Briefing — 26 October 2026
PHP2Shell critical RCE, Mirai botnet joins attacks, Broccoli2Shell, Lazarus Operation FlashHole, PAYLOAD ransomware via AD GPO.…
PHP2Shell critical RCE, Mirai botnet joins attacks, Broccoli2Shell, Lazarus Operation FlashHole, PAYLOAD ransomware via AD GPO.…
BlackX UEFI bootkit, autonomous AI attack agents, ransomware at scale, and the NCSC on agentic AI safeguards.…
BlackX UEFI bootkit bypasses Secure Boot; AI attack agent operates in Skynet mode; Tailscale vulnerabilities; Castle Howard Estate hit by Qilin. 22 ransomware victims across 8 groups.…
PHP2Shell third bug (no patch), OpenAI monitoring failure exposed, Quest Diagnostics patient data breach, Ukraine drones hit Russian data centres, Arista VCO and Collabora CISA KEV deadlines. 60 ransomware victims across 21 groups.…
56 ransomware victims including PwC UK (Everest) and Kirkland & Ellis (SilentRansomGroup). PHP2Shell exploitation began 4 days pre-patch; 32 UK gov services offline. Storm-0940/ARTEX hit 2,250 M365 tenants. GitLab max-severity RCE, Arista VCO zero-day actively exploited, 333 Tor exit nodes hijacked.…
PHP2Shell critical RCE (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619) — emergency patches released, exploitation active. Plus: LiteLLM supply chain attack, Storm-0940 AI campaign, 50 ransomware victims, Signal mic bug.…
17 ransomware victims. Booba Project targets 3 US healthcare providers and 2 city governments. UK hit: Aveva (Mimori). PHP emergency patches imminent. AOMEI supply chain backdoor. eMudhra CA compromise (60M+ certs). SafePay joint advisory: 600+ victims.…
42 ransomware victims across 14 groups. N0n and Qilin most active. Healthcare and CNI hits include Hotel DuPont, Kingwood Endoscopy, Dental Team FL, and Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad. Albert Heijn and Bullhorn cyberattacks. New HIBP breach: Assurance Retraite, France.…