China's FamousSparrow APT Spies on US Politics in Latin America

2026-09-17T20:51:32Z•84bec525810dd02bdf08b05eb6abcf4501089e0127e0579dfe8f7dc0da089e27
CVE-2026-85706AI securityAPTChina-nexus activityCiscoClickFixCyclops BlinkGitLabMicrosoftNorth KoreaSandwormScreenConnectSonicWallVectraRATactive exploitationagentic AI attackscredential theftcyber espionagefraudidentity hijackingmalware-as-a-servicepath traversalphishingthreat intelligenceunauthenticated RCEzero-day

What happened

Dark Reading feed covering active exploitation, zero-days, ransomware and espionage campaigns, malware-as-a-service, phishing and fraud, supply-chain vulnerabilities, and emerging AI-enabled attacks. Notable items include a maximum-severity GitLab path traversal flaw (CVE-2026-85706), Sandworm exploitation of Cisco vulnerabilities to deploy Cyclops Blink, SonicWall SMA 1000 unauthenticated remote code execution zero-days, and large-scale Microsoft Patch Tuesday exploitation.

Why it matters

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2026-09-17T20:51:32Z
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