Hackers Use Spearphishing to Deploy AZUREVEIL Adaptix C2 Agent
Hackers are actively deploying a sophisticated malware framework dubbed AZUREVEIL, an Adaptix-based command-and-control (C2) agent, through a targeted spearp...
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AI-powered threats target 2026 election communications
The report highlights a significant trend where threat actors are leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to amplify the scale and effectiveness of their att...
USPS moving forward with mail-in ballot changes as courts weigh Trump’s election order
A judge said Democrats and civil groups filed the lawsuit too early to demonstrate harm, but that could change after newly proposed postal regulations. The p...
RaccoonLine Publishes a Breakdown of 7 Structural Differences Between dVPNs and Traditional VPNs
Rome, Italy, June 1st, 2026, CyberNewswire With VPN providers facing increasing legal pressure from governments across multiple jurisdictions in 2026, Raccoo...
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2024-21182 Oracle We...
How NIST fumbled management of the National Vulnerability Database
A US federal watchdog has outlined how the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) failed to effectively manage the growing backlog of unproces...
Election threats are focused on campaign systems, not voting machines
Check Point said actors are shifting toward campaign systems and AI-generated content, outpacing the public's ability to understand and respond to the risks....
Artificial intelligence and elections: When an election is annulled because of TikTok
On 6 December 2024, the Constitutional Court of Romania took an unprecedented step: it annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election. Not o...
Federal audit reveals NIST’s NVD is plagued by poor planning and duplication
A report from the Commerce Inspector General details how mismanagement allowed a backlog of 27,000 unprocessed security flaws to grow unchecked, while the ag...
Prison communication service Pay Tel exposed hundreds of thousands of driver's licenses
Cybersecurity firm UpGuard discovered an unprotected Microsoft Azure server managed by Pay Tel containing at least 300,000 driver's license scans and other g...
CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog
CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-0257 Palo Alto ...
The behavioral signals that sharpen Trojan malware detection
Malware analysts spend a lot of time deciding which signals from a sandbox run are worth keeping. A sample executed in a controlled environment can generate ...
Romanian gets 5 years in prison for hacking Oregon govt network
A Romanian national was sentenced this week to 56 months in federal prison for breaking into an Oregon state government computer network and fr cyberattacks ...
OpenAI prepares ChatGPT for the election misinformation wave
AI-generated election misinformation could shape public opinion and influence the lives of millions of people. To address those risks, OpenAI outlined a seri...
A Fake UK Visa Site Left 100,000 Passports Wide Open
A third-party UK visa site exposed passports and selfies on a public AWS server. It’s not official GOV.
Police arrest suspect in Ajax football club hack that exposed 300,000 fan records
The Dutch National Police arrested a man suspected of hacking into the computer systems of AFC Ajax, a football club from Amsterdam. “On the morning of Tuesd...
Threat Actors Launch FIFA Website Spoofing Campaign to Steal User Details
Threat actors are actively launching spoofing campaigns targeting FIFA-themed websites ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, according to a Public Service Announ...
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 pos...
Smashing Security podcast #469: What your Oura ring won’t tell you
CISA, the US government agency whose entire job is keeping America's critical infrastructure safe from hackers, has had a contractor publish dozens of plain-...
AI models more vulnerable than claimed when faced with iterative attacks
CISOs relying on LLM runtime guardrails and official safety scores when making security decisions about their organizations’ AI usage and model selection are...