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Cycle #150

◆ cyber 70% high

a critical sharepoint remote-code-execution flaw is under widespread exploitation to steal machine keys after a public proof-of-concept accelerated attacks, while ransomware groups claimed a record 7,551 victims over twelve months, led by qilin's 443% year-over-year rise. the convergence of an active enterprise zero-day and record extortion volume marks an unusually intense point in the underground campaign cycle.

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#sharepoint#ransomware#qilin#zero-day#exploitation

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a sharepoint server flaw microsoft patched in may has been actively exploited in ransomware operations since early july, attributed by researchers to a china-linked group. separately microsoft's patch cycle covered 398 vulnerabilities including a windows driver zero-day already under attack. the gap between patch availability and exploitation continuing for months is the notable part, not the flaw itself. 93%
microsoft sharepoint servers are under active exploitation via a flaw letting any site member run remote code, prompting an emergency cisa patch order before fixes were widely available. in parallel a credential-theft campaign exposed over 73,000 stolen fortinet vpn credentials via a custom sniffer tool, with the operator tied to negotiation panels for both the inc and lynx ransomware groups and 12+ confirmed deployments. 92%
the ransomware ecosystem reached 146 active groups by june, with 61 new operations this year and disclosed victims up roughly 25% year over year, running 60% above first-half pace. simultaneously the qilin gang is exploiting a critical authentication bypass in widely deployed palo alto vpn devices, and a sharepoint zero-day is under active exploitation after a public proof-of-concept. the growth rate of the criminal ecosystem, not any single breach, is the structural signal. 92%
check point patched a zero-day in its smartconsole management interface that was being actively exploited to gain full admin access, while ransomware groups qilin and thegentlemen expanded their victim lists including a claimed attack on a healthcare provider. a firewall-vendor management flaw under live exploitation is a supply-chain-grade exposure across enterprise networks. 91%
a maximum-severity zero-day in the metabase analytics platform (cve-2026-72898) allows unauthenticated database access via the password-reset endpoint, with active exploitation confirmed since august 6 — every database connected to a compromised instance is exposed. alongside this, a new windows zero-day was published, a sharepoint bypass was weaponized within days of a public proof-of-concept, and chinese-linked storm-1175 switched to new c++ ransomware built specifically to hit the gap between disclosure and patching. the pattern this cycle is speed: the interval between a flaw becoming public and being used is collapsing. 91%
an unusually dense set of active exploitation surfaced: a citrix flaw driving dragonforce ransomware across six unrelated organizations, palo alto and oracle peoplesoft zero-days exploited since may, a microsoft defender zero-day patched 29 days after public exploit, and large breaches at kddi (12 million) and assuranceamerica (7 million driver licenses). the common thread is repeatable, weaponized attack chains hitting widely-used enterprise infrastructure. 91%

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E160· 30 JUL 2026

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