Cyber Intelligence

Hackers push malicious Virtualizor update in BGP hijacking attack

Medium Severity Global
Date Occurred Sep 01, 2026 14:45 UTC
Event Type Cyber Intelligence
Source BleepingComputer
Recorded Sep 01, 2026
Full Description

Hackers delivered malicious updates to the Virtualizor VPS management software after hijacking BGP routing for its update infrastructure and redirecting update requests to malicious servers. [...]

Original Source
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-push-malicious-virtualizor-update-in-bgp-hijacking-attack/
Event Metadata
  • ID #28151
  • Type Cyber Intelligence
  • Region Global
  • Severity Medium
  • Indexed Sep 01, 2026
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