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Google warns of potential widespread exploitation following critical BeyondTrust bug discovery

By : Reuters October 16, 2026 | 08:39 IST Edited by Vivek Dubey

Google warned of potential widespread cyberattacks after a China-linked hacking group exploited a BeyondTrust remote support vulnerability, urging organisations to swiftly patch or mitigate the critical security flaw.

Google warned on Thursday that organisations should prepare for "potential widespread exploitation" after a new bug was ‌found in US cybersecurity firm BeyondTrust's remote support appliances.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability gives attackers access to credentials, allows them to arbitrarily upload files and assume control of the host, according to Google Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant.

A suspected China-linked hacking group, known as Armory Castle, had exploited the then-unknown vulnerability in August, a post on Google's blog ‌said.

The flaw affects BeyondTrust Remote Support, an enterprise tool that allows information technology teams to remotely access and troubleshoot computers and other devices.

Google says now that the vulnerability has been disclosed, Armory Castle and others may try to exploit it widely, in line with past behaviour, and urged swift action to either patch or mitigate the vulnerability.

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