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cPanel CVE-2026-41940 Under Active Exploitation to Deploy Filemanager Backdoor 2026-05-11 at 21:02 By A threat actor named Mr_Rot13 has been attributed to the exploitation of a recently disclosed critical cPanel flaw to deploy a backdoor codenamed Filemanager on compromised environments. The attack exploits CVE-2026-41940, a vulnerability impacting cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM) that could result […]

Hackers Used AI to Develop First Known Zero-Day 2FA Bypass for Mass Exploitation 2026-05-11 at 21:02 By Google on Monday disclosed that it identified an unknown threat actor using a zero-day exploit that it said was likely developed with an artificial intelligence (AI) system, marking the first time the technology has been put to use

Top dating app removes key matching features — signaling big changes to come for finding love online 2026-05-11 at 19:49 By Brooke Steinberg Wolfe Herd, who returned to the dating app as CEO last year, has been discarding core features of the dating app in a move toward more AI-driven features. This article is an

Sergey Brin’s ‘MAGA girlfriend’ denies pushing Google co-founder right: ‘If I could control him, I’d be married with a baby right now’ 2026-05-11 at 19:49 By Ariel Zilber “The Democrats redpilled him. I didn’t have to do anything,” Gerelyn “GG” Gilbert-Soto told Bari Weiss’s online publication The Free Press last week. This article is an

Crook with smart glasses extorts victim after filming without her consent — and there’s nothing she can do about it 2026-05-11 at 18:30 By Reda Wigle A British woman was secretly filmed by a man in smart glasses, who then demanded money to remove the footage from social media. This article is an excerpt from

⚡ Weekly Recap: Linux Rootkit, macOS Crypto Stealer, WebSocket Skimmers and More 2026-05-11 at 16:48 By Rough Monday. Somebody poisoned a trusted download again, somebody else turned cloud servers into public housing, and a few crews are still getting into boxes with bugs that should’ve died years ago — the same old holes, same lazy

Your Purple Team Isn’t Purple — It’s Just Red and Blue in the Same Room 2026-05-11 at 15:09 By Defending a network at 2 am looks a lot like this: an analyst copy-pasting a hash from a PDF into a SIEM query. A red team script is being rewritten by hand so the blue team

Inside Meta’s threat to exit New Mexico over kids safety rules — and whether experts believe the ploy will work 2026-05-11 at 13:58 By Thomas Barrabi Meta claims the remedies sought by New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez – including an effective age verification process and recommendation algorithms that prioritize user safety over engagement– are “so