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Google Threat Intelligence · Research ·

ARMORY CASTLE Exploits BeyondTrust

ARMORY CASTLE exploits BeyondTrust Remote Support vulnerability CVE-2026-102764.

Google Threat Intelligence reports that ARMORY CASTLE, a suspected PRC-nexus espionage threat actor, exploited the vulnerability as a zero-day in late August 2026. The exploitation results in the arbitrary upload of files. Mandiant identified evidence of exploitation and observed the threat actor establish a foothold and escalate privileges. The vulnerability affects BeyondTrust Remote Support appliances.

Recommended by the publisher: Google Threat Intelligence recommends that affected organizations immediately apply the security patches provided by BeyondTrust to remediate the vulnerability.

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Investigating Ephemeral Supply Chain Tampering

Google Threat Intelligence reports a software supply chain compromise targeting AOMEI Technology.

The threat actor, attributed to UNC7017, conducted repeated short-burst configuration tampering against AOMEI's update infrastructure. The campaign delivered a multi-stage payload chain involving the CROSSROAD downloader and SHINYROAD backdoor. Impacted organizations spanned diverse sectors in multiple countries. The campaign was identified through collaborative research with the ManageEngine Threat Analysis Lab.

Recommended by the publisher: GTIG notified potentially affected organizations and shared technical findings with AOMEI Technology, which took corrective action to secure their distribution servers.

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Vulnerability Discovery and Exploitation Trends in the AI Era

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Defending Against Active Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler ADC and Gateway Appliances

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ShinyHunters Renewed Mass Exploitation Campaign Targeting Oracle PeopleSoft

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Proactive Defense: Hardening Code Pipelines and CI/CD Infrastructure

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GTIG AI Threat Tracker: From Prompting to Autonomy – The Evolution of Adversarial AI

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Financially Motivated Threat Actor BREEZE COMET Targets Brazil

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Going with the Flow(s): Distinct Clusters Target Individuals of Interest to Russia

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Staying Ahead of Adversarial AI Through Agentic Source Code Review

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UNC6671 Rebrands: Multi-Brand Vishing Extortion Targets Financial Services and Enterprise Cloud Environments

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Batten Down Your Packages: Mitigation Guidance for Supply Chain Compromise

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Updated Cyber Threat Actor Naming System

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Demystifying AI Exploits: A Blueprint for AI-Assisted Vulnerability Management

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The Risk of Exposed Cloud Functions and How to Harden

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The ‘Ghost’ in the Database: Recovering Active ADFS Signing Keys via Machine DPAPI

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Google’s Continued Disruption of Malicious Residential Proxy Networks

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The Bear Necessities: A Look at the Drivers, Dynamics, and Applications of the Pro-Russia Influence Ecosystem

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STOCKSTAY Another Day: The Latest Addition to Turla’s Intelligence Gathering Apparatus

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Zero-Day Exploitation of Vulnerability (CVE-2026-20245) in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager

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