China-linked Fire Ant Hides Inside Trusted Infrastructure

2026-08-31T14:51:37Z70f428f347a460374aaabe1fed08cf1c5e4ea89edd8cd025b746dd2de9d1e051
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What happened

Security Affairs RSS roundup covering suspected China-linked cyber espionage against trusted infrastructure and Philippine strategic targets, active exploitation of PaperCut and a critical GiveWP WordPress flaw enabling unauthenticated command execution, infostealer theft of Claude sessions, an alleged Manchester Airports Group data breach, ransomware activity by Rhysida, and vulnerabilities in Unitree G1 robots.

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2026-08-31T14:51:37Z
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