Tag: cyber
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PostgreSQL Flaws Expose Databases to Remote Code Execution and SQL Injection
Tags: attack, cyber, flaw, group, injection, remote-code-execution, service, sql, update, vulnerabilityPostgreSQL has released critical security updates addressing multiple high-impact vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution (RCE), SQL injection, and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks across widely deployed database environments. The PostgreSQL Global Development Group announced the release of versions 18.4, 17.10, 16.14, 15.18, and 14.23, fixing 11 security flaws and more than 60 bugs. These vulnerabilities…
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7 tips for accelerating cyber incident recovery
Tags: attack, awareness, backup, breach, business, ceo, cio, ciso, cloud, communications, control, cyber, cybersecurity, data, defense, finance, framework, governance, incident, incident response, infection, insurance, international, lessons-learned, malicious, malware, monitoring, nist, risk, service, technology, threat, updateEmphasize scoping and containment from the outset: Because you can’t recover from what you can’t stop, scoping and containment should be the absolute first priority during incident recovery, says Amit Basu, CIO and CISO at freight shipping firm International Seaway.”Before anything else, you must stop the bleeding,” he says. This means understanding the true scope…
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Kimsuky Uses LNK, JSE Lures to Target Recruiters, Crypto Users, Defense Officials
Kimsuky Hackers Use LNK and JSE Lures to Target Recruiters, Crypto Users, and Defense Officials. North Korea-linked threat group Kimsuky has launched at least four distinct spear-phishing campaigns in early 2026, targeting recruiters, cryptocurrency users, developers, defense personnel, and academic administrators. Despite using different themes and delivery methods, all campaigns follow a consistent attack chain:…
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Hackers Exploit Entra ID Accounts to Steal Microsoft 365, Azure Data
Hackers Abuse Microsoft Entra ID Accounts to Exfiltrate Microsoft 365 and Azure Data. A highly sophisticated cyberattack campaign carried out by a threat actor tracked as Storm-2949, targeting Microsoft Entra ID accounts to steal sensitive data from Microsoft 365 and Azure environments. Instead of deploying malicious payloads, Storm-2949 abused legitimate cloud management features to gain…
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JavaScript Malware Campaign Drops Crypto Clipper via PowerShell
A large-scale CountLoader campaign that uses layered obfuscation, multi-stage payload delivery, and covert command-and-control (C2) communication to deploy cryptocurrency clipper malware. The campaign stands out for its complex infection chain, combining JavaScript, PowerShell, and in-memory shellcode execution to evade detection and maintain persistence across infected systems. The attack begins with a malicious executable that launches…
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Compromised GitHub Action Steals Workflow Credentials
A widely used GitHub Action, actions-cool/issues-helper, has been compromised in a supply chain attack that exposes sensitive CI/CD secrets to an attacker-controlled domain. The attack hinges on a subtle but powerful manipulation of Git tags. Instead of altering the visible commit history, the attacker moved all release tags to an “imposter commit” identified as 1c9e803, which does…
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Mini Shai-Hulud Attack Hits @antv npm Packages
A large-scale npm supply chain attack has compromised multiple widely used packages within the @antv ecosystem, to investigate what appears to be an active and rapidly evolving campaign linked to the Mini Shai-Hulud malware family. The attack centers on the compromise of the npm maintainer account “atool,” which is associated with several popular JavaScript libraries.…
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Mini Shai-Hulud Attack Hits @antv npm Packages
A large-scale npm supply chain attack has compromised multiple widely used packages within the @antv ecosystem, to investigate what appears to be an active and rapidly evolving campaign linked to the Mini Shai-Hulud malware family. The attack centers on the compromise of the npm maintainer account “atool,” which is associated with several popular JavaScript libraries.…
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CISA Admin Reportedly Exposes AWS GovCloud Credentials in Public GitHub Repository
Tags: cisa, credentials, cyber, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, github, government, infrastructureA significant security lapse involving the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has come to light after a contractor reportedly exposed highly sensitive AWS GovCloud credentials in a public GitHub repository. The incident, disclosed by security researchers on May 15, 2026, is being described as one of the most serious government-related data exposures in…
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Microsoft to Retire Teams Together Mode to Improve Performance
Microsoft has announced it will retire the “Together mode” feature in Microsoft Teams, marking a shift toward simplified meeting layouts designed to improve performance, usability, and consistency across devices. The change, confirmed by Microsoft Product Manager Katarina Tranker in the Microsoft 365 Insider blog, will take effect starting June 30, 2026. Together mode, introduced during…
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SEPPmail Gateway Flaws Expose Organizations to RCE and Email Traffic Interception
Multiple critical vulnerabilities in the SEPPmail Secure E-Mail Gateway are putting thousands of organizations at risk of remote code execution (RCE) and the interception of sensitive email. The flaws, tracked under several CVEs, impact widely deployed SEPPmail appliances used for encrypted email communication, particularly across the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Security researchers warn that…
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Mythos Preview Automates PoC Exploit Creation for Vulnerability Research
A new AI model from Anthropic is changing how security teams find and prove software vulnerabilities. It is raising hard questions about what happens when the same technology falls into the wrong hands. Cloudflare has published findings from its participation in Project Glasswing, Anthropic’s controlled research program, revealing that Mythos Preview, a security-focused large language model, can…
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Compromised Nx Console VS Code Extension Steals Developer and Cloud Secrets
Nx Console’s popular VS Code extension was briefly weaponized into a credential-stealing tool that can leak developer and cloud secrets and plant a persistent backdoor. Anyone who installed v18.95.0 should treat their environment as fully compromised. On May 18, 2026, a malicious build of the Nx Console VS Code extension, nrwl.angular-console v18.95.0 was published to the Visual…
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The Newest Space Race is in Cyber
Satellites Will Be Newest Cyberwar Front. Now that space is becoming a battlefield, cyberwar will be waged there, experts predict, and the race is on to develop cyber defenses that can protect new satellite constellations from foreign cyber-warriors, online spies and even criminal hacker gangs. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/newest-space-race-in-cyber-a-31717
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Report: Mythos-Like AI Tools Raising Healthcare Cyber Stakes
Déjà Vu: Is Mythos in Hands of Bad Actors Akin to Cobalt Strike, Brute Ratel Abuse?. Anthropic’s Claude Mythos and similarly powerful artificial intelligence tools pose elevated cyber risk to the healthcare sector, warns a new report. Addressing the onslaught of newly discovered bugs will require healthcare organizations to evolve their vulnerability mindsets. First seen…
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More than 200 arrested in cyber raids aimed at Middle East scam networks
Investigators found hundreds of compromised devices that were used as part of the cybercriminal operation and notified device owners as part of the raids. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/more-than-200-arrested-interpol-middle-east-scams
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Boulevard of Broken Dreams: 2 Decades of Cyber Fails
From the MGM and Caesars fiasco and MOVEit’s patch nightmare to epic business blunders and the jaded reality of living in a post-breach world, Dark Reading looks back at the mistakes, miscalculations, systemic failures, and cringeworthy moments that still have us shaking our heads. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/broken-dreams-2-decades-cyber-fails
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Boulevard of Broken Dreams: 2 Decades of Cyber Fails
From the MGM and Caesars fiasco and MOVEit’s patch nightmare to epic business blunders and the jaded reality of living in a post-breach world, Dark Reading looks back at the mistakes, miscalculations, systemic failures, and cringeworthy moments that still have us shaking our heads. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/broken-dreams-2-decades-cyber-fails
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Fuel Tank Breaches Expand Scope of Iran’s Cyber Offensive
Security experts have long warned that insecure automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems exposed on the Internet can be tampered with by threat actors. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/fuel-tank-breaches-expand-scope-irans-cyber-offensive
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Cyber attackers bypass traditional defences as ‘user-driven’ attacks surge, Bridewell warns
Cyber attackers are increasingly sidestepping traditional security tools by exploiting users themselves, according to Bridewell’s newly released Cyber Threat Intelligence Report 2026. The report highlights a significant shift in attacker behaviour, with threat actors moving away from malware-heavy campaigns towards identity-driven and socially engineered attacks that operate within trusted systems, often leaving little trace for…
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The Infosecurity Europe Cyber Startup Competition: Meet the Finalists
New for 2026, the Infosecurity Europe Startup competition will see five finalists pitch their ideas in front of a live audience, including senior industry leaders, investors and buyers First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/infosec-europe-cyber-startup/
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Gamaredon Deploys GammaDrop, GammaLoad in Phishing Campaigns
Gamaredon Uses GammaDrop and GammaLoad Downloaders in Multi-Stage Phishing Attacks. A sustained cyber-espionage campaign linked to the Gamaredon threat group is actively targeting Ukrainian government entities using multi-stage phishing attacks and evolving malware loaders. Gamaredon, also known as UAC-0010 or Shuckworm, continues to exploit CVE-2025-8088, a directory traversal vulnerability in WinRAR that allows attackers to…
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Gremlin Stealer Hides Payloads in .NET Resources to Evade Detection
A newly discovered variant of the Gremlin Stealer is raising concerns among security researchers by adopting stealth-focused techniques that significantly reduce its detection footprint. Gremlin Stealer is an information-stealing malware actively sold on Telegram. It targets a wide range of sensitive data from infected systems, including payment card details, browser cookies, session tokens, cryptocurrency wallets,…
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Critical NGINX Vulnerability Lets Hackers Launch Remote Code Execution Attacks
Tags: attack, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, hacker, open-source, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA newly disclosed vulnerability in NGINX is already being actively exploited, raising serious concerns across the global cybersecurity community. Tracked as CVE-2026-42945, the flaw affects both NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus, potentially allowing attackers to crash servers or execute remote code under specific conditions. Security researcher Patrick Garrity of VulnCheck revealed that exploitation attempts…
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Critical NGINX Vulnerability Lets Hackers Launch Remote Code Execution Attacks
Tags: attack, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, hacker, open-source, remote-code-execution, vulnerabilityA newly disclosed vulnerability in NGINX is already being actively exploited, raising serious concerns across the global cybersecurity community. Tracked as CVE-2026-42945, the flaw affects both NGINX Open Source and NGINX Plus, potentially allowing attackers to crash servers or execute remote code under specific conditions. Security researcher Patrick Garrity of VulnCheck revealed that exploitation attempts…
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Paper Werewolf APT Spreads EchoGather RAT via Fake Adobe Installer
A sophisticated Russian-language threat cluster known asPaper Werewolf(also tracked as GOFFEE) has launched a fresh wave of targeted cyberattacks against Russian industrial, financial, and transport organizations between March and April 2026. The attack begins with a phishing email carrying a PDF attachment. Embedded inside the PDF is a URL pointing to a ZIP archive named…
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NCSC Publishes Guidance on Securing Agentic AI Use
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre is helping organizations to understand agentic AI security risks First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/ncsc-publishes-guidance-securing/
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201 arrested in INTERPOL disruption of phishing and fraud networks
Operation Ramz, a cybercrime initiative coordinated by INTERPOL across the MENA region, focused on disrupting phishing campaigns, malware activity, and cyber scams that caused … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/18/interpol-mena-cybercrime-operation-ramz-201-arrests/
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Hackers Abuse Cloudflare Storage to Exfiltrate Network Files
A sophisticated cyber espionage campaign targeting multiple Malaysian organizations has been uncovered, revealing a highly structured attack chain that blends custom tooling, cloud infrastructure, and stealthy data exfiltration. At the center of the operation is an Azure virtual machine (IP: 20.17.161.118) used to orchestrate attacks across government-linked networks. The infrastructure contained a wide range of…
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Microsoft Acknowledges Windows 11 Update Failure Linked to Error 0x800f0922
Microsoft has acknowledged a growing issue affecting Windows 11 users: the May 2026 cumulative update (KB5089549) fails to install, resulting in error code 0x800f0922. The problem is affecting systems running Windows 11 versions 24H2 and 25H2, raising concerns among enterprise administrators and individual users who rely on timely security patches. Released on May 12, 2026,…