Inside the 2026 Cyber Threat Landscape: Data-Driven Security Priorities
In 2026, the threat landscape operates as a single, connected system. Identity, malware, and infrastructure are now part of the same attack chain, executed at…
Month: May 2026
The Power of People: Inside Huntress EDR and 24/7 Operations
Recently, the Huntress Security Operations Center (SOC) team spent some time talking about what makes our endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution—and the team behind…
Fake OpenAI repository on Hugging Face pushes infostealer malware
A malicious Hugging Face repository that reached the platform’s trending list impersonated OpenAI’s “Privacy Filter” project to deliver information-stealing malware to Windows users. The repository…
Let’s Encrypt Halts Certificate Issuance After Cross-Signed Root Certificate Incident
Let’s Encrypt temporarily suspended all certificate issuance on May 8, 2026, after engineers identified a critical issue involving a cross-signed certificate linking the organization’s Generation…
Hackable Robot Lawn Mower Unlocks a New Nightmare
Cramming for finals is bad enough without the platform you use to do your schoolwork suddenly shutting down. Unfortunately for countless students across the US,…
TCLBANKER Malware Leverages WhatsApp and Outlook Worm Features in Active Attacks
A sophisticated Brazilian banking trojan named TCLBANKER, deployed through a trojanized Logitech installer and capable of hijacking victims’ WhatsApp and Outlook accounts to spread itself to…
New Linux PamDOORa Backdoor Uses PAM Modules to Steal SSH Credentials
Ravie LakshmananMay 08, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Linux backdoor named PamDOORa that’s being advertised on the Rehub…
Cloud and data sovereignty caught in a paradox
Hyperscaler cloud is incompatible with data sovereignty. That’s because, as US companies, the hyperscalers are potentially subject to US court orders that can compel them…
Vulnerability in Claude Extension for Chrome Exposes AI Agent to Takeover
A vulnerability in the Claude extension for Chrome could allow attackers to take over the AI agent and abuse it for information theft, cybersecurity firm…
Braintrust security incident raises concerns over AI supply chain risks
Braintrust security incident raises concerns over AI supply chain risks Pierluigi Paganini May 09, 2026 Braintrust warned customers to rotate API keys after hackers breached…
LinkedIn illegally blocking free accounts from seeing ‘who’s viewed your profile’ data, group alleges
NOYB has a history of taking on tech companies. In 2025, Google was hit by a €325 million ($381 million) fine by French privacy regulator,…
Active attack: Dirty Frag Linux vulnerability expands post-compromise risk
In this article A newly disclosed Linux local privilege escalation vulnerability known as “Dirty Frag” enables escalation from an unprivileged user to root through vulnerable…