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
Critical Path Traversal Vulnerability in Check Point Management Servers Under Active Exploitation (CVE-2026-93616)
A critical pre-authentication path traversal flaw in Check Point Management Servers lets remote attackers upload and run arbitrary scripts on the system that administers enterprise firewall policy, and attackers have been exploiting it since July
Sep 22, 2026 - 5 Min Read
Critical Vulnerability in F5 Big-IP APM Under Active Exploitation (CVE-2026-94127)
On September 22nd, 2026, F5 published an advisory for a critical vulnerability in BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) and confirmed active exploitation in the wild. Tracked as CVE-2026-94127, the flaw lets an unauthenticated, remote attacker send crafted traffic to an affected virtual server and execute code on the appliance.
Sep 22, 2026 - 4 Min Read
Critical Vulnerability in WordPress Disclosed (CVE-2026-87902)
A critical unauthenticated path traversal in WordPress Core lets a remote attacker force a site to include a local PHP file from outside its theme directories, which on common server configurations leads to remote code execution.
Sep 22, 2026 - 4 Min Read
Critical Vulnerability in Cisco ISE Under Active Exploitation (CVE-2026-76460)
On September 16th, 2026, Cisco disclosed a critical vulnerability in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and confirmed it is under active exploitation. Tracked as CVE-2026-76460, the flaw stems from insufficient authentication control on an API endpoint.
Sep 17, 2026 - 3 Min Read
Critical Vulnerabilities in Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager (CVE-2026-76440, CVE-2026-76441, CVE-2026-20353, CVE-2026-76443, CVE-2026-76442)
Cisco released hardening updates for its email security appliances on September 14th, closing five sets of vulnerabilities that an unauthenticated, remote attacker can reach regardless of how the device is configured.
Sep 14, 2026 - 4 Min Read