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Microsoft is actively investigating a known issue preventing some users from joining Microsoft Teams meetings on Windows devices, following a recent update to the Microsoft Edge browser. The disruption is affecting organizations, including those using NHSmail infrastructure, with reports indicating that scheduled meetings and link-based meeting joins are the primary points of failure. The issue […]

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A newly identified threat group, UNC6692, has been caught running a sophisticated multistage intrusion campaign that uses Microsoft Teams impersonation, a custom modular malware suite, and cloud infrastructure abuse to deeply penetrate enterprise networks, all without exploiting a single software vulnerability. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) and Mandiant researchers disclosed the campaign on April 22, […]

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North Korea has been running one of the most quietly effective cyber fraud operations in recent years. State-sponsored operatives working for the Pyongyang regime have been posing as legitimate remote IT workers to get hired by companies around the world, earning salaries that flow directly back to fund the country’s weapons programs. This scheme, active […]

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A rogue npm package named js-logger-pack has been caught quietly turning Hugging Face, a widely trusted AI model hosting platform, into both a malware delivery network and a stolen data storage backend. The campaign marks a clear shift in how attackers abuse legitimate cloud services to run supply chain attacks while staying hidden. The package appeared harmless […]

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A North Korean state-sponsored threat group is running an active campaign that tricks software developers into installing malware through fake job interviews and rigged coding tests. The group, tracked by cybersecurity firm Expel as HexagonalRodent (also called Expel-TA-0001), is widely believed to be a subgroup or spin-off within the broader Lazarus hacking ecosystem tied to […]

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Socket has confirmed that Bitwarden CLI version 2026.4.0 was compromised as part of the ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign, exposing millions of users and thousands of enterprises to credential theft and CI/CD pipeline infiltration. The attack targeted @bitwarden/cli 2026.4.0 on npm, injecting a malicious file named bw1.js into the package contents. Bitwarden CLI is used […]

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A new macOS malware called notnullOSX has surfaced in early 2026, specifically built to steal cryptocurrency from Mac users who hold digital assets worth more than $10,000. The threat is real, active, and carefully constructed to look completely legitimate at every step of its infection process. The story behind this malware goes back to 2023, […]

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A new malware campaign is tricking traders into downloading a data-stealing tool by impersonating the popular financial platform TradingView. Attackers set up a fake website promoting something called TradingClaw, which they describe as an AI-powered trading assistant. Once a visitor downloads and runs what they believe is a helpful trading tool, they unknowingly install Needle […]

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A nation-state-linked hacking group has found a clever way to hide its malicious activity inside Microsoft Outlook mailboxes, making its attacks much harder to detect by standard security tools. The Harvester APT group, believed to be a nation-state-backed threat actor active since at least 2021, has developed a new Linux version of its GoGra backdoor. […]

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Microsoft is set to introduce Efficiency Mode in Microsoft Teams, a performance-enhancing feature designed to improve app responsiveness and meeting quality on hardware-constrained devices. The rollout begins in early May 2026 and is expected to be completed by mid-May 2026, with the feature linked to Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 560055. Efficiency Mode is a performance-optimized […]

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Web infrastructure platform Vercel has disclosed a significant security incident involving unauthorized access to internal systems, tracing the attack chain back to a compromise of Context.ai, a third-party AI productivity tool used by one of its employees. Vercel first published its security bulletin on April 19, 2026, confirming that an attacker successfully gained a foothold […]

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A sophisticated cyberattack campaign linked to the well-known threat group Tropic Trooper has recently surfaced, leveraging military-themed document lures to target Chinese-speaking individuals in Taiwan, along with individuals in South Korea and Japan. The campaign was discovered on March 12, 2026, when researchers came across a malicious ZIP archive that set off a multi-stage attack […]

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A high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability, dubbed Pack2TheRoot (CVE-2026-41651, CVSS 3.1: 8.8), has been publicly disclosed by Deutsche Telekom’s Red Team, affecting multiple major Linux distributions in their default installations. The flaw allows any local unprivileged user to silently install or remove system packages, ultimately achieving full root access without requiring a password. The vulnerability resides […]

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Apple released iOS 26.4.2 and iPadOS 26.4.2 on April 22, 2026, to patch a critical notification privacy vulnerability that allowed law enforcement to extract Signal message content from iPhones — even after the app had been deleted. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-28950, stems from a logging issue in Apple’s notification services. Notifications marked for deletion […]

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A significant supply chain attack targeting the official checkmarx/kics Docker Hub repository, where threat actors pushed trojanized images capable of harvesting and exfiltrating sensitive developer credentials and infrastructure secrets. Docker’s internal monitoring flagged suspicious activity around KICS image tags on April 22, 2026, and promptly alerted Socket researchers. The investigation revealed that attackers had overwritten […]

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A large-scale malware distribution campaign has been uncovered involving 109 fake GitHub repositories that were used to trick users into downloading two dangerous malware tools named SmartLoader and StealC. The campaign was carefully built around cloned versions of legitimate open-source projects, making it hard for everyday users to spot the difference between what was real […]

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Cybercriminals are now using Google’s own advertising platform to steal cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users. They place fake ads that look exactly like real links to popular crypto applications, and when users click on them, they land on websites designed to drain their wallets or trick them into giving away their secret recovery phrases. This type […]

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Organized fraud networks are now using a new method to move stolen money in France. They create fake business accounts on freelancer fintech platforms and use those accounts as mule accounts to launder funds quickly, often before anyone can trace the money. This is not a simple scam by one bad actor. It is a […]

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A newly discovered malware called Lotus Wiper has been used in a targeted destructive attack against the energy and utilities sector in Venezuela. Unlike ransomware, this threat does not ask for money or lock files for a ransom payment. Instead, it permanently destroys data, wipes entire drives, and leaves systems in a state from which […]

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A North Korea-linked threat group is quietly getting hired by real companies. Jasper Sleet, a threat actor tied to North Korea, has been building fake professional identities and using them to land legitimate remote IT jobs, giving them direct access to cloud environments and sensitive internal data. The shift to remote and hybrid work after […]

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