Cyber Threat Report: W/C August 31, 2026
448
Threat Clusters
3158
Articles Analyzed
53.5
Avg Threat Score
141
Rising Entities
Top threats
China-Linked QTFY Group Targets Critical Infrastructure with Advanced Exploits
80.8
Critical Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-85046 Exploited in the Wild
80.8
SonicWall SMA1000 Faces Critical Zero-Day Exploitation
80.8
Chinese Operator Breaches Philippine Nuclear and Naval Entities
80.7
Critical Vulnerabilities in SonicWall SMA1000 Series Allow Remote Code Execution
80.3
SonicWall SMA 1000 Series Faces Critical Zero-Day Exploits
80.0
SonicWall SMA1000 Faces Third Zero-Day Attack with MFA Seeds Compromised
80.0
US Offers $10 Million Reward for Iranian Cyber Operations Chief
79.0
Critical Exploitation of Sangoma Switchvox Vulnerabilities Underway
78.8
Mirage Kitten Targets Aviation and FinTech with New Cross-Platform Malware
78.5
Critical RCE Vulnerabilities Under Active Exploitation
78.0
AI Cyberattacks Targeting Critical Infrastructure Escalate
78.0
Ransomware leak sites this week
249 victim listings across 50 groups, from ThreatCluster's own collection of ransomware leak sites. Listings are claims by the groups, not confirmed breaches.Most-listed sectors: Manufacturing (40), Professional Services (29), Healthcare (27), Technology (25), Other (22).
| Group | Listings |
|---|---|
| thegentlemen | 29 |
| qilin | 18 |
| settra | 17 |
| krybit | 15 |
| incransom | 14 |
| direwolf | 13 |
| akira | 11 |
| lockbit5 | 10 |
| vexy ransomware | 10 |
| braincipher | 8 |
Ransomware tracker · Dark web API
Rising entities
Apt Group
- APT29+400%
- ShinyHunters+100%
- Silver Fox+300%
- Sandworm+200%
- Kimsuky+50%
Attack Type
- Malware+124%
- Phishing+125%
- Zero-day Exploit+96%
- Ransomware+91%
- Denial of Service+525%
Campaign
Country
- United States+44%
- Bulgaria+1700%
- Mexico+400%
- Serbia+1100%
- Brazil+143%
Cve
- CVE-2026-82078+800%
- CVE-2026-81578+700%
- CVE-2026-82329+250%
- CVE-2026-53133+200%
- CVE-2026-46331+200%
Cwe
Industry
- Financial+34%
- Manufacturing+43%
- Telecommunications+33%
- Retail+36%
- Healthcare+11%
Mitre Attack
Platform
- Linux+130%
- Windows+179%
- MacOS+159%
- Microsoft Edge+1200%
- Android+133%
Tool
- Google Chrome+3800%
- PowerShell+329%
- Dropbox+800%
- Node.js+750%
- Microsoft Teams+600%
Vulnerability
- OS Command Injection+600%
- XSS+33%
- EternalBlue+200%
- PostGREShellNEW
- KindaRails2ShellNEW
Entity type distribution
| Entity type | Count |
|---|---|
| Cve | 1007 |
| Platform | 672 |
| Company | 365 |
| Tool | 278 |
| Malware | 199 |
| Apt Group | 114 |
| Mitre Attack | 113 |
| Country | 104 |
| Campaign | 80 |
| Vulnerability | 73 |
| Industry | 51 |
| Attack Type | 45 |
| Ransomware Group | 41 |
| Cwe | 37 |
| Eth | 1 |