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Microsoft links Mastra AI supply chain attack to North Korean hackers
Microsoft has attributed a recent Mastra AI supply chain attack that compromised more than 140 npm packages to the North Korean hacking group Sapphire Sleet, also known as BlueNoroff. This attribution comes after Microsoft first disclosed earlier this week that attackers hijacked an npm maintainer account and used it to publish malicious package updates. “Microsoft […]
Klue OAuth breach victim list grows as Icarus hackers claim attack
Market intelligence platform Klue has publicly confirmed a recent security incident that allowed threat actors to steal OAuth tokens used to connect to customers’ Salesforce environments, as the new “Icarus” extortion group publicly claims the attack. The disclosure comes after cybersecurity firms Huntress and ReliaQuest detailed how attackers abused compromised Klue Battlecards integrations to steal Salesforce CRM data from […]
Hackers exploit info disclosure bug in Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin
Threat actors are exploiting an unauthenticated information disclosure vulnerability in the WordPress plugin Gravity SMTP, active on 100,000 sites. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2026-4020 and received a medium severity rating. It affects all versions of the plugin from 2.1.4 and older and has been addressed in version 2.1.5, released on March 17. WordPress security […]
Texas govt data breach exposes over 3 million driver’s licenses
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) disclosed a data breach at its license system vendor that exposed personal information for more than three million individuals. The Texas Cyber Command discovered the intrusion and launched an investigation to determine the extent and impact of the unauthorized access. The state authority found that Social Security Numbers […]
Microsoft: June 2026 Windows updates break Recycle Bin prompts
Microsoft has confirmed a confusing Windows bug that causes different filenames to appear in the confirmation dialog when deleting a file from the Recycle Bin. “When permanently deleting a single item from the Recycle Bin, the confirmation dialog displays the internal Recycle Bin filename (for example, $Rxxxxx.ext) instead of the original filename,” the company explained in a […]
CISA: Splunk Enterprise flaw actively exploited, patch by Sunday
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urged federal agencies to secure their systems by Sunday against a critical Splunk Enterprise vulnerability that is being exploited in attacks. Tracked as CVE-2026-20253, this security flaw affects Splunk Enterprise (versions 10.2.0 to 10.2.3 and 10.0.0 to 10.0.6) and allows remote attackers without privileges to create or truncate arbitrary […]
NY man charged after harassing college student with AI-generated nudes
A New York man faces cyberstalking charges after allegedly sharing AI-generated nude images and fabricated racist messages using fake social media profiles to harass a Georgia college student. 21-year-old Anthony Belford was arraigned June 10 after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him with one count of cyberstalking. Belford and the victim had […]
CISA warns Fortinet users to secure devices after FortiBleed leak
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) urged Fortinet customers to secure their devices after nearly 74,000 firewall and VPN credentials were exposed in a data leak dubbed “FortiBleed.” This warning comes after threat actors used compromised credentials to target internet-accessible Fortinet devices across government and private-sector organizations worldwide. “CISA is aware of global reports that malicious […]
Gentlemen ransomware uses multiple EDR killers to disable defenses
The Gentlemen ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) is actively developing and maintaining a suite of endpoint detection and response (EDR) killers to help affiliates evade detection in attacks. The gang employs a collection of EDR-killing tools, most notably a utility that researchers dubbed GentleKiller. The tool has at least eight variants and impersonates various legitimate security products, including Kaspersky, […]
Nintendo confirms data stolen in WebMD subsidiary cyberattack
Nintendo of America has confirmed to GeekFeed that threat actors stole survey data from the third-party TinyPulse service used internally, but its systems were not compromised. The company’s statement comes after claims from the Shadowbyt3$ “extortion-as-a-service” threat group that they exfiltrated sensitive data related to Nintendo of America employees. “We are aware of an issue […]