Ransomware Hits Colombian Justice Ministry Days Before Presidential Transition

2026-08-12T14:51:34Z7280b17d52067ade307cc42046287748050b3a0eb4b7587dff3dda697ae19f00
CVE-2026-18577AI-agentsAI-securityFortinetICSIran-linked-threat-actorMetabaseMicrosoft-Patch-TuesdayN-ableOTRMMScreenConnectTP-Linkcritical-infrastructuredata-exposuredeepfakes-and-frauddevice-code-phishinggovernmentidentity-and-access-managementphishingprompt-injectionransomwaresandbox-escapetelecommunicationsvishingwater-utilities

What happened

Dark Reading roundup covering ransomware and cyberattacks against government, telecommunications, water utilities, and other critical infrastructure; exploitation of Fortinet, N-able, Metabase, TP-Link, Google, and Microsoft vulnerabilities; AI-agent and AI-browser prompt-injection or sandbox-escape risks; phishing, vishing, identity abuse, RMM compromise, data exposure, and cybercrime trends. Several items describe active exploitation or potentially severe compromise paths, including MFA bypass and administrator access, but most entries are topical reporting or guidance rather than a single-­

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