Amazon says PHP2Shell exploitation began 4 days before patches

2026-10-22T13:23:23Z•a15991791ec986d3bfe0405ef6548bbbda1bdf6a982c66cfe701e0fec4b74f61
CVE-2026-109618CVE-2026-109619CISAClickFixGitLabLazarusNorth KoreaPHP2ShellPlex2ShellSafePayWordPressactive exploitationcertificate authority compromisecritical infrastructurecybercrimedata breachmalware deliveryransomwareremote code executionsocial engineeringsupply chain compromisevulnerability patching

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A BleepingComputer security news feed covering active exploitation of critical PHP2Shell and Plex2Shell vulnerabilities, a maximum-severity GitLab code execution flaw, large-scale ransomware and cybercrime operations, ClickFix social engineering, infrastructure compromise, supply-chain and certificate authority incidents, and emerging threat actor techniques. The most urgent items involve internet-facing remote code execution vulnerabilities exploited before or shortly after patch release, including PHP CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619.

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