Canadian and U.S. authorities have arrested and charged a 23‑year‑old Ottawa resident for allegedly operating “KimWolf,” a massive Internet‑of‑Things (IoT) DDoS‑for‑hire botnet that weaponized more than a million connected devices worldwide, including systems in Alaska and on the U.S. Department…
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Splunk Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities that Enable DOS Attacks and Expose Sensitive Data
Splunk has released security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities across Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud Platform, and the Splunk AI Toolkit that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) conditions and exposure of sensitive data. The issues, disclosed on May 20, 2026, include three…
Hackers Use Hugging Face to Host Second-Stage Malware for npm Supply Chain Attack
Hackers have found a new and alarming way to weaponize one of the most trusted platforms in the AI world. A threat actor linked to North Korea has embedded second-stage malware inside Hugging Face, the widely used AI and machine…
FBI Warns of Kali365 Attacking Microsoft 365 Users to Steal Logins and Bypass MFA
The FBI has issued a new cybersecurity warning about a rapidly emerging phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named Kali365, which is actively targeting Microsoft 365 users to steal access tokens and bypass multi-factor authentication (MFA). Kali365 is being distributed primarily through Telegram…
CISA Warns of Trend Micro Apex One Vulnerability Exploited in Attacks
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex One to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, warning organizations of active exploitation risks. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-34926, affects on-premise deployments of…
Splunk Patches Multiple Vulnerabilities that Enable DOS Attack and Exposes Sensitive Data
Splunk has released security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities across Splunk Enterprise, Splunk Cloud Platform, and the Splunk AI Toolkit that could lead to denial-of-service (DoS) conditions and exposure of sensitive data. The issues, disclosed on May 20, 2026, include three…
Hackers Can Weaponize Lenovo Driver to Terminate EDR Processes
Hackers can weaponize a legitimately signed Lenovo driver to terminate security processes, highlighting a dangerous Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attack vector that can bypass endpoint protection controls. Security researcher Jehad Abudagga has analyzed a Lenovo driver, BootRepair.sys, originally associated…
Google Publishes Exploit Code for Unfixed Chromium Bug Exposing Millions of Users
Google has publicly released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code for a critical, still-unpatched vulnerability in the Chromium codebase, potentially exposing millions of users across Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and other Chromium-based browsers to stealthy botnet-style abuse. The vulnerability, originally reported in late…
Mini Shai-Hulud Attack Forces npm to Reset Bypass-2FA Publishing Tokens
The npm registry made an urgent platform-wide move last week after supply chain attacks threatened thousands of developers. On May 19, npm invalidated every granular access token with write access that bypasses two-factor authentication, forcing maintainers to generate fresh credentials…
Megalodon Malware Compromised 5,500+ GitHub Repos Within 6 Hours
A sweeping automated supply chain attack codenamed “Megalodon” struck GitHub on May 18, 2026, injecting malicious CI/CD backdoors into over 5,500 repositories in less than six hours, marking one of the most aggressive GitHub Actions poisoning campaigns ever recorded. SafeDep…
Discord Announces End-to-End Encryption by Default for Video and Voice Messages
Discord has officially rolled out end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for all voice and video communications across its platform, marking a major milestone in secure real-time communication. The feature, now enabled by default as of March 2026, applies to direct messages, group…
Indian Student Data Weaponized for Phishing, Social Engineering, and Financial Fraud
India’s education sector is now at the center of a growing cybercrime storm. Millions of students across the country are being targeted by threat actors who have turned personal academic data into a weapon for phishing, social engineering, and direct…
Fake Invitation Phishing Campaign Targets U.S. Organizations With Credential Theft
A large-scale phishing campaign is actively targeting U.S. organizations, using fake event invitations as bait to steal login credentials, intercept one-time passwords, or install remote access tools. The operation has been running since at least December 2025, with researchers tracking…
TamperedChef Malware Uses Signed Productivity Apps to Deliver Stealers and RATs
A new wave of malware disguised as everyday productivity tools has been quietly spreading across the internet, stealing user credentials and giving attackers remote control of infected systems. Researchers have tracked hundreds of campaigns tied to a threat known as…
Hackers Use Fake Microsoft Teams Downloads to Deploy ValleyRAT Malware
Hackers have been caught running a deceptive campaign that uses fake Microsoft Teams download websites to trick users into installing ValleyRAT, a remote access trojan capable of stealing data, logging keystrokes, and taking remote control of infected machines. The campaign,…
Mini Shai-Hulud Compromises @antv npm Packages to Steal CI/CD Credentials
A new and sophisticated supply chain attack has been uncovered, targeting one of the most trusted corners of the open-source software world. Dubbed “Mini Shai-Hulud,” this campaign went after the @antv npm package ecosystem, a collection of widely used data…
Authorities Have Taken Down “First VPN” Used in Ransomware Attacks
In a major international law enforcement success, authorities from seven countries dismantled First VPN, a criminal virtual private network linked to global cybercrime, during a coordinated operation on May 19 and 20, 2026. Dubbed Operation Saffron, the joint action was…
Critical Chrome Vulnerabilities Enable Remote Code Execution Attacks – Patch Now!
Google has released an urgent security update for Chrome, addressing 16 vulnerabilities including two rated Critical that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The Stable channel has been updated to 148.0.7778.178/179 for Windows and Mac, and…
P2PInfect Botnet Compromises Kubernetes Clusters Through Exposed Redis Instances
A well-known botnet is now targeting cloud environments in a more calculated way than before. P2PInfect, a Rust-written peer-to-peer malware active since mid-2023, has been observed compromising Kubernetes clusters by breaking into Redis instances left exposed to the internet. The…
Flipper Unveils New Flipper One Modular Linux Cyberdeck
Flipper Devices has unveiled Flipper One, a modular Linux cyberdeck aimed at becoming a fully open, mainline-first ARM platform for hackers, researchers, and makers The company says the new device is not a successor to Flipper Zero, but a separate…