Report Date: 2026-08-24
New KEVs: 7 ▲ +3 vs last weekRansomware Victims: 258 ▲ +33 vs last week
7 vulnerabilities were added to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog this period. Trueconf products show the strongest concentration of risk signals this week. Ransomware activity is moderate with 258 new victims posted to leak sites over the last 7 days, with Qilin posting the most victims.
Patch This Week
The top 3 KEVs to remediate right now, ranked by CISA deadline proximity, ransomware exploitation, and severity. These are confirmed exploited — if you do nothing else today, patch these.
- CVE-2026-33824 – Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions | CVSS 9.8 | EPSS 72.7% / 99th pct
CISA deadline: 2026-08-21 (overdue by 3d) — Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. - CVE-2026-59310 – Broadcom VMware vCenter | CVSS 9.8 | EPSS 45.9% / 99th pct
CISA deadline: 2026-08-21 (overdue by 3d) — Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines. - CVE-2026-65400 – Apple macOS | CVSS 9.8 | EPSS 10.4% / 95th pct
CISA deadline: 2026-08-21 (overdue by 3d) — Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.
Top KEVs
Vulnerabilities confirmed actively exploited in the wild by CISA — ranked by ransomware use, then severity. Patch these before anything else.
New Today
- CVE-2026-21962 – Oracle HTTP Server and Oracle Weblogic Server Proxy Plug-in | CVSS 10.0 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 43.2% / 99th pct | Ransomware Use: No
Still Outstanding
- CVE-2026-33824 – Microsoft Internet Key Exchange (IKE) Service Extensions | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 72.7% / 99th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-59310 – Broadcom VMware vCenter | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 45.9% / 99th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-65400 – Apple macOS | CVSS 9.8 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 10.4% / 95th pct | Ransomware Use: No
- CVE-2026-72530 – TrueConf Server | CVSS 9.5 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.8% / 77th pct | Ransomware Use: No | PoC Available
- CVE-2026-72529 – TrueConf Server | CVSS 9.3 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 1.6% / 73th pct | Ransomware Use: No | PoC Available
- CVE-2026-64849 – MLflow MLflow | CVSS 9.3 (CRITICAL) | AV: Network | EPSS 16.4% / 97th pct | Ransomware Use: No | PoC Available
Security News
Advisories, threat research, and incident reports from 12 sources across government, commercial research, and security journalism — prioritized by source credibility.
- CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · 4 days ago – Johnson Controls Simplex Incident Manager
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker with low privileges to extract user credentials (passwords and authentication tokens) from system memory, potentially leading t… - CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · 6 days ago – Siemens Simcenter Nastran
View CSAF Summary Simcenter Nastran is affected by a stack overflow vulnerability that could be triggered when an application binary reads arbitrary string as a file argument. If a user is tricked to run one of the impac… - CISA ICS AdvisoryAdvisory · 6 days ago – CISA Malcolm
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition or execute arbitrary code. The following versions of CISA Malcolm are affected: Malcolm &l… - SANS ISCResearch · today – DOUBLECUP's PNG Payload, (Mon, Aug 24th)
New malware that uses steganography always gets my attention, but I was disappointed when I looked at the latest DOUBLECUP write-up. It doesn&#;x26;#;39;t use real steganography:
 - SANS ISCResearch · 5 days ago – Simple Scans for Cloud Metadata Service, (Wed, Aug 19th)
Cloud providers typically expose a REST API at 169.254.169.254 that allows code running on virtual machines to retrieve machine-specific data. Some of the data is more or less harmless, such as the region the machine is … - Unit 42Incident · 3 days ago – Connecting the Dots: Securing the Overlooked Corners of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Supply Chain
Attackers are targeting CI/CD pipelines and developer tools instead of application code, requiring total SDLC visibility and strict security controls The post Connecting the Dots: Securing the Overlooked Corners of the S… - Unit 42Research · 4 days ago – Identity Abuse Through Trusted Communication Channels
Unit 42 details how attackers exploit enterprise collaboration tools for identity phishing and credential theft. Discover key defense strategies. The post Identity Abuse Through Trusted Communication Channels appeared fi… - Sophos X-OpsResearch · 5 days ago – Fake AI, real malware: Attackers impersonating AI brands
<p>A year of MDR casework shows attackers repeatedly exploiting demand for AI tools</p> Categories: Threat Research Tags: AI, malvertising, infostealer, Sophos X-Ops - Sophos X-OpsResearch · 7 days ago – 2608-patch-tuesday
<p>421 CVEs, a relatively small set of Edge patches, and two spicy stragglers</p> Categories: Threat Research Tags: Patch Tuesday, MICROSOFT PATCH TUESDAY - The RecordNews · today – Indian man who fled US arrested on charges he helped scammers siphon $7.5 million from the elderly
A Jersey City resident is facing charges for his alleged role as a money mule for overseas cyberscammers who stole millions from elderly New Yorkers. - The RecordNews · today – Hackers infecting Android car systems to build proxy botnet
A new strain of malware is being used to infect Android-based car systems, turning the devices into part of a botnet. - Security Affairs (APT)Incident · yesterday – UK Power Plant Disabled for Four Days by Iran-Linked Hackers, Concurrent with US Water Attacks
Iran-linked hackers shut down a UK power plant for four days in the first confirmed attack of its kind, concurrent with water infrastructure attacks across 12 US states. Iran-linked hackers shut down a British power plan… - Security Affairs (APT)Incident · 3 days ago – Fake Conferences, OAuth and WhatsApp: Inside Russia’s New Espionage Tactics
Google tracks three Russia-linked espionage clusters using phishing and legitimate authentication tools to target researchers, diplomats and defense staff. Google’s Threat Intelligence Group tracked three separate … - Security Affairs (Cybercrime)News · today – Cybercriminals Turn GTA VI Leaks Into Malware Bait
A fake 113GB GTA VI build is packed with malware, using massive empty files to hide a tiny malicious payload. GTA VI hype has reached the point where people are volunteering to infect their own computers just to check if… - Security Affairs (Cybercrime)Research · today – iAuthFlow v2: The $10,000 Phishing Toolkit That Survives Your Password Reset
iAuthFlow v2 phishing toolkit uses a phished Google session to enroll an attacker-controlled passkey that survives password resets. Abnormal Security researchers have published an analysis of iAuthFlow v2, a phishing too…
Ransomware Activity
Victim counts posted to ransomware group leak sites — use this to gauge which groups are most active and which sectors and regions are being targeted.
22 new victims posted today
7-day total: 258 via Ransomware.live
Infostealer Exposure: 3,603 employee credentials and 280,122 user credentials compromised via infostealer malware across victim organisations — indicating credential theft likely preceded these ransomware deployments.
Most Active Groups
Group Intelligence
- Qilin — Qilin ransomware was first observed in July of 2022. Qilin Ransomware is written in Golang and supports multiple encryption modes; all of which are controlled by the operator. Qilin actors practice double extortion – demanding payment for a decryptor, as well as for the non-release of stolen data.
- Thegentlemen — The Gentlemen is a RaaS group that emerged in July–August 2025, rapidly claiming over 320 victims across 17+ countries by offering affiliates a 90% revenue share, deploying a Go-based locker against Windows, Linux, NAS, and BSD systems; a compromised C2 server in 2026 revealed more than 1,570 linked victims.
- Direwolf — Dire Wolf is a sophisticated human-operated ransomware group first documented in May 2025, written in Golang using Curve25519/ChaCha20 encryption, targeting manufacturing and technology sectors across 13+ countries with ransoms up to $500,000, operated by a tight core team rather than a broad affiliate program.
- Coinbasecartel — CoinbaseCartel specializes in data acquisition through system access and strategic partnerships. It focus exclusively on data exfiltration—our operations never involve system encryption or operational disruption.
Most Targeted Sectors
Top Countries
US (88), IT (19), DE (13), MX (10), CA (9)
Notable Incidents
- Gruppo Spaggiari Parma (Manufacturing · IT) — claimed by Xpl0Itrs. School management software Press coverage →
- icnavais.com (Not Found · PT) — claimed by Lockbit5. The Itaguaí Construções Navais S.A. known as ICN, is a Brazilian state-owned defence company special… Press coverage →
- Berlin Brandenburgische Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft (Other · DE) — claimed by Qilin. N/A Press coverage →
- City of Mitchell (Government & Defense · US) — claimed by Storm. Mitchell is a city in and the county seat of Davison County, South Dakota, United States. Mitchell is the principal city of the Mitchell Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Davison and Hanson counties.
… Press coverage → - Foresee Pharmaceuticals (Healthcare · TW) — claimed by Incransom. Foresee Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.
https://www.foreseepharma.comTotal leak: 1,2TB
Leak includes: Drug Master File, ASMF, FDA/EMA, R&D, Financial statements, Clinical study reports and other confidential informati…
Press coverage →
Vendor-Specific Risks
Vendors with confirmed KEV exploitation this week — the stacked bar shows how that exposure breaks down across exploited CVEs (red), critical CVEs to watch (orange), and news mentions (yellow). Prioritize patching vendors with the largest red segment.
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