For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 17th August, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES Colombia’s Ministry of Justice has experienced a ransomware attack that affected part of its technology infrastructure and disrupted public services related to illicit-drug monitoring and legal processes. Officials confirmed that some files were encrypted but stated that no data theft was detected during the incident. MyDr, Poland’s primary…
De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans Microsoft Windows. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire à distance, une élévation de privilèges et un déni de service à distance. Microsoft indique que la vulnérabilité CVE-2026-68820...
This month we got patches for 418 vulnerabilities. Of these, 62 are critical, 1 is being exploited in the wild, and 2 were publicly disclosed as zero-days. Notable fixes include Windows privilege escalation, container tampering, and critical QUIC and DNS Server remote code execution bugs. A few vulnerabilities worth mentioning: Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2026-68820) This Important-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability is…
Key Points Check Point Research is tracking a long‑running campaign called Operation Dream Job, targeting organizations worldwide, with a particular focus on the defense sector. The campaign is affiliated to DPRK-linked Lazarus group and its latest wave focuses on the defense sector in Europe and India. In the latest variant of the Operation Dream Job campaign, the threat actor distributed SecurityPDF, a modified PDF viewer designed to open attacker-crafted PDF documents and execute a new…
CISA has added three new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-20349 Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Heap Inspection Vulnerability CVE-2026-68820 Microsoft Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Use-After-Free Vulnerability CVE-2026-72898 Metabase SQL Injection Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious…