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What happened today: Multiple active exploit and compromise events surfaced: attackers chained JFrog Artifactory flaws to gain admin access and drop backdoors; China-linked UNC3569 exploited a Sogou Input Method bug to deploy the GRAYRABBIT backdoor; Cisco FMC vulnerabilities were abused to steal credentials and deploy Qilin ransomware. Vendors issued patches — PaperCut replaced emergency hotfixes with proper fixes for two actively exploited flaws, Check Point disclosed two 9.8-rated VPN certificate flaws enabling unauthenticated RCE, and N-able released a patch for a zero-day. Key risks: Exploits allow remote code execution, privilege escalation and persistence (backdoors, ransomware); stolen credentials enable lateral movement and supply-chain compromise; unauthenticated RCE in VPN/Gateway products risks broad network takeover. Who is affected: Organizations running JFrog Artifactory, Sogou input software users, Cisco FMC customers, PaperCut-managed print servers, Check Point VPN deployments, and N-able-managed estates globally. What to do: Apply vendor patches immediately (PaperCut, Check Point, N-able, Cisco), rotate credentials and service accounts exposed by FMC, audit Artifactory instances for indicators of compromise and backdoors, and alert incident response teams to hunt for GRAYRABBIT and Qilin artifacts.