Newly Discovered PowMix Botnet Hits Czech Workers Using Randomized C2 Traffic
2026-04-17T01:24:10Z•768f1d2859715a3a83233fdbedd95b9aaae843cb225331860bcad55aace7dec2
CISA-KEVPowMixRATRCEactive-exploitationad-fraudauthentication-bypassbotnetcommand-and-controlmalicious-extensionsn8npatchesphishingrandomized-beaconingsupply-chain
What happened
A broad set of active threats and high-severity vulnerabilities were reported, including a newly discovered PowMix botnet targeting Czech workers that uses randomized C2 beaconing, multiple actively exploited remote code execution and authentication‑bypass flaws, and large-scale malware/phishing campaigns. Notable disclosed CVEs and advisories include critical/actively exploited flaws in nginx-ui (CVE-2026-33032), Cisco Identity/Webex (CVE-2026-20184), an SAP SQL injection (CVE-2026-27681), PHP Composer command‑execution issues (CVE-2026-40176), ShowDoc RCE (CVE-2025-0520), and a Fortinet Fort
Why it matters
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Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- the_hacker_news
- Record identifier
- 768f1d2859715a3a83233fdbedd95b9aaae843cb225331860bcad55aace7dec2
- Enrichment time
- 2026-04-17T01:24:10Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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