ThreatsDay Bulletin: Edge Plaintext Passwords, ICS 0-Days, Patch-or-Die Alerts and 25+ New Stories
Ravie LakshmananMay 07, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News Bad week. Turns out the easiest way to get hacked in 2026...
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Mirai-Based xlabs_v1 Botnet Exploits ADB to Hijack IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks
Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a new Mirai-derived botnet that self-identifies as xlabs_v1 and targets internet-exposed devices running Android Debug Bridge...
New WhatsApp Flaws Could Affect Billions of Users After Meta Security Patch
WhatsApp users should update their apps after Meta patched two flaws that could make risky files and links harder to...
Google AppSheet Abuse Helped Phish 30,000 Facebook Accounts
Cybercriminals are no longer just faking legitimacy. They are now using Google’s infrastructure to take over thousands of Facebook accounts....
Google Update: Android Flaw Could Put Billions of Devices at Risk
A newly patched Android flaw could allow nearby attackers to execute code without a tap, click, or user warning. Google...
Microsoft Defender Bug Triggers False Malware Alerts for DigiCert Certificates
A Microsoft Defender update turned trusted certificates into security scares. The false positive, tied to detections for Trojan:Win32/Cerdigent.A!dha, caused Defender...
U.S. Officials Consider Three-Day Patch Rule in Wake of Anthropic’s Mythos
Federal officials reportedly are considering significantly cutting the amount of time U.S. agencies have to fix critical vulnerabilities in the...
How Mythos Signals Cybersecurity Disruption
The post How Mythos Signals Cybersecurity Disruption appeared first on Information Security Strategy. What is Mythos Mythos is Anthropic’s latest AI...
Indirect Prompt Injection Is Now a Real-World AI Security Threat
Last week, researchers at Google and Forcepoint reported that indirect prompt injection — a category of attack the security community...
Canvas Breach May Put 275M Users, 9,000 Schools at Risk
A classroom platform built for homework, grades, and student messages is now at the center of a high-stakes extortion claim....
True Threats and True Crimes – Those Memes You Post Might Be Crimes
The Department of Justice’s reported indictment of James Comey over a reposted image of seashells arranged to read “8647” forces...
Fake Party Invites and the Rise of Social Phishing Attacks
Attackers are now impersonating invitation services to trick people into clicking malicious links and sharing sensitive information. These phishing attempts...
A Tale of Two States: The 2026 Cybersecurity Paradox
The post A Tale of Two States: The 2026 Cybersecurity Paradox appeared first on Lohrmann on Cybersecurity. Lohrmann on Cybersecurity...
CISA Adds Actively Exploited Linux Root Access Bug CVE-2026-31431 to KEV
Ravie LakshmananMay 03, 2026Vulnerability / Container Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added a recently...
North Korea’s Enormous Crypto Hacks Redefine Scale and Strategy
A pair of tightly executed cyberattacks have become milestones in cryptocurrency theft in 2026 due to their sheer size. These...
