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Taiwan CERT warns of two critical MailGates/MailAudit vulnerabilities enabling unauthenticated RCE and file access

TWCERT/CC published TVN-202604003 detailing two vulnerabilities in Openfind’s MailGates/MailAudit email security/audit products. One issue (CVE-2026-6350) is a critical stack-based buffer overflow rated 9.8 that could allow unauthenticated remote code execution. The second (CVE-2026-6351) is a high-severity CRLF injection rated 7.5 that could allow unauthenticated access to system files. Openfind’s technical team reported the issues; updates are available for affected versions. Read more

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Taiwan CERT flags critical OS command injection in NewSoftOA (CVE-2026-5965), patch available

TWCERT/CC published a critical vulnerability notice for NewSoftOA, an office automation product from NewSoft (力新國際). The issue, tracked as CVE-2026-5965 and TVN-202604008, is an OS command injection flaw with a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8. TWCERT/CC recommends upgrading to NewSoftOA 10.1.8.3 or later to address the risk. Read more

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TWCERT warns of phishing campaigns abusing Microsoft 365, lookalike domains, and short-lived SSL certificates to evade defenses

Taiwan’s national CERT (TWCERT/CC) reports an active social-engineering campaign that combines legitimate Microsoft 365 email accounts, near-typosquat domains, and short-term SSL certificates to bypass email and web defenses. The activity includes two waves: (1) broad phishing emails themed as “Microsoft account abnormal sign-in activity” and (2) targeted spear-phishing that repeatedly sends “Microsoft one-time code” lures to create urgency before delivering an “abnormal sign-in” message. A notable tactic described by TWCERT is URL-pattern-based gating: victims who match attacker-defined URL rules see a customized phishing page that harvests credentials, while non-matching visitors are redirected to a legitimate login page—reducing detection and increasing credibility. Read more

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Taiwan CERT warns of “Operation WrtHug” targeting ASUS routers via AiCloud command-injection flaws

Taiwan’s TWCERT/CC issued an urgent alert citing SecurityScorecard’s STRIKE team research into “Operation WrtHug,” a sustained campaign targeting ASUS small office/home office routers worldwide. The activity is reported to abuse known, publicly disclosed OS command-injection vulnerabilities—including issues referenced alongside CVE-2023-39780—focused on the AiCloud service. TWCERT/CC says compromised routers may be backdoored and incorporated into a large global infected network used for follow-on cyber threat activity and espionage, with STRIKE reporting identification of more than 50,000 infected IP devices over the past six months. The advisory urges immediate firmware updates, replacement of end-of-life (EoL) models that cannot be patched, and consultation of ASUS product security advisories for official mitigation steps. Read more

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Taiwan CERT warns WSUS RCE CVE-2025-59287 (CVSS 9.8) is under active exploitation

Taiwan’s TWCERT/CC is urging organizations to urgently patch a high-severity Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) vulnerability, CVE-2025-59287 (CVSS 9.8), after U.S. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog and Dutch NCSC-NL also confirmed real-world exploitation. The flaw enables unauthenticated remote code execution as SYSTEM via a deserialization trigger, but only impacts Windows Server systems where the WSUS server role is enabled. TWCERT/CC also cited Huntress reporting attacker scanning for exposed WSUS ports 8530/8531 and delivering malicious requests, with post-exploitation activity potentially involving PowerShell-based payload execution and data discovery/exfiltration. Read more

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Taiwan CERT flags “EtherHide” as an emerging blockchain-based C2 technique paired with ClearFake fake-update lures

Taiwan’s national CERT (TWCERT/CC) warns that attackers are increasingly using public blockchains as command-and-control (C2) infrastructure. The advisory highlights “EtherHide,” a technique first described by security researchers in October 2023, where adversaries store malicious commands or payload locations inside smart contracts. Malware (or malicious web scripts) can then query the chain for updated instructions, reducing the effectiveness of traditional controls like domain/IP blocking and traffic monitoring. TWCERT/CC also notes EtherHide is frequently chained with the “ClearFake” social-engineering pattern—fake system notifications or software update prompts—often delivered via compromised WordPress sites embedding malicious JavaScript. The combined flow uses Binance Smart Chain (BSC) smart contracts and read-only calls (e.g., eth_call) to retrieve attacker instructions without on-chain transaction fees, improving stealth and persistence. Read more

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Taiwan’s TWCERT/CC convenes 2025 incident response conference, spotlighting secure-by-design and PSIRT as supply-chain trust levers

Taiwan’s national CERT (TWCERT/CC) held its 2025 Taiwan Cybersecurity Incident Notification & Response Annual Conference on Dec. 3 under the theme “Build Secure Products, Connect a Trusted Defense Line.” Government leaders from the Ministry of Digital Affairs and the Administration for Cyber Security emphasized that product security is now tied to brand trust and global market access, citing AI, IoT, and smart manufacturing expansion—and noting that international rules increasingly treat product security as a supply-chain governance requirement. The event brought together major Taiwan and regional vendors and institutes (including ASUS, Zyxel, Delta Electronics, Synology, Panasonic Taiwan, Institute for Information Industry, and others) to share practices around AI-driven threats, vulnerability disclosure, and PSIRT governance—signals relevant to global security and infrastructure teams that rely on Taiwan-linked hardware, NAS, networking, and industrial components. Read more

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MongoDB “MongoBleed” (CVE-2025-14847) memory disclosure: unauthenticated zlib packets can leak secrets; added to CISA KEV

Taiwan’s TWCERT/CC warns that a high-risk MongoDB Server vulnerability, CVE-2025-14847 (CVSS v4: 8.7), is under active exploitation and can leak sensitive data from server memory. The issue—dubbed “MongoBleed” by researchers—stems from incorrect handling of the reported length of zlib-decompressed messages, which can cause uninitialized heap memory residues to be included in responses. TWCERT/CC notes that more than 87,000 internet-exposed MongoDB servers could be at risk, and that CISA added the CVE to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2025-12-29, signaling elevated urgency for enterprises and government agencies. Read more

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OpenSSF: The XZ Utils (CVE-2024-3094) backdoor is a defining open-source supply-chain warning

OpenSSF’s review of CVE-2024-3094 describes an intentionally inserted, obfuscated backdoor affecting xz/liblzma 5.6.0 and 5.6.1. The tampering was designed to land in specific Linux distribution build outputs—DEB/RPM packages for x86-64 built with gcc and the GNU linker—rather than appearing uniformly across all builds. Red Hat warned the issue could allow remote compromise via sshd authentication bypass, but OpenSSF notes exposure was limited because the impacted versions were largely confined to experimental or pre-release distro channels and were detected quickly through community oversight and coordinated distro response. Read more

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Contagious Interview evolves: attackers abuse VS Code Tasks to auto-run malware when a “trusted” workspace is opened

Taiwan’s TWCERT/CC reports a technical evolution in the “Contagious Interview” campaign: instead of relying on victims to manually execute a file, attackers embed a malicious VS Code workspace configuration so code runs automatically when developers open a project folder in Trusted Mode. The technique abuses VS Code’s tasks.json automation (including a run-on-folder-open behavior) and social engineering around Workspace Trust prompts. The activity primarily targets cryptocurrency software engineers and freelancers via recruiting outreach on LinkedIn and gig platforms, then directs them to download test projects from GitHub/GitLab. TWCERT/CC says the resulting payload has been identified as a newer BeaverTail variant (Type 701), with noted functional overlap with OtterCookie (sometimes referred to as “OtterCandy”), and is focused on stealing crypto-related browser extension and wallet data as well as high-value browser-stored secrets. Read more