Storm-1175 Deploys Medusa Ransomware at 'High Velocity'
2026-04-07T20:51:43Z•5d8aada164ab9578a4702e16227ae5b503159a694220d74c2a13ab106aa29386
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What happened
A cluster of active, high-impact threats and security developments: Storm-1175/Medusa ransomware campaigns are exploiting N-day and zero-day bugs with rapid 'high velocity' tactics; Fortinet released an emergency FortiClient patch for an in-the-wild authentication bypass (CVE-2026-35616); an F5 BIG-IP flaw was reclassified as an RCE under active exploitation (CVE-2025-53521). Attackers are increasingly leveraging AI — for automated supply-chain targeting (GitHub/PRT-scan), AI-generated malware (DeepLoad), and novel exfiltration techniques (Grafana AI prompt leakage, automated credential-harves
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- darkreading
- Record identifier
- 5d8aada164ab9578a4702e16227ae5b503159a694220d74c2a13ab106aa29386
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-07T20:51:43Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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