Schools, universities, and research institutions across the globe are facing a growing wave of cyber threats in 2026, with state-backed espionage groups, spear-phishing campaigns, and supply chain attacks placing the entire education sector on high alert. Data from Q1 2026…
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Exposed by Design: What 1 Million Open AI Services Reveal About the Future of Cyber Risk
The rapid ascent of artificial intelligence, once heralded as the great accelerator of productivity, now casts a long and unsettling shadow, one that reveals not merely innovation, but a profound erosion of foundational security discipline. A recent large scale…
Google to pay up to $1.5 million for zero-click Pixel Titan M exploits
Google has revised its Android and Chrome Vulnerability Reward Programs (VRPs), which pay security researchers to report vulnerabilities in Android, Google hardware, and the Chrome browser. The update raises top bounties to $1.5 million and adjusts rewards for lower-complexity reports.…
Cyber Briefing: 2026.05.05
Sophisticated supply chain attacks and critical hardware vulnerabilities are clashing with tougher legal enforcement and new attribution frameworks as the industry balances heightened risk against … This article has been indexed from CyberMaterial Read the original article: Cyber Briefing: 2026.05.05
Hackers Abuse DAEMON Tools Distribution Channel to Deliver Malicious Payloads
A sophisticated supply-chain attack has compromised the official distribution channel for DAEMON Tools, delivering multi-stage malware to users worldwide. Since April 8, 2026, threat actors have distributed trojanized installers signed with legitimate digital certificates to conduct highly targeted cyberespionage operations.…
AI Threat Readiness: Defending Against Attacks Powered by Frontier AI Models
A new generation of frontier AI models is fundamentally changing how cyber attacks are created and executed, introducing a level of speed, scale, and accessibility the industry has not faced before. Early testing of advanced models, including Claude’s Mythos model,…
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For the next four days only, you can buy one pass to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 and get 50% off a second of the same ticket type. That window closes May 8 at 11:59 p.m. PT. After that, prices go up, and you’ll pay more to…
Real estate giant confirms vishing incident as ShinyHunters and Qilin both come knocking
Cushman & Wakefield activated incident response protocols after serial extortionists issued separate threats Real estate giant Cushman & Wakefield has confirmed a data breach after two cybercrime groups, ShinyHunters and Qilin, separately claimed responsibility for attacks on the company.… This…
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 This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Fake SSA Emails Drive Venomous#Helper Phishing Campaign
LuxSci Launches Enterprise-Grade HIPAA-Compliant Email Security for Mid-Sized Healthcare Organizations
Cambridge, MA, 5th May 2026, CyberNewswire This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More Read the original article: LuxSci Launches Enterprise-Grade HIPAA-Compliant Email Security for Mid-Sized Healthcare Organizations
ScarCruft Targets Gaming Platform With Windows, Android Backdoors
A sophisticated multiplatform supply-chain attack orchestrated by the North Korea-aligned APT group ScarCruft, targeting ethnic Koreans in China’s Yanbian region through a compromised gaming platform. The attack, believed to have been ongoing since late 2024, weaponized both Windows and Android…
Huntress Expands Channel Partnerships to Boost Cybersecurity Reach Across Mid-Market and Public Sector
Global cybersecurity company Huntress has announced a major expansion of its global channel ecosystem, adding four new distribution partners to accelerate growth across the mid-market, public sector, and EMEA regions. The new partnerships with Ingram Micro, Vertosoft, Liquid PC, and…
Hacker Conversations: Joey Melo on Hacking AI
AI red team specialist details his methods for manipulating AI guardrails through jailbreaking and data poisoning, helping developers harden machine learning models. The post Hacker Conversations: Joey Melo on Hacking AI appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed…
Cleartext Passwords in MS Edge? In 2026?, (Mon, May 4th)
Yup, that is for real. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Cleartext Passwords in MS Edge? In 2026?, (Mon, May 4th)
CISA Unveils New Initiative to Fortify America’s Critical Infrastructure
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Anti-ICE Site GTFO ICE Accused of Exposing Data of 17,000+ Activists
An anti-ICE website, GTFO ICE, linked to Miles Taylor, is accused of exposing the personal details of 17,662 activists, sparking concerns that the data may have reached government agencies. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data…
Critical Weaver E-cology RCE Exploit Raises Alarm for Enterprise Systems
A critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Weaver (Fanwei) E-cology is being actively exploited in the wild, with real-world intrusion activity traced back to mid-March 2026, weeks before public awareness. Tracked as CVE-2026-22679 with a CVSS score of 9.8, this flaw exposes…
Silver Fox Uses Fake Tax Notices to Drop ValleyRAT and ABCDoor Backdoor
Silver Fox is running a tax‑themed phishing campaign that abuses fake notices from Indian and Russian tax authorities to drop ValleyRAT and a new Python backdoor dubbed ABCDoor, using a customized RustSL loader to evade detection and enforce strict geofencing…
Attackers Abuse Amazon SES to Send Authenticated Phishing Emails That Bypass Security
Threat actors are increasingly turning to Amazon’s own cloud email infrastructure to deliver phishing messages that look completely genuine, passing every standard security check along the way. Phishing has always been about deception. Attackers craft emails designed to look real,…
Code of Conduct Phishing Emails Target 35,000 Users in Multi-Stage AiTM Attack
A large-scale phishing campaign has been caught using fake “code of conduct” emails to trick employees into giving up their account credentials. The attackers did not just steal passwords. They went a step further by hijacking active authentication sessions through…