Attackers Hijack .gh, .sl, and .as Registries to Obtain Certificates for Google Domains

2026-10-07T19:23:59Z•c3c5862f03c8d77369b5bd773ae22aaedbdcc895edfacf43d5200a0354c2e274
CVE-2026-21589CVE-2026-96940AI-securityAtlassianClickFixFortiBleedFortinetLLM-infrastructureLMCacheMFA-theftMicrosoft-ExchangeRATSonicWallactive-exploitationarbitrary-file-accessbotnetcredential-theftcritical-severitycryptomininginformation-stealermalwarenpm-supply-chainphishingprivilege-escalationremote-code-executionunauthenticated-accessvulnerability

What happened

Security news roundup covering active exploitation of critical vulnerabilities, malware and botnet campaigns, credential theft, phishing, supply-chain attacks, and risks to AI/LLM infrastructure. Notable items include the actively exploited Atlassian Data Center flaw CVE-2026-21589, Microsoft Exchange privilege escalation CVE-2026-96940, an unpatched unauthenticated LMCache remote-code-execution issue, FortiBleed credential harvesting, malicious npm packages delivering Overlord RAT and stealers, and attacks against exposed AI servers.

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

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the_hacker_news
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c3c5862f03c8d77369b5bd773ae22aaedbdcc895edfacf43d5200a0354c2e274
Enrichment time
2026-10-07T19:23:59Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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