Leak Exposes 669 Stripe Vendors and 1,033 Live API Keys

🚨 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.
    📄 Source: businessinsights.bitdefender.com · 📎 Coverage: thehackernews.com · 👁 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 victims’ sessions live and request information when needed.
    📎 Coverage: cybersecuritynews.com · 👁 via Cyber Security News

💥 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.
    📎 Coverage: infostealers.com · 👁 via Cyber Security News, r/cybersecurity

🕵️ 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.
    📎 Coverage: bleepingcomputer.com · 👁 via BleepingComputer

• CRLF 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.
    📄 Source: portswigger.net · 📎 Coverage: core-jmp.org · 👁 via r/netsec

• 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.
    📎 Coverage: blog.himanshuanand.com · 👁 via r/netsec

🔓 CVEs & KEV

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• CVE-2026-54794 — CVSS 7.2 — Dell OpenManage Enterprise, versions prior to 4.7.0, contains a Server-Side R...

• CVE-2026-76227 — CVSS 6.8 — Renovate 42.68.1 before 42.96.3 Environment Variable ExposureRenovate version...