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Hunt Zimbra CVE-2026-73570: the trap in the mailroom
CVE-2026-73570 turns a crafted SMTP message into command execution on a Zimbra mail server, through the optional zimbra-snmp notification path. CVSS 8.9, on CISA KEV, and Shadowserver counts 270-plus compromised instances. The fix landed three weeks before disclosure, so start your lookback at the patch date.
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Hunt Star Blizzard RedFlick: the tasks that fetched CosmicPulse
Star Blizzard's RedFlick chain needs one click, then runs entirely on binaries that ship with Windows: conhost.exe, ssh.exe, control.exe, curl. It ends in three scheduled tasks named like maintenance. Over 100 organisations hit. Four hunts in Defender KQL, Falcon CQL, Splunk and Kibana.
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Hunt NetScaler CVE-2026-88771 and 88772: authority before sign-in
Citrix CTX697096 names two exploited NetScaler zero-days at CVSS 9.5. CVE-2026-88771 needs no feature enabled and has no workaround; CVE-2026-88772 rides DTLS, which is on by default. Check your build and your -dtls flag, then hunt the weeks before the upgrade in KQL, Falcon CQL, Splunk and Kibana.
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Hunt Mini Shai-Hulud Actions: mutable tags that woke back up
GitHub disabled two compromised actions-cool Actions in May but never cleaned their release tags. When the repos came back on 16 September, every workflow still pinned to a mutable tag resumed stealing CI secrets on its own. Here is how to hunt the reopen window in KQL, Falcon CQL, Splunk and Kibana.
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F5 BIG-IP APM CVE-2026-94127: hunt the OAuth server that took unauth traffic
CVE-2026-94127 turns unauthenticated traffic to an F5 BIG-IP APM OAuth Authorization Server VIP into remote code execution. CVSS 9.8, exploited, on CISA KEV with a forensic triage requirement. Here is the vendor hunt triad in KQL, Falcon CQL, Splunk and Kibana.
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Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator CVE-2026-93952: hunt the SD-WAN brain that answered without a login
CVE-2026-93952 lets an unauthenticated caller reach privileged VeloCloud Orchestrator internals when certificate-based Edge auth is on. CVSS 10.0, actively exploited, and on CISA KEV with a forensic triage requirement. Here is how to hunt it in KQL, Falcon CQL, Splunk and Kibana.
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Plugin4Shell: when the pin lies about the plugin
SHA pinning was supposed to freeze a reviewed plugin at one commit. Four major AI coding agents check out the pinned hash without verifying what landed. What Plugin4Shell allows, which agents are patched, and how to hunt it on developer endpoints.
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Hunt the JWT that should have been rejected
WSO2 fixed CVE-2026-5430 in May. In September, honeypots started catching forged admin JWTs. What the flaw allows, why patching does not end the question, and how to hunt the gap in KQL, Falcon CQL, Splunk and Kibana.
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Hunt the Check Point root that arrived before login
A pre-authentication stack overflow in Check Point's login path gives an unauthenticated attacker root on Security Management Server, Multi-Domain, and Log Server. What it means for policy and log trust, how to patch, and hunt queries you can run today.
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Hunt the commits POST that reads the GitLab box
Hunt GitLab CVE-2026-85706: unauth commits API path traversal. POST /repository/commits with file.path. watchTowr ITW Sep 11. CISA KEV due Sep 14.
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Understanding Clickjacking Vulnerabilities in Password Managers
In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, a new zero-day vulnerability has emerged that targets popular password managers through a sophisticated form of clickjacking. Disclosed on August 20, 2025, this DOM-based extension clickjacking exploit allows attackers to deceive users into autofilling sensitive credentials—such as usernames, passwords, two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and even credit card details—into hidden fields on malicious websites. As a lea
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How Hackers Bypass MFA in Microsoft 365 — and How to Detect and Stop Them
Learn how hackers use Microsoft 365 MFA bypass to gain access, add persistence, and exfiltrate data. Detect attacks with KQL queries and stop them fast.
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Microsoft 365 Direct Send Phishing: How Internal-Looking Emails Bypass Defenses
Direct Send lets any device relay mail through your tenant's smart host with no credentials. Attackers use it to deliver phishing that looks internal and slips past third-party filters. How the abuse works, and the tenant settings that shut it down.
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Understanding NightEagle: An In-Depth Analysis of APT-Q-95
At Inception Security, our mission is to equip organizations with the knowledge and tools to combat advanced cyber threats. As experts in threat intelligence and incident response, we've conducted extensive research into numerous APT campaigns. This includes uncovering the NightEagle group—also tracked as APT-Q-95—for its precision and sophistication. Through our proprietary analysis and forensic investigations, we've determined that this North American-aligned APT has been l
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What is Qbot / Qakbot
QBot, also known as Qakbot or pinkslipbot, is an information stealer that has been active since 2007. It is malware software that can monitor the browser's activities and lots of information on the victim's computer. It is also known as a banking trojan capable of stealing finance-related data from the infected device and loader by using c2 servers to target payload and downloads. Other important information that QBot can steal from a system are: Name of the account City Coun
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