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Operation KRATOS 2: 29 arrests, 9 IPTV piracy groups dismantled across 13 countries
Bulgaria-led, Europol-backed KRATOS 2 ran Sept 2025 to April 2026, arrested 29, dismantled 9 groups and removed 27,000+ illegal streaming URLs.
Google Adds Android Protection Against AI Deepfake Scam Calls
Google announces a new Android feature, “fake call detection,” to counter AI deepfake scam calls on Android 12+ (starting with Pixel), enabled by default. The system uses Phone by Google, Contacts, and Google Messages with RCS to automatically verify calls via a real-time, encrypted signal; if no signal is received,…
VS Code zero-day lets hackers steal GitHub tokens in one click
Security researchers disclosed a Visual Studio Code zero-day that lets attackers steal GitHub OAuth tokens with a single click by abusing github.dev. A proof-of-concept shows an attacker installing a malicious extension via VS Code’s webview to capture the token and grant full access to all repositories the victim c…
Over 116,000 Minecraft Systems Infected in WeedHack Malware Campaign
A large-scale WeedHack malware campaign has infected over 116,000 Minecraft systems since January, spreading through malicious mods, clients, and utilities promoted on YouTube and via SEO poisoning. WeedHack operates as a malware-as-a-service, offering a dashboard to view stolen data and a payload builder, with a fr…
AI-built ransomware toolkit automates EDR evasion, AD discovery
An AI-built ransomware toolkit automates Active Directory discovery and evasion of endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, accelerating cybercrime. The framework employs multiple AI agents to develop, test, and refine modular Windows payloads with encryption and evasion techniques, using components like Cobalt …
Microsoft Exchange Online outage causes email delays, failures
Microsoft is investigating a widespread Exchange Online outage impacting mail flow in North America and Germany, causing significant email delays and delivery failures. The incident (EX1331830) was first acknowledged at 10:33 ET as engineers review reports to determine the root cause and next steps, with some messag…
CISA flags two-year-old Oracle flaw as actively exploited in attacks
CISA has classified the two-year-old Oracle WebLogic Server flaw CVE-2024-21182 as actively exploited and added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Federal agencies were ordered to patch WebLogic servers by June 4, 2026, under BOD 22-01, with a strong urging for private-sector defenders to patch promp…
Google fixes one actively exploited Android zero-day, 124 flaws
Google’s June 2026 Android security patches fix 124 vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited zero-day (CVE-2025-48595) that can enable remote code execution and privilege escalation on Android 14+. The updates also address 18 critical flaws across System, Framework, and Qualcomm components and are released i…
Hackers hijack thousands of sites for ClickFix and FakeUpdate attacks
Researchers link the DriveSurge group to massive campaigns that hijack thousands of sites to deliver malware via ClickFix and FakeUpdates. Using the open-source Traffic Distribution System zTDS, they tailor lures to visitors and redirect them to malicious payloads, including fake browser updates and PowerShell-based…
WordPress malware campaign hides payloads in Steam profiles
GoDaddy researchers warn of a WordPress malware campaign that has infected nearly 2,000 sites since mid-2025 by embedding payloads in Steam Community profile comments. The attacker uses invisible Unicode characters to encode a payload that constructs a URL to a malicious JavaScript script, hiding the C2 channel on S…
Microsoft confirms outage affecting MFA, My Sign-Ins platform
Microsoft confirmed an ongoing outage affecting users trying to set up Multi-Factor Authentication and access mysignins.microsoft.com, with reports of 504 Gateway Timeout errors. The company has switched to alternate infrastructure to mitigate the impact, is monitoring service health, and is exploring further mitiga…
Microsoft fixes KB5089549 Windows security update install issues
Microsoft has resolved the Windows 11 May 2026 security update install failures (KB5089549) caused by insufficient free space on the EFI System Partition, which produced 0x800f0922 errors and rollback messages. The fix is included in the KB5089573 preview cumulative update and will be delivered to all users with the…
WP Maps Pro bug exploited to create admin accounts on WordPress sites
Security researchers have uncovered a critical flaw in WP Maps Pro (CVE-2026-8732) affecting version 6.1.0 and earlier that allows unauthenticated attackers to create rogue administrator accounts by abusing a “temporary access” feature and generating passwordless login URLs. Discovered by David Brown, the vulnerabil…
Best Open Source Projects on GitHub in 2026: The Ones Worth Watching
GitHub now hosts over 4.3 million AI-related repositories. We cut through the noise to highlight the open source projects actually worth your attention in 2026 — from local AI assistants and LLM frameworks to runtime contenders and monitoring stacks.
Vibe Coding in 2026: How Indie Founders Are Shipping SaaS Without Writing Code
Vibe coding has gone from a Twitter meme to a mainstream movement. In 2026, non-technical founders are shipping real, revenue-generating SaaS products in days. Here's what's real, what tools to use, and what to watch out for.
Best Developer Tools in 2026: The Complete Guide for Builders
A curated breakdown of the best developer tools in 2026 — from AI coding assistants and deployment platforms to open-source picks — chosen for builders, indie founders, and dev teams who want to ship faster.
PAN-OS GlobalProtect VPN authentication bypass flaw (CVE-2026-0257) now exploited in attacks
Palo Alto Networks warns that CVE-2026-0257, a GlobalProtect authentication bypass in PAN-OS, is being actively exploited against unpatched devices. Rapid7 observed exploit activity starting May 17, 2026, with initial attacks from Vultr and Dromatics Systems, and CISA added the flaw to the Known Exploited Vulnerabil…
New CIFSwitch Linux flaw gives root on multiple distributions
Researchers have disclosed CIFSwitch, a Linux local privilege-escalation in the CIFS subsystem that lets an unprivileged user forge cifs.spnego key requests to trigger root via cifs.upcall and a subsequent NSS lookup. It affects multiple distributions with vulnerable kernel+CIFS+cifs-utils combinations (notably Linu…
Google Chrome Adds Session Cookie Theft Protection for All Users
Google Chrome has made Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) generally available, binding session cookies to a user’s device using hardware roots like TPM or Secure Enclave to prevent stolen cookies from hijacking accounts or bypassing MFA. Rolled out to all Google Workspace and personal accounts, with DBSC enable…
North Carolina Man Sentenced to More Than 10 Years for Selling Personal Data of 7 Million Elderly Americans to Jamaican Scammers
North Carolina man Troy Murray, also known as Steve Dixon, was sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for selling the personal data of more than 7 million elderly Americans to Jamaican scammers, a scheme that ran from 2016 to 2023, earned him over $5.2 million, and caused more than $9.5 million in losses; he sold…
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