RCE; Forticlient SQL Inection Quick Howto: Extract URLs from RTF files https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Quick%20Howto%3A%20Extract%20URLs%20from%20RTF%20files/32692 German Agencies Warn of Signal Phishing Targeting Politicians, Military, Journalists German: https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/german-agencies-warn-of-signal-phishing.html English: https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/SharedDocs/publikationen/DE/praevention_wirtschafts-und_wissenschaftsschutz/2026-02-06-gemeinsame-warnmitteilung-phishing.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3 Someone Knows Bash Far Too Well, And We Love It - Pre-Auth RCEs https://labs.watchtowr.com/someone-knows-bash-far-too-well-and-we-love-it-ivanti-epmm-pre-auth-rces-cve-2026-1281-cve-2026-1340/ Pre-Auth RCE in BeyondTrust Remote Support & PRA CVE-2026-1731 https://www.hacktron.ai/blog/cve-2026-1731-beyondtrust-remote-support-rce https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt26-02 Fortinet FortiClientEMS SQLi in the administrative interface https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-25-1142 keywords: urls; rtf; signal; phishing; ivanti; beyondtrust; fortinet;

SANS Stormcast Monday, February 9th, 2026: Azure Vulnerabilties; AI Vulnerability Discovery; GitLab AI Gateway Vuln Microsoft Patches Four Azure Vulnerabilities (three critical) https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability Evaluating and mitigating the growing risk of LLM-discovered 0-days https://red.anthropic.com/2026/zero-days/ Gitlab AI Gateway Vulnerability CVE-2026-1868 https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2026/02/06/patch-release-gitlab-ai-gateway-18-8-1-released/ keywords: gitlab; ai gateway; llm; 0-days; anthropic; claude; opus; microsoft; azure

SANS Stormcast Friday, February 6th, 2026: Broken Phishing; n8n vulnerability; Android Update; Watchguard Firebox LDAP Injection Broken Phishing URLs https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Broken+Phishing+URLs/32686/ n8n command injection vulnerability https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-6cqr-8cfr-67f8 Android February Update https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel/2026/2026-02-01?hl=en Watchguard Firebox LDAP Injection https://www.watchguard.com/wgrd-psirt/advisory/wgsa-2026-00001 keywords: watchguard; firebox; ldap; android; n8n; phishing

SANS Stormcast Thursday, February 5th, 2026: Malicious Scripts; Synectix Vuln; Google Chrome; Google Looker; Malicious Script Delivering More Maliciousness https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Malicious+Script+Delivering+More+Maliciousness/32682 Synectix LAN 232 TRIO Unauthenticated Web Admin CVE-2026-1633 https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-034-04 Google Chrome Patches https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/02/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html LookOut: Discovering RCE and Internal Access on Looker (Google Cloud & On-Prem) https://www.tenable.com/blog/google-looker-vulnerabilities-rce-internal-access-lookout keywords: lookup; looker; google; chrome; patches; synectix; malicious script; infostealer; xworm

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, February 4th, 2026: Detecting OpenClaw; Synology telnetd Patch; More GlassWorm Detecting and Monitoring OpenClaw (clawdbot, moltbot) https://isc.sans.edu/diary.html/Detecting+and+Monitoring+OpenClaw+%28clawdbot%2C+moltbot%29/32678/#comment Synology telnetd Patch https://www.synology.com/en-us/releaseNote/DSM GlassWorm Loader Hits Open VSX via Developer Account Compromise https://socket.dev/blog/glassworm-loader-hits-open-vsx-via-suspected-developer-account-compromise keywords: vsx; glssworm; synology; telnetd; openclaw

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026: Scanning for AI; Notepad++ Compromise; OpenClaw Vulnerabilities Scanning for exposed Anthropic Models https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Scanning%20for%20exposed%20Anthropic%20Models/32674 Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr-chrysalis-backdoor-dive-into-lotus-blossoms-toolkit/ https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/ Insecure Websockets in OpenClaw https://zeropath.com/blog/openclaw-clawdbot-credential-theft-vulnerability Malicious OpenClaw Skills https://www.koi.ai/blog/clawhavoc-341-malicious-clawedbot-skills-found-by-the-bot-they-were-targeting Exposed OpenClaw Instances https://censys.com/blog/openclaw-in-the-wild-mapping-the-public-exposure-of-a-viral-ai-assistant keywords: openclaw; websockets; notpad++;

SANS Stormcast Monday, February 2nd, 2026: Google Presentation Abuse; Ivanti Vuln Exploited; Microsoft NTLM Strategy Google Presentation Abuse https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Google+Presentations+Abused+for+Phishing/32668/ Security Advisory Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) (CVE-2026-1281 & CVE-2026-1340) https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Endpoint-Manager-Mobile-EPMM-CVE-2026-1281-CVE-2026-1340?language=en_US Microsoft NTLM Strategy https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/advancing-windows-security-disabling-ntlm-by-default/4489526 keywords: microsoft; ntlm; ivanti; google; presentation; phishing

SANS Stormcast Friday, January 30th, 2026: Residential Proxy Networks; Clowdbot/Moltbot Themed Malware; eScan Malicious Updates No Place Like Home Network: Disrupting the World's Largest Residential Proxy Network Google dismantled the IPIDEA network that used residential proxies to route malicious traffic. https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/disrupting-largest-residential-proxy-network Fake Clawdbot VS Code Extension Installs ScreenConnect RAT The news about Clawdbot (now Moltbot) is used to distribute malware, in particular malicious VS Code extensions. https://www.aikido.dev/blog/fake-clawdbot-vscode-extension-malware Threat Bulletin: Critical eScan Supply Chain Compromise Anti-virus vendor eScan was compromised, and its update servers were used to install malware on some customer systems. https://www.morphisec.com/blog/critical-escan-threat-bulletin/ keywords: escan; update; malcious; anti virus; vs code; clawdbot; moltbot; residential; proxy; network

SANS Stormcast Thursday, January 29th, 2026: WebLogic AI Slop; Fortinet Patches; WebLogic AI Slop; Fortinet Patches Odd WebLogic Request. Possible CVE-2026-21962 Exploit Attempt or AI Slop? We are seeing attempts to attack CVE-2026-21962, a recent weblog vulnerability, using a non-working AI slop exploit https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Odd%20WebLogic%20Request.%20Possible%20CVE-2026-21962%20Exploit%20Attempt%20or%20AI%20Slop%3F/32662 Fortinet Patches are Rolling Out Fortinet is starting to roll out patches for the recent SSO vulnerability https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/psirt/FG-IR-26-060 SolarWinds Web Helpdesk Vulnerability Another set of vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Web Helpdesk may result in unauthenticated system access https://horizon3.ai/attack-research/cve-2025-40551-another-solarwinds-web-help-desk-deserialization-issue/ keywords: solarwinds; fortinet; weblogic

SANS Stormcast Wednesday, January 28th, 2026: Romance Scams; DoS Vuln in React Server Components; OpenSSL Patch; Kubernetes Priv Confusion Initial Stages of Romance Scams [Guest Diary] Romance scams often start with random text messages that appear to be "misrouted". This guest diary by Faris Azhari is following some of the initial stages of such a scam. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Initial%20Stages%20of%20Romance%20Scams%20%5BGuest%20Diary%5D/32650 Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in React Server Components Another folowup fix for the severe React vulnerability from last year, but now only fixing a DoS condition. https://github.com/facebook/react/security/advisories/GHSA-83fc-fqcc-2hmg OpenSSL Updates OpenSSL released its monthly updates, fixing a potential RCE. https://openssl-library.org/news/vulnerabilities/ Kubernetes Remote Code Execution Via Nodes/Proxy GET Permission Many Kubernetes Helm Charts are vulnerable to possible remote code executions due to unclear defined access controls. https://grahamhelton.com/blog/nodes-proxy-rce keywords: kubernetes; rce; proxy; openssl; dos; react; romance scam

SANS Stormcast Tuesday, January 27th, 2026: PWD scanning; MSFT Office OOB Patch; Exposed Clawdbot Scanning Webserver with "pwd" as a Starting Path Attackers are adding the output of the pwd command to their web scans. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/x/32654 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2026-21509 Microsoft released an out-of-band patch for Office fixing a currently exploited vulnerability. https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-21509 Exposed Clawdbot Instances Many users of the AI tool clawdbot expose instances without access control. https://x.com/theonejvo/status/2015485025266098536 keywords: clwadbot; office; patch; microsoft; webserver; scan; pwd

SANS Stormcast Monday, January 26th, 2026: FortiOS SSO Vuln Updates; Outlook OOB Update; VMware vCenter Exploited Analysis of Single Sign-On Abuse on FortiOS Fortinet released an advisory. FortiOS devices are vulnerable if configured with any SAML integration, not just FortiCloud https://www.fortinet.com/blog/psirt-blogs/analysis-of-sso-abuse-on-fortios Outlook OOB Update Microsoft released a non-security OOB Update for Outlook, fixing an issue introduced with this months security patches. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/january-24-2026-kb5078127-os-builds-26200-7628-and-26100-7628-out-of-band-cf5777f6-bb4e-4adb-b9cd-2b64df577491 VMware vCenter Server Vulnerabilities Exploited (CVE-2024-37079, CVE-2024-37080, CVE-2024-37081) A VMWare vCenter vulnerability patched last June is now actively exploited. https://support.broadcom.com/web/ecx/support-content-notification/-/external/content/SecurityAdvisories/0/24453 keywords: vmware; vcenter; oob; update; microsoft; outlook; fortios;

SANS Stormcast Friday, January 23rd, 2026: Scanning AI Code; FortiGate Update; ISC BIND DoS; Trivial SmaterMail Vulnerability Is AI-Generated Code Secure? Xavier used the free static code analysis tool Bandit to review code he wrote with heavy AI support. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Is%20AI-Generated%20Code%20Secure%3F/32648 Malicious Configuration Changes On Fortinet FortiGate Devices via SSO Accounts Arctic Wolf summarized some of the attacks it is seeing against FortiGate devices via the insufficiently patched SSL vulnerability. https://arcticwolf.com/resources/blog/arctic-wolf-observes-malicious-configuration-changes-fortinet-fortigate-devices-via-sso-accounts/ ISC BIND DoS vulnerability in Drone ID Records HHIT and BRID records, which are used as part of Drone ID, can be used to crash named if their length is 3 bytes. https://marlink.com/resources/knowledge-hub/isc-bind-vulnerability-discovered-and-disclosed-by-marlink-cyber/ SmarterTools SmarterMail Password Reset Vulnerability SmarterTools recently patched a trivial vulnerability in SmarterMail that would allow anybody without authentication to reset administrator passwords. https://labs.watchtowr.com/attackers-with-decompilers-strike-again-smartertools-smartermail-wt-2026-0001-auth-bypass/ keywords: smartermail, smartertools, isc; bind; dos; drone; drone id; fortinet; fortigate; bandit; python

SANS Stormcast Thursday, January 22nd, 2026: Visual Studio Code Scripts; Cisco Unified Comm and Zoom Vuln; Insufficient Fortinet Patch; SANS SOC Survey Automatic Script Execution In Visual Studio Code Visual Studio Code will read configuration files within the source code that may lead to code execution. https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Automatic%20Script%20Execution%20In%20Visual%20Studio%20Code/32644 Cisco Unified Communications Products Remote Code Execution Vulnerability A vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Unified CM), Cisco Unified Communications Manager Session Management Edition (Unified CM SME), Cisco Unified Communications Manager IM & Presence Service (Unified CM IM&P), Cisco Unity Connection, and Cisco Webex Calling Dedicated Instance could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system of an affected device. https://sec.cloudapps.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-voice-rce-mORhqY4b Zoom Vulnerability A Command Injection vulnerability in Zoom Node Multimedia Routers (MMRs) before version 5.2.1716.0 may allow a meeting participant to execute remote code on the MMR via network access. https://www.zoom.com/en/trust/security-bulletin/zsb-26001/ Possible new SSO Exploit (CVE-2025-59718) on 7.4.9 https://www.reddit.com/r/fortinet/comments/1qibdcb/possible_new_sso_exploit_cve202559718_on_749/ SANS SOC Survey The 2026 SOC Survey is open, and we need your input to create a meaningful report. Please share your experience so we can advocate for what actually works in the trenches. https://survey.sans.org/jfe/form/SV_3ViqWZgWnfQAzkO?is=socsurveystormcenter keywords: soc; survey; sso; fortinet; zoom; cisco; visual studio; code