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The Gentlemen Ransomware Gang Standardizes EDR Killing
Eset Links Group’s Growth to Integrated Endpoint-Killing Tools. Eset researchers say the rapidly growing Gentlemen ransomware operation differentiates itself by supplying affiliates with a standardized EDR-killer suite that disables security tools, quickly incorporates newly disclosed vulnerable drivers and helps scale attacks across multiple regions worldwide. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/gentlemen-ransomware-gang-standardizes-edr-killing-a-32007
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74,000 Fortinet firewall credentials exposed in FortiBleed data leak
Tags: breach, credentials, cybercrime, data, data-breach, firewall, fortinet, group, leak, russia, vpnA Russian-speaking cybercriminal group has stolen credentials contained in the configuration files of nearly 74,000 Fortinet firewalls and VPN gateways around the world. The … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/18/fortinet-fortibleed-data-leak/
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Cybercriminals allegedly hacked tens of thousands of Fortinet firewalls used by major companies all over the world
An alleged Russian-speaking group of cybercriminals are reportedly compromising and targeting several major companies that use Fortinet Firewalls and VPNs through previously known passwords. First seen on techcrunch.com Jump to article: techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/cybercriminals-allegedly-hacked-tens-of-thousands-of-fortinet-firewalls-used-by-major-companies-all-over-the-world/
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California water utility probes breach claim by Iran-linked actor
The group Handala said it attacked one of the nation’s largest water companies. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/california-water-utility-breach-iran-hacker/823148/
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The Chainguard Athena coalition already shipped 2,000 patches across 500 open source projects
Chainguard launched Athena, an industry coalition that pools open source vulnerability findings and remediates them under embargo before public disclosure. The group went live … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/17/chainguard-athena-coalition-fix-open-source-vulnerabilities/
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EdTech Faces a Cybersecurity Crisis: Data Breaches Surge
EdTech firms face rising cyberattacks as ShinyHunters and FulcrumSec target schools, exposing sensitive data and disrupting services. Resecurity (USA) warns the education technology (EdTech) sector has become a prime target for cybercriminals, as attacks against educational institutions and related platforms continue to escalate. Recent high-profile incidents, including attacks by groups such as ShinyHunters and FulcrumSec,…
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FulcrumSec Targets Novo Nordisk, Leaks Clinical and Research Data
FulcrumSec leaked data stolen from Novo Nordisk, claiming to have exfiltrated 1.3TB, including clinical records and AI research assets. On June 15, 2026, a data-theft extortion group calling itself FulcrumSec began leaking files from Novo Nordisk, the Danish maker of Ozempic and Wegovy, after the company refused a $25 million ransom demand. The attackers claimed…
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CISA Issues Alert on Oracle PeopleSoft Vulnerability Exploited by Ransomware Groups
Tags: authentication, cisa, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, group, infrastructure, oracle, ransomware, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding the active exploitation of a critical vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, identified as CVE-2026-35273. This vulnerability, categorized as CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function), allows unauthenticated attackers to gain full control of vulnerable PeopleSoft environments. According to CISA, this flaw…
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CISA Issues Alert on Oracle PeopleSoft Vulnerability Exploited by Ransomware Groups
Tags: authentication, cisa, control, cve, cyber, cybersecurity, exploit, flaw, group, infrastructure, oracle, ransomware, vulnerabilityThe U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an urgent alert regarding the active exploitation of a critical vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools, identified as CVE-2026-35273. This vulnerability, categorized as CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Function), allows unauthenticated attackers to gain full control of vulnerable PeopleSoft environments. According to CISA, this flaw…
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Chinese Espionage Actor Abuses Email Rules to Steal Research Data
Tags: china, compliance, credentials, data, email, espionage, google, group, intelligence, malware, threatThreat Actor Silently Forwarded Sensitive Emails Matching Strategic Topics. Google says Chinese espionage group UNC6508 compromised REDCap environments at North American research institutions, deployed custom malware, stole credentials and covertly forwarded strategically relevant emails through abused compliance rules to support long-term intelligence collection. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/chinese-espionage-actor-abuses-email-rules-to-steal-research-data-a-31993
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SprySOCKS Windows Variant Abuses Kernel Drivers to Evade Detection
FishMonger, a China-nexus threat group, has deployed an undocumented version of the Linux backdoor against government targets in Honduras, Taiwan, Thailand, and Pakistan. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/sprysocks-windows-variant-kernel-drivers
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Cybercriminals mask malicious communications through Microsoft Teams relays
Tags: communications, control, cybercrime, group, infrastructure, malicious, malware, microsoft, ransomwareThe DragonForce ransomware group used a custom malware called Backdoor.Turn to hide command-and-control traffic inside Microsoft Teams relay infrastructure during an intrusion … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/16/dragonforce-microsoft-teams-malware-backdoor-turn/
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‘Lorem Ipsum’ Malware Pivots to ClickFix Delivery
New analysis shows the campaign, which uses compromised WordPress sites, may be linked to the ransomware and data extortion group Vice Society. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/lorem-ipsum-malware-clickfix-delivery
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Ghostwriter APT Uses Fake Gmail Login Panels to Steal Passwords and 2FA Codes
Ghostwriter (UNC1151) has escalated its long-standing phishing operations by deploying convincing fake Gmail login panels that harvest both passwords and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, CERT Polska reports. The group historically focused on Polish email providers such as Onet, Wirtualna Polska and Interia shifted in March 2026 to high-volume Gmail-targeted campaigns. Attackers send professionally worded Polish-language…
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China-linked actor spent two years inside medical research networks
Tags: china, credentials, cyberespionage, email, google, group, intelligence, military, network, threatChina’s UNC6508 hid in North American medical research networks for 2 years, stealing credentials and forwarding emails to Gmail Google’s Threat Intelligence Group published a report this week on UNC6508, a China-linked cyberespionage group that breached North American medical and military research organizations and stayed hidden for more than two years. The earliest confirmed intrusion…
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Fake Microsoft Alerts Used to Deploy North Korean NarwhalRAT Malware
The North Korean state-sponsored hacking group known as ScarCruft (aka APT37) has been observed using spear-phishing messages impersonating Microsoft Account security notifications to deliver malware called NarwhalRAT.”The attack email contained a message impersonating an MS account security alert,” the Genians Security Center (GSC) said. “It was designed to create concern over possible First seen on…
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Rhysida and Interlock Ransomware Groups Linked to Initial Access Brokers and Crypter Ecosystem
Rhysida and Interlock sit inside the same ransomware supply chain, but their latest observed behavior shows a more nuanced relationship than simple code reuse. IBM X-Force’s long-term analysis ties both groups to initial access brokers, private crypters, downloaders, and backdoors that help them stage intrusion chains before encryption. The core finding is that both operations…
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The Gentlemen RaaS Scales to 166 Victims as Ransomware Groups Compete for Affiliates
Two new Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) entrants publicly recruited affiliates, underscoring a rapid reconsolidation of the ransomware market and a sharpening competition for skilled operators. An actor using the handle hyflock123 posted a recruitment thread on Duty-Free on May 14 claiming prior work with LockBit and Qilin and launching “Hyflock.” The next day hastalamuerte, founder and administrator…
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China-linked group uses InfiniteRed malware to target medical research institutions
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/brief/china-linked-group-uses-infinitered-malware-to-target-medical-research-institutions
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US FCC Eases Router Ban for Cable ISPs
Waiver Allows Component Swaps for 1 Year. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved a cable industry lobbying group’s request to grant large scale internet service providers with a waiver from Trump administrations’ current ban on consumer grade foreign-made routers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/us-fcc-eases-router-ban-for-cable-isps-a-31982
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ShinyHunters Hits Universities Via Oracle Zero-Day
Mandiant: 68% of Targets Were Higher Ed Institutions Running PeopleSoft. ShinyHunters exploited a critical zero-day in Oracle PeopleSoft to breach more than 100 organizations globally, researchers at Mandiant and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group said, with universities and colleges accounting for the majority of confirmed targets in the active extortion campaign. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Copilot ‘SearchLeak’ Attack Allows 1-Click Data Theft
The critical, three-stage attack is now patched, but it’s part of a new group of AI prompt-injection issues that use hidden URLs and other variables. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/application-security/copilot-searchleak-attack-1-click-data-theft
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Chinese Hackers Abused Google Workspace Rules to Steal Research and Defense Emails
A China-linked espionage group hid inside North American medical, academic, and military research networks for more than a year, quietly stealing sensitive research and defense email.The way in was a backdoor on their REDCap research servers that stole login credentials. The exfiltration was the unusual part: the attackers rewired the victims’ own Google Workspace rules…
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Google exposes China espionage group that’s been lurking in networks undetected since 2023
The revelation mirrors an alarming pattern of Chinese espionage groups dropping backdoors into critical infrastructure to intercept research and steal data with national security implications. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/google-unc6508-china-espionage-threat/
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Adriatic Port Cyber-Attack by Anubis Sparks Warning Over Maritime Security Risks
How the Anubis ransomware group stole and leaked an Italian Adriatic port authority’s data First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/anubis-ransomware-adriatic-port/
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China-nexus group linked to multiyear campaign targeting US, Canadian medical research
A report from Google links a sophisticated espionage effort targeting information about viruses, AI and military information. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/china-nexus-multiyear-hacking-us-canadian-medical-research/822912/
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Council of Europe investigates ShinyHunters data breach claims
The Council of Europe, the continent’s oldest intergovernmental body, is probing claims of a data breach made by the ShinyHunters extortion group over the weekend. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/council-of-europe-investigates-shinyhunters-data-breach-claims/
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Adriatic Port Cyber-Attack by Anubis Sparks Warning Over Maritime Security Risks
How the Anubis ransomware group stole and leaked an Italian Adriatic port authority’s data First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/anubis-ransomware-adriatic-port/