Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-02-06 12:00 PST
- DKnife Linux toolkit hijacks router traffic to spy, deliver malware
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-06 10:35 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A newly discovered toolkit called DKnife has been used since 2019 to hijack traffic at the edge-device level and deliver malware in espionage campaigns. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dknife-linux-toolkit-hijacks-router-traffic-to-spy-deliver-malware/ - CISA warns of SmarterMail RCE flaw used in ransomware attacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-06 09:16 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in the U.S. has issued a warning about CVE-2026-24423, an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE) flaw in SmarterMail that is used in ransomware attacks. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-warns-of-smartermail-rce-flaw-used-in-ransomware-attacks/ - EDR, Email, and SASE Miss This Entire Class of Browser Attacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-06 07:01 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Many modern attacks happen entirely inside the browser, leaving little evidence for traditional security tools. Keep Aware shows why EDR, email, and SASE miss browser-only attacks and how visibility changes prevention. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/edr-email-and-sase-miss-this-entire-class-of-browser-attacks/ - China-Linked DKnife AitM Framework Targets Routers for Traffic Hijacking, Malware Delivery
The Hacker News • 2026-02-06 06:56 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a gateway-monitoring and adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) framework dubbed DKnife that’s operated by China-nexus threat actors since at least 2019.
The framework comprises seven Linux-based implants that are designed to perform deep packet inspection, manipulate traffic, and deliver malware via routers and edge devices. Its primary targets seem to
https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/china-linked-dknife-aitm-framework.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
