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Reported 70Threat actorFirst seen 4 Nov 2026, 11:24 UTC

China-Aligned Hackers Hijack Sogou Input Method DNS Requests to Deploy DarkVigil Backdoor

Coverage

HeadlineSourceTypePublished
China-Aligned Hackers Hijack Sogou Input Method DNS Requests to Deploy DarkVigil Backdoor The Hacker NewsSecurity press4 Nov 2026, 11:24 UTC
Sogou Input Method update hijack installs DarkVigil backdoor; update to 16.10 (CVE-2026-120422) r/netsecCommunity5 Nov 2026, 18:26 UTC

Vulnerabilities

CVEExploited (CISA KEV)CVSSEPSS
CVE-2026-120422 No — 0.4%

CVSS from NVD; EPSS is FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Why this score

Most trusted source70
Independent organisations reporting it (1)+0
Confirmed by an official source or CISA KEV+0
Confidence70 · Reported
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