Researchers Uncover Pre-Stuxnet ‘fast16’ Malware Targeting Engineering Software

This digest from The Hacker News aggregates multiple high-impact security developments: researchers uncovered a pre‑Stuxnet Lua sabotage framework (‘fast16’) targeting engineering software; CISA added four actively exploited flaws (including CVE-2024-57726) to its KEV list with a federal deadline; a persistent FIRESTARTER backdoor compromised a federal Cisco Firepower ASA device; multiple supply‑chain compromises were reported (Bitwarden CLI, Checkmarx/KICS Docker images, malicious npm worm); several high‑severity vulnerabilities were disclosed and/or actively exploited (LMDeploy CVE-2026-3362