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Hackers are leveraging a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Burst Statistics to obtain admin-level access to websites. [...]
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Cisco warns of new critical SD-WAN flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
Cisco is warning that a critical Catalyst SD-WAN Controller authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20182, was actively exploited in zero-day attacks that allowed attackers to gain administrative privileges on compromised devices. [...]
OpenAI confirms security breach in TanStack supply chain attack
OpenAI says two employees' devices were breached in the recent TanStack supply chain attack that impacted hundreds of npm and PyPI packages, causing the company to rotate code-signing certificates for its applications as a precaution. [...]
Windows 11 and Microsoft Edge hacked at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026
On the first day of Pwn2Own Berlin 2026, security researchers collected $523,000 in cash awards after exploiting 24 unique zero-days. [...]
Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Auth Bypass Actively Exploited to Gain Admin Access
Cisco has released updates to address a maximum-severity authentication bypass flaw in Catalyst SD-WAN Controller that it said has been exploited in limited attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20182, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. "A vulnerability i…
Stealer Backdoor Found in 3 Node-IPC Versions Targeting Developer Secrets
Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about what has been described as "malicious activity" in newly published versions of node-ipc. According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of the npm package have been confirmed as malicious -…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: PAN-OS RCE, Mythos cURL Bug, AI Tokenizer Attacks, and 10+ Stories
Everything is still on fire. This week feels dumb in the worst way — bad links, weak checks, fake help desks, shady forum posts, and people turning supply chain attacks into some cursed little game for clout and cash. Half of it feels new. Half of it feels lik…
18-year-old NGINX vulnerability allows DoS, potential RCE
An 18-year-old flaw in the NGINX open-source web server, discovered using an autonomous scanning system, can be exploited for denial of service and, under certain conditions, remote code execution. [...]
Cyber-Enabled Cargo Crime: How Cybercrime Tradecraft is Used to Steal Freight
Cargo theft now starts with phishing emails and stolen credentials, not hijackings, to reroute and steal freight from supply chains. NMFTA outlines how cyber-enabled cargo crime is changing transportation security. [...]
Mustang Panda Linked to Updated FDMTP Backdoor in Asia-Pacific Espionage Campaign
Mustang Panda campaign deploys updated FDMTP backdoor against Asia-Pacific and Japan networks
Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government With Geofenced PDF Phishing, Cobalt Strike
The Belarus-aligned threat group known as Ghostwriter has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting governmental organizations in Ukraine. Active since at least 2016, Ghostwriter has been linked to both cyber espionage and influence operations target…
Enhancing Data Center Security Without Sacrificing Performance
For AI data centers, where the stakes are the highest and performance constraints are the tightest, security and performance are no longer a zero-sum game. The post Enhancing Data Center Security Without Sacrificing Performance appeared first on SecurityWeek.
New Linux Kernel Vulnerability Fragnesia Allows Root Privilege Escalation
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46300, is similar to the recently disclosed exploits named Dirty Frag and Copy Fail. The post New Linux Kernel Vulnerability Fragnesia Allows Root Privilege Escalation appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Google Launches Android Spyware Forensics Tool for High-Risk Users
Google’s Android Advanced Protection Mode is getting a new feature allowing trusted security experts to investigate potential spyware infections
Mythos Proves Potent in Vulnerability Discovery, Less Convincing Elsewhere
Independent benchmarking finds Mythos highly effective for source code audits, reverse engineering, and native-code analysis, though its exploit validation and reasoning capabilities remain inconsistent. The post Mythos Proves Potent in Vulnerability Discovery…
New Fragnesia Flaw Hands Linux Local Users Root Access
New Fragnesia kernel flaw lets unprivileged local users escalate to root on Linux systems
Akamai to Acquire AI and Browser Security Firm LayerX for $205 Million
The acquisition enables Akamai to expand its Zero Trust portfolio to add protection directly into the browser. The post Akamai to Acquire AI and Browser Security Firm LayerX for $205 Million appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The Missing Cybersecurity Leader In Small Business
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 14, 2026 –Read the full story in CyberScoop CyberScoop reports that the average cyberattack costs for a small- or medium-size business is more than $250,000. The salary…
KongTuke hackers now use Microsoft Teams for corporate breaches
Initial access broker KongTuke has moved to Microsoft Teams for social engineering attacks, taking as little as five minutes to gain persistent access to corporate networks. [...]
Chinese APTs Expand Targets, Update Backdoors in Recent Campaigns
Salt Typhoon has hit an energy entity in Azerbaijan. Twill Typhoon has targeted Asian entities with an updated RAT. The post Chinese APTs Expand Targets, Update Backdoors in Recent Campaigns appeared first on SecurityWeek.
PraisonAI CVE-2026-44338 Auth Bypass Targeted Within Hours of Disclosure
Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security vulnerability in PraisonAI, an open-source multi-agent orchestration framework, within four hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-44338 (CVSS s…
How AI Hallucinations Are Creating Real Security Risks
AI hallucinations are introducing serious security risks into critical infrastructure decision-making by exploiting human trust through highly confident yet incorrect outputs. When an AI model lacks certainty, it doesn’t have a mechanism to recognize that. Ins…
G7 Countries Release AI SBOM Guidance
The goal of the guidance, which outlines minimum elements, is to help organizations enhance transparency in AI systems and supply chains. The post G7 Countries Release AI SBOM Guidance appeared first on SecurityWeek.
F5 Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities
The company’s latest quarterly advisory describes high and medium-severity issues in BIG-IP, BIG-IQ, and NGINX. The post F5 Patches Over 50 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Dell confirms its SupportAssist software causes Windows BSOD crashes
Dell confirmed that its SupportAssist software is causing blue-screen crashes on some Windows systems following a wave of user reports about random reboots affecting Dell devices since Friday. [...]
Hackers Targeted PraisonAI Vulnerability Hours After Disclosure
The first exploitation attempts were observed less than four hours after the authentication bypass was publicly disclosed. The post Hackers Targeted PraisonAI Vulnerability Hours After Disclosure appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Windows Zero-Days Expose BitLocker Bypasses And CTFMON Privilege Escalation
An anonymous cybersecurity researcher who disclosed three Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities has returned with two more zero-days involving a BitLocker bypass and a privilege escalation impacting Windows Collaborative Translation Framework (CTFMON). The securi…
Most Organizations Now Use AI Agents for Sensitive Security Tasks
Semperis study finds 74% of organizations believe AI will increase attacks on identity infrastructure
ICO Publishes Five-Step Plan to Counter Emerging AI-Powered Attacks
The Information Commissioner’s Office has released new guidance on how to mitigate the risk of AI-powered attacks
US charges suspected Dream Market admin arrested in Germany
The alleged main administrator of Dream Market Incognito Market, one of the largest dark web marketplaces before its shutdown, has been indicted in the United States on money laundering charges. [...]
High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion
The patch was announced as Broadcom is attending the Pwn2Own hacking competition in Berlin this week. The post High-Severity Vulnerability Patched in VMware Fusion appeared first on SecurityWeek.
New Fragnesia Linux flaw lets attackers gain root privileges
Linux distros are rolling out patches for a new high-severity kernel privilege escalation vulnerability (known as Fragnasia and tracked as CVE-2026-46300) that allows attackers to run malicious code as root. [...]
Researcher Drops YellowKey, GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days
YellowKey is a BitLocker bypass that requires physical access. GreenPlasma enables elevation of privileges to System. The post Researcher Drops YellowKey, GreenPlasma Windows Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek.
New Fragnesia Linux Kernel LPE Grants Root Access via Page Cache Corruption
Details have emerged about a new variant of the recent Dirty Frag Linux local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability that allows local attackers to gain root access, making it the third such bug to be identified in the kernel within a span of two weeks. Code…
18-Year-Old NGINX Rewrite Module Flaw Enables Unauthenticated RCE
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open, including a critical flaw that remained undetected for 18 years. The vulnerability, discovered by depthfirst, is a heap buffer overflow issue impact…
West Pharmaceutical says hackers stole data, encrypted systems
West Pharmaceutical Services disclosed that it was the target of a cyberattack that resulted in data exfiltration and system encryption. [...]
Iranian hackers targeted major South Korean electronics maker
The Iran-linked hacking group MuddyWater (a.k.a. Seedworm, Static Kitten) launched a broad cyber-espionage campaign targeting at least nine high-profile organizations across multiple sectors and countries. [...]
New critical Exim mailer flaw allows remote code execution
A critical vulnerability affecting certain configurations of the Exim open-source mail transfer agent could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. [...]
Windows BitLocker zero-day gives access to protected drives, PoC released
A cybersecurity researcher has published proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits for two unpatched Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities named YellowKey and GreenPlasma, which are a BitLocker bypass and a privilege-escalation flaw. [...]
Webinar tomorrow: Why security alone won't stop modern attacks
Tomorrow's webinar examines why prevention alone is no longer enough against modern cyberattacks. The session explores how organizations combine security, backups, and recovery planning to improve cyber resilience after attacks. [...]
Canvas Owner Reaches Agreement With Cybercriminals After Ransomware Attack
Instructure says it reached an agreement with ShinyHunters over the Canvas breach data
Avada Builder Flaws Expose One Million WordPress Sites
Avada Builder flaws allowed file read and SQL injection on one million WordPress sites
Microsoft's MDASH AI System Finds 16 Windows Flaws Fixed in Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has unveiled a new multi-model artificial intelligence (AI)-driven system called MDASH to facilitate vulnerability discovery and remediation at scale, adding that it's being tested by some customers as part of a limited private preview. MDASH, short…
Azerbaijani Energy Firm Hit by Repeated Microsoft Exchange Exploitation
A threat actor with affiliations to China has been linked to a "multi-wave intrusion" targeting an unnamed Azerbaijani oil and gas company between late December 2025 and late February 2026, marking an expansion of its targeting. The activity has been attribute…
Legion Security: Grow Your Own AI SOC
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 13, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video The challenge Legion Security addresses is well-known: for more than two decades, SOC teams have struggled with overwhelming alert vo…
Ransomware: Over Half of CISOs Would Consider Paying Ransom to Hackers
Survey of cybersecurity leaders suggests that majority would strongly consider paying cybercriminals, if that’s what it took to help restore encrypted systems
[Webinar] How Modern Attack Paths Cross Code, Pipelines, and Cloud
TL;DR: Stop chasing thousands of "toast" alerts. Join experts from Wiz to learn how hackers connect tiny flaws to build a "Lethal Chain" to your data—and how to break it. Register for the Strategic Briefing Here. Most security tools work like a smoke alarm tha…
Most Remediation Programs Never Confirm the Fix Actually Worked
Security teams have never had better visibility into their environments and never been worse at confirming what they fix stays fixed. Mandiant's M-Trends 2026 report puts the mean time to exploit at an estimated negative seven days. The Verizon 2025 DBIR puts…
Global Cyber Agencies Issue New SBOMs for AI Guidance to Tackle AI Supply Chain Risks
The G7 Cybersecurity Working Group releases new SBOM for AI guidance, outlining seven key data clusters to boost transparency and security across AI supply chains
Microsoft Patches 138 Vulnerabilities, Including DNS and Netlogon RCE Flaws
Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for 138 security vulnerabilities spanning its product portfolio, although none of them have been listed as publicly known or under active attack. Of the 138 flaws, 30 are rated Critical, 104 are rated Important, three are…
UK Cybersecurity Market Expands to £14.7bn with Strong Growth in AI Security Firms
UK cybersecurity sector reaches £14.7bn in revenue, driven by rapid growth in AI security firms, increased investment and rising employment across the industry
Microsoft Fixes 17 Critical Flaws in May Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has patched 120 vulnerabilities in this month’s security update round
GemStuffer Abuses 150+ RubyGems to Exfiltrate Scraped U.K. Council Portal Data
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign dubbed GemStuffer that has targeted the RubyGems repository with more than 150 gems that use the registry as a data exfiltration channel rather than for malware distribution. "The packages do no…
Android Adds Intrusion Logging for Sophisticated Spyware Forensics
Google on Tuesday unveiled a new opt-in Android feature called Intrusion Logging for storing forensic logs to better analyze sophisticated spyware attacks. Intrusion Logging, available as part of Advanced Protection Mode, enables "persistent and privacy-preser…
Patch Tuesday, May 2026 Edition
Artificial intelligence platforms may be just as susceptible to social engineering as human beings, but they are proving remarkably good at finding security vulnerabilities in human-made computer code. That reality is on full display this month with some of th…
New Exim BDAT Vulnerability Exposes GnuTLS Builds to Potential Code Execution
Exim has released security updates to address a severe security issue affecting certain configurations that could enable memory corruption and potential code execution. Exim is an open-source Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) designed for Unix-like systems to receive,…
OpenAI Launches 'Daybreak' to Help Build Secure By Design Software
With Daybreak, OpenAI wants its frontier AI models to be used to deploy secure by design software from the ground up
RubyGems Suspends New Signups After Hundreds of Malicious Packages Are Uploaded
RubyGems, the standard package manager for the Ruby programming language, has temporarily paused account sign ups following what has been described as a "major malicious attack." "We're dealing with a major malicious attack on RubyGems right now," Maciej Mensf…
Mini Shai-Hulud Hits TanStack npm Packages
Mini Shai-Hulud compromises TanStack npm packages and spreads across PyPI
Women In Cybersecurity Report, Spring 2026
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 12, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video The Women in Cybersecurity Report, a 7-minute video hosted by Cybercrime Magazine Deputy Editor Amanda Glassner, highlights the lates…
End‑to‑End Encrypted RCS Messaging Arrives Across iPhone and Android
Apple begins rolling out end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging between iPhone and Android in iOS 26.5
New TrickMo Variant Uses TON C2 and SOCKS5 to Create Android Network Pivots
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new version of the TrickMo Android banking trojan that uses The Open Network (TON) for command-and-control (C2). The new variant, observed by ThreatFabric between January and February 2026, has been observed actively ta…
Attackers Combine ClickFix With PySoxy Proxying to Maintain Persistence
Exploitation of open-source tools allows attackers to maintain persistent access after initial social engineering, warn ReliaQuest researchers
Webinar: What the Riskiest SOC Alerts Go Unanswered - and How Radiant Security Can Help
Why do the Riskiest SOC Alerts Go Unanswered? Security operations teams are drowning in alerts. But the real problem isn't always alert volume; it's the blind spots. The most dangerous alerts are the ones no one is investigating. A recent report from The Hacke…
Mini Shai-Hulud Worm Compromises TanStack, Mistral AI, Guardrails AI & More Packages
TeamPCP, the threat actor behind the recentsupply chain attack spree, has been linked to the compromise of the npm and PyPI packages from TanStack, UiPath, Mistral AI, OpenSearch, and Guardrails AI as part of a fresh Mini Shai-Hulud campaign. The affected npm…
Why Agentic AI Is Security's Next Blind Spot
Agentic AI is already running in production environments across many organizations today. It is executing tasks, consuming data, and taking actions — most likely without meaningful involvement from the security team. The industry conversation has largely frame…
Malicious Hugging Face Repository Typosquats OpenAI
HiddenLayer reveals infostealer malware in a Hugging Face repository
South Staffordshire Water Fined £1m After Data Breach
The ICO has fined South Staffordshire Water nearly £1m for a series of data protection failings
Instructure Reaches Ransom Agreement with ShinyHunters to Stop 3.65TB Canvas Leak
American educational technology company Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said it reached an "agreement" with a decentralized cybercrime extortion group after it breached its network and threatened to leak stolen information from thousands of schools…
OpenAI Launches Daybreak for AI-Powered Vulnerability Detection and Patch Validation
OpenAI has launched Daybreak, a new cybersecurity initiative that brings together frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model capabilities and Codex Security to help organizations identify and patch vulnerabilities before attackers find a way in using the same…
iOS 26.5 Brings Default End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging Between iPhone and Android
Apple on Monday officially released iOS 26.5 with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Rich Communication Services (RCS) in beta as part of a "cross-industry effort" to replace traditional SMS with a more secure alternative. To that end, E2EE RCS messag…
TeamPCP Compromises Checkmarx Jenkins AST Plugin Weeks After KICS Supply Chain Attack
Checkmarx has confirmed that a modified version of the Jenkins AST plugin was published to the Jenkins Marketplace. "If you are using Checkmarx Jenkins AST plugin, you need to ensure that you are using the version 2.0.13-829.vc72453fa_1c16 that was published o…
cPanel CVE-2026-41940 Under Active Exploitation to Deploy Filemanager Backdoor
A threat actor named Mr_Rot13 has been attributed to the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical cPanel flaw to deploy a backdoor codenamed Filemanager on compromised environments. The attack exploits CVE-2026-41940, a vulnerability impacting cPanel and…
Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation
Google on Monday disclosed that it identified an unknown threat actor using a zero-day exploit that it said was likely developed with an artificial intelligence (AI) system, marking the first time the technology has been put to use in the wild in a malicious c…
TrickMo Variant Routes Android Trojan Traffic Through TON
ThreatFabric finds new TrickMo Android banking trojan variant routing C2 through The Open Network
Rushed Patches Follow Broken Embargo on New Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities
Two new high-severity vulnerabilities, dubbed ’Dirty Frag’ when chained, have been found in the Linux kernel, affecting most Linux distributions
Fake Claude Code Page Pushes PowerShell Stealer at Devs
Ontinue uncovers fake Claude Code installer pushing PowerShell stealer abusing Chrome's IElevator2
Hackers Observed Using AI to Develop Zero-Day for the First Time
Google Threat Intelligence Group details how cybercriminals attempted to launch a campaign based around an AI-developed Zero-Day targeting open-source software
⚡ Weekly Recap: Linux Rootkit, macOS Crypto Stealer, WebSocket Skimmers and More
Rough Monday. Somebody poisoned a trusted download again, somebody else turned cloud servers into public housing, and a few crews are still getting into boxes with bugs that should’ve died years ago — the same old holes, same lazy access paths, same “how the h…
The Answer To India’s Cybersecurity Leadership Gap: AI And Managed Services
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 11, 2026 – Read the full story from Enterprise Times The 2026 CISO Report from Cybersecurity Ventures in partnership with Sophos points out a structural imbalance in cy…
Your Purple Team Isn't Purple — It's Just Red and Blue in the Same Room
Defending a network at 2 am looks a lot like this: an analyst copy-pasting a hash from a PDF into a SIEM query. A red team script is being rewritten by hand so the blue team can use it. A patch waiting on a change-approval window that's longer than the exploit…
US: FCC Relaxes Foreign-Made Router Ban to Allow for Security Updates
The same extension applies to security updates shipped to US-based users of foreign-made drones
ShinyHunters Escalates Canvas Extortion with School by School Ransom Campaign
ShinyHunters has escalated its Canvas extortion campaign, defacing hundreds of school login pages and threatening to leak stolen data unless institutions negotiate
Zara Data Breach Impacts Nearly 200,000 Customers
ShinyHunters gets away with emails and other data on 200,000 Zara customers
Police Shut Relaunched Crimenetwork Dark Web Marketplace
Spanish police have arrested the suspected administrator of German dark web marketplace Crimenetwork
Fake OpenAI Privacy Filter Repo Hits #1 on Hugging Face, Draws 244K Downloads
A malicious Hugging Face repository managed to take a spot in the platform's trending list by impersonating OpenAI's Privacy Filter open-weight model to deliver a Rust-based information stealer to Windows users. The project, named Open-OSS/privacy-filter, masq…
Ollama Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability Allows Remote Process Memory Leak
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security vulnerability in Ollama that, if successfully exploited, could allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to leak its entire process memory. The out-of-bounds read flaw, which likely impacts over 300,0…
cPanel, WHM Release Fixes for Three New Vulnerabilities — Patch Now
cPanel has released updates to address three vulnerabilities in cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) that could be exploited to achieve privilege escalation, code execution, and denial-of-service. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2026-29201 (CVSS s…
TCLBANKER Banking Trojan Targets Financial Platforms via WhatsApp and Outlook Worms
Threat hunters have flagged a previously undocumented Brazilian banking trojan dubbed TCLBANKER that's capable of targeting 59 banking, fintech, and cryptocurrency platforms. The activity is being tracked by Elastic Security Labs under the moniker REF3076. The…
Fake Call History Apps Stole Payments From Users After 7.3 Million Play Store Downloads
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered fraudulent apps on the official Google Play Store for Android that falsely claimed to offer access to call histories for any phone number, only to trick users into joining a subscription that provided fake data and inc…
Why The CISO Role Is Becoming More Demanding In 2026
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 8, 2026 – Read the full story from United States Cybersecurity Institute Personal legal liability, expanding scope, and constrained budgets have driven experienced prof…
One Click, Total Shutdown: The "Patient Zero" Webinar on Killing Stealth Breaches
The hardest part of cybersecurity isn't the technology, it’s the people. Every major breach you’ve read about lately usually starts the same way: one employee, one clever email, and one "Patient Zero" infection. In 2026, hackers are using AI to make these "fir…
Quasar Linux RAT Steals Developer Credentials for Software Supply Chain Compromise
A previously undocumented Linux implant codenamed Quasar Linux RAT (QLNX) is targeting developers' systems to establish a silent foothold as well as facilitate a broad range of post-compromise functionality, such as credential harvesting, keylogging, file mani…
Australian Cyber Security Centre Issues Alert Over ClickFix Attacks
ACSC warns over a campaign targeting organizations which uses ClickFix to deliver Vidar infostealer malware
One Missed Threat Per Week: What 25M Alerts Reveal About Low-Severity Risk
The dark secret of enterprise security operations is that defenders have quietly institutionalized the practice of not looking. This is not just anecdotal, but rather backed by a recent report investigating more than 25 million security alerts, including infor…
PCPJack Campaign Boots TeamPCP Off Compromised Machines
SentinelOne believes the PCPJack campaign may be the brainchild of a former TeamPCP member
New Linux PamDOORa Backdoor Uses PAM Modules to Steal SSH Credentials
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux backdoor named PamDOORa that's being advertised on the Rehub Russian cybercrime forum for $1,600 by a threat actor called "darkworm." The backdoor is designed as a Pluggable Authentication Module…
Linux Kernel Dirty Frag LPE Exploit Enables Root Access Across Major Distributions
Details have emerged about a new, unpatched local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting the Linux kernel. Dubbed Dirty Frag, it has been described as a successor to Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431, CVSS score: 7.8), a recently disclosed LPE flaw impacti…
Canvas Breach Disrupts Schools & Colleges Nationwide
An ongoing data extortion attack targeting the widely-used education technology platform Canvas disrupted classes and coursework at school districts and universities across the United States today, after a cybercrime group defaced the service's login page with…
Ivanti EPMM CVE-2026-6973 RCE Under Active Exploitation Grants Admin-Level Access
Ivanti is warning that a new security flaw impacting Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) has been explored in limited attacks in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-6973 (CVSS score: 7.2), is a case of improper input validation affecting EPMM before…
PCPJack Credential Stealer Exploits 5 CVEs to Spread Worm-Like Across Cloud Systems
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new credential theft framework dubbed PCPJack that targets exposed cloud infrastructure and ousts any artifacts linked to TeamPCP from the environments. "The toolset harvests credentials from cloud, contain…
Legacy Security Tools Failing Data Protection, Capital One Software Report Finds
Traditional network security tools are undermining data protection, with Forrester and Capital One Software research warning AI adoption is impossible without rethinking data security
Cline Kanban Flaw Lets Websites Hijack AI Coding Agents
Oasis Security finds critical Cline kanban WebSocket flaw exposing AI coding agents to hijack
OpenAI and Anthropic LLMs Used in Critical Infrastructure Cyber-Attack, Warns Dragos
Commercial AI models were used to help plan and conduct cyber-attack against operational technology of a water and drainage facility, say researchers
PAN-OS RCE Exploit Under Active Use Enabling Root Access and Espionage
Palo Alto Networks has disclosed that threat actors may have attempted to unsuccessfully exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw as early as April 9, 2026. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-0300 (CVSS score: 9.3/8.7), a buffer overflow vuln…
Fake Claude AI Site Drops Beagle Backdoor on Windows Users
Sophos finds fake Claude site spreading DonutLoader and a new Beagle backdoor via DLL sideloading
50 Years Of Apple Computer: The Most Complete Collection In The U.S.
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 7, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video Cybercrime Magazine visited the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook, N.Y., and explored the most complete collection of Apple computers…
ThreatsDay Bulletin: Edge Plaintext Passwords, ICS 0-Days, Patch-or-Die Alerts and 25+ New Stories
Bad week. Turns out the easiest way to get hacked in 2026 is still the same old garbage: shady packages, fake apps, forgotten DNS junk, scam ads, and stolen logins getting dumped into Discord channels like it’s normal. Some of these attack chains don’t even fe…
Day Zero Readiness: The Operational Gaps That Break Incident Response
Having an incident response retainer, or even a pre-approved external incident response firm, is not the same as being ready for an incident. A retainer means someone will answer the phone. Operational readiness determines whether that team can do meaningful w…
Daemon Tools Developer Confirms Software Was Trojanized
A China-linked threat actor backdoored a version of Daemon Tools to infect thousands
PyPI Packages Deliver ZiChatBot Malware via Zulip APIs on Windows and Linux
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered three packages on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that are designed to stealthily deliver a previously unknown malware family called ZiChatBot on Windows and Linux systems. "While these wheel packages do imp…
Researchers Spot Uptick in Use of Vercel for Phishing Campaigns
Cofense has warned of a “significant” increase in phishing campaigns abusing Vercel platform
vm2 Node.js Library Vulnerabilities Enable Sandbox Escape and Arbitrary Code Execution
A dozen critical security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in the vm2 Node.js library that could be exploited by bad actors to break out of the sandbox and execute arbitrary code on susceptible systems. vm2 is an open-source library used to run untrusted Ja…
Mirai-Based xlabs_v1 Botnet Exploits ADB to Hijack IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a new Mirai-derived botnet that self-identifies as xlabs_v1 and targets internet-exposed devices running Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to enlist them in a network capable of carrying out distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)…
CloudZ Malware Abuses Phone Link to Steal SMS OTPs
Cisco Talos uncovers CloudZ RAT and Pheno plugin abusing Microsoft Phone Link to intercept SMS OTPs
CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure Providers to Make Plans to Remain Operational if hit by Cyber-Attack
CISA’s CI Fortify initiative aim for critical infrastructure operators to build isolation & recovery
MuddyWater Uses Microsoft Teams to Steal Credentials in False Flag Ransomware Attack
The Iranian state-sponsored hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Mango Sandstorm, Seedworm, and Static Kitten) has been attributed to a ransomware attack in what has been described as a "false flag" operation. The attack, observed by Rapid7 in early 2026, ha…
Iran-Linked APT Posed as Chaos Ransomware Member in Espionage Campaign
Rapid7 reveals an Iranian false flag operation masquerading as a Chaos ransomware attack
Cybersecurity In The Boardroom: “How Do We Respond To Mythos?” Fight AI With AI
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 6, 2026 – Read the full story from BreachLock When Anthropic’s Mythos demonstrated it could autonomously surface critical software flaws that went undetected for decade…
The Hacker News Launches 'Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026' — Submissions Now Open
For nearly 20 years, we at The Hacker News have mostly told scary stories about cyberspace — big hacks, broken systems, and new threats. But behind every headline, there’s a quieter, better story. It’s the story of leaders making tough calls under pressure, te…
One in Eight Workers Has Sold Their Corporate Logins
Cifas says that 13% of employees admit selling company credentials to a former colleague
Microsoft Flags Mass Phishing Campaign Using Fake Compliance Emails
Microsoft researchers warn of a large-scale phishing campaign using fake compliance emails to steal credentials, targeting 35,000 users across 13,000 organizations worldwide
North Korean APT Targets Yanbian Gamers via Trojanized Platform
ESET warns that North Korean hackers compromised a Yanbian gaming site in a supply‑chain attack, trojanizing Windows and Android software to spy on users
Fake SSA Emails Drive Venomous#Helper Phishing Campaign
Venomous#Helper attackers impersonate the US Social Security Administration to deploy signed RMM software and maintain persistent access across US networks
QevlarAI: Moving SOC Teams From Reactive Mode To Proactive Defense
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 5, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video SOC teams are overwhelmed by the volume of threat alerts they must manage. A Forrester analysis found that just three attack scenarios…
AI Adoption Outpaces Safety Policies, Leaving Organizations Exposed to Cyber Risk
ISACA report warns that while AI has become the norm, many organizations are yet to formally apply safety or security policies around its use
NCSC Warns of an AI-Fuelled “Vulnerability Patch Wave”
The UK's National Cyber Security Centre is urging organizations to prepare for glut of new software updates
Trellix Reveals Unauthorized Access to Source Code
Security vendor Trellix has suffered a breach involving unauthorized access
Black Hat USA 2026, Aug. 1-6. Las Vegas. REGISTER & Save with the CODE: CYBERCRIME
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 4, 2026 – Watch the YouTube video Step into the future of cybersecurity at Black Hat USA 2026, Aug. 1-6, in Las Vegas. REGISTER Now & Save with the CODE: CYBERCRIME. Th…
Small Defense Firms Lack Network Data to Stop Nation-State Hackers, Analyst Says
Team Cymru’s Stephen Campbell warned that small US defense contractors are not well prepared to face cyber intrusions through edge devices
OpenAI To Extend Cyber Program to Government Agencies
OpenAI announced its intention to expand the Trusted Access for Cyber program for cyber defenders at the federal, state and local government levels
Ethical Hacking Gone Wrong In 1999: French Software Engineer Looks Back
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 1, 2026 – Listen to the podcast A quarter-century old article in The Wall Street Journal reported in 1998 that Serge Humpich, a 37-year-old (at the time) programmer app…
Anthropic Rolls Out Claude Security for AI Vulnerability Scanning
Claude Security enters public beta, giving enterprises AI driven code scanning with no API integration or custom agents required
Two American Cybersecurity Workers Jailed for BlackCat Ransomware Attacks
The cybersecurity workers used their knowledge and skills to conduct ransomware attacks for notorious gang, rather than protect victims against them
Nine-Year-Old Zero-Day Flaw in Linux Kernel Discovered by AI-Equipped Security Researcher
A researcher from offensive security firm Theori has found a nine-year-old flaw in the Linux kernel with the help of AI
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