According to a new report published by the Threat Hunter Team from Symantec, the ransomware was first publicly spotted in the wild on May 21, 2026. It’s assessed to be a rebrand of the Beast ransomware,
The privilege escalation vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-50656 has been patched with a Microsoft Malware Protection Engine update.
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Hackers accessed the institution’s internal network and deleted two drives containing employee, student, and university data.
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Wiz has disclosed the details of a new AI coding assistant attack method it has dubbed GhostApproval.
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The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-50656 (CVSS score: 7.8), is a privilege escalation issue in the Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (“mpengine.dll”), which provides scanning, detection, and cleaning capabilities for its antivirus and
The security refresh resolves 13 use-after-free bugs, including two critical-severity flaws found by Google.
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“You can also @-mention Instagram accounts in the Meta AI app to bring specific Instagram profiles right into your images,” the social media giant said in a post.
“Whether you want to design a custom event invitation
The Spanish startup has closed an extended pre-seed funding round two months after launching its digital identity protection platform.
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