The FreeBSD Project has released a critical security advisory addressing a severe flaw in its default IPv4 DHCP client. Tracked as CVE-2026-42511, this vulnerability allows a local network attacker to execute arbitrary code as root, granting them complete control over the…
Category: Cyber Security News
Threat Actors Use AI to Automate 0-Day Discovery and Exploitation at Machine Speed
The way cyberattacks are launched has fundamentally changed. Threat actors are no longer spending months hunting for software flaws by hand. With artificial intelligence in their toolkit, they can now discover and exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in minutes, placing organizations across…
Microsoft Defender Mistakenly Flags DigiCert Root Certificates as Malware
Microsoft Defender triggered widespread false positive alerts after a faulty security update caused it to flag two legitimate DigiCert root certificates as malicious, potentially disrupting SSL/TLS validation and code-signing operations across enterprise environments worldwide. A Defender antimalware signature update released…
Hackers Breach Government and Military Servers by Exploiting cPanel Vulnerability
A sophisticated adversarial campaign targeting South-East Asian government and military infrastructure, combining rapid exploitation of a critical cPanel authentication bypass with a custom zero-day exploit chain against an Indonesian defense-sector portal and ultimately pivoting to exfiltrate over 4GB of sensitive…
Trellix Source Code Breach – Hackers Gain Unauthorized Access to Repository
Cybersecurity giant Trellix has disclosed a significant security incident involving unauthorized access to a portion of its source code repository. The company confirmed the breach in an official statement published on its website, stating it immediately engaged leading forensic experts…
Multiple Exim Mail Server Vulnerabilities Leads to Crash with Malicious DNS data
The Exim development team has released version 4.99.2 to address four newly discovered security vulnerabilities affecting their mail server software. These flaws allow attackers to potentially crash servers, corrupt memory, or leak sensitive information. Because Exim is one of the…
Attackers Abuse Google AppSheet, Netlify, and Telegram in Facebook Phishing Campaign
A sophisticated cybercriminal operation dubbed “AccountDumpling” has compromised approximately 30,000 Facebook accounts worldwide. Discovered by Guardio Labs, this Vietnamese-linked campaign abuses Google’s AppSheet platform to bypass traditional email security filters. By routing fully authenticated phishing lures through legitimate channels, the…
Attackers Deploy AiTM Phishing Pages to Access SharePoint, HubSpot, and Google Workspace
Threat actors are rapidly shifting their intrusion tradecraft toward high-speed, SaaS-centric attacks that completely bypass traditional endpoint security. Since October 2025, security researchers have tracked two distinct adversaries, identified as CORDIAL SPIDER and SNARKY SPIDER, conducting aggressive data theft campaigns.…
cPanelSniper – PoC Exploit Disclosed for cPanel Vulnerability, 44,000 Servers Compromised
A weaponized proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit framework dubbed “cPanelSniper” has been publicly released for CVE-2026-41940, a maximum-severity authentication bypass in cPanel & WHM that has already led to the compromise of tens of thousands of servers worldwide with attack activity traced…
EtherRAT Campaign Uses SEO Poisoning and GitHub Facades to Target Enterprise Admins
A new and well-planned malware campaign has been actively targeting enterprise administrators, DevOps engineers, and security analysts by hijacking their everyday search habits. Rather than using mass phishing or broad spam waves, threat actors behind this operation have carefully crafted…
New DDoS Malware Exploits Jenkins to Attack Valve Source Engine Game Servers
A newly discovered DDoS botnet is exploiting exposed Jenkins servers to launch powerful attacks against Valve Source Engine game infrastructure. Security researchers at Darktrace identified the threat after capturing it on one of their honeypot systems. What makes this malware…
Attackers Abuse CAPTCHA and ClickFix Tactics to Boost Credential Theft Campaigns
Cybercriminals are no longer relying on simple email tricks alone. Across the first quarter of 2026, attackers have been sharpening their approach by using CAPTCHA pages and ClickFix techniques to supercharge credential theft operations at an alarming scale. During Q1…
New Spyware Platform Lets Buyers Rebrand and Resell Android Surveillance Malware
A new Android spyware tool is being sold openly on the internet, and it comes with something far more dangerous than its surveillance features alone. For a fee, anyone can buy it, put their own name and logo on it,…
Ubuntu Website and Canonical Web Services Hit by DDoS Attack
Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is currently experiencing widespread service disruptions across its core web infrastructure following a coordinated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack. The hacktivist group identifying itself as “The Islamic Cyber Resistance in Iraq – 313…
Deep#Door Stealer Harvests Browser Passwords, Cloud Tokens, SSH Keys, and Wi-Fi Credentials
A newly identified Python-based malware known as DEEP#DOOR has surfaced as a serious threat to Windows users, combining a fully-featured backdoor with a powerful credential-stealing engine. What makes this threat especially concerning is how quietly it operates, embedding itself deep…
Ransomware Victims Jump to 7,831 as AI Crime Tools Scale Global Attacks
The ransomware threat has reached a new and alarming level. According to Fortinet’s newly released 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report, the number of confirmed ransomware victims worldwide jumped to 7,831 in 2025, up from roughly 1,600 victims recorded in the…
New Fake CAPTCHA Campaign Uses SMS Pumping Fraud to Run Up Victims’ Phone Bills
A newly documented scam campaign is using fake CAPTCHA pages to silently trigger dozens of international SMS messages from victims’ mobile phones, leaving them with unexpected charges on their phone bills. What looks like a routine “prove you’re human” step…
China-Aligned Attackers Use ShadowPad, IOX Proxy, and WMIC in Multi-Stage Espionage Campaign
A China-aligned threat group has been carrying out a carefully planned espionage campaign against government agencies and critical infrastructure across Asia. The group, tracked under the temporary designation SHADOW-EARTH-053, has been active since at least December 2024, quietly targeting organizations…
Critical Wireshark Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code Via Malformed Packets
Wireshark, the world’s most widely used open-source network protocol analyzer, has released a major security update addressing over 40 vulnerabilities, several of which enable arbitrary code execution through malformed packet injection or malicious capture files. Organizations and individuals relying on…
Anthropic Launches Claude Security in Public Beta for Enterprise Customers
Anthropic has opened Claude Security to public beta for Claude Enterprise customers, bringing AI-powered vulnerability detection directly into production codebases without the need for custom tooling or API integrations. Claude Security leverages the Opus 4.7 model to perform end-to-end security…