Cisco Patches 9.8 CVSS IMC and SSM Flaws Allowing Remote System Compromise

2026-04-02T19:24:10Zf3a544e25c2875c4329a1e2f0dbf63d8389bb31cf37348e06f2e3226c08d4694
AnthropicAxiosCVE-2026-20093CVE-2026-3502CVE-2026-5281ChatGPTDarkSwordRATUNC1069VBSVertex-AIWhatsAppcredential-theftcritical-vulnerabilitycryptominingdata-exfiltrationiOSnpmphishingremote-access-trojanspywaresupply-chainzero-day

What happened

The feed reports multiple high-impact security incidents and active attacks: Cisco patched a critical IMC authentication‑bypass (CVE-2026-20093, CVSS 9.8); Google pushed a Chrome update to fix an actively exploited Dawn/WebGPU zero-day (CVE-2026-5281); and TrueConf’s zero-day (CVE-2026-3502) was observed in targeted attacks. A significant npm supply‑chain compromise of Axios (malicious dependency introduced in versions 1.14.1 and 0.30.4) has been attributed to UNC1069 and delivers a cross‑platform RAT. Multiple malware and phishing campaigns are active — REF1695 (ISO lures → RATs & crypto‑mine

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