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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 […]

NGINX CVE-2026-42945 Exploited in the Wild, Causing Worker Crashes and Possible RCE 2026-05-17 at 18:32 By A newly disclosed security flaw impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open has come under active exploitation in the wild, days after its public disclosure, according to VulnCheck. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS score: 9.2), is a heap buffer […]

AI advances are breaking into the physical world – and robots will soon learn how to do your washing and ironing 2026-05-17 at 16:09 By Michael Kaplan A tech VC said, physical AI is “the challenge of figuring out how to reinvent the physical world. It’s a big challenge.” In describing Project Prometheus, he added, […]

Grafana GitHub Token Breach Led to Codebase Download and Extortion Attempt 2026-05-17 at 14:39 By Grafana has disclosed that an “unauthorized party” obtained a token that granted them the ability to access the company’s GitHub environment and download its codebase. “Our investigation has determined that no customer data or personal information was accessed during this […]

Funnel Builder Flaw Under Active Exploitation Enables WooCommerce Checkout Skimming 2026-05-16 at 19:49 By A critical security vulnerability impacting the Funnel Builder plugin for WordPress has come under active exploitation in the wild to inject malicious JavaScript code into WooCommerce checkout pages with the goal of stealing payment data. Details of the activity were published […]

Fast16: Pre-Stuxnet Sabotage Tool Was Built to Subvert Nuclear Weapons Simulations 2026-05-16 at 17:33 By Threat Hunter Team New analysis confirms the targeted applications and reveals fast16 was tailored to corrupt uranium-compression simulations central to nuclear weapon design. This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

AI influencer salaries revealed, with one making $9k-a-month — but which has he most personality? 2026-05-16 at 14:44 By Jeanette Settembre “It’s a new category of creators and their ability to monetize in unique ways,” ex celebrity manager Clarissa Mansbridge told The Post.  This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York […]

Elon Musk’s SpaceX accelerates timeline for blockbuster Nasdaq IPO 2026-05-15 at 23:47 By Reuters The accelerated schedule pulls forward a process that had originally been planned for around late June, around Elon Musk’s birthday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Did Iran Hack Tank Readers at US Gas Stations? Security Leaders Discuss 2026-05-15 at 23:08 By Security leaders share their thoughts on the attack, Iran’s potential involvement and the broader implications. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Why Most Workplace Violence Prevention Starts Too Late 2026-05-15 at 20:32 By If your people are running, hiding, or fighting, the prevention window has already closed. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Turla Turns Kazuar Backdoor Into Modular P2P Botnet for Persistent Access 2026-05-15 at 20:32 By The Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Turla has transformed its custom backdoor Kazuar into a modular peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that’s engineered for stealth and persistent access to compromised hosts. Turla, per the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), […]

Four OpenClaw Flaws Enable Data Theft, Privilege Escalation, and Persistence 2026-05-15 at 19:01 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a set of four security flaws in OpenClaw that could be chained to achieve data theft, privilege escalation, and persistence. The vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed Claw Chain by Cyera, can permit an attacker to establish a foothold, expose […]

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square discloses Microsoft stake, touts ‘deeply embedded’ software 2026-05-15 at 18:31 By Thomas Barrabi Ackman, 60, wrote in a lengthy X post that Microsoft operates “two of the most valuable franchises in enterprise technology” in the form of its 365 productivity apps, which include Word and Excel, and its Azure cloud-computing business. […]

2025 Saw a Surge in Wireless Vulnerabilities 2026-05-15 at 15:32 By Wireless vulnerabilities rose in 2025 This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Funding Has Limited Security Readiness 2026-05-15 at 15:32 By Limited security funding opens organizations to threat actors This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AI Makes Phishing Scams Harder to Identify in the Workplace 2026-05-15 at 15:32 By Phishing grows harder to identify in the age of AI This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

TanStack Supply Chain Attack Hits Two OpenAI Employee Devices, Forces macOS Updates 2026-05-15 at 15:32 By OpenAI has disclosed that two of its employee devices in its corporate environment were impacted via the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack on TanStack, but noted that no user data, production systems, or intellectual property were compromised or modified […]

What 45 Days of Watching Your Own Tools Will Tell You About Your Real Attack Surface 2026-05-15 at 15:32 By In Your Biggest Security Risk Isn’t Malware — It’s What You Already Trust, we made a simple argument: the most dangerous activity inside most organizations no longer looks like an attack. It looks like administration. […]

Everybody on Wall Street is ridiculing Ryan Cohen’s $56B eBay bid — but I’m not so sure 2026-05-15 at 14:32 By Charles Gasparino GameStop is a lousy business, which CEO Cohen readily admits, but somehow he has made it work. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original […]

On-Prem Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2026-42897 Exploited via Crafted Email 2026-05-15 at 10:16 By Microsoft has disclosed a new security vulnerability impacting on-premise versions of Exchange Server that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42897 (CVSS score: 8.1), has been described as a spoofing bug stemming from a […]