Paint maker giant AkzoNobel confirms cyberattack on U.S. site
The multinational Dutch paint company AkzoNobel has confirmed to GeekFeed that hackers breached the network of one of its U.S. sites. Following a data leak from the Anubis ransomware gang, a company spokesperson said that the intrusion has been contained and that the impact is limited. “AkzoNobel has identified a security incident at one of […]
Facebook accounts unavailable in worldwide outage
Social media giant Facebook suffered a worldwide outage that prevented users from accessing their accounts. When visiting the site, users were greeted with a message stating there account is temporarily unavailable. “Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes,” reads the […]
Microsoft: Hackers abuse OAuth error flows to spread malware
Hackers are abusing the legitimate OAuth redirection mechanism to bypass phishing protections in email and browsers to take users to malicious pages. The attacks target government and public-sector organizations with phishing links that prompt users to authenticate to a malicious application, Microsoft Defender researchers say. with e-signature requests, Social Security notices, meeting invitations, password resets, […]
Google Chrome shifts to two-week release cycle for increased stability
Google Chrome will shift from a four-week to a two-week release cycle to roll out new features, bug fixes, and performance improvements more frequently. With the release of Chrome 153 on September 8, Google will start shipping two new stable versions of the browser every month, breaking the long-standing schedule developers followed since 2021. The new […]
LexisNexis confirms data breach as hackers leak stolen files
American data analytics company LexisNexis Legal & Professional has confirmed to GeekFeed that hackers breached its servers and accessed some customer and business information. The company’s data breach confirmation comes as a threat actor named FulcrumSec leaked 2GB of files on various underground forums and sites. LexisNexis L&P is a global provider of legal, regulatory, […]
Amazon: Drone strikes damaged AWS data centers in Middle East
Amazon has confirmed that three Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one in Bahrain have been damaged by drone strikes, causing an extensive outage that is still affecting dozens of cloud computing services. While the company didn’t provide further details on the incident, the attacks are likely part […]
Star Citizen game dev discloses breach affecting user data
Cloud Imperium Games (CIG), the game company behind Star Citizen and Squadron 42, says attackers breached systems containing some users’ personal information in January. The California-based publisher and video game developer was founded in 2012 by game developer Chris Roberts (of Wing Commander fame), and it operates five game studios with a crew of over […]
UH Cancer Center data breach affects nearly 1.2 million people
The University of Hawaii has confirmed that a ransomware gang stole the data of nearly 1.2 million individuals after breaching its Cancer Center’s Epidemiology Division in August 2025. Founded in 1907, the University of Hawaii (UH) System operates 3 universities and 7 community colleges, as well as multiple campuses and research centers across the Hawaiian […]
Android gets patches for Qualcomm zero-day exploited in attacks
Google has released security updates to patch 129 Android security vulnerabilities, including an actively exploited zero-day flaw in a Qualcomm display component. “There are indications that CVE-2026-21385 may be under limited, targeted exploitation,” the company said on Monday in its March 2025 Android Security Bulletin. While Google didn’t provide any further information on the attacks currently targeting […]
CyberStrikeAI tool adopted by hackers for AI-powered attacks
Researchers warn that a newly identified open-source AI security testing platform called CyberStrikeAI was used by the same threat actor behind a recent campaign that breached hundreds of Fortinet FortiGate firewalls. Last month, GeekFeed reported on an AI-assisted hacking operation that compromised more than 500 FortiGate devices in five weeks. The threat actor behind this campaign used […]