Articles
CMD Organization – New Ransomware Operator Moves to Place Public Bidding Wars on Ransomed Data
In April, Beazley Security’s incident response team was called in after a newly surfaced affiliate calling themselves CMD Organization deployed ransomware and exfiltrated data from a victim organization. By way of adding a bidding platform within its leak site, the group allows potential buyers to participate directly in the extortion process. In this post, we document what our responders uncovered about CMD Organization and explore their leaksite.
May 14 - 12 Min Read
Vect 2.0: An Insider Perspective On The New Ransomware Variant
An insider look at Vect 2.0, a rapidly emerging ransomware-as-a-service operation that has gone from forum post to full-fledged platform in a matter of months. We walk through the affiliate panel, commission structure, and the technical capabilities of its Windows and ESXi lockers.
Apr 24 - 18 Min Read
Pay2Key Iranian-Linked Ransomware is Back, Back Again
In late February, Beazley Security's Incident Response team responded to a ransomware intrusion at a U.S. healthcare organization attributed to Pay2key, an Iranian government-linked threat actor that has operated since 2020. Upon investigation, the attacker had maintained access to a compromised admin account for several days before deploying ransomware and encrypting the environment within three hours.
Mar 24 - 25 Min Read
Chasing a Ghost : PXA Stealer Part 2
A follow-up to a previous article on LoneNone and his PXA Stealer malware where we detail some rare insights into the malware author's back-end operations and the evolution of their capabilities.
Oct 30 - 17 Min Read
Quantum Redirect: Offense by Vibes
When you send phishing campaigns to a security company, you really shouldn't ask LLMs to build your infrastructure.
Oct 27 - 26 Min Read
Advisories
N-central Authorization Bypass exploited in the wild (CVE-2026-18577)
N-able has confirmed active exploitation of an authentication bypass flaw in N-central that lets unauthenticated attackers take over administrator accounts and pivot into every managed endpoint beneath a compromised server.
Aug 3, 2026 - 4 Min Read
Keyv & Cacheable NPM Packages in Ongoing Supply Chain Attack
A new supply chain attack identified on multiple npm packages stemming from Keyv and Cacheable actively being exploited.
Aug 3, 2026 - 2 Min Read
Critical Check Point Security Management Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitation (CVE-2026-16232, CVE-2026-62144, CVE-2026-62145)
Check Point patched three vulnerabilities in its Security Management platform on July 22nd, 2026, (CVE-2026-16232, CVE-2026-62144, CVE-2026-62145). CVE-2026-16232 was already exploited in the wild as to seize full administrative control of firewall management servers.
Jul 22, 2026 - 3 Min Read
Critical Vulnerability in Palo Alto Global Protect Under Active Exploitation (CVE-2026-0257)
A flaw can allow an unauthenticated attacker to establish unauthorized VPN sessions on vulnerable GlobalProtect deployments when certain configuration conditions are present, currently added to KEV and is being used by Qilin Ransomware affiliates.
Jul 21, 2026 - 4 Min Read
"WP2Shell" Critical WordPress RCE Chain (CVE-2026-63030 & CVE-2026-60137)
On July 17th, WordPress disclosed two separate vulnerabilities which when chained together, could enable a remote unauthenticated attacker to achieve Remote Code Execution on default installations of the WordPress “core” product.
Jul 17, 2026 - 3 Min Read