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NGINX 1.31.0 Zero-Day nginx-poolslip Bypasses ASLR
Andrew Doyle
May 22, 2026
Researcher Vega publicly disclosed nginx-poolslip, an unpatched RCE zero-day in NGINX 1.31.0 that bypasses ASLR and threatens tens of millions of servers.
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WantToCry Ransomware Hits SMB Ports, Evades EDR Tools
Gabby Lee
May 22, 2026
Sophos CTU analysis reveals WantToCry ransomware encrypts files off-device via brute-forced SMB sessions, leaving no local binary for EDR tools to detect.
Cybersecurity
DOJ Secures Guilty Pleas From Tech-Support Fraud Executives
Gabby Lee
May 22, 2026
Two U.S. telecom executives pleaded guilty to concealing a six-year tech-support fraud scheme that cost Americans an estimated $2.1 billion annually.
Application Security
BadIIS Malware-as-a-Service Hijacks IIS Servers for SEO Fraud
Andrew Doyle
May 22, 2026
Cisco Talos exposed BadIIS, a Chinese-speaking MaaS platform hijacking IIS servers to redirect traffic and manipulate search rankings since 2021.
Cybersecurity
GhostTree Exploit Hangs Windows Defender With NTFS Junctions
Andrew Doyle
May 22, 2026
Varonis Threat Labs disclosed GhostTree, an NTFS junction loop technique that causes Windows Defender to hang and fail to detect hidden malware files.
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SilverFox APT Spreads ValleyRAT via Fake Microsoft Teams Sites
Andrew Doyle
May 22, 2026
K7 Security Labs found SilverFox APT serving ValleyRAT via trojanized Teams installers on teams-securecall.com, targeting credentials and crypto wallets.
Application Security
TamperedChef Hides Malware Inside Signed Apps
Andrew Doyle
May 22, 2026
Palo Alto's Unit 42 documented TamperedChef, a signed-app malware campaign with 12,000 global infections using digitally signed certificates to evade detection.
Application Security
Chrome 148 Patches Critical WebRTC Use-After-Free
Gabby Lee
May 22, 2026
Google patched 16 Chrome vulnerabilities including critical CVE-2026-9111, a WebRTC use-after-free enabling drive-by exploitation without user interaction.
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P2PInfect Botnet Infiltrates Kubernetes Clusters via Redis
Andrew Doyle
May 22, 2026
FortiGuard found P2PInfect enrolled enterprise GKE Kubernetes clusters for six months undetected via exposed Redis instances and a 2022 CVSS 10.0 flaw.
Cybersecurity
Group-IB Exposes Five Brokers Fabricating Breach Alerts From Old Leaks
Gabby Lee
May 22, 2026
Group-IB identified five dark web brokers posting 500–1,000 fake corporate breach ads monthly using recycled Facebook 2021, Eatigo, and Truecaller leak data.
Cybersecurity
NYC Health + Hospitals Breach Exposes 1.8M Patients’ Fingerprints
Gabby Lee
May 21, 2026
Hackers spent 77 days inside NYC Health + Hospitals via a vendor breach, stealing fingerprints, medical records, and SSNs from 1.8 million patients.
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Poland Drops Signal After Russian APTs Compromise Officials’ Accounts
Andrew Doyle
May 21, 2026
Poland abandoned Signal after Russian APTs compromised officials' accounts via fake support calls and malicious QR codes that bypassed its encryption.
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EvilTokens Service Breaches 340 Microsoft 365 Orgs via OAuth Tokens
Gabby Lee
May 21, 2026
EvilTokens, a phishing service launched in February 2026, bypassed MFA in 340 Microsoft 365 organizations by stealing OAuth tokens instead of passwords.
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Webworm APT Uses Discord and OneDrive as C2 in Government Espionage
Gabby Lee
May 21, 2026
Webworm, a China-aligned APT, deployed EchoCreep and GraphWorm backdoors that abuse Discord and Microsoft OneDrive as C2 channels against government targets.
Cybersecurity
PinTheft PoC Goes Public, Narrowing Arch Linux Exploit Window
Gabby Lee
May 21, 2026
V12 security team released a working PinTheft exploit for an Arch Linux kernel double-free, enabling local root escalation on unpatched systems with RDS loaded.
Application Security
Anthropic Silently Fixed Claude Code Null-Byte Sandbox Escape
Gabby Lee
May 21, 2026
A null-byte sandbox bypass in Claude Code allowed credential exfiltration via prompt injection, present from October 2025 until Anthropic's silent March patch.
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Huawei Zero-Day Caused Luxembourg’s 3-Hour National Telecom Blackout
Gabby Lee
May 21, 2026
A zero-day in Huawei routers crashed Luxembourg's national telecom in July 2025 for three hours, cutting emergency services, with no CVE and no confirmed patch.
Application Security
CVE-2026-3102: ExifTool Image Injection Runs Shell Commands on macOS
Andrew Doyle
May 21, 2026
CVE-2026-3102 in ExifTool's SetMacOSTags lets a crafted image execute shell commands on macOS; the flaw is patched in ExifTool 13.50 after Kaspersky disclosure.
Application Security
Single-Letter Go Typosquat Backdoors Financial and Crypto Developers
Mitchell Langley
May 21, 2026
A Go module typosquatting shopspring/decimal deployed a DNS-based backdoor polling for OS commands every five minutes, targeting financial app developers.
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CVE-2026-46376: FreePBX Hard-Coded Credentials Open VoIP Portals
Mitchell Langley
May 21, 2026
CVE-2026-46376 in FreePBX hardcodes setup credentials in the User Control Panel, letting unauthenticated attackers access phone systems and commit toll fraud.
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Swiss Government SharePoint Breach Compromised 200 Accounts
Andrew Doyle
August 7, 2026
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August 6, 2026
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BadIIS Malware-as-a-Service Hijacks IIS Servers for SEO Fraud
May 22, 2026
Cisco Talos exposed BadIIS, a Chinese-speaking MaaS platform hijacking IIS servers to redirect traffic and manipulate search rankings since 2021.
GhostTree Exploit Hangs Windows Defender With NTFS Junctions
May 22, 2026
Varonis Threat Labs disclosed GhostTree, an NTFS junction loop technique that causes Windows Defender to hang and fail to detect hidden malware files.
SilverFox APT Spreads ValleyRAT via Fake Microsoft Teams Sites
May 22, 2026
K7 Security Labs found SilverFox APT serving ValleyRAT via trojanized Teams installers on teams-securecall.com, targeting credentials and crypto wallets.
TamperedChef Hides Malware Inside Signed Apps
May 22, 2026
Palo Alto's Unit 42 documented TamperedChef, a signed-app malware campaign with 12,000 global infections using digitally signed certificates to evade detection.
Chrome 148 Patches Critical WebRTC Use-After-Free
May 22, 2026
Google patched 16 Chrome vulnerabilities including critical CVE-2026-9111, a WebRTC use-after-free enabling drive-by exploitation without user interaction.
P2PInfect Botnet Infiltrates Kubernetes Clusters via Redis
May 22, 2026
FortiGuard found P2PInfect enrolled enterprise GKE Kubernetes clusters for six months undetected via exposed Redis instances and a 2022 CVSS 10.0 flaw.
Group-IB Exposes Five Brokers Fabricating Breach Alerts From Old Leaks
May 22, 2026
Group-IB identified five dark web brokers posting 500–1,000 fake corporate breach ads monthly using recycled Facebook 2021, Eatigo, and Truecaller leak data.
NYC Health + Hospitals Breach Exposes 1.8M Patients’ Fingerprints
May 21, 2026
Hackers spent 77 days inside NYC Health + Hospitals via a vendor breach, stealing fingerprints, medical records, and SSNs from 1.8 million patients.
Poland Drops Signal After Russian APTs Compromise Officials’ Accounts
May 21, 2026
Poland abandoned Signal after Russian APTs compromised officials' accounts via fake support calls and malicious QR codes that bypassed its encryption.
EvilTokens Service Breaches 340 Microsoft 365 Orgs via OAuth Tokens
May 21, 2026
EvilTokens, a phishing service launched in February 2026, bypassed MFA in 340 Microsoft 365 organizations by stealing OAuth tokens instead of passwords.
Webworm APT Uses Discord and OneDrive as C2 in Government Espionage
May 21, 2026
Webworm, a China-aligned APT, deployed EchoCreep and GraphWorm backdoors that abuse Discord and Microsoft OneDrive as C2 channels against government targets.
PinTheft PoC Goes Public, Narrowing Arch Linux Exploit Window
May 21, 2026
V12 security team released a working PinTheft exploit for an Arch Linux kernel double-free, enabling local root escalation on unpatched systems with RDS loaded.
Anthropic Silently Fixed Claude Code Null-Byte Sandbox Escape
May 21, 2026
A null-byte sandbox bypass in Claude Code allowed credential exfiltration via prompt injection, present from October 2025 until Anthropic's silent March patch.
Huawei Zero-Day Caused Luxembourg’s 3-Hour National Telecom Blackout
May 21, 2026
A zero-day in Huawei routers crashed Luxembourg's national telecom in July 2025 for three hours, cutting emergency services, with no CVE and no confirmed patch.
CVE-2026-3102: ExifTool Image Injection Runs Shell Commands on macOS
May 21, 2026
CVE-2026-3102 in ExifTool's SetMacOSTags lets a crafted image execute shell commands on macOS; the flaw is patched in ExifTool 13.50 after Kaspersky disclosure.
Single-Letter Go Typosquat Backdoors Financial and Crypto Developers
May 21, 2026
A Go module typosquatting shopspring/decimal deployed a DNS-based backdoor polling for OS commands every five minutes, targeting financial app developers.
CVE-2026-46376: FreePBX Hard-Coded Credentials Open VoIP Portals
May 21, 2026
CVE-2026-46376 in FreePBX hardcodes setup credentials in the User Control Panel, letting unauthenticated attackers access phone systems and commit toll fraud.
Pardus Linux CVSS 9.3 Flaw Exposes Turkish Government Systems to Root
May 21, 2026
A three-vulnerability chain in Pardus Linux's pardus-update package lets any local user gain root on Turkish government systems; no patch is available yet.
CVE-2026-46333: Linux Kernel Flaw Grants Root via ssh-keysign
May 21, 2026
Qualys disclosed CVE-2026-46333, a nine-year-old Linux privilege escalation flaw that gives local users a reliable path to root on Debian, Fedora, and Ubuntu.
CISA Adds Two Exploited Microsoft Defender Zero-Days to KEV
May 21, 2026
Microsoft Defender is actively being exploited via two zero-days, CVE-2026-41091 and CVE-2026-45498, which CISA added to its KEV catalog on May 20, 2026.




































