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Apr 06, 2026 · #18


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Episode 18

Security Brief Daily | 06 Apr 2026

In This Episode
  • New FortiClient EMS flaw exploited in attacks, emergency patch releasedBleeping Computer
    Fortinet has released an emergency weekend security update for a new critical FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS) vulnerability that is actively exploited in attacks. Tracked as CVE-2026-35616, the flaw is an improper access control vulnerability that allows...
  • Germany Doxes “UNKN,” Head of RU Ransomware Gangs REvil, GandCrabKrebs on Security
    An elusive hacker who went by the handle “ UNKN ” and ran the early Russian ransomware groups GandCrab and REvil now has a name and a face. Authorities in Germany say 31-year-old Russian Daniil Maksimovich Shchukin headed both cybercrime gangs and helped carry out at least...
  • Hackers exploit React2Shell in automated credential theft campaignBleeping Computer
    Hackers are running a large-scale campaign to steal credentials in an automated way after exploiting React2Shell (CVE-2025-55182) in vulnerable Next.js apps. At least 766 hosts across various cloud providers and geographies have been compromised to collect database and AWS...
  • Fortinet Patches Actively Exploited CVE-2026-35616 in FortiClient EMSThe Hacker News
    Fortinet has released out-of-band patches for a critical security flaw impacting FortiClient EMS that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-35616 (CVSS score: 9.1), has been described as a pre-authentication API access bypass leading...
  • BKA Identifies REvil Leaders Behind 130 German Ransomware AttacksThe Hacker News
    Germany's Federal Criminal Police Office (aka BKA or the Bundeskriminalamt) has unmasked the real identity of the main threat actors associated with the now-defunct REvil (aka Sodinokibi) ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation. The threat actor, who went by the alias UNKN,...
  • Axios npm hack used fake Teams error fix to hijack maintainer accountBleeping Computer
    The maintainers of the popular Axios HTTP client have published a detailed post-mortem describing how one of its developers was targeted by a social engineering campaign linked to North Korean hackers. This follows the threat actors compromising a maintainer account to...
  • Traffic violation scams switch to QR codes in new phishing textsBleeping Computer
    Scammers are sending fake "Notice of Default" traffic violation text messages impersonating state courts across the U.S., pressuring recipients to scan a QR code that leads to a phishing site demanding a $6.99 payment while stealing personal and financial information. This is...
  • $285 Million Drift Hack Traced to Six-Month DPRK Social Engineering OperationThe Hacker News
    Drift has revealed that the April 1, 2026, attack that led to the theft of $285 million was the culmination of a months-long targeted and meticulously planned social engineering operation undertaken by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that began in the fall of...
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