Cyber Threat Report: W/C August 24, 2026
290
Threat Clusters
1513
Articles Analyzed
51.6
Avg Threat Score
140
Rising Entities
Top threats
Critical Oracle WebLogic Flaw Under Active Exploitation
78.8
Russia's Hybrid Warfare Threatens UK with Cyberattacks and Sabotage
78.0
Critical PHP Object Injection Vulnerability in WS Form LITE Plugin
78.0
EU Officials Targeted by State-Sponsored Cyberattacks on Messaging Apps
77.9
Fire Ant Threat Actor Targets Trusted Infrastructure in 2026
77.8
National Emergency Declared to Protect U.S. Bulk-Power System from Foreign Threats
77.2
Tortoiseshell Expands Malware Arsenal with New Backdoor and SSH Tunneling Tool
77.0
VMware and Cisco Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited Globally
77.0
GRU Cyber Operations Targeting Ukraine and NATO Allies
76.0
North Korean IT Workers Infiltrate US Companies Using Fraudulent Identities
75.5
Dark Caracal Unveils GoCaracal Malware for Cyber Espionage
75.5
Chinese Hackers Leverage DeepSeek AI for Increased Cyberattacks
75.5
Ransomware leak sites this week
292 victim listings across 56 groups, from ThreatCluster's own collection of ransomware leak sites. Listings are claims by the groups, not confirmed breaches.Most-listed sectors: Manufacturing (48), Not Found (40), Professional Services (38), Technology (36), Healthcare (28).
| Group | Listings |
|---|---|
| qilin | 46 |
| thegentlemen | 24 |
| zawoo | 19 |
| akira | 15 |
| krybit | 13 |
| lockbit5 | 12 |
| incransom | 11 |
| silentransomgroup | 10 |
| braincipher | 8 |
| settra | 8 |
Ransomware tracker · Dark web API
Rising entities
Apt Group
- Volt Typhoon+600%
- Mustang Panda+400%
- APT28+100%
- Fancy Bear+100%
- FamousSparrow+100%
Attack Type
- DDoS+35%
- Botnet+300%
- Zero-day Exploit+10%
- Remote Code Execution+100%
- Prompt Injection+100%
Campaign
Company
- NASA+1300%
- OpenAI+240%
- Medtronic+900%
- Okta+400%
- ReliaQuest+400%
Cve
- CVE-2026-31629+900%
- CVE-2026-23449+900%
- CVE-2026-43109+900%
- CVE-2026-46037+800%
- CVE-2026-53224+200%
Cwe
Industry
- Government+33%
- Telecommunications+260%
- Technology+62%
- Retail+133%
- Healthcare+23%
Mitre Attack
Platform
- Linux+34%
- ChatGPT+333%
- Telegram+267%
- VMware ESXi+500%
- WordPress+20%
Ransomware Group
- Qilin+300%
- RhysidaNew
- SynnovisNew
- StormEncryptorNew
- Aur0raNew
Tool
- Hugging Face+200%
- DeepSeek+600%
- Openssl+500%
- Claude+400%
- Claude Code+75%
Vulnerability
Entity type distribution
| Entity type | Count |
|---|---|
| Platform | 373 |
| Company | 322 |
| Cve | 252 |
| Tool | 147 |
| Country | 97 |
| Mitre Attack | 72 |
| Malware | 71 |
| Campaign | 48 |
| Industry | 41 |
| Vulnerability | 35 |
| Cwe | 35 |
| Apt Group | 31 |
| Attack Type | 25 |
| Ransomware Group | 22 |