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CVE-2015-3306 ProFTPD file read added to CISA KEV, due 11 October

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

CVE-2015-3306 ProFTPD file read added to CISA KEV, due 11 October

CISA added ProFTPD CVE-2015-3306 to KEV on 8 October. The 2015 mod_copy bug lets remote attackers read and write files. Federal due date is 11 October.

Cybersecurity

Oct 9, 2026

Red Lion N-Tron 700: seven flaws, upgrade to firmware 3.11.1

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

Red Lion N-Tron 700: seven flaws, upgrade to firmware 3.11.1

CISA published ICSA-26-281-01 on 8 October for Red Lion N-Tron 700 switches. Seven flaws include hardcoded admin credentials and unauthenticated SNMP. Upgrade to 3.11.1.

Cybersecurity

Oct 9, 2026

FBI seizes 7 Flax Typhoon domains used for Microscan and FishHub

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

FBI seizes 7 Flax Typhoon domains used for Microscan and FishHub

DOJ and FBI seized seven domains that ran Integrity Tech's Microscan scanner and FishHub phishing tool. Edge devices and stolen-mail portals are the hunt.

Cybersecurity

Oct 9, 2026

Cisco NX-OS CVE-2026-76471 scores 9.8 on Nexus 3000 and 9000

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

Cisco NX-OS CVE-2026-76471 scores 9.8 on Nexus 3000 and 9000

Cisco patched CVE-2026-76471, a CVSS 9.8 NX-API flaw that can give unauthenticated root on Nexus 3000 and 9000 switches. No exploitation reported yet.

Cybersecurity

Oct 9, 2026

tensorlake 0.5.144: npm worm steals tokens and may wipe hosts

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

tensorlake 0.5.144: npm worm steals tokens and may wipe hosts

A malicious npm release harvests cloud and GitHub tokens, then republishes itself. Revoking the token may trigger a wipe.

Cybersecurity

Oct 8, 2026

ASOS breach: stolen employee login exposed customer contacts

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

ASOS breach: stolen employee login exposed customer contacts

Hackers impersonated a trusted contact, stole an employee login, and pushed a rogue in-app notice to customers.

Cybersecurity

Oct 8, 2026

ARTEX: AI pentest tool used to steal South Korean bank data

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

ARTEX: AI pentest tool used to steal South Korean bank data

An open-source agentic pentest tool was used to steal data from South Korean financial firms, CrowdStrike says.

Cybersecurity

Oct 8, 2026

FortiBleed: FBI says 86,644 FortiGates compromised, lockouts continue

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

FortiBleed: FBI says 86,644 FortiGates compromised, lockouts continue

FBI and Secret Service say FortiBleed is still locking admins out of FortiGates. Patching does not fix a stolen password.

Cybersecurity

Oct 8, 2026

CVE-2026-105192: LMCache CVSS 9.8 RCE still unpatched

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

CVE-2026-105192: LMCache CVSS 9.8 RCE still unpatched

No patch yet for a CVSS 9.8 flaw that runs code as root on exposed LMCache distributed nodes.

Cybersecurity

Oct 8, 2026

CVE-2026-102255: SonicWall SMA1000 SSRF scores CVSS 10

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

CVE-2026-102255: SonicWall SMA1000 SSRF scores CVSS 10

SonicWall patched a CVSS 10 pre-auth SSRF in SMA1000. The vendor says this week's four flaws are not yet exploited. Firewall SSL-VPN is not affected.

Cybersecurity

Oct 8, 2026

MonsterCloud CEO charged over secret ransom payments

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

MonsterCloud CEO charged over secret ransom payments

US prosecutors say MonsterCloud secretly paid ransomware gangs for keys, then billed victims far more while claiming a proprietary decryptor.

Cybersecurity

Oct 8, 2026

Chrome 155 patches 247 flaws, four of them critical

Matthews Enterprises (PTY) LTD, Francois Matthews

Chrome 155 patches 247 flaws, four of them critical

Chrome 155 fixes 247 vulnerabilities, including four critical use-after-free bugs. Google has not reported in-the-wild exploitation.

Cybersecurity

Oct 8, 2026

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