Infosec bits for 2026 week 36

Anele Siwela | Sept. 4, 2026, 3:24 p.m.

Cybersecurity News:

Google Releases Chrome Update to Patch Actively Exploited V8 Zero-Day [Ravie Lakshmanan, The hacker News]

AI widely used to exploit critical flaws, disrupt supply chains [David Jones, Cybersecurity Dive]

AI agents can now remember and hackers can ‘poison’ their memories — a new cybersecurity threat [The Conversation, Stuff]

78% of South African SMBs encountered cybersecurity incidents over the past year, Kaspersky research shows [CBN Staff, CBN]

Free Router DNS Tweak Blocks Malware and Phishing Across Home Networks [Guru Baran, Cyber Security News]

Vulnerabilities & Patches:

Plex issues urgent patch warning, 300,000 media servers can be found online [Ernestas Naprys, Cyber News]

RMM Phishing Campaign Spans 46 Countries as Attackers Abuse Trusted IT Tools [ESecurity Planet Staff, ESecurity Planet]

Critical VMware Workstation and Fusion Vulnerabilities Allow Attackers to Execute Code on the Host [Guru Baran, Cybersecurity News]

Cybersecurity News: Fable 5.1 released, USPS “untested” IT, Exchange hijack vulnerability [Rich Stroffolino, CISO Series]

Rasomware & Malware:

Ransomware hackers relaunch attacks within Three Months [Naveen Goud, Cybersecurity-Insiders]

AI-powered ransomware has arrived: Cybercriminals can now launch attacks for less than the cost of a coffee [Dr. Tim Sandle, Digital journal]

Hackers abuse Microsoft Teams in ransomware campaign through fake IT support [David Jones, Cybersecurity Dive]

BraZetsu Malware Turns Compromised Windows Hosts Into Criminal Marketplace Inventory [Ravie Lakshmanan, The hacker News]

Hijacked ScreenConnect Installs Are Spreading Malware Like a Worm, Huntress Warns [Guru Writer, IT Security Guru.]