Track East Asia cyber, AI, cloud, and infrastructure risk before it becomes an incident.
GovCERT.HK has issued a High Threat Security Alert (A26-06-45) for two elevation-of-privilege vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel—DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503) and pedit COW (CVE-2026-46331)—with public PoC exploits available, allowing local unprivileged users to gain root access on affected systems. Read more
Attackers are actively exploiting CVE-2026-46817, a critical unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in Oracle E-Business Suite's Payments module, with Defused observing real-world exploitation over the weekend and Shadowserver tracking over 450 exposed instances globally. Oracle patched the vulnerability in its May 2026 CPU but warns unpatched systems remain at risk. Read more
Nissan disclosed a data breach affecting current and former employees across North and South America after threat actors exploited CVE-2026-35273, a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft PeopleTools, in a campaign linked to ShinyHunters that compromised over 300 instances across 100 organizations, primarily in education, between May 27 and June 9, 2026. Read more
CVE-2026-43503 (CVSS 8.8) allows local users to gain root by corrupting file-backed memory through cloned network packets, exploiting a missing shared-frag flag in kernel packet handling. The flaw affects multi-tenant systems where unprivileged namespaces are enabled, including CI runners and Kubernetes clusters. A patch was merged in Linux v7.1-rc5 on May 21, 2026. Read more
CISA’s inclusion of CVE-2026-12569 in the KEV catalog confirms active exploitation of a critical deserialization flaw in PTC Windchill PDMlink and FlexPLM, with attackers deploying JSP web shells for persistence. Despite patches released the prior week, continued threat activity highlights systemic delays in enterprise patch deployment and detection coverage for specialized PLM systems. Read more
Active exploitation of CVE-2026-20230, a critical SSRF vulnerability in Cisco Unified CM enabling unauthenticated file writes and potential root access via the WebDialer service, has prompted CISA to add the flaw to its KEV catalog with a June 28, 2026 deadline for federal agencies. Despite WebDialer being disabled by default, misconfigurations in enterprise deployments are exposing systems to attack, highlighting the critical need for configuration validation alongside patching. Read more
CISA has warned of active exploitation of CVE-2025-67038, a critical code injection vulnerability in Lantronix EDS5000 Series devices, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies to apply patches by June 26, 2026. The flaw allows unauthenticated remote command execution with root privileges via the HTTP RPC module, posing significant risks to network integrity and device security. Read more
A two-decade analysis of 112 million South Korean news comments identifies 23,998 accounts showing coordinated manipulation behavior, with moral condemnation of domestic political figures driving higher engagement than direct foreign narrative promotion, informing platform defense prioritization. Read more
The June 18, 2026 ThreatsDay Bulletin exposes coordinated abuse of legitimate services—including AI chat platforms, browser extensions, and cloud agents—to deliver malware and harvest credentials, highlighting how attackers exploit design features rather than zero-days, with significant impact in the Asia-Pacific region and implications for enterprise security posture. Read more
A study of China's underground 'airport' proxy market finds over half of 1,667 surveyed users rely on these subscription services to bypass the Great Firewall, citing performance and access to global platforms like ChatGPT. Researchers identified 3,431 active airports and tested 35, noting superior speeds via multi-hop routing but also risks including Alipay payments, frequent takedowns, client misconfiguration, and private censorship enforcement. Read more