GitHub confirmed a significant security breach on May 18, 2026, after attackers leveraged a weaponized Visual Studio Code extension to compromise an employee’s device and exfiltrate data from the company’s internal source code repositories. The attack was detected and contained…
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Critical Drupal Core Security Vulnerability Exposes Websites to Cyberattack
A highly critical security vulnerability in Drupal core is set to impact websites worldwide, with the official security release scheduled for May 20, 2026. The vulnerability has been assigned a “Highly Critical” severity rating (20/25), indicating potential risks to confidentiality…
Critical Cisco Secure Workload Vulnerability Enables Unauthorized API Access
Cisco has disclosed a critical security vulnerability in its Secure Workload platform that could allow unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized access to sensitive resources via internal APIs. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20223, carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 and…
BadIIS Malware Turns Hijacks IIS Servers and Redirect Users to Illicit Sites
A dangerous piece of malware known as BadIIS has been actively targeting Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers, quietly hijacking them and redirecting unsuspecting visitors to illegal gambling sites, adult content platforms, and other illicit destinations. The attacks have been…
New Microsoft Defender 0‑Days Actively Exploited in the Wild
Two newly disclosed Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities are being actively exploited in the wild, enabling local attackers to elevate privileges to SYSTEM and potentially disrupt endpoint protection across Windows environments. The bugs, tracked as CVE‑2026‑41091 (Elevation of Privilege) and CVE‑2026‑45498 (Denial…
Nine-year-old Linux Kernel Vulnerability Let Attackers Exfiltrate SSH Private Keys
A newly disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-46333, exposes a serious local privilege escalation flaw that has remained undetected for nearly nine years. Security researchers at the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) revealed that the issue allows attackers to…
WantToCry Ransomware Abuses SMB Services to Remotely Encrypt Files
A ransomware strain called WantToCry has been targeting businesses by abusing a widely used file-sharing protocol to encrypt files without dropping any malware on the victim’s system. The attacks mark a notable shift in how ransomware operators approach campaigns, serving…
New NGINX 0-Day RCE “nginx-poolslip” Affects Millions of NGINX Servers
A newly disclosed zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, dubbed nginx-poolslip, has been identified in NGINX version 1.31.0, the latest stable release of the widely deployed web server software. The discovery was made by security agent Vega, operating under the…
Two U.S. Executives Plead Guilty in India-Based Tech-Support Fraud Schemes
Two former executives of a U.S.-based call routing and analytics company have pleaded guilty to federal charges for knowingly enabling India-based call centers to defraud thousands of American victims through elaborate tech-support scam operations spanning nearly six years. Former CEO…
New GhostTree Attack Causing EDR Products to Hang and Leave Files Unscanned
A novel evasion technique called GhostTree, which exploits NTFS junctions to create recursive directory loops. Uncovered by Varonis Threat Labs, this method traps Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) scanners in infinite paths, causing them to hang and ignore malicious payloads.…
Claude Code’s Network Sandbox Vulnerability Exposes User Credentials and Source Code
Anthropic’s Claude Code AI coding assistant harbored a critical network sandbox bypass for over five months, allowing attackers to exfiltrate credentials, source code, and environment variables from developer systems, and the company issued no public advisory for either incident. Security…
Dark Web Brokers Repackage Old Breaches as Fresh Corporate Data Leaks
A wave of fake data leak claims is flooding dark web forums, and most of what is being sold turns out to be recycled material from old breaches. Threat actors operating in Chinese-language cybercrime ecosystems are packaging this stale data…
Gremlin Stealer Stores C2 URLs and Exfiltration Paths in Encrypted Resource Sections
A newly analyzed variant of the Gremlin stealer malware has raised alarms by hiding its command-and-control (C2) addresses and data exfiltration paths inside encrypted resource sections of a compiled program. This approach makes the malware harder to detect through traditional…
Void Botnet Uses Ethereum Smart Contracts for Seizure-Resistant C2 Infrastructure
A new botnet called Void has emerged on the cybercrime underground, bringing a troubling twist to how attackers manage their operations remotely. Instead of relying on traditional servers that authorities can seize or shut down, Void Botnet routes its commands…
Hackers Use Fake Income Tax Assessment Pages to Infect Windows Systems
A new threat campaign is targeting Windows users in India by disguising malicious files as official income tax documents. Researchers have tracked the operation under the name TAX#TRIDENT, and it has shown the ability to pivot across multiple delivery methods…
Trapdoor Android Ad Fraud Operation Uses 455 Malicious Apps to Generate Fake Clicks
A large-scale ad fraud operation called Trapdoor has been discovered targeting Android users through 455 malicious apps, quietly generating fake ad clicks and draining real advertising budgets across the digital ecosystem. At its peak, the operation produced 659 million fraudulent…
PinTheft Linux Vulnerability Let Attackers Gain Root Access – PoC Released
A proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit was published for a new Linux Local Privilege Escalation (LPE) vulnerability dubbed “PinTheft.” Discovered by Aaron Esau of the V12 security team, the flaw allows local attackers to gain root access by exploiting an RDS zerocopy…
DevilNFC Android Malware Uses Kiosk Mode to Trap Victims During NFC Relay Attacks
A dangerous new Android malware called DevilNFC has emerged, combining NFC relay attacks with a Kiosk Mode trap that locks victims inside a fake banking screen until their card data is stolen. The malware targets customers across Europe and LATAM…
How to Close the Most Expensive Gap in Your SOC
There is a quiet gap inside many SOCs. It sits between the moment Tier 1 says “this should be escalated” and the moment the response team can actually act on it. Too often, the alert moves forward, but the context does not. …
Critical ExifTool Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Compromise Macs via Single Malicious Image
ExifTool, a ubiquitous open-source utility for reading and writing file metadata, is at the center of a severe security flaw affecting macOS environments. Discovered by Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) in February 2026, CVE-2026-3102 allows threat actors to…