infosec — Cybersecurity News

Nation-State Hackers Target Water Utilities Across the U.S. and Europe

RedSide Security June 28, 2026 Data Leaks & Breaches 48 views

Nation-state actors linked to Iran, Russia, and China are increasingly targeting water and wastewater infrastructure across the U.S. and Europe. By exploiting exposed PLCs, weak credentials, and poor network segmentation, attackers are gaining access to critical systems that support millions of people and positioning themselves for future disruptive operations.

VECT 2.0 Ransomware Can Damage Files Its Own Decryptor Cannot Reliably Restore

RedSide Security June 05, 2026 Cybersecurity 65 views

Security researchers have uncovered serious design flaws in the VECT 2.0 ransomware family that can leave victim files permanently damaged, even when a ransom is paid and a decryptor is provided. Analysis reveals multiple implementation errors, race conditions, and encryption logic flaws that can result in incomplete recovery and irreversible data loss.

PCAPGraph: Threat Hunting at the Speed of Triage

RedSide Security June 04, 2026 Tools & Technology 71 views

PCAPGraph is an open-source network investigation and threat hunting tool that transforms packet captures into interactive graphs. Designed for rapid incident response, it helps analysts quickly identify malicious communications, visualize host relationships, investigate indicators of compromise (IoCs), and uncover suspicious activity without spending hours manually reviewing packets.

Open-Source Network Discovery & Topology Mapping

RedSide Security June 03, 2026 Tools & Technology 108 views

RedSide Security has open-sourced NETMAPPER, a network discovery and visualization tool designed to help security teams see their infrastructure the way an attacker would. Inspired by BloodHound’s graph-based approach, netmapper maps live network devices, services, and relationships, transforming raw discovery data into an interactive topology map.

RDPGraph: Turn Windows Event Logs into an Interactive RDP Attack Graph

RedSide Security June 03, 2026 Tools & Technology 86 views

When an incident unfolds and all you have left are Windows event logs, understanding attacker movement becomes a slow and painful process. RDPGraph transforms raw `.evtx` files into an interactive BloodHound-style graph, allowing responders to quickly visualize RDP activity, identify lateral movement, and investigate compromised systems in minutes instead of hours.

Microsoft Patches SharePoint RCE Flaw CVE-2026-45659 Across Server Versions

RedSide Security May 27, 2026 CVE 119 views

PoC Exploit Released for 20-Year Old PostgreSQL RCE Vulnerability

RedSide Security May 20, 2026 Vulnerability 90 views

A public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for **CVE-2026-2005**, a critical remote code execution vulnerability in PostgreSQL’s **pgcrypto extension**. The flaw stems from a long-standing heap-based buffer overflow in PGP session key parsing and can allow attackers to escalate privileges to PostgreSQL superuser and execute operating system commands under certain conditions.

NGINX CVE-2026-42945 Exploited in the Wild, Causing Worker Crashes and Possible RCE

RedSide Security May 17, 2026 CVE 90 views

A critical NGINX vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-42945 is now being actively exploited in the wild, just days after public disclosure. The flaw allows attackers to crash NGINX worker processes and potentially achieve remote code execution under specific conditions. At the same time, threat actors have also begun weaponizing multiple critical vulnerabilities in openDCIM to deploy PHP web shells and gain remote access to exposed systems.

First Public macOS Kernel Exploit on Apple M5 Prepared Using Mythos Preview in Five Days

RedSide Security May 17, 2026 Vulnerability 200 views

Security researchers have reportedly developed the first public macOS kernel exploit targeting Apple’s new M5 silicon, successfully bypassing the company’s hardware-based Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE) protections. The exploit chain achieves full root access on macOS 26.4.1 using only standard system calls from an unprivileged local account, highlighting the growing impact of AI-assisted offensive security research.