Cyber Security Week in Review: September 4, 2026
In brief: two SonicWall zero-days exploited in the wild; authorities dismantle the Sality botnet; and more.
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Request DemoIn brief: two SonicWall zero-days exploited in the wild; authorities dismantle the Sality botnet; and more.
12 min readThe attackers were able to create fake Lenovo IDs using victims’ email addresses.
2 min readAccording to court documents, Aktulaev used 255 fake accounts to send Microsoft Excel files containing malicious macros.
2 min readUsers are recommended to install the latest hotfix as soon as possible.
2 min readThe attackers hijacked BGP routes for IP addresses hosted by Hetzner and redirected traffic intended for Softaculous's update systems and client portal to malicious servers.
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