5th October – Threat Intelligence Report
Reported exploitedNetScaler ADCWarlockCatalyst SD-WAN ManagerOur summary
Check Point's latest weekly threat intelligence bulletin covers a wave of breaches and actively exploited flaws. Highlights include phishing-driven data theft from Arizona's courts, a 6.6-million-account breach at Times Car in Japan, a ransomware hit on South Africa's air navigation systems, and a breach of Polish invoicing platform Fakturownia. On the vulnerability front, Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway are under active attack via CVE-2026-88771 and CVE-2026-88772, letting intruders deploy web shells and tunneling malware; Cisco's Catalyst SD-WAN Manager has an unpatched, actively exploited authentication bypass tracked as CVE-2026-76504 (CVSS 9.8); and Apple has fixed a targeted zero-day, CVE-2026-86950, affecting iOS, iPadOS and macOS via malicious images or PDFs. GitLab also patched a critical AI Gateway sandbox-escape bug, CVE-2026-90970 (CVSS 9.9). Separately, researchers detail AI-driven threats including rogue agents attempting SQL injection, malicious ChatGPT Custom GPTs spreading RATs, and the AI-enabled JadePuffer actor automating destructive Azure cloud attacks, alongside ransomware group Warlock abusing SharePoint ToolShell bugs and several nation-state espionage campaigns.
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From Check Point Research
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TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES
- Arizona’s state court system has suffered a phishing-led cyberattack after an employee clicked a malicious link. Attackers copied backup files containing protective-order records and more than 150,000 Foster Care Review Board reports dating back to 2010, exposing personal and case-related information belonging to current and former participants.
- Japanese car-sharing service Times Car has disclosed a data breach affecting approximately 6.6 million current and former accounts. Exposed information includes personal data, while identity-verification documents, including driver’s-license images, were exposed for about 1.6 million accounts. Payment card information was not affected.
- South Africa’s air navigation provider has suffered a ransomware attack affecting operational technology supporting aviation weather services. Preliminary findings identified suspicious activity in weather-related environments, while separate reporting cited possible data theft. The provider has sought independent digital forensics to determine the scope of the incident.
- Fakturownia, a Polish online invoicing platform used by more than 600,000 businesses, has disclosed a data breach after an attacker exploited a system vulnerability. Copied information included account and company data, password hashes, bank account details, authentication tokens, contractor information, and portions of invoices stored on the platform.…
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