August 14, 2026 · Applied Cybernetics Group
Morning Brief — August 14, 2026
Morning Brief — 2026-08-14
3 material breach disclosures, 10 emerging critical cves, 5 supply chain, 48 ransomware activity, 18394 ioc volume, 18 active malware families, 25 multi-source iocs, 1 cross-reference, 4 intel feeds, 12 hand-authored sigma, and 17 detection gaps. Sections with no signal are still rendered with an explicit “none in this window” note so absence is visible alongside presence.
Material Breach Disclosures
Alto Ingredients, Inc. (ALTO)
- Filed: 2026-08-07 · CIK 0000778164 · Accession
0001213900-26-086750 - Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/778164/000121390026086750/ea030067001ex10-1.htm
any governmental authority or affected individuals regarding any such incident. There has been no such Breach, and the Company has not been notified of and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any such Breach, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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Vivos Therapeutics, Inc. (VVOS)
- Filed: 2026-08-03 · CIK 0001716166 · Accession
0001493152-26-035867 - Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1716166/000149315226035867/ex10-2.htm
other applicable SEC cybersecurity disclosure rules. Provider shall maintain cyber liability and privacy liability insurance in amounts reasonably sufficient to cover its obligations under this Section 7.8, and shall provide Client with certificates of such insurance upon request.
Intellectual Property
8.1 Client Property. All financial statements, filings, board materials, internal con…
AMGEN INC (AMGN)
- Filed: 2026-07-31 · CIK 0000318154 · Accession
0000318154-26-000119 - Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/318154/000031815426000119/amgn-20260729.htm
The Company has since learned that some of its data, including proprietary data, patient protected health information, and other information, has been exfiltrated from these cloud environments. To date, the Company has not identified any impact to its products, manufacturing operations, or financial reporting systems, or to the Company’s ability to meet patient needs. The investigation remains ong…
Federal Patching Priority
No new KEV additions in this window.
Exploit Probability Movers
No CVEs with ≥0.20 EPSS movement in this window.
Emerging Critical CVEs
CVE-2026-72851· CRITICAL (10.0) · 2026-08-13 — Budibase before 3.40.0 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability in webhook-triggered automations with EXECUTE_QUERY steps. Attackers can POST attacker-controlled JSON to the webhook trigger endpoint to inj…CVE-2026-61962· CRITICAL (10.0) · 2026-08-13 — Unauthenticated Arbitrary Code Execution in WP BASE Booking <= 6.3.0 versions.CVE-2026-27544· CRITICAL (10.0) · 2026-08-13 — Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) in QA Analytics <= 5.2.0.0 versions.CVE-2026-59500· CRITICAL (10.0) · 2026-08-13 — CWE-287: Improper AuthenticationCVE-2026-72842· CRITICAL (9.9) · 2026-08-13 — luci-app-lxc contains an ACL inconsistency vulnerability that allows low-privileged authenticated LuCI users to access backend container management routes without proper authorization checks. Attackers can exploit path t…CVE-2026-72841· CRITICAL (9.9) · 2026-08-13 — luci-app-openvpn fails to properly validate the instance_name2 parameter during file upload, allowing authenticated users to perform path traversal and write arbitrary files outside the intended directory. Attackers can…CVE-2026-73656· CRITICAL (9.9) · 2026-08-13 — Trigger.dev is a platform for building and deploying fully managed AI agents and workflows. Prior to 4.5.6, POST /api/v1/deployments/:deploymentId/background-workers calls CreateDeploymentBackgroundWorkerServiceV4.call()…CVE-2026-12949· CRITICAL (9.8) · 2026-08-14 — The Wishlist Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Account Takeover via Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in versions up to and including 3.34.1. This is due to the wpm_register() function validating…CVE-2026-72839· CRITICAL (9.8) · 2026-08-13 — filebrowser through 2.63.16 fails to properly restrict scope and permissions when self-signup is enabled with default CreateUserDir setting. Unauthenticated attackers can register accounts that inherit the server root sc…CVE-2026-72776· CRITICAL (9.8) · 2026-08-13 — AgenticSeek (commit fc242c7) contains an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability that allows any network-adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary commands by submitting crafted queries to the unprotected POST /…
Supply Chain
GHSA-p28v-f755-9qrg · CVE-2026-73654 (npm)
- HIGH · CVSS 8.5 · 2026-08-13
- Affected:
@trigger.dev/core - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p28v-f755-9qrg
Trigger.dev: Prototype pollution via run metadata operations → process-wide cross-tenant DoS
GHSA-m42h-3232-vpv3 · CVE-2026-12243 (pip)
- HIGH · CVSS 7.5 · 2026-08-13
- Affected:
nltk - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m42h-3232-vpv3
nltk: Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in nltk.data.load() through Percent-Encoded Sequences
GHSA-rm43-82j9-r4mj (pip)
- HIGH · 2026-08-13
- Affected:
atomic-agents-stack - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rm43-82j9-r4mj
atomic-agents-stack: Dashboard HTTP server path traversal allows arbitrary file read
GHSA-48p8-g2fx-3wwm · CVE-2026-54526 (go)
- HIGH · 2026-08-13
- Affected:
github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v4,github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows/v3,github.com/argoproj/argo-workflows - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-48p8-g2fx-3wwm
Argo Workflows: ArtifactGC.PodSpecPatch bypasses Strict/Secure template reference allow-list (Incomplete fix for CVE-2026-31892)
GHSA-2mhj-fhvg-v428 · CVE-2026-55072 (composer)
- HIGH · CVSS 8.5 · 2026-08-13
- Affected:
pimcore/pimcore,pimcore/pimcore - https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2mhj-fhvg-v428
Pimcore: ClassDefinition UID regex missing end anchor allows SQL injection via Block.php unquoted table name
Ransomware Activity
48 new victim postings across 15 groups.
| Group | Victims | Sample |
|---|---|---|
thegentlemen | 18 | IPS, Gfeller Treuhand und Verwaltungs, Gravity Coffee, Ollies Place Kidswear, Th… |
Storm | 7 | Hinman Straub, 3-point Australia, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, Canadian Mental… |
qilin | 5 | Lercher Werkzeugbau, 3f, PenLink, Urban Worldwide, D & J Beverage Service |
shinyhunters | 5 | Metabase, Sharecare, Inc., Carhartt, Inc., Cook Medical LLC, Baxter Internationa… |
AiLock | 2 | DAISEN, Yaomasa |
incransom | 2 | https://pacific-construction.com/, cambrialawfirm.com |
SilentRansomGroup | 1 | Reminger |
akira | 1 | CF Supply |
blacknevas | 1 | ASCOM S.p.A. ascom-italy.it serviced by an IT company Emilcom S.r.l. |
clop | 1 | ZEBRA.COM |
coinbasecartel | 1 | Hitachi High-Tech |
dragonforce | 1 | GB Group S.A |
m3rx | 1 | tecnoabi.com |
payload | 1 | Zara Investment Holding |
rhysida | 1 | SIA Medical Centre |
IOC Volume
18394 new IOCs in this window. By source:
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
misp | 17609 |
urlhaus | 785 |
Recent OSINT Events
No curated MISP events in this window (bulk-IOC contributions tallied in IOC Volume).
Active Malware Families
18 malware families active this week (2 corroborated across ≥2 sources), exercising 20 ATT&CK techniques. Family is the unit, not the indicator: the raw IOCs are drill-down evidence below, not the signal.
| Family | Type | Corrob. | IOCs | Techniques (✗ = coverage gap) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AgentTesla | stealer | ✓ | 49 | T1056.001, T1071, T1114, T1555 |
| ClickFix | delivery → | ✓ | 11 | T1059.001, T1204 |
| Mirai | botnet | — | 1,199 | T1110, T1498, T1499, T1584.005 |
| ConnectWise ScreenConnect (abuse) | rmm-abuse | — | 79 | T1219 |
| XWorm | rat | — | 31 | T1056.001, T1071 |
| DDoSAgent | ddos | — | 19 | T1498, T1499 |
| CoinMiner | miner | — | 12 | T1496 |
| GuLoader | loader → | — | 11 | T1027, T1071, T1105 |
| AMOS (Atomic macOS Stealer) | stealer | — | 9 | T1005, T1056.002, T1071, T1555.001 |
| Formbook | stealer | — | 6 | T1005, T1056.001, T1071, T1555 |
| Grandoreiro | stealer | — | 3 | T1056.001, T1071, T1113 |
| PureLogsStealer | stealer | — | 3 | T1005, T1071, T1555 |
| Lumma | stealer | — | 2 | T1005, T1071, T1555 |
| PhantomStealer | stealer | — | 2 | T1005, T1555 |
| Stealc | stealer | — | 2 | T1005, T1071, T1555 |
| AsyncRAT | rat | — | 1 | T1056.001, T1059.001, T1071, T1219 |
| MassLogger | stealer | — | 1 | T1056.001, T1071, T1555 |
| Phorpiex | botnet | — | 1 | T1071, T1486, T1566 |
Families marked ”→” are delivery/social-engineering clusters (ClickFix, GuLoader). Their technique mappings are the delivery chain — downstream behavior is payload-dependent, so they don’t open a hard coverage gap on their own.
Multi-Source IOCs
25 IOCs flagged by 2+ independent sources this window — the highest-confidence signal the cross-feed corpus produces.
| IOC | Type | Sources | Last seen |
|---|---|---|---|
01ejjpa2.behtarin-site-shartbandi.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
078zq932.betyek.bio | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
0rlxki7g.bordbett10.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
104.194.140.150 | ip-dst | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
12zjij7k.betrein90.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
1og90icd.betyek.app | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
1s3hqwvr.varzeshlife.ir | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
2gfxwchj.emeraldualzone.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
2lob5o1r.betbuf90.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
2rhdb98z.comfortinnlaytonutah.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
2zm9lhlg.groeschelcompany.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
3u06kg6l.onjabet1.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
3x6v81kc.varzeshlife.ir | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
47sat9ax.corpuschristiairporthotel.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
47ytdzjs.economywindowsparts.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
4dc5hwj8.nextbahis.poker | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
4gfsvs7l.jennyrussianbluepalace.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
4j6m037n.mcbelize.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
4yl6u62i.pdfbama.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
54snw6zk.nextbahis.coupons | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
5ipju606.venus90bet.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
5m1ugnlr.yekbetyek.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
5uat7o6m.pdfbama.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
694j5tdy.behtarin-site-shartbandi-football.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
6fk656iq.irani-music.com | domain | misp + urlhaus | 2026-08-14 |
MISP × KEV Correlation
No MISP events in this window referenced a CVE.
Cross-Reference
Alto Ingredients, Inc. (filed 2026-08-07)
Token match on alto against KEV vendor/product strings. This is a heuristic — verify before treating as attribution.
CVE-2026-0257— Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS (added 2026-05-29)
Intel Feeds
4 IOC feeds updated this run (10,475 indicators total) — each available as CSV, MISP JSON, and STIX 2.1. Subscribe at https://thrunt.me/intel/manifest.json.
| Feed | Source | Type | Count | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MISP — Suspicious Domains | misp | domain | 5,000 | CSV · MISP · STIX |
| MISP — Flagged IPs | misp | ip | 364 | CSV · MISP · STIX |
| URLhaus — Malware Distribution URLs | urlhaus | url | 5,000 | CSV · MISP · STIX |
| URLhaus — Malware Distribution Domains | urlhaus | domain | 111 | CSV · MISP · STIX |
Hand-Authored Sigma
10 production-ready TTP rules (+2 scaffolds in the authoring queue) live at https://thrunt.me/sigma/manifest.json. Subscribe via https://thrunt.me/sigma/rules.lock.json (content-hash churn) or pull all with https://thrunt.me/sigma/rules.tar.gz.
| Rule | Status | YAML |
|---|---|---|
| T1037 Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts — Linux Init Script Modification | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1037-linux-init-script-modification.yml |
| T1055 Process Injection — Rundll32 Spawning Explorer as an Injection Host | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1055-rundll32-spawning-explorer-injection.yml |
| T1071.004 DNS-over-HTTPS Resolution from a Non-Browser Process | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1071-004-doh-resolver-non-browser-c2.yml |
| T1098.004 Account Manipulation — SSH Authorized Keys File Modification | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1098-004-ssh-authorized-keys-write.yml |
| T1102.001 Dead Drop Resolver — EtherHiding Payload Retrieval from BNB Smart Chain Testnet | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1102-001-etherhiding-bsc-testnet-dead-drop.yml |
| T1195.002 Compromise Software Supply Chain — Malicious Google Tag Manager Container | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1195-002-unapproved-gtm-container-injection.yml |
| T1204.004 Malicious Copy and Paste — ClickFix macOS Terminal Execution | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1204-004-clickfix-macos-terminal-execution.yml |
| T1204.004 Malicious Copy and Paste — ClickFix Run Dialog Execution | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1204-004-clickfix-run-dialog-execution.yml |
| T1566.002 Spearphishing Link — Luxembourg Hospitality SMS Phishing Campaign | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1566-002-luxembourg-hospitality-sms-phish.yml |
| T1574.002 DLL Side-Loading — Signed javac.exe Loading jli.dll from a User-Writable Path | experimental | https://thrunt.me/sigma/t1574-002-signed-javac-sideload-jli.yml |
| T1003.008 OS Credential Dumping — /etc/shadow and /etc/gshadow Access | draft | https://thrunt.meundefined |
| T1530 Data from Cloud Storage — Detection | draft | https://thrunt.meundefined |
Detection Gaps
17 of 158 techniques with corpus signal have zero detection coverage — no SigmaHQ community rule, no thrunt rule. This is the hand-authoring queue; the live view is at https://thrunt.me/corpus/attck/.
| Technique | Name | Active families | MISP | KEV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
T1011 | Exfiltration Over Other Network Medium | — | 0 | 4 |
T1497 | Virtualization/Sandbox Evasion | — | 0 | 4 |
T1562 | — | — | 0 | 3 |
T1573.001 | Symmetric Cryptography | — | 0 | 3 |
T1001 | Data Obfuscation | — | 0 | 2 |
T1499.002 | Service Exhaustion Flood | — | 0 | 2 |
T1530 | Data from Cloud Storage | — | 0 | 2 |
T1562.001 | — | — | 0 | 2 |
T1003.008 | /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow | — | 0 | 1 |
T1070.001 | — | — | 0 | 1 |
…and 7 more below the cut — full list on the rollup.
Pipeline Health
All feeds healthy.
Sources: SEC EDGAR (public domain), CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (public domain), FIRST.org EPSS (per ToS), NIST NVD (public domain), GitHub Security Advisories (per ToS), abuse.ch URLhaus (CC0, attribution), ransomware.live (per ToS), MITRE ATT&CK (CC BY 4.0).
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