The Office of the Maine Attorney General has temporarily taken its public data breach reporting portal offline following the discovery of fraudulent submissions falsely claiming security incidents at VRChat and Discord. The incident, disclosed in an official statement on June…
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New Agentjacking Attack Hijacks AI Coding Agents to Execute Malicious Code
A newly disclosed Agentjacking attack class can silently weaponize AI coding agents against the very developers who rely on them, requiring no phishing, no server compromise, and no user interaction beyond a developer’s normal workflow of asking their AI assistant…
Critical Splunk Enterprise Pre-Auth RCE Chain Exposes Databases
A critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise has been disclosed, carrying a near-perfect CVSS score of 9.8. Tracked as CVE-2026-20253, the flaw was published by Splunk on June 10, 2026, and affects the PostgreSQL Sidecar Service introduced in Splunk…
Anthropic Blocks Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Following U.S. National Security Directive
Anthropic has disabled all access to its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 artificial intelligence models following a sudden export-control directive from the United States government. Issued at 5:21 PM ET on June 13, 2026, the directive cited pressing national security…
Malicious 152 Chrome Extensions Caught Spoofing Google Organic Search Traffic
A massive, coordinated network of 152 malicious Google Chrome browser extensions has been dismantled after researchers caught the operation generating fake organic Google search traffic. Socket’s Threat Research Team discovered the operation spanning 38 separate Chrome Web Store publisher accounts…
GRU-Linked APT28 Uses MooBot Botnet and Compromised EdgeRouters for Cyber Operations
A notable operational pivot by the GRU-linked intrusion set APT28 (aka Fancy Bear, Sofacy, Forest Blizzard, Pawn Storm) that combines the MooBot botnet and compromised EdgeRouters to enable resilient cyber operations. This shift amplifies APT28’s long-standing focus on NATO, Ukrainian…
Hackers Abuse NinjaOne RMM Agent to Gain Remote Access to Brazilian Organizations
An active phishing campaign that weaponizes a legitimate NinjaOne Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) agent to gain persistent remote access to Brazilian organizations. Rather than relying on bespoke malware, the operators exploit familiar business workflows and Portuguese-language social engineering to…
Attackers Can Exploit Microsoft Outlook and Word Flaws to Run Malicious Code
Microsoft has disclosed a set of critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities affecting Outlook and Word that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on targeted systems. The flaws, tracked as CVE-2026-45456, CVE-2026-45458, and CVE-2026-47635, were released on June 9,…
Hackers Use Typosquatted npm Packages to Target Web3 Projects and Crypto Wallet Operators
Hackers have been using typosquatting npm packages to weaponize the trust Web3 teams place in open-source dependencies, turning routine installs into a path for wallet theft, secret harvesting, and staged malware delivery. The campaign is especially dangerous because it blends…
Palo Alto PAN-OS Flaw Lets Attackers Run Arbitrary Commands With Root Privileges
Palo Alto Networks has released patches for three new PAN-OS vulnerabilities that could allow authenticated administrators or users to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges or force firewalls into repeated reboots, raising operational and security concerns for enterprises relying on…
Tchap Messenger Hack Exposes Data of Over 73,000 French Government Employees
A suspected cyberattack targeting Tchap, the secure messaging platform used by French government agencies, has reportedly exposed sensitive data belonging to more than 73,000 government employees. According to threat intelligence reports shared by the ThreatMon monitoring account, a threat actor…
OnyxC2 Stealer Uses Cloudflare-Fronted C2 to Exfiltrate Browser Data and Credentials
A new commercial-grade information stealer, marketed as OnyxC2, surfaced on cybercrime forums in early 2026 and demonstrates how commodity malware is increasingly packaged as a full-service product. For $250 a month buyers receive a web-based control panel, a payload builder,…
Hackers Use UAE-India Diplomatic Lure to Deliver SHEETCREEP RAT via Google Sheets
An active espionage campaign tracked as SHEETCREEP that leverages a UAE‑India diplomatic-themed ISO lure to deliver a compact C# remote access trojan (RAT) and uses Google Sheets as its command-and-control (C2) channel. The ISO, named UAE-India_Strategic_Partnership_Week.iso, contains a deceptively iconized…
Microsoft Teams Android Flaw Could Let Attackers Disclose Sensitive Information
Microsoft has disclosed a high-severity information disclosure vulnerability affecting its Teams application for Android, tracked as CVE-2026-42835. The flaw, publicly released on June 9, 2026, has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1, categorizing it as an “Important”…
Authorities Seize AudiA6 Crypto Laundering Service Used by Cybercriminal Gangs
Authorities have dismantled a major cryptocurrency laundering infrastructure known as “AudiA6,” disrupting a critical financial backbone used by ransomware gangs and cybercriminal networks to legitimize illicit proceeds. The coordinated international operation, supported by Europol and Eurojust, targeted a service believed…
Researcher Uses AI to Hack Google, Earns $500,000 Bug Bounty
Researcher Arvin Shivram has earned $500,000 in bug bounties from Google’s Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) by deploying an AI-powered fuzzing framework against Google’s internal API infrastructure, uncovering critical access-control flaws across multiple high-impact services in under 3 months. The research began after Shivram was…
CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Patch Critical Vulnerabilities Within 3 Days
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a new Binding Operational Directive, BOD 26-04, mandating that federal civilian agencies remediate critical vulnerabilities within as little as 3 days, significantly tightening patching timelines in response to escalating cyber threats…
Fake Windows and Office Activation Videos Spread Infostealers on TikTok and Instagram
Short-form video platforms such as TikTok and Instagram Reels have become an increasingly effective vector for distributing infostealers, as threat actors leverage polished tutorial-style clips to trick Windows users into running malicious code. Attackers create accounts with Windows-like naming and…
Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day RCE Vulnerability Exploited by ShinyHunters
A newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft is being actively exploited by the ShinyHunters threat group, according to a joint investigation by Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). Tracked as CVE-2026-35273 with a critical CVSS score of 9.8,…
Solana FakeFix Campaign Plants Malicious npm, PyPI Packages to Steal Dev Secrets
Recent disclosure of the “Solana FakeFix” campaign exposes a coordinated supply-chain attack that abused package registries to steal developer secrets. The campaign comprises 16 malicious npm packages and 4 PyPI packages (25 packages in total when combined with related activity)…