Trending Topics This Week in Threat Intelligence: When Trust Becomes the Attack Surface This week's roundup covers five stories with a common thread:
Trending Topics Trending Topics RansomHouse Claims Trellix Source Code Breach, Raising New Supply Chain Concerns Trellix
PAN-OS Trending Topics PAN-OS zero-day CVE-2026-0300 exposes firewalls to root takeover. MuddyWater abuses Microsoft Teams for espionage. Instructure Canvas breach exposes student data. Calendar invite phishing rises. OceanLotus (APT32) delivers ZiChatBot via PyPI.
CVE-2026-31431 Trending Topics TRENDING TOPICS MAY 01, 2026 Copy Fail Vulnerability Turns Any Local Linux
NGINX Trending Topics NGINX MP4 module flaw (CVE-2026-32647) enables remote code execution. Pay2Key ransomware expands to Linux, hitting VMware ESXi and cloud infra. Nasir Security inflates claimed Gulf energy breaches; real intrusions hit third-party vendors.
npm Packages Trending Topics npm package ambar-src infects 50,000+ hosts across Windows, Linux, macOS. Fake Next.js repos backdoor developer workflows. NCryptYo, DOMOAuth2, IRAOAuth2.0, and SimpleWriter hijack ASP.NET authorization. SafePay ransomware breach at Conduent exposes 25M+ records.
RU-APT-ChainReaver-L Trending Topics Critical Severity 5 CVEs CVE-2026-21522 Microsoft ACI Confidential Containers Elevation
ShinyHunters Trending Topics ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider intrusions show identity is now the top SaaS attack vector. State-backed actors compromised Notepad++'s update servers. ShadowHS delivers fileless Linux post-exploitation. Arsink Android RAT impersonates 50+ consumer brands.
DPRK Trending Topics Lazarus Group's "Fake Font" campaign abuses VS Code tasks to deploy InvisibleFerret via fake coding interviews. Stanley MaaS guarantees Chrome Web Store approval for phishing extensions. Amatera Stealer spreads via fake CAPTCHA and App-V LOLBIN abuse.
Reprompt Trending Topics CVE-2026-20822 Critical Windows Graphics Component PRIVILEGE ESCALATION Windows Graphics Component
npm Packages Trending Topics TRENDING TOPICS JAN 08, 2026 Update: Malicious NPM Packages Spreading NodeCordRAT via