SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 115 – Security Affairs

September 20, 2026 1 Min Read 0

Threat Intelligence Brief

Curated summary with source attribution

Source: securityaffairs.com

Threat Risk: High
Victim: Diverse; including WordPress site owners, Gitea users, and general Windows/Chrome users
Incident: Multiple concurrent campaigns including the Brevo supply chain attack and AI-powered mobile threats.
Impact: Widespread compromise of over 100,000 websites and systemic credential theft across multiple platforms.
Attacker: Diverse actors including Chinese and Iranian threat groups
Analysis: Current activity shows a dangerous trend toward supply chain compromises and the weaponization of AI for malware delivery. Threat actors are aggressively chaining zero-days in Chrome and Windows while leveraging n-day flaws in tools like Gitea to deploy Linux rootkits.
Recommendations: Audit WordPress installations for unauthorized backdoors and suspicious plugins; Promptly patch Gitea and other collaborative software to remediate known n-day flaws; Implement strict OAuth token monitoring and restrict untrusted browser extensions
Source: Security Affairs

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