All Huntress Blog Posts

All Huntress Blog Posts

All things cybersecurity engaging and accessible - so you can stay ahead of hackers and boost your cybersecurity savviness.

Author: John Hammond
Rapid Response & Vulnerabilities
Rapid Response: php2shell, Leaked Critical PHP Vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)
Rapid Response: php2shell, Leaked Critical PHP Vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 & CVE-2026-109619)

Two critical PHP RCEs, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, leaked before the patch. Learn what's known, who's exposed, and how to prepare now.

October 20, 2026
Rapid Response: Critical N-able N-central Vulnerability and Active Exploitation
Rapid Response: Critical N-able N-central Vulnerability and Active Exploitation

UPDATED: Critical vulnerability in N-able N-central gives attackers unauthenticated, "god-mode" access to the RMM console.

September 6, 2026
PaperCut Actively Exploited: A Pre-Auth RCE Chain
PaperCut Actively Exploited: A Pre-Auth RCE Chain

UPDATED: PaperCut NG and PaperCut MF are under active exploitation. Huntress reproduced a pre-auth RCE chain and shares urgent patching, exposure, and detection guidance.

Supply Chain Compromise of axios npm Package
Supply Chain Compromise of axios npm Package

An NPM supply chain attack struck the ubiquitous open-source axios library and Huntress has observed over a hundred affected devices.

March 31, 2026
Active Exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk
Active Exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk

Huntress observed active exploitation of SolarWinds Web Help Desk across three customers — with attackers deploying Cloudflare tunnels and Velociraptor for persistence immediately after getting in.

Exploitation of Windows Server Update Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287)
Exploitation of Windows Server Update Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-59287)

Huntress observed threat actors exploiting a Microsoft WSUS remote code execution vulnerability across four customers within days of disclosure. Here's the timeline, the TTPs, and why you need to patch now.

Active Exploitation of Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox Local File Inclusion Flaw (CVE-2025-11371)
Active Exploitation of Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox Local File Inclusion Flaw (CVE-2025-11371)

A local file inclusion flaw in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox was actively exploited before a patch existed. Huntress documented the vulnerability, the exploitation activity, and what to do now.

The Hunt to Find Origins of Kaseya's VSA Mass Ransomware Incident
The Hunt to Find Origins of Kaseya's VSA Mass Ransomware Incident

Kaseya's VSA has 35,000 customers and 17,000 MSP partners, one of the most valuable attack surfaces imaginable. Huntress traces the origins of the mass ransomware incident that exploited it.

July 20, 2021