Overview Immediately after the PHP vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619 were disclosed on October 21, 2026, a large number of repositories named “php2shell” were created in a short period of time on GitHub, a code repository platform. Of the top 100 repositories (excluding forks) found by searching for “php2shell,” 99 addressed these vulnerabilities, and nearly all […]

On October 22, 2026, the PHP Security Team announced in an advisory that it would release security updates addressing the vulnerabilities CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619. Although the causes of the two vulnerabilities differ, they are both remote code execution vulnerabilities that allow an unauthenticated threat actor to execute arbitrary code remotely. AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) […]

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Summary of Vulnerability Trends for the Third Quarter of 2026 A total of 36,971 CVEs were disclosed in the third quarter of 2026, representing an increase of approximately 78.6% Compared to the second quarter. Among the vulnerabilities for which CVSS assessments were completed, approximately 12.7% Were rated “Critical” and approximately 42.6% Were rated “High,” meaning […]

The AhnLab SEcurity intelligence Center (ASEC) has identified two vulnerability attack cases that exploited a remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2019-18935) targeting unpatched Telerik UI for ASP.NET AJAX servers. In the first incident, after exploiting the vulnerability, the attacker executed a reverse shell, attempted to perform privilege escalation, and installed a web shell; in the second […]

Key takeaway. since the emergence of WormGPT in June 2023, AI-based hacking tools have spread to the dark web, Telegram, GitHub, and Hugging Face. the market has evolved into a mix of paid subscription SaaS and free open-source distributions. key capabilities have been segmented into phishing automation, malware development, reconnaissance, brute force, vulnerability exploitation, and […]