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FBI takedown of W3LL phishing service leads to developer arrest
The FBI Atlanta Field Office and Indonesian authorities have dismantled the “W3LL” global phishing platform, seizing infrastructure and arresting the alleged developer in what is described as the first coordinated enforcement action between the United States and Indonesia targeting a phishing kit developer. The W3ll Store was a phishing kit and online marketplace that enabled […]
OpenAI rotates macOS certs after Axios attack hit code-signing workflow
OpenAI is rotating potentially exposed macOS code-signing certificates after a GitHub Actions workflow executed a malicious Axios package during a recent supply chain attack. The company said that on March 31, 2026, the legitimate workflow downloaded and executed a compromised Axios package (version 1.14.1) that was used in attacks to deploy malware on devices. That […]
New Booking.com data breach forces reservation PIN resets
Booking.com has confirmed in a statement to GeekFeed that hackers accessed some users’ data from booking information associated with their reservations. The company took immediate action, forced PIN resets for existing and past reservations, and informed impacted users directly via email. Booking.com is one of the largest online travel platforms in the world, allowing users […]
Adobe rolls out emergency fix for Acrobat Reader zero-day flaw
Adobe has released an emergency security update for Acrobat Reader to fix a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-34621, that has been exploited in zero-day attacks since at least December. The flaw allows malicious PDF files to bypass sandbox restrictions and invoke privileged JavaScript APIs, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The exploit observed in attacks enables reading and stealing arbitrary files. No user […]
Critical Marimo pre-auth RCE flaw now under active exploitation
Hackers started exploiting a critical vulnerability in the Marimo open-source reactive Python notebook platform just 10 hours after its public disclosure. The flaw allows remote code execution without authentication in Marimo versions 0.20.4 and earlier. It tracked as CVE-2026-39987 and GitHub assessed it with a critical score of 9.3 out of 10. According to researchers at cloud-security […]
Over 20,000 crypto fraud victims identified in international crackdown
An international law enforcement action led by the U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has identified over 20,000 victims of cryptocurrency fraud across Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Dubbed “Operation Atlantic,” this joint action took place last month, and it involved the NCA, the U.S. Secret Service, the Ontario Provincial Police, the Ontario […]
Nearly 4,000 US industrial devices exposed to Iranian cyberattacks
The attack surface targeted by Iranian-linked hackers in cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure networks includes thousands of Internet-exposed programmable logic controllers (PLCs) manufactured by Rockwell Automation. According to a joint advisory issued by multiple U.S. federal agencies on Tuesday, Iranian state-backed hacking groups have been targeting Rockwell Automation/Allen-Bradley PLC devices since March 2026, causing operational disruptions and […]
CPUID hacked to deliver malware via CPU-Z, HWMonitor downloads
Hackers gained access to an API for the CPUID project and changed the download links on the official website to serve malicious executables for the popular CPU-Z and HWMonitor tools. The two utilities have millions of users who rely on them for tracking the physical health of internal computer hardware and for comprehensive specifications of a […]
Microsoft: Canadian employees targeted in payroll pirate attacks
A financially motivated threat actor tracked as Storm-2755 is stealing Canadian employees’ salary payments after hijacking their accounts in payroll redirection (also known as payroll pirate) attacks. The attackers used malicious Microsoft 365 sign-in pages to steal victims’ authentication tokens and session cookies by redirecting them to domains (e.g., bluegraintours[.]com) hosting malicious web pages (pushed […]
Google rolls out Gmail end-to-end encryption on mobile devices
Google says Gmail end-to-end encryption (E2EE) is now available on all Android and iOS devices, allowing enterprise users to read and compose emails without additional tools. Starting this week, encrypted messages will be delivered as regular emails to Gmail recipients’ inboxes if they use the Gmail app. Recipients who don’t have the Gmail mobile app […]