{
  "id": 6725557,
  "title": "Cisco FMC Flaws Exploited to Steal Credentials and Deploy Qilin Ransomware",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/cisco-fmc-flaws-exploited-to-steal-credentials-and-deploy-qilin",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-11T06:19:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/cisco-fmc-flaws-exploited-to-steal.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Cisco has revealed that three distinct threat clusters linked to ransomware and state-sponsored attacks have been exploiting two recently patched Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) vulnerabilities. The attacks leverage CVE-2026-20079 (CVSS score: 10.0), an authentication bypass vulnerability in the web interface of FMC software that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}