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Announcing GFMX: An X.509 Fingerprinting Technique for the Post-Quantum Era

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Announcing GFMX: An X.509 Fingerprinting Technique for the Post-Quantum Era
GFMX fingerprints the software behind X.509 certificates, linking command-and-control (C2) servers, appliances, and malware even when every certificate is new. Built for the post-quantum era.
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A Dish Served Lukewarm: The Refrigerator Botnet

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A Dish Served Lukewarm: The Refrigerator Botnet
Exposed Dixell/Copeland XWEB PRO refrigeration controllers are being turned into abuse infrastructure. SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE Team uncovered a suspected SMTP botnet that includes confirmed refrigeration controllers.
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The TeamPCP Alliance: First Came Collaboration, Then Betrayal

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The TeamPCP Alliance: First Came Collaboration, Then Betrayal
SecurityScorecard reveals how TeamPCP teamed up with five cybercrime groups, stole more than 500,000 credentials, and why the Shai-Hulud worm remains a threat.
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TeamPCP’s Arrests Did Not End the Threat: What STRIKE Found in the Worm and the Alliance Behind It

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TeamPCP’s Arrests Did Not End the Threat: What STRIKE Found in the Worm and the Alliance Behind It
Two TeamPCP suspects face criminal charges, but risks to your software supply chain may remain.
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PHP2Shell Customer Advisory: CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 Remediation Guide

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PHP2Shell Customer Advisory: CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 Remediation Guide
SecurityScorecard’s PHP2Shell advisory covers CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619: SecurityScorecard patched its affected PHP site on release day and found no exploitation. See how the PHP2Shell vulnerability affects you and how to respond.
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Shared Dependencies Turn PHP Flaws Into a Public Service Risk

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Shared Dependencies Turn PHP Flaws Into a Public Service Risk
Early reported attacks on two critical PHP flaws put organizations and public services at risk. Learn how to prioritize by mission impact and shared dependencies.
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Patch the runtime. Then verify the footprint.

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Patch the runtime. Then verify the footprint.
PHP2Shell refers to CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, each rated 9.2 Critical under CVSS v4.0. The PHP security team says both can lead to unauthenticated remote code execution. Updating a WordPress plugin or application framework does not replace updating the PHP runtime.
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Your Old Threat Hunting Playbook Is Dead: Inside the 633-Server Network Hiding Criminals and Nation-States Alike

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Your Old Threat Hunting Playbook Is Dead: Inside the 633-Server Network Hiding Criminals and Nation-States Alike
Attackers are increasingly renting the infrastructure that hides them instead of building it. SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE Threat Intelligence Team pulled back the curtain on one such operation: a 633-server proxy fleet, leased out to commodity malware crews and, at low confidence, suspected nation-state tenants.
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Catch Me If You Can: Inside the Anonymization-for-Hire Network

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Catch Me If You Can: Inside the Anonymization-for-Hire Network
In this briefing, Wade Lance VP, Product Marketing & Sales Enablement walks through STRIKE’s newest report Catch Me If You Can. Wade takes viewers inside the full commercial stack behind CanOworms — tenants, relay fleet, resellers, and landlord ASNs — and explains why treating a threat-feed-flagged C2 as a single actor’s infrastructure can lead defenders to the wrong conclusion entirely. This isn’t a read-through of the report. It’s Wade’s field-tested take on what the findings mean for how security teams should actually hunt this kind of infrastructure. Download the briefing now.
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Inside CanOworms: The 633-Server Proxy Network Hiding Criminal and State-Linked Activity

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Inside CanOworms: The 633-Server Proxy Network Hiding Criminal and State-Linked Activity
SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team uncovered a 633-server anonymization network used by commodity malware operators and suspected state-linked actors, revealing how attackers rent shared infrastructure to evade traditional defenses.
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LapDogs Is Back: Inside UAT-7810’s Expanding ORB Network and Its New Servers

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LapDogs Is Back: Inside UAT-7810’s Expanding ORB Network and Its New Servers
Executive Summary: The latest Cisco Talos research shows these operators did not abandon the LapDogs ORB network after exposure. Instead, they appear to be continuing development through new tooling designed to manage, expand, and sustain compromised routers and other internet-facing devices. Cisco Talos published new research this week on UAT-7810, the threat actor behind LapDogs,
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SecurityScorecard’s New Driftnet Engine Reveals America’s Small-Town Surveillance Blind Spot

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SecurityScorecard’s New Driftnet Engine Reveals America’s Small-Town Surveillance Blind Spot
SecurityScorecard researchers used Driftnet’s internet-scale discovery capabilities to analyze the network footprint of a small U.S. municipal utility provider that also operates as the town’s internet service provider (ISP). The investigation identified widespread exposure across internet-facing systems, including vulnerable surveillance equipment, exposed Industrial Control Systems (ICS), weak encryption configurations, and End-of-Life (EoL) Windows devices. The utility provider operates its own Autonomous System (AS), meaning internet connectivity and critical infrastructure services exist within the same broader operational environment. This convergence creates a concentrated point of failure where disruption to one service can affect others across the community. Over a six-month period, Driftnet identified 1,498 services across 692 IP addresses. Of those, 446 IPs (64%) exhibited at least one technical issue that increased exposure risk. SecurityScorecard’s Driftnet engine identifies 150% more internet-facing services than previous scanning methodologies, uncovering exposures traditional approaches miss. Findings included: 30 instances of Dahua and Hikvision surveillance equipment inside the entire footprint of the utilities AS. Banned internet protocol (IP) cameras could enable Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, malware-based campaigns, and more. Exposed ICS, SCADA, and OT-related services directly reachable from the internet. At least three /24 clusters hosting ICS or IOT services and consumer devices on the same broadcast domain. Weak or misconfigured encryption across 382 IP addresses, in addition to cleartext FTP and HTTP and unrecognized Certificate Authorities. EoL Windows hosts reachable via Server Message Block (SMB) and NetBIOS. A relic from the past, rarely ever makes an appearance outside of OT environments. 25 Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEVs) identified across internet-facing services. Convergence of a utility and ISP creates a single point of failure. Power delivery and internet reside on the same AS. Incidents on one impacts the other. The research also identified multiple network segments where consumer-grade devices, surveillance systems, and ICS-related technologies operated within the same local network environment. This lack of segmentation increases the likelihood that compromise of a lower-security system could enable lateral movement toward operational infrastructure. To understand the full scope of the findings, download the full report today to see how Driftnet delivers the visibility organizations need to move from reactive security to continuous, threat-informed defense.
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9 Year Old Vulnerability Still Affecting Thousands (CVE-2016-10033)

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9 Year Old Vulnerability Still Affecting Thousands (CVE-2016-10033)
On July 07, 2025, CVE-2016-10033 was added to CISA’s list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (CISA-KEV).
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Erlang Erlang/OTP SSH Server Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability (CVE-2025-32433) Added to CISA KEV

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Erlang Erlang/OTP SSH Server Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability (CVE-2025-32433) Added to CISA KEV
Erlang Erlang/OTP SSH Server Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability (CVE-2025-32433)
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SecurityScorecard Advisory: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite XSS Vulnerability (CVE-2024-27443) Added to CISA KEV

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SecurityScorecard Advisory: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite XSS Vulnerability (CVE-2024-27443) Added to CISA KEV
SecurityScorecard Advisory: Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite XSS Vulnerability (CVE-2024-27443)
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SecurityScorecard Advisory: Apache HTTP Server Improper Escaping of Output Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38475) Added to CISA KEV

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SecurityScorecard Advisory: Apache HTTP Server Improper Escaping of Output Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38475) Added to CISA KEV
SecurityScorecard Advisory: Apache HTTP Server Improper Escaping of Output Vulnerability (CVE-2024-38475) \r\n
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SecurityScorecard Advisory: Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21590) Added to CISA KEV

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SecurityScorecard Advisory: Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21590) Added to CISA KEV
SecurityScorecard Advisory: Juniper Junos OS Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization Vulnerability (CVE-2025-21590)
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