StreamRat Android malware spreads through Meta and TikTok ads
Social media ads for a free streaming service exposed roughly 570,000 people to StreamRat, a banking Trojan that can take control of infected phones.
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Attackers Actively Exploiting Critical Vulnerability in Elementor Pro Plugin
On August 19th, 2026, we publicly disclosed a critical Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Elementor Pro, a WordPress plugin with more than 6,000,000 active installations. This vuln
FBI raises alarm over deceptive phishing campaign targeting prominent people
The ongoing social engineering threat, which dates back to late 2025, tricks victims into granting threat actors long-term access to their accounts. The post FBI raises alarm over deceptive phishing c
Wordfence Argus Finds Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability in Gravity Forms
On August 9th, 2026, Wordfence Argus, created by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, discovered an Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in Gravity Forms, a WordPress plugin estimated to have more t
5 Million WordPress Sites Affected by SQL Injection Vulnerability in All-in-One WP Migration and Backup WordPress Plugin
On August 14th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Second-Order SQL Injection vulnerability in All-in-One WP Migration and Backup, a WordPress plugin with more than 5 million active
Guildma (Astaroth) malware infection from Brazilian Portuguese email
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McKesson confirms cyber incident after ShinyHunters claims patient-data theft
Healthcare company McKesson acknowledged a data breach. ShinyHunters claims to have stolen hundred of millions of records
ATF confirms cyberattack hit system containing info on its investigation targets
The prolific ransomware group Qilin claimed responsibility for the attack. ATF insists the incident was limited to a standalone system and hasn’t impacted critical operations. The post ATF confirms cy
Some Malicious PE Stats
During my last FOR610 session, a student asked me if I had some statistics in mind about the compilers used to generate malicious PE files? A couple of months ago, I shared some stats about the t
Unit 42 warns AI has shifted balance of power from defenders to attackers
Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team said the early waves of threats riding on agentic AI models have broken in the wild, and organizations are unprepared for what’s coming next. The post Unit
Wordfence Argus Finds Critical Authentication Bypass in WPMU DEV Dashboard Plugin
On August 19th, 2026, during internal research, I discovered an Authentication Bypass vulnerability in WPMU DEV Dashboard, a WordPress plugin with an estimated 350,000 active installations. This vulne
Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (August 17, 2026 to August 23, 2026)
Last week, there were 240 vulnerabilities disclosed in 184 WordPress Plugins and 17 WordPress Themes that have been added to the Wordfence Intelligence Vulnerability Database, and there were 105 Vulne
Threat landscape for industrial automation systems. Q2 2026
The report contains statistics on industrial threats for Q2 2026, including ransomware, miners, spyware and other threats that were detected and blocked on industrial control systems.
Update Chrome before you browse again
Chrome’s latest update fixes 327 security vulnerabilities, including some that malicious websites could exploit as soon as you visit them.
VMs won't contain cyber-capable agents
As part of Patch the Planet, we received preview access to GPT 5.6-Cyber with a simple task: evaluate its cyber capabilities. Recent events inspired me to give it a challenge to work through: escape t
Beware of fake Indeed interview apps used to install spyware
Scammers are posing as employers on Indeed to trick job seekers into installing fake Android interview apps that deliver malware.
Wordfence Argus Finds Complex 6 Step Critical RCE in Avada Theme with 1 Million Sales
A year ago we wrote that we'd put AI to work across the whole company, turning everyone on the team into a capable AI operator so our defenders could stay ahead of the threat actors attacking the site
400,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Account Takeover Vulnerability in TranslatePress WordPress Plugin
On August 11th, 2026, we received a submission for an Unauthenticated Account Takeover vulnerability in TranslatePress, a WordPress plugin with more than 400,000 active installations. This vulnerabili
Obfuscating IP Addresses as Hostnames
It is pretty obvious that hostnames can replace IP addresses. Pretty much any software accepting an IP address will also accept a hostname as an argument. Last week, I wrote about scans for the cloud
Inside a Syrian Interrogation Room: The Detainee Files an Infostealer Stole From a Military Police Unit
A single malware infection on one senior officer’s computer exposed the active caseload of a Syrian National Army military police unit The post Inside a Syrian Interrogation Room: The Detainee Files a