penetration-testing-engagement

Internal Network Penetration Test Overview Conducted a ful...

Storm-1175 focuses gaze on vulnerable web-facing assets in high-tempo Medusa ransomware operations

In this article 1. Storm-1175’s rapid attack chain: From initial access to impact 2. Mitigation and protection guidance 3. Microsoft Defender detections 4. Indicators of compromise The financially motivated cybercriminal actor tracked by Microsoft Threat Intelligence as Storm-1175 operates...

A Systematic Security Evaluation of OpenClaw and Its Variants

Tool-augmented AI agents substantially extend the practical capabilities of large language models, but they also introduce security risks that cannot be identified through model-only evaluation. In this paper, we present a systematic security assessment of six representative OpenClaw-series agent...

[Video] The TTP Ep 21: When Attackers Become Trusted Users

!\Video\ The TTP Ep 21: When Attackers Become Trusted Usershttps://storage.ghost.io/c/af/a0/afa04ee3-414f-4481-8d23-7e7c146f192e/content/images/2026/04/YiR2025cover2x1.jpg In this episode of the Talos Threat Perspective, we explore how identity is being used to gain, extend, and maintain access...

3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)

For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next. Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate...

The vulnerability of the zlib_compress_folios() function in the fs/btrfs/zlib.c module of the Btrfs file system support in the Linux kernel allows a hacker to cause a service failure.

The vulnerability of the zlibcompressfolios function in the fs/btrfs/zlib.c module of the Btrfs file system support in Linux kernel affects the handling of operations that involve moving data out of the buffer. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker to cause a service failure...

Kernel Observability for Data Movement

Kernel-level visibility reveals hidden data movement in breaches, exposing gaps in modern security tools and improving detection, compliance, and system behavior tracking...

EUVD-2026-17084

A vulnerability of authorization bypass through user-controlled key in the 'console-survey/api/v1/answer/EVENTID/TIMESTAMP/' endpoint. Exploiting this vulnerability would allow an unauthenticated attacker to enumerate event IDs and obtain the complete Q&A history. This publicly exposed data may...

CVE-2026-3321

A vulnerability of authorization bypass through user-controlled key in the 'console-survey/api/v1/answer/EVENTID/TIMESTAMP/' endpoint. Exploiting this vulnerability would allow an unauthenticated attacker to enumerate event IDs and obtain the complete Q&A history. This publicly exposed data may...

SUSE CVE-2026-24516

A command injection vulnerability exists in DigitalOcean Droplet Agent through 1.3.2. The troubleshooting actioner component internal/troubleshooting/actioner/actioner.go processes metadata from the metadata service endpoint and executes commands specified in the TroubleshootingAgent.Requesting...

SUSE CVE-2026-32720

The CTFer.io Monitoring component is in charge of the collection, process and storage of various signals i.e. logs, metrics and distributed traces. Prior to 0.2.1, due to a mis-written NetworkPolicy, a malicious actor can pivot from a component to any other namespace. This breaks the...

SUSE CVE-2026-32768

Chall-Manager is a platform-agnostic system able to start Challenges on Demand of a player. In versions prior to 0.6.5, due to a miswritten NetworkPolicy, a malicious actor can pivot from an instance to any Pod out of the origin namespace. This breaks the security-by-default property expected as...

SUSE CVE-2026-32769

Fullchain is an umbrella project for deploying a ready-to-use CTF platform. In versions prior to 0.1.1, due to a mis-written NetworkPolicy, a malicious actor can pivot from a subverted application to any Pod out of the origin namespace. The flawed inter-ns NetworkPolicy breaks the...

CVE-2026-32769

Fullchain is an umbrella project for deploying a ready-to-use CTF platform. In versions prior to 0.1.1, due to a mis-written NetworkPolicy, a malicious actor can pivot from a subverted application to any Pod out of the origin namespace. The flawed inter-ns NetworkPolicy breaks the...

CVE-2026-32768

Chall-Manager is a platform-agnostic system able to start Challenges on Demand of a player. In versions prior to 0.6.5, due to a miswritten NetworkPolicy, a malicious actor can pivot from an instance to any Pod out of the origin namespace. This breaks the security-by-default property expected as...

CVE-2026-32737

Romeo gives the capability to reach high code coverage of Go ≥1.20 apps by helping to measure code coverage for functional and integration tests within GitHub Actions. Prior to version 0.2.1, due to a mis-written NetworkPolicy, a malicious actor can pivot from the "hardened" namespace to any Pod...

The Kill Chain Is Obsolete When Your AI Agent Is the Threat

In September 2025, Anthropic disclosed that a state-sponsored threat actor used an AI coding agent to execute an autonomous cyber espionage campaign against 30 global targets. The AI handled 80-90% of tactical operations on its own, performing reconnaissance, writing exploit code, and attempting...

CVE-2026-28881

A privacy issue was addressed by moving sensitive data. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.4. An app may be able to access sensitive user data...

TeamPCP Backdoors LiteLLM Versions 1.82.7–1.82.8 via Trivy CI/CD Compromise

TeamPCP, the threat actor behind the recent compromises of Trivy and KICS, has now compromised a popular Python package named litellm, pushing two malicious versions containing a credential harvester, a Kubernetes lateral movement toolkit, and a persistent backdoor. Multiple security vendors,...

Tax Search Ads Deliver ScreenConnect Malware Using Huawei Driver to Disable EDR

A large-scale malvertising campaign active since January 2026 has been observed targeting U.S.-based individuals searching for tax-related documents to serve rogue installers for ConnectWise ScreenConnect that drop a tool named HwAudKiller to blind security programs using the bring your own...