
BeyondTrust suspects Armory Castle uses AI to model target products for exploit development
Armory Castle began exploiting BeyondTrust zero-day CVE-2026-102764 on August 29, 2026.
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Armory Castle began exploiting BeyondTrust zero-day CVE-2026-102764 on August 29, 2026.

Senior DOJ officials described the Martino case as significant and are considering roundtables with cybersecurity firms to discuss insider‑threat prevention.

Combining the authentication bypass and command‑injection flaws lets attackers on the same network gain admin access and run commands.

SentinelOne, app.opencve.io, PremierePC Technology Group and TheHackerWire report that the flaw carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8, rated as high severity.

The flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.8 and is rated Important by Microsoft.

Armory Castle, tracked by Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence, used the flaw starting August 29 to deploy backdoors and harvest credentials, with patches now available.

Patched releases include Drupal core 10.6.19, 11.3.19, 11.4.10 and Entity List module 3.0.10.

Google warns of continued targeting of edge devices as the group deploys webshells, backdoors and SOCKS5 tunneling after patch release

The espionage group exploited CVE-2026-102764 to deploy custom malware, harvest credentials, and evade detection across enterprise networks, researchers say

Researchers demonstrated a proof‑of‑concept industrial control systems (ICS)‑Sniper attack that analyzes virtual private network (VPN)-encrypted packet metadata to time packet drops and disrupt operations on a SWaT water‑treatment testbed

The flaws affect EseeCloud App versions ≤4.9.6 and Firmware ≤4.9.86.0, letting attackers gain full control of devices.

CISA reported that CVE-2026-97851 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (Critical) due to missing authorization on a storage status‑change REST endpoint.