Posts Tagged ‘DACH’
Keyv npm Supply Chain Attack Hits 2 Billion Installs
The Keyv npm supply chain attack compromised a single GitHub maintainer account and used it to push a credential-stealing worm into hundreds of widely used caching packages. By August 5, trackers put the count at 868 packages and 1,381 versions, spanning a combined 2 billion-plus monthly installs — the largest software supply-chain incident DIESEC has…
Read MoreMicrosoft Teams Vishing Ransomware Hits in 17 Hours
A Microsoft Teams vishing ransomware campaign has hit dozens of North American organizations since February 2026, using two-minute fake IT-helpdesk phone calls to gain a foothold that, in the fastest confirmed case, ended in full Chaos ransomware encryption within 17 hours of first contact. What Happened Security vendor Sophos tracked the campaign to a financially…
Read MoreStadler Rail Everest Ransomware: SFr10m Demand Refused
The Stadler Rail Everest ransomware incident shows what a mature extortion response looks like: the Swiss train manufacturer confirmed that the Everest group stole supplier technical data through a shared data-exchange platform and demanded roughly SFr10m (about $12.3M) — and Stadler refused outright, filing a criminal complaint instead of negotiating. What Happened Stadler Rail, an…
Read MoreCheck Point SmartConsole CVE-2026-16232: Admin Bypass
Check Point SmartConsole CVE-2026-16232 is now on CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list: an unauthenticated attacker can forge a login token and get full administrator access to the console that manages an organization’s entire firewall fleet. Check Point patched it on July 22 and confirmed a handful of customers were already targeted. The federal remediation deadline…
Read Morewp2shell WordPress RCE: Patch Now
wp2shell WordPress RCE is now a two-CVE chain in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — and it lets a completely unauthenticated attacker execute code on a default WordPress install with no plugins involved. If you run self-hosted WordPress and haven’t confirmed the July 17 auto-update landed, check today. What Happened wp2shell WordPress RCE combines two…
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