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Microsoft fixes outage affecting MFA setup, MySignIn service

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged MFA, microsoft, Microsoft 365, MySignIn, Outage

Microsoft has addressed an ongoing incident preventing customers from setting up multi-factor authentication (MFA) or accessing the My Sign-Ins platform. “We’re investigating an issue where some users may be unable to setup MFA or access the http://mysignins.microsoft.com website,” the company’s Microsoft 365 Status account shared on Twitter earlier today. According to additional information shared in the admin center under MO1329260, […]

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Microsoft fixes KB5089549 Windows security update install issues

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged 0x800F0922, KB5089549, KB5089573, Known Issue, microsoft, Preview Update, Security Update, windows, windows 11, Windows 11 24H2, Windows 11 25H2, windows update

Microsoft has resolved a known issue causing installation failures and 0x800f0922 errors when deploying the May 2026 Windows 11 security update (KB5089549). As Microsoft explained when it acknowledged the issue two weeks ago, these failures are caused by insufficient free space on the EFI System Partition (ESP), which results in the update automatically rolling back on impacted […]

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WP Maps Pro bug exploited to create admin accounts on WordPress sites

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged Actively Exploited, Admin, CVE-2026-8732, Plugin, vulnerability, Website, Website Takeover, wordpress

Hackers are targeting WordPress websites running a vulnerable version of the WP Maps Pro plugin, which allows creating rogue administrator accounts without authentication. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-8732, has a critical severity rating and impacts WP Maps Pro versions 6.1.0 and older. It was discovered and reported by security researcher David Brown. WP Maps Pro […]

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Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN auth bypass flaw now exploited in attacks

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged Actively Exploited, Authentication Bypass, CVE-2026-0257, Palo Alto Networks, PAN-OS, vpn, vulnerability

Palo Alto Networks is warning that hackers are now exploiting a PAN-OS GlobalProtect authentication bypass flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0257, in attacks attempting to breach corporate networks. The company fixed the CVE-2026-0257 flaw earlier this month, warning that it could be used to establish unauthorized VPN connections on the device. “GlobalProtect portal and gateway of Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS® […]

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New CIFSwitch Linux flaw gives root on multiple distributions

June 1, 2026June 1, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged CIFSwitch, linux, Local Privilege Escalation, LPE, vulnerability

A newly discovered local privilege escalation vulnerability dubbed ‘CIFSwitch’ in the Linux kernel could allow attackers to forge CIFS authentication key descriptions, abuse the kernel’s key request mechanism, and gain root privileges. The issue impacts multiple Linux distributions that ship vulnerable combinations of the kernel CIFS and cifs-utils (versions 6.14 and higher, although some older […]

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ChatGPT share links abused to host fake outage pages to deliver malware

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged chatgpt, Claude, Google Ads, Infostealer, malware, Outage

Threat actors are abusing ChatGPT’s content-sharing feature to display fake OpenAI outage pages that direct users to download malware disguised as the ChatGPT desktop application. The “LLMShare” campaign, discovered by Push Security, uses Google ads to direct users searching for ChatGPT to a malicious shared ChatGPT page hosted on chatgpt.com, allowing the attack to be delivered through […]

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California AG sues 23andMe over 2023 breach exposing health data

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged 23andMe, California, data breach, Lawsuits, Legal

California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against 23andMe, now Chrome Holding Co., over the company’s failure to protect sensitive customer genetic and personal information. Improper security led to a high-profile data breach in 2023 that exposed the sensitive information of nearly 7 million customers, including 855,541 Californians. The incident came to light that […]

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Dutch govt disrupts malware botnet with 17 million infected devices

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged Botnet, Legal, malware, NCSC-NL, Netherlands, Proxy, Residential Proxy

Dutch authorities have taken offline a massive botnet of 17 million devices and seized more than 200 servers at a local provider that supported the operation. The action was carried out following an investigation from the Police in collaboration with the country’s cybersecurity agency, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). According to the authorities, the […]

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Google Chrome adds session cookie theft protection for all users

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged Cookie, cookies, DBSC, Device Bound Session Credentials, google, google chrome, Infostealer, web browser

Google says the Chrome Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) security feature is now generally available and is rolling out to all users to prevent account takeovers. Available in beta since April, DBSC was first announced in 2024 as a way to cryptographically bind session cookies to a specific device, preventing hackers from using such stolen cookies to bypass […]

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Man sent to prison for selling data of 7 millions elderly Americans

May 31, 2026May 31, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged Fraud, Identity Theft, united states, usa

A North Carolina man was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for selling the personal information of over 7 million elderly Americans to Jamaican scammers. 57-year-old Troy Murray (who used the Steve Dixon pseudonym) pleaded guilty in January 2026 to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and was sentenced Thursday to […]

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