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Glassworm botnet shattered, China overhauls surveillance, Charter confirms ShinyHunters breach

Glassworm botnet gets shattered China overhauls world’s biggest surveillance network Charter confirms ShinyHunters data breach Check out your show notes here: https://cisoseries.com/cybersecurity-news-glassworm-botnet-shattered-china-overhauls-surveillance-charter-confirms-shinyhunters-breach/ Huge thanks to our sponsor, Guardsquare AI is speeding up development, but at what cost? While ninety-six percent…

Derby Council Says AI Call Centre Feedback ‘Positive’

Derby City Council says ‘pioneering’ AI tools able to resolve about half of inquiries from public without human intervention This article has been indexed from Silicon UK Read the original article: Derby Council Says AI Call Centre Feedback ‘Positive’

Hackers Host JS Malware on GHOSTYNETWORKS and OMEGATECH

Hackers are abusing two bulletproof hosting providers, GHOSTYNETWORKS and OMEGATECH, to run a global JavaScript (JS) malware infrastructure that powers large‑scale malspam and business email compromise activity. In March 2026, multiple malspam waves delivered a JavaScript backdoor via ZIP or…

FortiClient Code Execution Flaw Exploited to Deploy EKZ Malware

Fortinet customers are facing a new wave of attacks after a critical flaw in FortiClient Endpoint Management Server (EMS) was exploited to push a fake Fortinet patch that secretly installs credential‑stealing malware. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE‑2026‑35616, allows unauthenticated attackers…

New PureLogs Variant Abuses MSBuild to Evade Detection

A new phishing-driven malware campaign distributing a stealthy PureLogs variant that leverages advanced evasion techniques, including process hollowing via MsBuild.exe. The campaign is designed to steal sensitive data from infected systems while avoiding traditional detection mechanisms through layered obfuscation and…

Silent Ransom Impersonates IT Support to Target Law Firms

The Silent Ransom Group (SRG) is running a new wave of hands‑on social engineering attacks against law firms, posing as internal IT support to steal sensitive data and extort victims without deploying traditional ransomware. In its latest campaigns, SRG contacts…

Hottest cybersecurity open-source tools of the month: May 2026

Presented here is a curated selection of noteworthy open-source cybersecurity solutions that have drawn recognition for their ability to enhance security postures across diverse settings. Pipelock: Open-source AI agent firewall AI coding agents run with shell access, environment variables containing…

SBI Warns Fake YONO Deactivation Message Scam

India’s largest public sector bank, State Bank of India (SBI), has issued a fresh cybersecurity alert warning customers about an ongoing phishing campaign targeting users of its YONO digital banking platform. The alert highlights a surge in fraudulent messages falsely…

OT attacks shift from recon to physical control, raising stakes

<p>In the Netflix thriller <i>Leave the World Behind, </i>a massive cyberattack plunges the U.S. into a complete electrical and technological blackout. While the scope and scale of the fictional attack are improbable, research suggests real-world malicious hackers are increasingly interested…