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21st Oct 2026

Massive Ransomware Pivot & PHP RCE: Your Security Update

Qilin and INC hijack VMware via GlobalProtect to steal ESXi credentials. Meanwhile, Nintendo went dark for PHP2Shell leaks and Vercel's KVM escape was patched. What's the one vulnerability that stopped production globally?

The hot sheet: https://blog.thehotdrop.live/blog/the-hot-drop-for-10-21-2026

0:00 Daily Dose of Dread
0:18 MFA? never heard of her
1:37 PHP not dead yet.
3:00 18 years and nobody noticed
4:23 Fancy Bear goes NATO Window Shopping
5:35 Scattered Spider Is Not Lapsus Is Not ShinyHunters.
6:56 Fortinet's Monitoring Tool Needs Monitoring
8:06 patch now, cry later: Wordpress, coz why not.
9:24 Close

#Cybersecurity #Ransomware #ZeroDay #ThreatIntelligence #PHP

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