π¨ ACTIVE EXPLOITATION
SilkParasite Targets Central Asian Governments With Seven RAT Families
SilkParasite targeted Central Asian government bodies with seven remote access tool families.- Government entities in Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Georgia were targeted.
- The China-nexus cluster used seven RAT families, including five newly documented: DriveSilkRAT, CookiETagRAT, NomadRAT, GoginRAT, and NodeEdgeRAT.
- Spear-phishing emails delivered password-protected RAR archives containing malicious Microsoft Office documents.
- Opening the documents triggered macros and DLL sideloading; the macro checked for Kaspersky antivirus before execution.
- The implants used modular plugins and C2 through Google Drive, HTTP Cookie/ETag headers, and attacker servers; about 65 DriveSilkRAT infections were observed.
Sources π Source: businessinsights.bitdefender.com Β· π Coverage: thehackernews.com Β· π via The Hacker News, securityboulevard.com (discovered)Balonx Sistema Uses AI Voice Calls to Bypass MFA and Steal Bank Accounts
Hackers are using AI voice calls and fake banking pages to steal accounts.- Banking customers are targeted in the Balonx Sistema campaign.
- Fake banking pages capture login details and MFA information.
- AI-generated phone calls guide victims through the phishing process.
- Attackers monitor victimsβ sessions live and request information when needed.
Sources π Coverage: cybersecuritynews.com Β· π via Cyber Security News
π₯ BREACHES & INCIDENTS
- Leak Exposes 669 Stripe Vendors and 1,033 Live API Keys
Threat actors exposed Stripe vendor data and live API keys in a forum release.- The exposure affected 669 businesses using Stripe across multiple industries and countries.
- The leak included 1,033 API keys, customer records, invoices, balances, charges, payouts, and promotional codes.
- Exposed records contained names, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, IP addresses, purchase histories, and card last four digits.
- Threat actor Satanic published a 33GB release on pwnforums and claimed access to about 20,000 Stripe APIs.
- Live keys could enable programmatic customer-data access, unauthorized refunds, account changes, and payment rerouting.
Sources π Coverage: infostealers.com Β· π via Cyber Security News, r/cybersecurity
π΅οΈ RESEARCH & DEEP DIVES
Password-spraying attacks surge 155x as MFA gaps leave logins exposed
Huntress observed a 155-fold increase in password-spraying attacks during H1 2026.- Organizations using legacy authentication or incomplete MFA coverage were targeted.
- Attackers generated more than 81 million login attempts in a two-week campaign.
- Legacy authentication flows allowed password-only access despite MFA policies.
Sources π Coverage: bleepingcomputer.com Β· π via BleepingComputerCRLF Injection Enables HTTP Desynchronization Across Reverse Proxies
Researchers demonstrated CRLF injection techniques that induce HTTP desynchronization across reverse proxies.- Reverse proxies, CDNs, payment providers, and multi-tenant web applications are affected.
- A single path-injected CRLF can trigger request splitting, response-queue poisoning, and HTTP request smuggling.
- Nginx $uri normalization enables CL.TE and 0.CL desynchronization, cache poisoning, and tunneling.
- Browser-relocated techniques can cause connection- and IP-locked desyncs, XSS, and HttpOnly cookie theft.
ValleyRAT campaign targets Indian taxpayers with fake overdue GST notices
A ValleyRAT campaign is phishing Indian taxpayers with fake overdue GSTR-3B notices.- Indian taxpayers and GST filers are targeted.
- The campaign impersonates a GSTR-3B overdue notice.
- The fraudulent tax notice serves as the phishing lure for ValleyRAT malware.
Sources π Coverage: blog.himanshuanand.com Β· π via r/netsec
π CVEs & KEV
CVE-2026-76233 β CVSS 8.4 β Renovate 39.53.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via gleam managerRenovate v...
CVE-2026-76232 β CVSS 8.4 β Renovate 31.51.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via helmv3Renovate versions...
CVE-2026-76231 β CVSS 8.4 β Renovate 32.135.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via hermitRenovate version...
CVE-2026-76230 β CVSS 8.4 β Renovate 35.63.0 before 40.33.0 Command Injection via npmRenovate versions fr...
CVE-2026-76229 β CVSS 8.4 β Renovate 39.218.0 before 40.33.0 Arbitrary Command Injection via kustomizeRen...
CVE-2026-76228 β CVSS 8.4 β Renovate before 42.68.5 Remote Code Execution via Gradle WrapperRenovate vers...
CVE-2026-43961 β CVSS 7.8 β Vim: vimscript injection via unescaped filename in netrw s:netrwmarkfile() fi...
CVE-2026-54794 β CVSS 7.2 β Dell OpenManage Enterprise, versions prior to 4.7.0, contains a Server-Side R...
CVE-2026-76227 β CVSS 6.8 β Renovate 42.68.1 before 42.96.3 Environment Variable ExposureRenovate version...