Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-08-28 03:00 PDT

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2026-08-28 03:00 PDT

• Windows 11 KB5120998 update released with 35 changes and fixes
  BleepingComputer • 2026-08-28 02:10 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
  Microsoft released the KB5120998 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 versions 25H2 and 24H2, which comes with 35 changes, including improvements to the Start menu, taskbar, and Windows search. […]
  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/windows-11-kb5120998-update-released-with-35-changes-and-fixes/
• PaperCut Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks, Affecting All NG and MF Versions
  The Hacker News • 2026-08-28 01:25 • thehackernews.com
  PaperCut has alerted customers that bad actors are actively exploiting a vulnerability impacting all versions of its PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF print management software in zero-day attacks.

  The company has released an emergency patch for v25 and v26 to address the issue. It said it’s “aware of confirmed customer incidents and is treating this matter with the highest priority.” An
  https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/papercut-zero-day-exploited-in-attacks.html

• APT28-Linked HOOKEDGE Backdoor Targets European Government and Diplomatic Organizations
  The Hacker News • 2026-08-28 01:20 • thehackernews.com
  Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh set of campaigns targeting government and diplomatic organizations in Romania, Spain, and Türkiye between late September 2025 and early April 2026.

  These campaigns, per Recorded Future Insikt Group, have led to the deployment of a previously undocumented backdoor dubbed HOOKEDGE, a lightweight Windows batch script that’s distributed via
  https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/apt28-linked-hookedge-backdoor-targets.html

• Some Malicious PE Stats, (Thu, Aug 27th)
  SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-08-28 00:04 • isc.sans.edu

  During my last FOR610 session, a student asked me if I had some statistics in mind about the compilers used to generate malicious PE files? A couple of months ago, I shared some stats about the trend in 64bits VS. 32bits malware[1]. Can we go a bit further? I (vibe-)coded a Python script based on the pefile library[2] to extract some info from the PE headers. Indeed, the PE file format contains a lot of metadata! The…
  https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33292

Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.