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19 Aug 2026, 7:01 PM	The Hacker News	8.0	Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, and Microsoft IKE Flaws Under Active Exploitation CISA added four critical vulnerabilities (macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, Microsoft IKE) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog due to active exploitation. The VMware vCenter flaw (CVE-2026-59310) has been used by a suspected China-nexus APT to deploy Babuk-derived ransomware across 361 IPs, while the Microsoft IKE flaw (CVE-2026-33824) was exploited alongside an AI-enabled autonomous hacking campaign using DeepSeek. Why: Builders running VMware vCenter or Microsoft SharePoint must patch immediately to prevent ransomware and unauthorized access. The mention of DeepSeek being used for an AI-enabled autonomous hacking campaign signals that threat actors are now actively weaponizing AI agents to exploit known vulnerabilities, shrinking the window builders have to patch. security vulnerabilities ransomware ai-agents

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19 Aug 2026, 7:01 PM

The Hacker News

8.0

Critical macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, and Microsoft IKE Flaws Under Active Exploitation

CISA added four critical vulnerabilities (macOS, SharePoint, vCenter, Microsoft IKE) to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog due to active exploitation. The VMware vCenter flaw (CVE-2026-59310) has been used by a suspected China-nexus APT to deploy Babuk-derived ransomware across 361 IPs, while the Microsoft IKE flaw (CVE-2026-33824) was exploited alongside an AI-enabled autonomous hacking campaign using DeepSeek.

Why: Builders running VMware vCenter or Microsoft SharePoint must patch immediately to prevent ransomware and unauthorized access. The mention of DeepSeek being used for an AI-enabled autonomous hacking campaign signals that threat actors are now actively weaponizing AI agents to exploit known vulnerabilities, shrinking the window builders have to patch.