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Android Update Patches Exploited Zero-Day, 123 Other Vulnerabilities

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 10:36am

Google says the Android vulnerability CVE-2025-48595 has been exploited in limited, targeted attacks.

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Anthropic Expanding Mythos Access to 150 New Organizations

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 9:58am

Only approximately 50 companies have had access to Mythos until now and they have found thousands of vulnerabilities in their products.

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The Zero-Knowledge Threat Actor and the End of Responsible Disclosure

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 8:30am

AI can help attackers generate malware, create malicious payloads, bypass simple security checks, and convert vague malicious intent into functional code.

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Critical Vulnerability in HP VoIP Phones Enables Enterprise Network Breaches

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 8:25am

A stack-based buffer overflow bug can be exploited for remote code execution on a vulnerable device.

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Oracle WebLogic Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 7:39am

The vulnerability is CVE-2024-21182 and it can be exploited without authentication to hack affected WebLogic servers.

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Meta AI Hands Over High-Profile Instagram Accounts to Hackers

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 6:48am

Exploiting a confused deputy weakness, the hackers simply asked the chatbot to link the account to a new email address.

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Supply Chain Attack Hits 32 Red Hat NPM Packages

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 5:51am

Hackers published 96 malicious package versions, injected with a credential-stealing worm similar to Mini Shai-Hulud.

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Dashlane Brute-Force Attack Leads to Limited Encrypted Vault Downloads

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 4:07am

Dashlane’s security systems automatically locked accounts to protect them against the hacking attempts.

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Oracle’s First Monthly Patches Resolve 77 Vulnerabilities

Tue, 06/02/2026 - 3:20am

Oracle’s monthly Critical Security Patch Update (CSPU) rollouts are meant to deliver critical fixes faster.

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WP Maps Pro Vulnerability Exploited to Take Over WordPress Sites

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 2:19pm

The security defect (CVE-2026-8732) allows unauthenticated attackers to create administrative accounts on the affected installations.

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Dutch Police Dismantle Massive 17-Million-Device Botnet

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 1:55pm

Dutch authorities seized command-and-control servers tied to a botnet of infected computers, smartphones, and tablets that was allegedly used to power a residential proxy network and facilitate cybercrime.

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Critical Windows Netlogon Vulnerability in Attackers’ Crosshairs

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 11:02am

Organizations are advised to patch CVE-2026-41089 as soon as possible, given its severity, the potential ongoing exploitation.

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Dragos Acquires xIoT Security Firm Phosphorus

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 8:46am

Dragos said customers will soon gain expanded asset visibility and integrated device intelligence, with automated remediation workflows and a unified platform experience to follow.

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As the Pentagon Pushes for Battlefield AI, Some Military Leaders Urge Caution

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 7:48am

AI’s use in the military is part of the administration’s larger push to grow the capability it sees as a unique American advantage.

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19-Year-Old Linux Kernel Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Root Access

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 7:19am

proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been released for the CIFSwitch flaw, which allows low-privileged users to escalate to root on vulnerable Linux systems.

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Recent Palo Alto Networks Vulnerability Exploited for Weeks

Mon, 06/01/2026 - 6:00am

Hackers began exploiting CVE-2026-0257, an authentication bypass in Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS, four days after public disclosure.

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Russian Spies Are Aggressively Seeking Western Technology as Sanctions Bite, Officials Say

Sat, 05/30/2026 - 12:00pm

Moscow’s agents are building fake companies, recruiting middlemen and deploying cyber spies and hackers who gather information that could be used to attack key infrastructure.

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Exploit Code Published for Critical Flowise RCE Vulnerability

Sat, 05/30/2026 - 11:55am

The one-click vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on self-hosted Flowise servers by tricking users into importing a malicious chatflow.

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In Other News: Trump Mobile Data Breach, FIFA World Cup Phishing, CISA Responds to Supply Chain Attacks

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 12:20pm

Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Trump Mobile exposes customer data, phishers target the 2026 FIFA World Cup, CISA responds to recent supply chain attacks.

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Charter Communications Data Breach Could Impact Nearly 5 Million

Fri, 05/29/2026 - 10:49am

The notorious ShinyHunters extortion group leaked over 42 million records allegedly stolen from Charter in April.

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