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2026: The Year of AI-Assisted Attacks
On December 4, 2025, a 17-year-old was arrested in Osaka under Japan’s Unauthorized Access Prohibition Act. The young man had run malicious code to extract the personal data of over 7 million users of Kaikatsu Club, Japan’s largest internet cafe chain. When asked, the young man shared his motivation for the hack: he wanted to buy Pokémon cards.
In a sense, this is a fairly conventional story.
In a sense, this is a fairly conventional story.
Silver Fox Deploys ABCDoor Malware via Tax-Themed Phishing in India and Russia
The China-based cybercrime group known as Silver Fox has been linked to a new campaign targeting organizations in Russia and India with a new malware called ABCDoor.
The activity involved using phishing emails that mimic correspondence from the Income Tax Department of India in December 2025, followed by a similar campaign aimed at Russian entities.
“Both waves followed a nearly identical
The activity involved using phishing emails that mimic correspondence from the Income Tax Department of India in December 2025, followed by a similar campaign aimed at Russian entities.
“Both waves followed a nearly identical
CISA says ‘Copy Fail’ flaw now exploited to root Linux systems
CISA has warned that threat actors have started exploiting the “Copy Fail” Linux security vulnerability in the wild, one day after Theori researchers disclosed it and shared a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. […]
Exploitation of ‘Copy Fail’ Linux Vulnerability Begins
CISA has added the bug to its KEV list, and Microsoft has observed limited exploitation, mainly associated with PoC testing.
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Microsoft confirms April Windows updates cause backup failures
Microsoft has confirmed that the April 2026 security updates are causing failures in third-party backup applications using the psmounterex.sys driver. […]
OpenAI Rolls Out Advanced Security for ChatGPT Accounts
Advanced Account Security provides stronger login methods, more secure account recovery, shorter sessions, and training exclusion.
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Critical cPanel Vulnerability Weaponized to Target Government and MSP Networks
A previously unknown threat actor has been observed targeting government and military entities in Southeast Asia, alongside a smaller cluster of managed service providers (MSPs) and hosting providers in the Philippines, Laos, Canada, South Africa, and the U.S., by exploiting the recently disclosed vulnerability in cPanel.
The activity, detected by Ctrl-Alt-Intel on May 2, 2026, involves the
The activity, detected by Ctrl-Alt-Intel on May 2, 2026, involves the
Over 40,000 Servers Compromised in Ongoing cPanel Exploitation
The attacks likely target CVE-2026-41940, a recently patched zero-day leading to administrative access.
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Edtech Firm Instructure Discloses Data Breach Amid Hacker Leak Threats
Hackers disrupted services and stole names, email addresses, student ID numbers, and user messages.
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