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#5 The Hacker News general September 05, 2026 at 07:31 UTC

Attackers Exploit PaperCut Flaws to Steal Credentials From Schools and Universities

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

AI Summary

Arctic Wolf's Adversary Research Team observed active exploitation of PaperCut vulnerabilities CVE-2026-81578 and CVE-2026-82078 — an authentication bypass chained with RCE — targeting schools and universities in the U.S. and Europe for credential theft. The education sector should treat unpatched PaperCut deployments as critically exposed given ongoing attacks.

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