Dashlane password manager users locked out by brute force attacks
Multiple Dashlane users have been locked out of their accounts following brute-force attacks that attempted logins from distant locations and unknown devices. In a statement to GeekFeed, the password management service confirmed that the suspensions were part of an automated security response designed to protect against account hijacking. “We can confirm that certain Dashlane user […]
WordPress malware campaign hides payloads in Steam profiles
Nearly 2,000 WordPress websites were infected with malware that relies on Steam Community profile comments to hide command-and-control (C2) data. The threat actor used invisible Unicode characters to encode a payload that builds a URL to a malicious script. By leveraging Valve’s platform, the attacker avoids maintaining a separate C2 infrastructure and evades traditional detection […]
Microsoft investigates Office Apps, Teams file access issues
Microsoft says an ongoing incident is preventing users of its Teams collaboration platform and Office for the web cloud-based productivity suite from opening files. “We’re investigating reports that some users are unable to open files in Office for the web or Microsoft Teams,” the company’s Microsoft 365 Status tweeted earlier. According to further information shared […]
Critical Windows Netlogon RCE flaw now exploited in attacks
The Centre for Cybersecurity Belgium (CCB), the country’s national authority for cybersecurity, warned on Friday that threat actors are now exploiting a recently patched critical Windows Netlogon vulnerability in attacks. Netlogon is a remote procedure call (RPC) interface and a core Microsoft Windows Server background service that authenticates services and users on Windows domain-based networks. Microsoft […]
Microsoft fixes outage affecting MFA setup, MySignIn service
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, […]
Microsoft fixes KB5089549 Windows security update install issues
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 […]
WP Maps Pro bug exploited to create admin accounts on WordPress sites
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 […]
Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN auth bypass flaw now exploited in attacks
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® […]
New CIFSwitch Linux flaw gives root on multiple distributions
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 […]
ChatGPT share links abused to host fake outage pages to deliver malware
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 […]