⚡ Weekly Recap: VMware Exploits, Windows 0-Day, MCP Attacks, Browser Hijacks and More

The expensive attacks are not always the clever ones. This week had plenty of proof. Exposed services got hit, old bugs found fresh use, browser sessions became attack paths, and supply-chain problems kept spreading farther than the original compromise. A lot of it came down to access that was...

Suspected China-Nexus Actor Exploits VMware vCenter Flaw, Deploys Babuk-Derived Ransomware

Cybersecurity researchers have attributed the exploitation of a newly patched security flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter to a suspected China-nexus advanced persistent threat APT. The attacks involve the exploitation of CVE-2026-59310 CVSS score: 9.8, a severe directory-traversal vulnerability in t...

Attackers Exploit VMware vCenter Vulnerability to Gain Persistent Remote Access

Threat actors have begun to actively exploit a recently patched critical security flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter, according to new findings from QUIRSO. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-59310 CVSS score: 9.8, a directory-traversal vulnerability in the VMware vCenter server that a...

PT-2026-65829

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware ESX affected versions not specified Description An out-of-bounds write issue exists in the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. A malicious actor with local administrative privileges on a virtual machine using the VMXNET3 adapter can exploi...

PT-2026-65827

VMware ESX, Workstation, and Fusion contain an out-of-bounds read vulnerability. A malicious actor with VM deployment privileges could trigger an out-of-bounds read, potentially leading to information disclosure or more likely a Denial-of-Service DoS condition of the host process. On Workstation...

PT-2026-65832

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions VMware vCenter affected versions not specified Description An authentication bypass exists in the VMware Directory Service. A malicious actor with network access to vCenter can exploit this flaw to bypass authentication mechanisms and gain...