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A Fresh Citrix Zero-Day Is Already Being Exploited, and Federal Agencies Have Three Days to Fix It
CVE-2026-88779 hit live networks almost immediately after Citrix shipped patches for two earlier flaws, leaving IT teams scrambling again.
Two Critical Check Point Flaws Are Being Actively Exploited and Federal Agencies Had Three Days to Patch
CISA added both vulnerabilities to its must-patch list on September 22, with a September 25 deadline for US government networks. One was a zero-day. The other had already been quietly targeted in the wild.
Check Point Fixes Two Critical VPN Flaws That Could Let Hackers In Without a Password
Both bugs score 9.8 out of 10 and affect the firewall gear that guards corporate networks.
Surfshark Admits Hackers Reached Internal Test Server After Config Slip
The VPN provider says customer traffic and identities were untouched, but engineering credentials and build files sat exposed on the open internet for days.
SonicWall Patches Two VPN Zero-Days Already Being Used by Hackers
A perfect-10 flaw in SonicWall's SMA 1000 remote-access boxes lets attackers slip past the login screen, and it's being paired with a second bug in real attacks.
WatchGuard Patches Five Critical Flaws That Could Let Attackers Seize Control Remotely
WatchGuard has fixed more than two dozen vulnerabilities in its firewall software and management tools, including five rated 9.3 out of 10 in severity.
Citrix Patches Critical Login-Bypass Flaw in NetScaler, Attacks Expected Soon
A security hole rated 9.3 out of 10 lets criminals walk straight past the login screen on widely used corporate network gear. Patches are out now, and researchers say exploitation is a matter of when, not if.
737 Fake VPN Extensions in Chrome Store Quietly Hijacked Browsers
The free browser add-ons promised to unblock websites for Russian speakers. Instead they routed every page a user visited through servers the operators controlled.
Cisco firewalls are being crashed through a VPN flaw, and the fix is a full software upgrade
A high-severity bug in Cisco's Secure Firewall ASA and FTD software lets attackers reboot devices remotely with a single crafted web request. Cisco says the attacks started in August.
Trojanised QuickFox VPN installer plants stealth backdoor on users' PCs
Fortinet researchers say a tampered version of the China-focused VPN app has been serving the FDMTP backdoor since at least August 2025, with tradecraft that overlaps activity tracked as Silver Fox.
Ransomware gangs are going after VPNs, and an AI just ran its own attack
Ransomware attacks rose for the fourth month in a row in June, with criminals targeting the devices companies use to connect remote workers. A new AI-driven attack completed an entire break-in with no human at the keyboard.
What is a VPN and when do you actually need one?
VPNs encrypt your internet traffic and hide your real IP address, but they are not a privacy cure-all. Here is when one genuinely helps and when it does not.
SonicWall VPN Appliances Hit by Zero-Day Attacks Weeks Before Public Warning
A newly identified group, tracked as UTA0533, broke into SonicWall SMA 1000 devices using unknown flaws from late June 2026 and gained the highest level of access on the affected hardware.
US sanctions a VPN, a malware disguiser, and the people behind them for helping ransomware gangs
Treasury targets 1VPNS and a Belarusian 'crypter' seller who together helped ransomware crews hit hospitals, banks and local governments.
US Treasury Sanctions VPN Provider Accused of Selling Cover to Ransomware Gangs
OFAC hits 1VPNS, its Ukrainian operator, and a malware cryptor seller, accusing them of helping ransomware crews attack American victims.