Crypto Clipper Campaign Abuses Fake Reviews, AI Narrators, and VirusTotal Comments
2026-06-17T19:24:11Z•11000d6ff19b0a2c4dd9547d11a1f3024f984afacc646e74697bb9fa66bd58e6
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What happened
This collection of The Hacker News stories (June 15–17, 2026) details multiple active campaigns, supply‑chain compromises, and high‑impact vulnerabilities. Notable highlights: CISA added a maximum‑severity Joomla JCE flaw (CVE‑2026‑48907, CVSS 10.0) with evidence of active exploitation; Microsoft disclosed a Defender elevation‑of‑privilege zero‑day (RoguePlanet, CVE‑2026‑50656) with a patch in development; multiple Fortinet FortiSandbox flaws (CVE‑2026‑39813, CVE‑2026‑39808, CVE‑2026‑25089) are being exploited; Cisco released fixes for an actively exploited SD‑WAN Manager bug (CVE‑2026‑20262);
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- 2026-06-17T19:24:11Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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