Sandworm-Linked UAC-0145 Uses Fake Job Interviews to Push VPN That Can Run Commands

2026-08-11T19:23:59Z390052c5accbc42e8391d9f4c7bf36219d07a3eb714dfa5648bfaa7d5bd8eaeb
CVE-2026-55040AI-securityAPT44China-linked-threat-actorKimsukyMCPNorth KoreaSandwormUAC-0145WordPressactive-exploitationcredential-theftcritical-infrastructureindustrial-control-systemsinformation-stealingmalwarenation-statepasskeysphishingprompt-injectionransomwaresocial-engineeringsupply-chain-attackthreat-intelligencewebmail-securityzero-day

What happened

The feed highlights active and emerging cybersecurity threats, including nation-state social engineering, ransomware, supply-chain compromises, zero-day exploitation, credential theft, AI-agent abuse, industrial control system attacks, and vulnerabilities affecting widely deployed enterprise products. Several reports describe exploitation in the wild or high-impact outcomes such as unauthenticated administrative access, remote code execution, network intrusion, and disruption of critical infrastructure.

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