Clear Infosec Threat Intelligence Bulletin – Sep 30th, 2026

Cyber Security News

Chrome Store Hosts Poper Blocker Spyware Downloaded by Millions

A purported ad-blocker exfiltrates reams of sensitive information and benefits from having Google’s stamp of approval despite researcher warnings. Read more

Prompt-Injection Bug Hits $4B Agentic AI App Manus

AI apps that interpret external data (read: most AI apps) need exceptionally rigorous security filters, or attackers can take advantage. Read more

GitLab Email Addresses Can Be Weaponized for Supply Chain Attacks

Incoming email addresses automatically assigned to each user on the platform contain highly privileged access tokens that attackers can use. Read more

BragJack Attack Can Turn a Browsers Agentic AI Against It

A new type of attack hijacks the AI assistant built directly into various browsers to access sensitive information, execute malicious actions, and exfiltrate da… Read more

Best Practices

New npm malware finds a way around install script defenses

Blocking suspicious install scripts may no longer be enough to mitigate threats from malicious JavaScript dependencies used in software s… Read more

A zero-click RCE flaw in AI coding agents could have exposed enterprise systems

Popular AI coding agents such as OpenAI’s Codex, Anthropic’s Claude Code, Google’s Gemini CLI, and Microsoft-owned GitHub Copilot were vu… Read more

Oracle’s September patches put Fusion Middleware back in the hot seat

Oracle’s September 2026 Critical Security Patch Update has arrived with 673 new security patches spanning 17 Oracle product families, wit… Read more

New Threats and Vulnerabilities

17000 URLs Reveal How ClickFix Turns Trusted Websites Into Malware Traps: Report by CTM360

ClickFix has become the most common way attackers get into enterprise networks, and it does it without an exploit, an attachment, or a file on disk. Our new glo… Read more

Attackers Exploit WordPress CVE-2026-87902 Within Hours of Disclosure

Threat actors have begun to actively exploit a critical security flaw in WordPress within hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026… Read more

A Leaked GitLab Issue Email Address Lets Anyone Push Code and Run CI Jobs as You

The private email address GitLab gives you for filing issues by email is a credential. Anyone who gets it can email a patch that GitLab commits in your name, to… Read more

101 Malicious npm Packages Add Developers WhatsApp Accounts to Groups Without Consent

Cybersecurity researchers have identified a cluster of 101 npm packages that are used to trap developers into a WhatsApp group subscriber campaign dubbed Phanto… Read more

Patch Management

ClickFix Lures Deploy ChainScript RAT Using Polygon to Rotate C2 Infrastructure

Threat actors are leveraging ClickFix-like lures to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) called ChainScript. "ChainScript has appeared … Read more

Critical Docker Sandboxes Flaw Lets Malicious Guest Code Read and Modify macOS Host Files

Malicious code running inside a Docker Sandboxes virtual machine on macOS could escape the project directory shared into it and read or change files anywhere el… Read more

Cisco Warns of New Zero-Day ISE Auth Bypass (CVSS 100) Exploited in Active Attacks

Cisco has warned of a fresh maximum-severity security flaw impacting Identity Services Engine (ISE) that has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability,… Read more

Attackers Use Malicious Terraform Providers to Deliver Go Malware via HashiCorp Registry

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed Go-based malware distributed via two Go Modules and two Terraform providers, marking the first time threat actors are u… Read more

AI and Security

Windows CLOSEDQUORUM malware uses AI models to autonomously select post-compromise actions

A new Windows malware called CLOSEDQUORUM can query up to four LLM providers – Google Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen, and Mistral – to autonomously select from predefi… Read more

Meta Muse AI app flaw lets local malware redirect dictation traffic

Meta made much of the security of its AI assistant app Muse at launch earlier this month, calling out the app’s reliance on Muse Secure VM. "Each person stays … Read more