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CVE-2026-111357CVE-2026-118527AI-assisted attackCISA KEVDNS hijackingIvanti Connect SecureNorth KoreaVPN securityactive exploitationcryptocurrency theftdata breachincident responsemalicious extensionsupply chain attackzero-day

What happened

SecurityWeek roundup covering major cybersecurity incidents and developments, including breaches affecting millions, a malicious AI coding extension used in a supply-chain attack, an AI-driven intrusion, DNS hijacking, North Korean cryptocurrency theft, and two Ivanti Connect Secure zero-days exploited in the wild and added to CISA’s KEV catalog. The Ivanti vulnerabilities represent the most urgent operational risk due to active exploitation of internet-facing VPN appliances.

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