Financial cyberthreats in 2025 and the outlook for 2026

In 2025, the financial cyberthreat landscape continued to evolve. While traditional PC banking malware declined in relative prevalence, this shift was offset by the rapid growth of credential theft by infostealers. Attackers increasingly relied on aggregation and reuse of stolen data, rather than...

Malicious code in @fairwords/encryption (npm)

The @fairwords/encryption package was compromised as part of the TeamPCP/CanisterWorm campaign. A postinstall hook executes node scripts/check-env.js || true which performs multi-stage credential harvesting, encrypted exfiltration, and self-propagation. The payload harvests 40+ environment variab...

MAL-2026-2506 Malicious code in @fairwords/encryption (npm)

The @fairwords/encryption package was compromised as part of the TeamPCP/CanisterWorm campaign. A postinstall hook executes node scripts/check-env.js || true which performs multi-stage credential harvesting, encrypted exfiltration, and self-propagation. The payload harvests 40+ environment variab...

Malicious code in @fairwords/loopback-connector-es (npm)

The @fairwords/loopback-connector-es package was compromised as part of the TeamPCP/CanisterWorm campaign. A postinstall hook executes node scripts/check-env.js || true which performs multi-stage credential harvesting, encrypted exfiltration, and self-propagation. The payload harvests 40+...

MAL-2026-2507 Malicious code in @fairwords/loopback-connector-es (npm)

The @fairwords/loopback-connector-es package was compromised as part of the TeamPCP/CanisterWorm campaign. A postinstall hook executes node scripts/check-env.js || true which performs multi-stage credential harvesting, encrypted exfiltration, and self-propagation. The payload harvests 40+...

MAL-2026-2508 Malicious code in @fairwords/websocket (npm)

The @fairwords/websocket package was compromised as part of the TeamPCP/CanisterWorm campaign. A postinstall hook executes node scripts/check-env.js || true which performs multi-stage credential harvesting, encrypted exfiltration, and self-propagation. The payload harvests 40+ environment variabl...

Malicious code in @fairwords/websocket (npm)

The @fairwords/websocket package was compromised as part of the TeamPCP/CanisterWorm campaign. A postinstall hook executes node scripts/check-env.js || true which performs multi-stage credential harvesting, encrypted exfiltration, and self-propagation. The payload harvests 40+ environment variabl...

PT-2026-31395

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SonicWall SMA1000 series appliances affected versions not specified Description A remote attacker can enumerate SSL VPN user credentials due to an observable response discrepancy. Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a...

OpenClaw has an unspecified vulnerability (CNVD-2026-16691)

OpenClaw is an intelligent artificial assistant open-sourced by OpenClaw. OpenClaw suffers from a security vulnerability that stems from the direct embedding of long-term shared gateway credentials in the pairing setup code, which can be exploited by an attacker to recover and reuse credentials v...

PT-2026-31394

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SonicWall SMA1000 series appliances Description An SQL injection flaw exists in SonicWall SMA1000 series appliances. A remote authenticated attacker with read-only administrator privileges can escalate privileges to primary administrator. The...

PT-2026-31397

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SonicWall SMA1000 series appliances affected versions not specified Description Improper handling of Unicode encoding in SonicWall SMA1000 series appliances allows a remote authenticated SSLVPN user to bypass Workplace/Connect Tunnel TOTP...

CVE-2026-35022

Anthropic Claude Code CLI and Claude Agent SDK contain an OS command injection vulnerability in authentication helper execution where helper configuration values are executed using shell=true without input validation. Attackers who can influence authentication settings can inject shell...

CVE-2026-5665

A security vulnerability has been detected in code-projects Online FIR System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /Login/checklogin.php of the component Login. The manipulation of the argument email/password leads to sql injection. The attack is possible to...

CVE-2026-33403

Pi-hole Admin Interface is a web interface for managing Pi-hole, a network-level ad and internet tracker blocking application. From 6.0 to before 6.5, a reflected DOM-based XSS vulnerability in taillog.js allows an unauthenticated attacker to inject arbitrary HTML into the Pi-hole admin interface...

CVE-2026-33510

Homarr is an open-source dashboard. Prior to 1.57.0, a DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting XSS vulnerability has been discovered in Homarr's /auth/login page. The application improperly trusts a URL parameter callbackUrl, which is passed to redirect and router.push. An attacker can craft a malicious...

Russian State-Linked APT28 Exploits SOHO Routers in Global DNS Hijacking Campaign

The Russia-linked threat actor known as APT28 aka Forest Blizzard has been linked to a new campaign that has compromised insecure MikroTik and TP-Link routers and modified their settings to turn them into malicious infrastructure under their control as part of a cyber espionage campaign since at...

[Webinar] How to Close Identity Gaps in 2026 Before AI Exploits Enterprise Risk

In the rapid evolution of the 2026 threat landscape, a frustrating paradox has emerged for CISOs and security leaders: Identity programs are maturing, yet the risk is actually increasing. According to new research from the Ponemon Institute , hundreds of applications within the typical enterprise...

EUVD-2026-19697

An issue that could allow an authorized user to view the clear-text secrets for a subset of credential types and fields has been resolved. This is an instance of CWE-522: Insufficiently Protected Credentials, and has an estimated CVSS score of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N 5.3...

EUVD-2026-19636

An issue that could allow a user with access to a credential to view sensitive fields through an API response has been resolved. This is an instance of CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor, and has an estimated CVSS score of...

EUVD-2026-19703

An issue that could allow a credential to be updated and used for a task from outside of the authorized organization scope has been resolved. This is an instance of CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization, and has an estimated CVSS score of CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N 5.8 Medium. This...