AI Crackdowns, Mega Mergers, and Security Chaos Define This Week in Tech
AI kept its foot on the gas this week, and the rest of tech mostly tried not to get run...
Cybersecurity
Alibaba Cloud Bets on France as Europe Seeks More Control Over AI
Europe wants more control over the infrastructure behind AI, and Alibaba Cloud wants a bigger role in that market. The...
Anthropic’s Fable and the State of AI
Anthropic’s Fable and the State of AI On June 9th, Anthropic released its Fable generative AI model. Three days later,...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: Claude Chat Abuse, NastyC2 npm Packages, Device-Code Phishing + 25 More Stories
Ravie LakshmananJun 18, 2026Hacking News / Cybersecurity News The internet did not break this week. It got used exactly as...
105K Chrome Installs Linked to Adware and Fake Google Traffic
Security researchers have uncovered a network of 152 Google Chrome extensions posing as live wallpaper and new-tab customization tools that...
Ozempic Maker Novo Nordisk Confirms Security Incident After $25M Hacker Demand
A claimed breach at Novo Nordisk is putting more than patient privacy under the microscope. Hackers from FulcrumSec say they...
Google Adds New Android Controls for WhatsApp Backups, Password Transfers
Google’s June Android updates give users more control over WhatsApp backups, app checks, and saved passwords without requiring a full...
Malicious JetBrains Plugins Steal AI API Keys as Chrome Extensions Capture Chatbot Chats
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a "coordinated malware campaign" on the JetBrains Marketplace that has published no less than 15 malicious...
CISA Warns of Actively Exploited Joomla JCE Flaw Allowing PHP Code Execution
Ravie LakshmananJun 17, 2026Vulnerability / Supply Chain Attack The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a...
ShinyHunters Claims Council of Europe HR Data, Threatens Leak
ShinyHunters has put the Council of Europe on the clock, claiming it stole 297GB of sensitive data and threatening to...
Nintendo Alleged Data Breach: Threat Actor Demands $2M Ransom
Nintendo is facing a potential incident after a threat actor claimed to have stolen nearly a decade’s worth of internal...
Oracle Warns PeopleSoft Customers After Critical Zero-Day Exploited
A critical Oracle PeopleSoft flaw is already being exploited, putting more than 100 organizations on alert. Oracle issued an emergency...
LiteLLM Flaw CVE-2026-42271 Exploited in the Wild, Chains to Unauthenticated RCE
Ravie LakshmananJun 09, 2026Vulnerability / Artificial Intelligence The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity...
Meta: NSO Tried Targeting WhatsApp Users Despite Court Order
A court order told NSO Group to stay away from WhatsApp. Meta says the spyware maker came back anyway. Meta...
OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Lockdown Mode to Millions of Eligible Users
ChatGPT’s stricter security mode is getting a wider release. OpenAI is making Lockdown Mode, an optional setting in ChatGPT that...
