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First VPN Dismantled in Global Takedown Over Use by 25 Ransomware Groups 2026-05-22 at 21:19 By Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network (VPN) service used by criminal actors to obscure the origins of ransomware attacks, data theft, scanning, and denial-of-service attacks. The disruption of First […]

Ghostwriter Targets Ukraine Government Entities with Prometheus Phishing Malware 2026-05-22 at 21:05 By The Belarus-aligned threat actor known as Ghostwriter (aka UAC-0057 and UNC1151Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council) has been observed using lures related to Prometheus, a Ukrainian online learning platform, to target government organizations in the country. The activity, per the Computer Emergency […]

Harvard doctor invents ‘vagina on a chip’ to replace animal testing for women’s health issues 2026-05-22 at 18:48 By McKenzie Beard The invention “sets the stage for us to develop better and more effective strategies for women,” Dr. Zohreh Izadifar told The Post. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York […]

Why CISA Accepting KEV Nominations Is So Important 2026-05-22 at 18:47 By CISA announced that it will be accepting nominations to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Crypto mogul CZ’s attorney starting own firm — and AI will play a major role in its business model 2026-05-22 at 17:06 By Charles Gasparino Goody Guillén is a pioneer of sorts in the legal profession’s embrace of crypto. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Cultural Fit Decides If You Will Thrive in a New Security Role 2026-05-22 at 17:05 By Finding the right cultural fit can be central to succeeding in a new security position. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Making Vulnerable Drivers Exploitable Without Hardware – The BYOVD Perspective 2026-05-22 at 15:45 By 1 Introduction This article provides a technical analysis of how many Windows kernel mode drivers can be interacted with from user mode without the hardware they were developed for. This work was motivated by driver-oriented vulnerability research and the need to […]

Megalodon GitHub Attack Targets 5,561 Repos with Malicious CI/CD Workflows 2026-05-22 at 15:45 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new automated campaign called Megalodon that has pushed 5,718 malicious commits to 5,561 GitHub repositories within a six-hour window. “Using throwaway accounts and forged author identities (build-bot, auto-ci, ci-bot, pipeline-bot), the attacker injected GitHub […]