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VAPOR PANDA AI-Driven ARTEX Global Espionage Campaign

VAPOR PANDA is using the ARTEX agentic AI framework and DeepSeek LLM to conduct simultaneous global espionage against foreign ministries and critical infrastructure sectors.

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ills3c Intel&Coffee@Ills3C10 hours ago

4 intel reports

Play (or Playcrypt) is a sophisticated ransomware group utilizing double extortion, custom information stealers like Grixba, and exploitation of vulnerabilities in FortiOS and Microsoft Exchange to target global organizations.

An authorized attacker can exploit CVE-2026-45504, a high-severity SSRF in Microsoft Exchange Server, to perform local file reads by manipulating EWS reference attachments and WOPI-related preview logic.