Cybersecurity, AI, etc.
Cybersecurity (breaches, incidents, vulnerabilities, ransomware, supply chain attacks)
Security researcher “Nightmare Eclipse” has released a zero-day exploit dubbed “GreatXML” that bypasses Microsoft’s BitLocker full-disk encryption and spawns a command prompt with SYSTEM privileges in Recovery Mode. The exploit…
ServiceNow has disclosed a security incident in which a misconfigured API endpoint was exploited, granting unauthenticated access to customer instance data. The anomalous activity began around June 2 and went…
The prolific ShinyHunters cybercrime group has launched a sweeping data theft and extortion campaign against Oracle PeopleSoft servers, claiming to have compromised more than 300 instances across over 100 organizations.…
Investigative journalist Brian Krebs, along with researchers from Check Point Software and Intel 471, has identified the administrator behind “The Gentlemen” ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation as Alexander Andreevich Yapaev, a 36-year-old…
South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has dropped the hammer on e-commerce giant Coupang with a staggering 624.7 billion won (\$409 million) fine — the largest data breach penalty…
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup approaching, the FBI and cybersecurity researchers are warning of a massive surge in World Cup-themed fraud campaigns. Researchers have identified approximately 19,000 FIFA-themed domains…
A new CrowdStrike threat landscape report covering April 2025 through March 2026 reveals that China-linked threat actors are responsible for 58% of all state-sponsored cyberattacks targeting U.S. technology firms, with…
An international law enforcement operation codenamed “Operation Saffron” (also referred to as “Operation Riptide”) has dismantled the “First VPN Service,” a criminal virtual private network explicitly designed to help ransomware…
On June 10, 2026, the anonymous security researcher known as Nightmare Eclipse (also Chaotic Eclipse / MSNightmare) publicly released a proof-of-concept exploit dubbed “RoguePlanet” targeting a previously unknown race condition…
Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday has set a new record with 206 security vulnerabilities patched across its product ecosystem, surpassing any previous monthly release. Of these, 32 to 39 are…