Print management outfit PaperCut is under 0-day attack, and it’s drawing customers’ blood
2026-08-28T07:23:52Z•792923d16ff763dfb16e61fa4d435e262153a3c97d231a7cd4b31088d28e90e8
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What happened
A security news feed covering active exploitation, ransomware, supply-chain compromise, data breaches, critical-infrastructure attacks, phishing, malware, and emerging AI-related threats reported between August 19 and 28, 2026. The most urgent item concerns PaperCut print-management servers being targeted in a zero-day attack with only an unofficial emergency patch or server isolation available. Other high-impact reports include attacks affecting government, healthcare, airports, utilities, financial institutions, software dependencies, and millions of individuals. No specific CVE identifiers
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