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7-Eleven Data Breach Confirmed After ShinyHunters Ransom Demand

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7-Eleven Data Breach Confirmed After ShinyHunters Ransom Demand 2026-05-18 at 15:10 By Eduard Kovacs The hackers claimed to have stolen more than 600,000 Salesforce records, including personal information and corporate data.  The post 7-Eleven Data Breach Confirmed After ShinyHunters Ransom Demand appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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Developer Workstations Are Now Part of the Software Supply Chain

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Developer Workstations Are Now Part of the Software Supply Chain 2026-05-18 at 15:10 By Supply chain attackers are not only trying to slip malicious code into trusted software. They are trying to steal the access that makes trusted software possible. Recently, three separate campaigns hit npm, PyPI, and Docker Hub in a 48-hour window, and […]

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Ivanti, Fortinet, SAP, VMware, n8n Patch RCE, SQL Injection, Privilege Escalation Flaws

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Ivanti, Fortinet, SAP, VMware, n8n Patch RCE, SQL Injection, Privilege Escalation Flaws 2026-05-18 at 15:10 By Ivanti, Fortinet, n8n, SAP, and VMware have released security fixes for various vulnerabilities that could be exploited by bad actors to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code. Topping the list is a critical flaw impacting Ivanti Xtraction (CVE-2026-8043, CVSS […]

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Researcher Drops MiniPlasma Windows Exploit for Unpatched 2020 CVE

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Researcher Drops MiniPlasma Windows Exploit for Unpatched 2020 CVE 2026-05-18 at 13:58 By Ionut Arghire The researcher dropped the MiniPlasma exploit that uses the original proof-of-concept (PoC) code targeting the bug. The post Researcher Drops MiniPlasma Windows Exploit for Unpatched 2020 CVE appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original […]

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TikTok was set to pay $1B in 2024 over kids privacy breaches – years before DOJ’s sweetheart $400M deal: sources

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TikTok was set to pay $1B in 2024 over kids privacy breaches – years before DOJ’s sweetheart $400M deal: sources 2026-05-18 at 13:34 By Thomas Barrabi TikTok is nearing a $400 million truce with President Trump’s Justice Department over child data privacy breaches – a sweetheart deal as the social-media app was willing to pay […]

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MiniPlasma Windows 0-Day Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation on Fully Patched Systems

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MiniPlasma Windows 0-Day Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation on Fully Patched Systems 2026-05-18 at 13:34 By Chaotic Eclipse, the security researcher behind the recently disclosed Windows flaws, YellowKey and GreenPlasma, has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day flaw that grants attackers SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems. Codenamed MiniPlasma, the vulnerability […]

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Four Malicious npm Packages Deliver Infostealers and Phantom Bot DDoS Malware

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Four Malicious npm Packages Deliver Infostealers and Phantom Bot DDoS Malware 2026-05-18 at 13:34 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four new npm packages containing information-stealing malware, one of which is a clone of the Shai-Hulud worm open-sourced by TeamPCP. The list of identified packages is below – chalk-tempalte (825 Downloads) @deadcode09284814/axios-util (284 Downloads) axois-utils (963 […]

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Attackers accessed, downloaded code from Grafana Labs’ GitHub

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Attackers accessed, downloaded code from Grafana Labs’ GitHub 2026-05-18 at 12:57 By Zeljka Zorz A threat actor has managed to access Grafana Labs’ GitHub environment and download the company’s codebase, the open-source observability and data visualization firm announced on Sunday. The breach is significant given Grafana Labs’ widespread use across enterprise engineering and DevOps teams […]

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201 arrested in INTERPOL disruption of phishing and fraud networks

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201 arrested in INTERPOL disruption of phishing and fraud networks 2026-05-18 at 12:08 By Anamarija Pogorelec Operation Ramz, a cybercrime initiative coordinated by INTERPOL across the MENA region, focused on disrupting phishing campaigns, malware activity, and cyber scams that caused substantial financial losses across the region. The operation resulted in the arrest of 201 individuals […]

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Grafana Confirms Breach After Hackers Claim They Stole Data

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Grafana Confirms Breach After Hackers Claim They Stole Data 2026-05-18 at 12:08 By Eduard Kovacs Grafana appears to have been targeted by Coinbase Cartel, a cybercrime group linked to ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, and Lapsus$. The post Grafana Confirms Breach After Hackers Claim They Stole Data appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from […]

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Pre-Stuxnet Fast16 Malware Tampered with Nuclear Weapons Simulations

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Pre-Stuxnet Fast16 Malware Tampered with Nuclear Weapons Simulations 2026-05-18 at 12:08 By A new analysis of the Lua-based fast16 malware has confirmed that it was a cyber sabotage tool designed to tamper with nuclear weapons testing simulations. According to Broadcom-owned Symantec and Carbon Black teams, the pre-Stuxnet tool was engineered to corrupt uranium-compression simulations that […]

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MiniPlasma Windows 0-Day Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation on Fully Patched Systems

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MiniPlasma Windows 0-Day Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation on Fully Patched Systems 2026-05-18 at 12:08 By Chaotic Eclipse, the security researcher behind the recently disclosed Windows flaws, YellowKey and GreenPlasma, has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day flaw that grants attackers SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems. Codenamed MiniPlasma, the vulnerability […]

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Exploitation of Critical NGINX Vulnerability Begins

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Exploitation of Critical NGINX Vulnerability Begins 2026-05-18 at 10:34 By Ionut Arghire The flaw leads to denial-of-service on default configurations and to remote code execution if ASLR is disabled. The post Exploitation of Critical NGINX Vulnerability Begins appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see

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The AI backdoor your security stack is not built to see 2026-05-18 at 09:42 By Sinisa Markovic Enterprises deploying LLMs have spent the past two years building defenses around a reasonable assumption: malicious behavior leaves a trace in the input. Scan for suspicious tokens, filter unusual characters, watch for prompt injection patterns. New research from […]

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Lyrie: Open-source autonomous pentesting agent

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Lyrie: Open-source autonomous pentesting agent 2026-05-18 at 09:42 By Sinisa Markovic Penetration testing has usually required weeks of manual work, specialized tooling, and teams with narrow skill sets. Lyrie, an open-source autonomous security agent built by OTT Cybersecurity, compresses that process into a command line tool and publishes the entire codebase. The project reached version […]

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AI shrinks vulnerability exploitation window to hours

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AI shrinks vulnerability exploitation window to hours 2026-05-18 at 09:42 By Anamarija Pogorelec Time has become organizations’ biggest vulnerability because the gap between vulnerability discovery and exploitation has narrowed to hours, according to Synack’s 2026 State of Vulnerabilities Report. Total vulnerabilities by severity (2022-2025) (Source: Synack) AI expands the attack surface Agentic AI systems that […]

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Product showcase: McAfee + ChatGPT integration turns doubt into a scam check

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Product showcase: McAfee + ChatGPT integration turns doubt into a scam check 2026-05-18 at 08:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec McAfee + ChatGPT integration brings real-time scam detection in conversations and gives users an easier way to verify suspicious content before clicking or responding. It is available to anyone, without requiring a McAfee or ChatGPT subscription. It […]

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Hackers Earn $1.3 Million at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026 

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Hackers Earn $1.3 Million at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026  2026-05-18 at 08:02 By Eduard Kovacs Participants demonstrated exploits for Windows, Linux, VMware, Nvidia, and AI products. The post Hackers Earn $1.3 Million at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek View Original Source

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