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Cybersecurity
ESET Finds WIN_DRV: Earth Lusca’s First Windows SprySOCKS Rootkit
ESET Research disclosed WIN_DRV, a kernel-mode Windows rootkit linked to China-aligned Earth Lusca — the first confirmed Windows variant of SprySOCKS — signed with a ...
Cybersecurity
ShinyHunters Claims 61M Sysco Salesforce Records in Unverified Breach
ShinyHunters claims 61 million records stolen from Sysco's Salesforce CRM, including pricing schedules and contact data, with a June 18 publication deadline.
Application Security
Lapsus$ Lists GitHub Internal Repos for Sale, Copilot Source Included
Lapsus$ listed 3,800 stolen GitHub internal repositories for sale 25 days after the confirmed breach, including Copilot, CodeQL, and Dependabot source code.
Cybersecurity
Ukrainian Conti Developer Pleads Guilty to Ransomware Loader Coding
Oleksii Lytvynenko, a Ukrainian national extradited from Ireland, pleaded guilty to developing the malware loader that delivered Conti ransomware payloads.
Cybersecurity
Europol Dismantles AudiA6 Crypto Laundering Service
Europol dismantled AudiA6, a cryptocurrency laundering service that processed over $380 million in ransomware extortion proceeds for criminal networks.
Cybersecurity
OnyxC2 Stealer Targets 200+ Apps for $250 Per Month
OnyxC2, a new MaaS information stealer priced at $250 per month, targets 200-plus applications using DLL sideloading and encryption to evade detection.
Cybersecurity
Chaos Ransomware Lists Airespring as Iranian False-Flag History Looms
Chaos ransomware listed US telecom provider Airespring on its leak site. Rapid7 documented Chaos as a MuddyWater Iranian APT false-flag tool, complicating attribution.
Application Security
Oracle PeopleSoft CVE-2026-35273: ShinyHunters Breaches 100+ Orgs
Oracle issued emergency mitigations for CVE-2026-35273, an RCE flaw in PeopleSoft, after ShinyHunters breached 300 instances across more than 100 organizations.
Cybersecurity
Nottingham University Breach Exposes Data on 454,600 Students
ShinyHunters posted 40GB of stolen data on 454,600 University of Nottingham students, exposing passport numbers, disability data, and credit card details.
Cybersecurity
FBI Seizes 13 Chinese Spy Sites Targeting U.S. Clearance Holders
The FBI and DOJ seized 13 websites used by Chinese intelligence services to recruit current and former U.S. government workers who hold security clearances.