Archive for September 2026
TerminalFix ClickFix Attack Campaign Hits Germany
A TerminalFix ClickFix attack campaign has compromised a German state institution’s network, Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) confirmed on September 4. TerminalFix is an evolution of the ClickFix social-engineering technique: a fake CAPTCHA tricks a user into pasting a command, but instead of the old single-machine Run-dialog trick, it opens Windows Terminal and…
Read MoreSonicWall SMA1000 RCE Vulnerability: Patch Now
A new SonicWall SMA1000 RCE vulnerability is under active exploitation: an unauthenticated server-side request forgery chained with an OS command injection lets an attacker take full root-level control of the appliance with no login required. CISA added both flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on September 2, with a federal deadline of September 5,…
Read MoreTop 5 Cybersecurity News Stories September 4, 2026
This week’s Cybersecurity News Stories September 4, 2026 illustrate a consistent challenge: the gap between a protective measure and what that measure actually closes. SonicWall enterprise remote-access appliances confirmed actively exploited via a zero-day chain requiring no credentials and no user interaction. Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 deployments without Extended Security Update eligibility facing an authentication…
Read MoreBoston Scientific Cyberattack Halts Global Shipments
A Boston Scientific cyberattack detected on August 25 has caused what the company itself calls a “global disruption” — halting order processing and shipping for one of the world’s largest manufacturers of pacemakers, defibrillators, stents and other implantable medical devices, with no confirmed restoration timeline more than a week later. What Happened The Boston Scientific…
Read MoreJFrog Artifactory Authentication Bypass Exploited
A JFrog Artifactory authentication bypass is now under active exploitation: attackers are minting themselves unauthenticated administrator tokens on self-hosted Artifactory instances just days after JFrog disclosed the flaw. Tracked as CVE-2026-82329 (CVSS 9.8), the bug sits in Artifactory’s default, out-of-the-box configuration — no misconfiguration required, no credentials needed. What Happened JFrog disclosed the JFrog Artifactory…
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