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Attackers Exploit Three Fortinet FortiSandbox Flaws, One Patched Last Week

Attackers Exploit Three Fortinet FortiSandbox Flaws, One Patched Last Week

Ravie LakshmananJun 16, 2026Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence Bad actors are exploiting multiple security vulnerabilities in Fortinet FortiSandbox, according to threat intelligence firm Defused Cyber. In a post shared on X, the company said it has… 

China-Linked SprySOCKS Backdoor Expands to Windows with Driver-Based Stealth

China-Linked SprySOCKS Backdoor Expands to Windows with Driver-Based Stealth

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two previously undocumented Windows variants of what was believed to be a Linux-only backdoor called SprySOCKS. “The Windows variants discovered are internally marked as WIN_DRV and WIN_PLUS,” ESET said in a… 

Fake Microsoft Alerts Used to Deploy North Korean NarwhalRAT Malware

Fake Microsoft Alerts Used to Deploy North Korean NarwhalRAT Malware

Ravie LakshmananJun 16, 2026United States The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft (aka APT37) has been observed using spear-phishing messages impersonating Microsoft Account security notifications to deliver malware called NarwhalRAT. “The attack email… 

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Actively Exploited SD-WAN Manager Flaw

Cisco Releases Security Updates for Actively Exploited SD-WAN Manager Flaw

Ravie LakshmananJun 16, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Cisco has released security updates for a medium-severity security flaw in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager that has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20262,… 

CISA Flags LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Flaw Exploited for Root Privilege Escalation

CISA Flags LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin Flaw Exploited for Root Privilege Escalation

Ravie LakshmananJun 16, 2026Vulnerability / Server Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a security flaw impacting LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive… 

Chinese Hackers Abused Google Workspace Rules to Steal Research and Defense Emails

Chinese Hackers Abused Google Workspace Rules to Steal Research and Defense Emails

A China-linked espionage group hid inside North American medical, academic, and military research networks for more than a year, quietly stealing sensitive research and defense email. The way in was a backdoor on their REDCap… 

North Korean Hackers Are Turning Developer Tools Into Malware Delivery Channels

North Korean Hackers Are Turning Developer Tools Into Malware Delivery Channels

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two malicious cyber campaigns that exhibit similarities with a persistent North Korean threat cluster known as Contagious Interview (aka Famous Chollima, HexagonalRodent, and Void Dokkaebi). According to a report published by… 

LiteLLM Vulnerability Chain Lets Low-Privilege Users Take Over AI Gateway Servers

LiteLLM Vulnerability Chain Lets Low-Privilege Users Take Over AI Gateway Servers

A default low-privilege account on a LiteLLM proxy can climb to full admin and run code on the server by chaining three vulnerabilities, researchers at Obsidian Security disclosed LiteLLM is a widely deployed open-source AI… 

One-Click Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaw Could Have Let Attackers Steal Emails, Files, and MFA Codes

One-Click Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaw Could Have Let Attackers Steal Emails, Files, and MFA Codes

Swati KhandelwalJun 15, 2026Vulnerability / Enterprise Security A single click on a trusted Microsoft link could have let an attacker pull emails, calendar details, and indexed files out of Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search. Researchers…