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⚡ Weekly Recap: Linux Kernel Flaws, AI Malware Tricks, Turla Backdoor, Infostealers and More
This week was a reminder that attackers do not always need big tricks. One small mistake, one old access path, one missed patch, and suddenly the door is open.
The noise is not all noise, either. Forums are talking, researchers are finding easy cracks, and defenders have more cleanup waiting.
Here’s the full Monday recap.
⚡ Threat of the Week
New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local
236,000 DCloud Uni-App Sites Used in Crypto Scams, Phishing, and Wallet Drainers
New findings unearthed by Infoblox show that more than 236,000 websites are using investment scam templates built using a legitimate Chinese open-source, cross-platform application development framework called DCloud Uni-App.
The templates power bogus cryptocurrency exchanges, multi-language pig-butchering operations, WhatsApp phishing networks, fake gambling platforms, brand-impersonation
Why Post-Quantum Cryptography Starts With Credentials
Today’s encrypted data, such as credentials, may no longer remain confidential in the future because the public-key cryptography protecting it will soon be broken by quantum computers. Although no machine today can break elliptic curve cryptography or RSA, quantum hardware is advancing rapidly and will inevitably change how organizations protect their data. Ciphertext and credentials captured by
Gamaredon Expands Ukraine Attacks with New Malware and Cloud Service Abuse
A Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group has continued to evolve and expand its malware arsenal as part of its ongoing cyber onslaught against Ukraine throughout 2025.
Slovakian cybersecurity company ESET said it observed 35 distinct spear-phishing campaigns mounted by Gamaredon against new targets, with most of them taking place in the second half of the year. Primary targets of these
Microsoft Removes 119 Edge Extensions That Hid Malware in Images and Fonts
Microsoft has shut down a long-running malicious extension operation on the Edge Add-ons store that hid its payloads inside ordinary image and font files, then woke up days after install to steal credentials and run ad fraud.
The company calls it StegoAd, a mash-up of steganography and adware, and ties 119 extensions to a single threat actor it says has been active since at least 2021.
Public PoC Released for Critical libssh2 CVE-2026-55200 Client-Side SSH Flaw
A public proof-of-concept is now out for CVE-2026-55200, a critical flaw in libssh2 that lets a malicious or compromised SSH server trigger memory corruption on a connecting client, with possible code execution. No credentials, no user interaction. The bug affects every release up to and including 1.11.1 and carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 9.2.
libssh2 is a client-side SSH library, not a server.
Hijacked npm and Go Packages Use VS Code Tasks to Deploy Python Infostealer
Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered two hijacked npm packages and a cluster of Go packages that are designed to deploy a Python-based information stealer on compromised Windows, Linux, and macOS hosts.
"This attack avoids the most common npm execution paths through lifecycle scripts, perhaps in an attempt to remain 'compatible' with npm v12's security hardenings," JFrog said in a
Ukraine Says Russian Intelligence Used Fake Support Texts to Steal Messaging Credentials
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) said it, together with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), uncovered a long-running campaign orchestrated by Russian intelligence services to break into the messaging accounts of government officials, military personnel, politicians, and activists in Ukraine, Europe, and the U.S.
The systematic cyber attacks aimed at stealing sensitive
OpenAI Previews GPT-5.6 Sol With Restricted Access and Stronger Cyber Safeguards
OpenAI on Friday released three versions of GPT-5.6, called Sol, Terra, and Luna, as a limited preview to a small number of companies as part of an ongoing engagement with the U.S. government.
While Sol is the latest flagship model and the most powerful, Terra strikes a balance between efficiency and power, and Luna is fine-tuned for speed and affordability.
"GPT‑5.6 Sol launches with our most
FBI Warns Russian Intelligence Hackers Target Signal Backup Recovery Keys
The FBI and CISA have updated their March warning about Russian intelligence phishing Signal accounts, and the operators have added a step: they now coax targets into handing over their Signal Backup Recovery Key.
Hand it over once, and the attacker can restore the account's backup, read the private and group message history, and take over the account. Worse, the key keeps working.
New SharkLoader Malware Deploys Cobalt Strike in StrikeShark Cyberattacks
A newly discovered cyber attack campaign has been observed delivering a previously undocumented malware family called SharkLoader that acts as a loader for deploying Cobalt Strike Beacon on compromised hosts.
Kaspersky, which is tracking the activity under the moniker StrikeShark, said the campaign has targeted a diplomatic organization in Indonesia, government organizations in Taiwan,
Chinese-Speaking APT Deploys New TinyRCT Backdoor in Southeast Asia Campaign
A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been linked to a new custom backdoor called TinyRCT as part of cyber attacks aimed at government entities and critical infrastructure in Southeast Asia.
The activity, particularly aimed at state-owned enterprises in the energy and government sectors, has been attributed to a threat actor called CL-STA-1062, which Palo Alto Networks
Amazon Q Developer Flaw Could Let Malicious Repos Run Code via MCP Configs
A high-severity flaw in Amazon Q Developer let a malicious repository run commands and steal a developer's cloud credentials. The path was short: a developer opens the repo, trusts the workspace, and Amazon Q does the rest. Amazon has patched it.
Tracked as CVE-2026-12957 (CVSS 8.5), the bug sat in how Amazon's AI coding assistant handled Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
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New Linux pedit COW Exploit Enables Root Access by Poisoning Cached Binaries
A flaw in the Linux kernel's traffic-control subsystem can let a local unprivileged user gain root on affected systems.
CVE-2026-46331, nicknamed "pedit COW," is an out-of-bounds write in the packet-editing action (act_pedit) that corrupts shared page-cache memory. A public, working exploit appeared within a day of the CVE assignment on June 16. Red Hat rates the flaw as
CISA Adds Exploited PTC Windchill RCE Flaw to KEV as Web Shell Attacks Continue
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a critical remote code execution vulnerability impacting PTC Windchill PDMlink and PTC FlexPLM enterprise Product Data Management (PDM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.
The vulnerability in question is
New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets
DirtyClone is a new Linux kernel privilege escalation in the DirtyFrag family. JFrog Security Research published a working exploit walkthrough for the flaw on June 25, the first public demonstration for this variant.
Tracked as CVE-2026-43503 (CVSS 8.8), it lets a local user corrupt file-backed memory through a cloned network packet and gain root. The patch landed in
Guardian Agents: The Next Layer of Identity Governance
AI agents are moving through enterprise environments, inheriting permissions, traversing systems, and executing decisions at machine speed with minimal oversight. The identity infrastructure built to govern human access wasn't designed for autonomous actors, and the gap between what enterprises are deploying and what their governance programs actually cover is widening fast. This guide breaks
Miasma Malware Targets npm Packages and GitHub Actions in Supply Chain Attack
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged yet another evolution of the supply chain attack linked to the Mini Shai-Hulud, Miasma, and Hades malware family that has compromised a new set of npm packages, even as it has propagated to the Go ecosystem.
"The latest activity includes malicious npm releases affecting LeoPlatform and RStreams packages, GitHub Actions workflow abuse, and a related Go
Microsoft Warns of Photo ZIP Phishing Campaign Targeting Hotels with Node.js Implant
An active phishing campaign has been targeting hotel and other hospitality organizations across Europe and Asia since April 2026, using photo-themed ZIP files to drop a Node.js implant and dig into front-desk machines, Microsoft says.
The company has not attributed the activity to a known threat actor, and the operators' end goal is still unclear.
The lure plays to how hotels work.
Russia Used Cellebrite on Jailed Activist's iPhone Months After Sales Cutoff
Russian authorities used Cellebrite's UFED forensic tools to break into the iPhone of detained opposition activist Andrey Pivovarov in June 2021, three months after Cellebrite said it would stop selling its tools and services to Russia and Belarus.
The finding, published June 25 by the Citizen Lab, rests on two things that rarely line up: traces on the phone itself and an official Russian
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