OTX Threat: Operation Master: Deconstructing a Multi-Tiered Intrusion and Monetization Pipeline

A sophisticated cybercrime operation compromised enterprise networks across multiple countries by exploiting a GlobalProtect authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-0257), executed advanced web application attacks, and deployed the AdaptixC2 framework. The operation scanned 277.5 million addresses to curate 81 high-value targets, stole databases from 9+ instances via SQL injection with xp_cm CVEs: CVE-2020-1938, CVE-2021-36260, CVE-2021-4034, CVE-2022-40684, CVE-2022-28368 Sectors: Energy,