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⚡ Weekly Recap: Exchange 0-Day, npm Worm, Fake AI Repo, Cisco Exploit and More 2026-05-18 at 19:42 By Monday opens with a trust problem. A mail server flaw is under active use. A network control system was targeted. Trusted packages were poisoned. A fake model page pushed a stealer. Then came the familiar ransom claim: […]

How to Reduce Phishing Exposure Before It Turns into Business Disruption 2026-05-18 at 17:23 By What happens when a phishing email looks clean enough to pass through security, but dangerous enough to expose the business after one click? That is the gap many SOCs still struggle with: the attacks that leave teams unsure what was

Security Isn’t a Commodity. Neither Is Off-Duty Law Enforcement 2026-05-18 at 16:25 By During periods of economic pressure, leadership teams inevitably begin asking the same question: “Where can we cut security spend without increasing risk?” This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Product Spotlight on Risk Assessment Monitoring 2026-05-18 at 16:25 By Security magazine highlights a few risk monitoring solutions for 2026. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

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

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

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

The Future of the Partnership: AI, Automation, and Ecosystems 2026-05-18 at 13:34 By Alan Maxwell Part 6 of 6: Where the channel goes from here This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

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

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

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

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