You can't send a takedown request to a blockchain.
Microsoft caught ACR Stealer resolving its C2 from a smart contract. eth_call = no transaction, no trace. Burn the address, the operator re-points it for $1.37.
https://t.co/r1gk6qZRlY
#EtherHiding#Infostealer
Can't patch tonight?
Block POST to BOTH /wp-json/batch/v1 and /?rest_route=/batch/v1 at the edge — blocking one form leaves the fallback open.
Hunt (T1190 → T1505.003): new .php files in wp-content/uploads, plugins, themes. Run wp core verify-checksums.
wp2shell (CVE-2026-63030): unauthenticated RCE in WordPress Core — not a plugin.
A REST batch route-confusion bug chained to a WP_Query SQL injection. Patched 7/17, public PoC 7/18. WordPress runs ~40% of the web.
The actual fix 🧵
The fix — exact versions:
7.0.x → 7.0.2
6.9.x → 6.9.5
6.8.x → 6.8.6
7.1 beta → 7.1 Beta 2
A persistent object cache (Redis/Memcached) makes the SQLi→RCE step much harder, but does NOT close the injection. Patch anyway.
Patching is the easy half. The hard part is knowing which box is actually exploitable vs which the CMDB just calls patched — and that a compromised sandbox can flip verdicts to launder malware clean.
Full runbook: https://t.co/zh9pEvpYW9
FortiSandbox has two unauthenticated command-injection RCEs — CVE-2026-25089 & CVE-2026-39808, CVSS 9.8. Both on CISA KEV, exploited in the wild, federal patch deadline Jul 19.
The catch: it's the box your Fortinet fabric asks whether a file is malware. Runbook 🧵
Can't patch tonight?
• Pull the mgmt/web UI off internet-facing interfaces — mgmt VLAN + jump host
• ACL service ports to fabric devices only
Hunt (T1190): malformed HTTP to the web UI / JRPC API + any outbound the sandbox opens. It ingests — it shouldn't beacon.
Am I exposed?
Get-WindowsFeature ADFS-Federation | Where-Object Installed
Then the command that sets your real severity:
Get-AdfsRelyingPartyTrust | Select Name, Identifier
Every app on that list trusts this box to vouch for identity. That's the blast radius — not the 7.8.
CVE-2026-56155: AD FS zero-day. Patched Jul 14, in CISA KEV the same day, exploited in the wild. Credited to Microsoft's own IR team — DART finds bugs in victim networks, not labs.
Rated 7.8. "Local privilege escalation."
That score measures the wrong object. Runbook 🧵
Am I exposed?
Get-WindowsFeature ADFS-Federation | Where-Object Installed
Then the command that sets your real severity:
Get-AdfsRelyingPartyTrust | Select Name, Identifier
Every app on that list trusts this box to vouch for identity. That's the blast radius — not the 7.8.
CVE-2026-56155: AD FS zero-day. Patched Jul 14, in CISA KEV the same day, exploited in the wild. Credited to Microsoft's own IR team — DART finds bugs in victim networks, not labs.
Rated 7.8. "Local privilege escalation."
That score measures the wrong object. Runbook 🧵
Patching evicts the bug, not the intruder. Attackers pulled session DBs + TOTP seeds and pivoted VPN-less into AD — so re-image and rotate creds/MFA.
Full runbook — exposure check, IOCs, ATT&CK, eradication:
https://t.co/FRIdqykNLt
SonicWall SMA1000 is under active attack.
CVE-2026-15409 — an unauthenticated SSRF (CVSS 10.0) — chains with CVE-2026-15410 to reach root. Both added to CISA KEV on Jul 14; federal deadline Jul 17.
The "authenticated" RCE never needed a login. Runbook 🧵
Qualys just shipped an AI agent that exploits your findings — admitting the CVSS score was always a guess.
Evidence beats estimate. But whose cloud computes the proof?
https://t.co/ovXtKCcWkJ
#ExploitValidation#SovereignAI