SideCopy/APT36 targeted Afghanistan finance officials with Pashto-language lures and XenoRAT. Here is what SMBs and government contractors should take from the campaign.
Microsoft found 33 malicious npm packages abusing dependency confusion to profile developer and build environments. The defender lesson: treat package installation as code execution and lock down internal namespace hygiene before attackers do reconnaissance at scale.
Cisco Talos disclosed four patched MediaInfoLib heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities. The bigger lesson: automated media metadata parsing belongs inside a sandboxed, monitored execution boundary.
Microsoft reported a cryptojacking campaign that uses poisoned search results, AI-surfaced software recommendations, fake utility downloads, and abused ScreenConnect access. Here is what SMBs and government contractors should defend first.
CISA added CVE-2026-48172 to KEV after active exploitation of a LiteSpeed cPanel user-end plugin flaw that can let compromised hosting accounts execute scripts as root.
The Megalodon GitHub campaign shows why CI/CD pipelines must be treated like production infrastructure: malicious workflow commits can harvest cloud credentials, OIDC tokens, SSH keys, and package secrets at scale.
Google’s reporting on Chinese-language phishing-as-a-service shows why MFA bypass, real-time OTP interception, and digital wallet fraud require phishing-resistant authentication and session monitoring.
Mandiant’s KnowledgeDeliver CVE-2026-5426 report shows how shared ASP.NET machine keys can turn ViewState into unauthenticated RCE and user-facing malware delivery.
A Laravel-Lang package compromise shows why trusted dependency tags, Composer autoload behavior, and runtime secrets need security monitoring—not just engineering review.
The South Staffordshire Water breach shows why outsourced SOC coverage, legacy server risk, and vulnerability management must be proven—not assumed—for SMBs, utilities, and government contractors.
