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FBI, CISA and researchers flag three edge-device flaws under active attack as Citrix NetScaler bug lands on KEV

By The IT Security Desk

Good morning. Patch internet-facing gateways first. CISA lists CVE-2026-88779 in Citrix NetScaler ADC as known to be exploited; the flaw is listed at CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, base score 7.5, and affects citrix-adc 13.1 up to the fix in 13.1-37.282. Citrix's advisory directs administrators to the fixed release and any interim mitigation, and CISA directs stakeholders to evaluate each asset's internet exposure and follow its BOD 26-04 patching guidance.

Help Net Security reported that attackers have begun exploiting a critical arbitrary file access vulnerability in Atlassian's self-managed Data Center products, one day after Atlassian released patches and a few hours after watchTowr researchers published a technical rundown of the flaw. BleepingComputer reported the FBI is warning that FortiBleed attacks remain ongoing, targeting exposed Fortinet FortiGate firewalls and SSL VPN gateways and locking out legitimate administrators.

Two more critical patches landed. The Hacker News reported SonicWall released hotfixes for four flaws in its SMA1000 remote-access appliances, the most serious a pre-authentication SSRF that lets an attacker without a login send requests through the appliance to reach internal functions. Google's stable channel update fixes CVE-2026-106419, CVE-2026-106417, CVE-2026-106414, CVE-2026-106401 and CVE-2026-106382 in Chrome, each listed at CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, base score 9.6, with the fix in version 155.0.8059.39.

On the trust layer, The Hacker News reported that Google said on October 6 that attackers compromised the country-code registries for Ghana (.gh), Sierra Leone (.sl) and American Samoa (.as) and obtained unauthorized HTTPS certificates for several Google domains; Google said its own systems were not breached. BleepingComputer reported the hijack followed the compromise of third-party operators and the modification of authoritative DNS records. The Register reported the fake certificates present without the usual browser certificate warnings.

On breaches, SecurityWeek reported Southern Company is notifying 400,000 Georgia Power and Alabama Power accounts of accessed utility account information, and The Record reported Arizona courts say hackers stole information on more than 1.3 million people via the FARE program. The Hacker News reported CloudSEK and Checkmarx disclosed eight malicious npm packages, downloaded 40,767 times, delivering the Overlord RAT and a stealer in a campaign codenamed MALFEX.

On enforcement, The Record reported U.S. officials posted a $10 million reward for accused Hafnium hacker Zhang Yu; Krebs on Security reported a teenager in Amman suspected of leading ShinyHunters was detained; and BleepingComputer reported MonsterCloud's owner was charged over secretly paying attackers while claiming proprietary recovery technology.