Iran’s Prince of Persia APT Hosts C&C in US for First Time Since 2016
2026-10-23T07:24:00Z•5611c8d09783ef0da6d19e18473fcd4364e72217e02e16c095b1a811e4bb3324
APTCiscoIranOraclePHP2ShellPrince of PersiaRingRTCSignalSolarWindsSplunkTornadoXSSactive exploitationauthentication bypasscommand-and-controldenial of serviceprivilege escalationremote code executionsecurity patchesshared hosting
What happened
SecurityWeek RSS digest covering Iranian Prince of Persia APT command-and-control infrastructure, a Signal RingRTC denial-of-service vulnerability, active exploitation of PHP2Shell vulnerabilities, and broad vendor security updates from Cisco, Oracle, Splunk, and SolarWinds. The most urgent themes are active exploitation and critical remote code execution, authentication bypass, privilege escalation, and information disclosure risks.
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