SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 97
2026-05-17T20:51:43Z•7ee8905b9cbaaca241489a00b46021e7564cbf5502644bedf9c3b04a2387283c
APTCISACVE-2026-41940CVE-2026-42897FrostyNeighborGhostwriterJDownloaderKazuarOpenAIPwn2OwnPython RATTanStackTrickMoTurlaWordPressbackdoore-skimmerexchangefunnel-builderknown-exploited-vulnerabilitiessupply-chainzero-day
What happened
Security Affairs roundup (May 2026) reporting multiple active threats and research: Microsoft Exchange zero-day CVE-2026-42897 (CVSS 8.1) is being actively exploited and was added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog; threat actor Mr_Rot13 is exploiting CVE-2026-41940 for backdoor deployment; a critical WordPress Funnel Builder bug is actively used to inject e-skimmers into WooCommerce checkout pages; a TanStack supply-chain incident impacted OpenAI employee devices and exposed repository credentials; Russia-linked Turla evolved Kazuar into a stealthy P2P botnet for long-term back
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