News for May 24, 2026

News for May 24, 2026

By I_g_o_r | Some news | 23 May 2026


Government Backed Hackers Abuse Cloudflare in Malaysian Espionage Campaign

https://hackread.com/government-backed-hackers-cloudflare-malaysia-espionage/

 

TCLBanker Trojan Targets Financial Platforms on Windows

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/323804297276530

 

Markets Overvalued by 150% as Dishonest Metrics Hide the Coming 'Catastrophic' Collapse: Dave Collum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ek8sfpwTpQ

 

The enterprise risk nobody is modeling: AI is replacing the very experts it needs to learn from

https://venturebeat.com/technology/the-enterprise-risk-nobody-is-modeling-ai-is-replacing-the-very-experts-it-needs-to-learn-from

 

Gremlin Stealer Hides Payloads in .NET Resources to Evade Detection

https://gbhackers.com/payloads-in-net-resources/

 

Scientists reveal how seven days of fasting transforms the human body

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260517030404.htm

 

Hackers earn $1,298,250 for 47 zero-days at Pwn2Own Berlin 2026

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-earn-1-298-250-for-47-zero-days-at-pwn2own-berlin-2026/

 

7-Eleven Data Breach Confirmed After ShinyHunters Ransom Demand

https://www.securityweek.com/7-eleven-data-breach-confirmed-after-shinyhunters-ransom-demand/

 

International Operation Leads to Arrest of 276 Suspects in Dubai Scam Compounds

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/324100498130529

 

Iranian Hackers Suspected in Multi-state Gas Station Breach

https://ground.news/daily-briefing/iran-suspected-in-cyber-breach-of-us-gas-station-tank-monitoring-systems-reports

 

10 Old World Inventions That Powered American Cities Before 1900 — And Why They Were All Removed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7UVkLWVvrA

 

Grafana says stolen GitHub token let hackers steal codebase

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/grafana-says-stolen-github-token-let-hackers-steal-codebase/

 

Verus Ethereum Cross-Chain Bridge Suffers $11.58 Million Loss in Attack

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/324300904060018

 

Gamaredon Deploys GammaDrop, GammaLoad in Phishing Campaigns

https://gbhackers.com/gammaload-in-phishing-campaigns/

 

Exploit available for new DirtyDecrypt Linux root escalation flaw

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/exploit-available-for-new-dirtydecrypt-linux-root-escalation-flaw/

 

Cardano Founder Warns of Quantum Threat to Crypto

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/324094995407185

 

One Scan Can Empty Your Bank Account: The Rise of “Quishing”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gokQlKf6Cnk

 

Hackers Hide PureLogs Infostealer in PawsRunner Loader

https://gbhackers.com/hackers-hide-purelogs-infostealer/

 

Millions Impacted Across Several US Healthcare Data Breaches

https://www.securityweek.com/millions-impacted-across-several-us-healthcare-data-breaches/

 

The Sumerian Lists 9 Beings Sealed Beneath the Ocean — And What Keeps Them There

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1U8tezYJ_wY

 

Microsoft is changing Edge’s plaintext password behavior

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/05/microsoft-is-changing-edges-plaintext-password-behavior

 

Citi Warns of Quantum Computing Threat to Bitcoin Security

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/324481312576290

 

Public Amazon bucket leaks sensitive guest data from Japanese hotel platform Tabiq

https://securityaffairs.com/192302/data-breach/public-amazon-bucket-leaks-sensitive-guest-data-from-japanese-hotel-platform-tabiq.html

 

BlackRock Is Quietly Taking Over Crypto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_V82Hvya_s

 

How to Reduce Phishing Exposure Before It Turns into Business Disruption

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/how-to-reduce-phishing-exposure-before.html

 

‘Unstoppable’ Crypto Exchange Halts Trading After $10 Million Theft

https://gizmodo.com/unstoppable-crypto-exchange-halts-trading-after-10-million-theft-2000759775

 

The Good, The Bad and The Buggy: G7 Paper Outlines Promises and Threats of Quantum Tech for the Financial System

https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/18/the-good-the-bad-and-the-buggy-g7-paper-outlines-promises-and-threats-of-quantum-tech-for-the-financial-system/

 

BlackStone Lost BILLIONS On Private Credit Loan In Humiliating COLLAPSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwcRGqzVCsU

 

Weekly Recap: Exchange 0-Day, npm Worm, Fake AI Repo, Cisco Exploit and More

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/weekly-recap-exchange-0-day-npm-worm.html

 

'The exact same issue that was reported to Microsoft by Google project zero is actually still present, unpatched': Chaotic Eclipse strikes again with another worrying Windows security flaw

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/the-exact-same-issue-that-was-reported-to-microsoft-by-google-project-zero-is-actually-still-present-unpatched-chaotic-eclipse-strikes-again-with-another-worrying-windows-security-flaw

 

A Systems-Theory Framework for Managing Burnout in Cybersecurity Teams

https://hackernoon.com/a-systems-theory-framework-for-managing-burnout-in-cybersecurity-teams

 

BRAVE THE BROWSER THAT KEEPS BETRAYING YOU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phZ52125bTw

 

Sitehop Launches Compact Post-Quantum Encryption Device

https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/18/sitehop-post-quantum-encryption-pqc-device/

 

Weekly crypto ETP outflows top $1B, ending six-week positive streak amid Iran-linked risk-off: CoinShares

https://www.theblock.co/post/401649/weekly-crypto-etp-outflows-top-1b-ending-six-week-positive-streak-amid-iran-linked-risk-off-coinshares

 

Americans are leaving the U.S. in record numbers and spending hundreds to learn how to do it

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/17/americans-are-leaving-the-united-states-in-record-numbers-spending-hundreds-to-learn-how.html

 

Developer Workstations Are Now Part of the Software Supply Chain

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/developer-workstations-are-now-part-of.html

 

The Sumerian Tablet That Lists the Races That Visit Earth — And Describes What Each One Wants

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOvsEfyuI2A

 

'Big AI' is subverting regulations just like tobacco and oil firms

https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/18/big-ai-is-subverting-regulations-just-like-tobacco-and-oil-firms/5241910

 

A GAME TWO CAN PLAY: UNDERWATER BOMB FOUND IN WATER SUPPLY RESEVOIR

https://gizadeathstar.com/2026/05/a-game-two-can-play-underwater-bomb-found-in-water-supply-resevoir/

 

‘Scams are getting so much more efficient': New study warns over half of Americans hit by fraud in 2025 - and the figure is only going to get worse

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/scams-are-getting-so-much-more-efficient-new-study-warns-over-half-of-americans-hit-by-fraud-in-2025-and-the-figure-is-only-going-to-get-worse

 

10 Technologies That Existed Before 1850 That No Modern Engineer Can Build Today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fxIhr_pc1k

 

After years abroad, they retired in Thailand instead of returning to the US. They pay $870 for a 3-bedroom

https://www.businessinsider.com/couple-left-america-moved-abroad-retired-in-huahin-thailand-affordable-2026-5

 

Executions worldwide hit 40-year high, Amnesty says

https://ground.news/article/executions-worldwide-hit-40-year-high-amnesty-says_70b752

 

The First Domino in the US Debt Crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDuWL5BZsQU

 

Linus Torvalds: AI-Detected Bug Reports Make Kernel Security List 'Almost Entirely Unmanageable'

https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/05/18/0238214/linus-torvalds-ai-detected-bug-reports-make-kernel-security-list-almost-entirely-unmanageable

 

Bhutan denies claims that it sold $1 billion in bitcoin

https://finance.yahoo.com/video/bhutan-denies-claims-sold-1-180000356.html

 

New Reaper Malware Uses Fake Microsoft Domain to Steal macOS

https://hackread.com/reaper-malware-fake-microsoft-domain-macos-passwords/

 

Bullion Bank: CBs Now Buying OTC Gold Under Radar

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2026-05-18/bullion-bank-cbs-now-buying-otc-gold-under-radar

 

Leaked Shai-Hulud malware fuels new npm infostealer campaign

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/leaked-shai-hulud-malware-fuels-new-npm-infostealer-campaign/

 

We're in the 1970s hard assets rotation analog! |JESSE FELDER

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUKbQh21L4

 

Anthropic to present exposed Mythos flaws to global watchdog – claims critical vulnerabilities found ‘in every major operating system and web browser’

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/anthropic-to-present-exposed-mythos-flaws-to-global-watchdog-claims-critical-vulnerabilities-found-in-every-major-operating-system-and-web-browser

 

"Shockingly Bad" Chinese Econ Data Stuns Wall Street, Sparks Hard Landing Concerns

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/shockingly-bad-chinese-econ-data-stuns-wall-street-sparks-hard-landing-concerns

 

INTERPOL Operation Ramz Disrupts MENA Cybercrime Networks with 201 Arrests

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/interpol-operation-ramz-disrupts-mena.html

 

BNB Chain Completes Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration Testing

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/324753104280338

 

THORChain confirms $10M exploit, rolls out recovery portal for affected users

https://cointelegraph.com/news/thorchain-confirms-10m-exploit-rolls-out-recovery-portal-for-affected-users

 

Two more Ethereum Foundation researchers resign amid wave of departures

https://www.theblock.co/post/401718/two-more-ethereum-foundation-researchers-resign-amid-wave-of-departures

 

We've Optimized Fragility, Failure, Denial, And... Rage

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/weve-optimized-fragility-failure-denial-and-rage

 

Echo Protocol Hacked for $77 Million in Unauthorized eBTC Minting Attack on Monad Blockchain

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/324780576105105

 

SHub macOS infostealer variant spoofs Apple security updates

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/shub-macos-infostealer-variant-spoofs-apple-security-updates/

 

Bombshell UFO claims spark frenzy as researcher alleges four alien species discovered

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0puLoQxyxc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TEIt9UNPQE

 

Hackers Actively Exploit ‘Nginx Rift’ Vulnerability Affecting NGINX, F5 Products

https://hackread.com/hackers-exploit-nginx-rift-vulnerability-nginx-f5-products/

 

B1ack’s Stash Marketplace Gives Away 4.6 Million Stolen Credit Cards

https://www.securityweek.com/b1acks-stash-marketplace-gives-away-4-6-million-stolen-credit-cards/

 

New Windows 'MiniPlasma' Zero-Day Exploit Gives SYSTEM Access, PoC Released

https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/05/18/1946245/new-windows-miniplasma-zero-day-exploit-gives-system-access-poc-released

 

Why College Grads HATE AI

https://dailyreckoning.com/why-college-grads-hate-ai/

 

‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub

https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-leak-that-ive-witnessed-u-s-cybersecurity-agency-leaves-its-digital-keys-out-in-public-on-github-2000760330

 

Two-Thirds of Nonhuman Accounts Are Unseen and Unmanaged, According to Orchid Security’s Identity Gap Report

https://hackread.com/two-thirds-of-nonhuman-accounts-are-unseen-and-unmanaged-according-to-orchid-securitys-identity-gap-report/

 

BlackRock Just Had ANOTHER Fund COLLAPSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bsgvM70XSs

 

Poland shifts away from Signal following cyberattacks on officials’ accounts

https://securityaffairs.com/192381/intelligence/poland-shifts-away-from-signal-following-cyberattacks-on-officials-accounts.html

 

Gentlemen Ransomware Targets Windows, Linux, NAS, BSD, and ESXi Systems

https://gbhackers.com/gentlemen-ransomware-operation/

 

INTERPOL ‘Operation Ramz’ seizes 53 malware, phishing servers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/interpol-operation-ramz-seizes-53-malware-phishing-servers/

 

Legacy Windows Tool MSHTA Fuels Surge in Silent Malware Attacks

https://www.securityweek.com/legacy-windows-tool-mshta-fuels-surge-in-silent-malware-attacks/

 

Japan Dumps $29.6B US Treasuries as $1.2T Debt Crisis Explodes - Gareth Soloway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5RNZNPcS1o

 

YouTube wants your face to fight deepfakes

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026/05/youtube-wants-your-face-to-fight-deepfakes

 

macOS Malware Abuses Fake Google Update for Persistence

https://gbhackers.com/fake-google-update-abused/

 

7-Eleven confirms cyberattack, says 'personal information' may have been hit

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/7-eleven-confirms-cyberattack-says-personal-information-may-have-been-hit

 

Wall Street analysts increasingly value crypto firms as infrastructure, AI and capital markets platforms

https://www.theblock.co/post/401816/wall-street-analysts-increasingly-value-crypto-firms-as-infrastructure-ai-and-capital-markets-platforms

 

Microsoft Exchange Zero-Day Under Attack, No Patch Available

https://www.darkreading.com/vulnerabilities-threats/microsoft-exchange-zero-day-no-patch

 

The New Phishing Click: How OAuth Consent Bypasses MFA

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/the-new-phishing-click-how-oauth.html

 

Union Investment's Hock Warns of Liquidity Risks for Tether and Circle

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/324947107781681

 

How a Simple Photographer Outsmarted the Entire Bank System Using This Simple Thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfOUUxJvJM

 

UAC-0184 Uses Bitsadmin and HTA Files to Deliver Gated Malware

https://gbhackers.com/uac-0184-uses-bitsadmin/

 

Shai-Hulud keeps burrowing: 314 npm packages infected after another account compromise

https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/19/shai-hulud-keeps-burrowing-314-npm-packages-infected-after-another-account-compromise/5242601

 

Police are using spyware that lets them remotely take over your smartphone

https://ground.news/article/ontario-police-are-using-spyware-that-lets-them-remotely-take-over-your-smartphone-theyre-fighting-to-keep-almost-everything-about-it-secret

 

This Is The Economic Canary In The Coal Mine...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43tZe3Z3078

 

25 Open-Source Cybersecurity Tools That Don’t Care About Your Budget

https://www.linuxtoday.com/blog/open-source-cybersecurity-tools-dont-care-about-budget/

 

VoidStealer Malware Targets Chrome Data Despite Built-In Browser Protections

https://gbhackers.com/voidstealer-malware-targets-chrome-data/

 

New York Governor Signs Bills To Preserve Mandatory Vaccines

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/new-york-governor-signs-bills-preserve-mandatory-vaccines

 

Ripple and XRPL Foundation Collaborate on Quantum-Resistant Cryptography

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/324950570545153

 

Max-severity flaw in ChromaDB for AI apps allows server hijacking

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/max-severity-flaw-in-chromadb-for-ai-apps-allows-server-hijacking/

 

CISA contractor apparently leaked 'highly sensitive' government AWS keys on Github

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/cisa-contractor-apparently-leaked-highly-sensitive-government-aws-keys-on-github

 

How to Hedge $6 Gasoline Prices

https://dailyreckoning.com/how-to-hedge-6-gasoline-prices/

 

Trapdoor Android Ad Fraud Scheme Hit 659 Million Daily Bid Requests Using 455 Apps

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/trapdoor-android-ad-fraud-scheme-hit.html

 

Bond Yields Are Exploding Worldwide

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrvL6JFgEms

 

Understanding the modern cybercrime landscape

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/19/1136925/understanding-the-modern-cybercrime-landscape/

 

Tether Files 7 Trademarks in South Korea, Eyes Won-Pegged Stablecoin

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/325172144127570

 

Webb Discovers One of the Universe's First Galaxies

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/05/20/022206/webb-discovers-one-of-the-universes-first-galaxies

 

How to Build a Fast VPN Server with WireGuard on Debian 13

https://www.linuxtoday.com/blog/how-to-build-a-fast-vpn-server-with-wireguard-on-debian-13/

 

Anna’s Archive Hit With $19.5m Default Judgment and Global Domain Takedown Order

https://torrentfreak.com/annas-archive-hit-with-19-5m-default-judgment-and-global-domain-takedown-order/

 

Hacker group hits 3,800 internal GitHub repositories via poisoned developer plugin

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/hacker-group-hits-3-800-internal-github-repositories-via-poisoned-developer-plugin-teampcp-claims-source-code-theft-and-attempts-usd50-000-sale-employee-installed-malicious-vs-code-extension

 

Post-AI Security: The End of Slow, Static and Periodic Defense

https://hackernoon.com/post-ai-security-the-end-of-slow-static-and-periodic-defense

 

Verizon DBIR: AI Helped Hackers Exploit Vulnerabilities in 31% of Recent Breaches

https://hackread.com/verizon-dbir-ai-hackers-exploit-vulnerabilities-breaches/

 

Exploit released for new PinTheft Arch Linux root escalation flaw

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/linux/exploit-released-for-new-pintheft-arch-linux-root-escalation-flaw/

 

Over 320 NPM Packages Hit by Fresh Mini Shai-Hulud Supply Chain Attack

https://www.securityweek.com/over-320-npm-packages-hit-by-fresh-mini-shai-hulud-supply-chain-attack/

 

Biometrics, diagnoses, and bank details exposed in major healthcare breach

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2026/05/biometrics-diagnoses-and-bank-details-exposed-in-major-healthcare-breach

 

Sovereign Debt Stress Points To Higher Gold

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oluMEIiXlA

 

Critical ExifTool Vulnerability Lets Hackers Compromise Macs via Malicious Images

https://gbhackers.com/exiftool-vulnerability-2/

 

Global inflation weighs on G7 as higher bond yields persist

https://financialpost.com/news/economy/global-inflation-weighs-higher-bond-yields-persist

 

Google Cloud suspended major customer Railway.com without cause, causing outage

https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/05/20/google-cloud-suspended-major-customer-railwaycom-without-cause-causing-outage/5243111

 

Carding site B1ack’s Stash dumps 4.6 Million stolen cards for free

https://securityaffairs.com/192415/cyber-crime/carding-site-b1acks-stash-dumps-4-6-million-stolen-cards-for-free.html

 

'The detection surface is significantly reduced': Sophos report warns new "WantToCry" ransomware could pose a major risk to your business, here's what we know

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/the-detection-surface-is-significantly-reduced-sophos-report-warns-new-wanttocry-ransomware-could-pose-a-major-risk-to-your-business-heres-what-we-know

 

Qivalis expands euro stablecoin consortium to 37 banks

https://www.theblock.co/post/402001/qivalis-expands-euro-stablecoin-consortium-to-37-banks

 

Webworm Deploys EchoCreep and GraphWorm Backdoors Using Discord and MS Graph API

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/webworm-deploys-echocreep-and-graphworm.html

 

UN lowers forecast for global economic growth in 2026 over Mideast energy crisis

https://ground.news/article/un-lowers-forecast-for-global-economic-growth-in-2026-over-mideast-energy-crisis

 

Economy To Enter Most Dangerous Decade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWkRr_KJho8

 

America's top cyber-defense agency left a GitHub repo open with passwords, keys, tokens – and incredibly obvious filenames

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/19/americas-top-cyber-defense-agency-left-a-github-repo-open-with-with-passwords-keys-tokens-and-incredibly-obvious-filenames/5242915

 

Bank of America says an under-the-radar sell signal is flashing in markets

https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-outlook-sell-signal-cash-levels-bofa-equity-allocation-2026-5

 

Interpol's 'Operation Ramz' Pioneers Cross-Region Collabs in Middle East

https://www.darkreading.com/cybersecurity-operations/interpol-operation-ramz-cross-region-middle-east

 

CONCERNED ABOUT CERN? YOU MIGHT HAVE GOOD REASON TO BE

https://gizadeathstar.com/2026/05/concerned-about-cern-you-might-have-good-reason-to-be/

 

Studies from the IMF report that cybercrime will cost the world $23 trillion in 2027

https://www.sentinelone.com/cybersecurity-101/cybersecurity/cyber-security-statistics/

 

SpaceX Plans to Venture into Asteroid Mining

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/325301207877361

 

More Than Half Of What Americans Eat Is Ultra-Processed

https://studyfinds.com/americans-eat-ultra-processed/

 

Google's AI Studio Now Lets Anyone Build Android Apps In Minutes

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/05/20/0224236/googles-ai-studio-now-lets-anyone-build-android-apps-in-minutes

 

City outside Chicago investigating cyberattack that led to fraudulent payments

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/05/19/aurora-investigating-cyber-attack-that-led-to-fraudulent-payments-from-city-accounts/

 

AI Purge Accelerates: Intuit Reportedly Slashing 17% Of Workforce

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ai-purge-accelerates-intuit-reportedly-slashing-17-workforce

 

Hospital cyberattacks are increasingly hitting patient care

https://threatbeat.com/critical-infrastructure/hospital-cyberattacks-are-increasingly-hitting-patient-care/

 

Jeff Bezos says bottom half of earners should pay zero in income taxes

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/jeff-bezos-income-taxes.html

 

Grafana GitHub Security Incident Reportedly Connected to TanStack npm Ransomware

https://gbhackers.com/grafana-github-security-incident/

 

The Fed's Secret Plan to Print Trillions Without Calling it QE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NcTbJfYJK4

 

Trump Sued Himself And Walked Away With A $100 Million Tax Debt Erased

https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/20/trump-sued-himself-and-walked-away-with-a-100-million-tax-debt-erased/

 

VerifiedX Introduces vBTC.b on Base with Fireblocks Support

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/325266495720466

 

TamperedChef Malware Hides in Signed Apps to Drop Stealers and RATs

https://gbhackers.com/tamperedchef-malware-hides-in-signed-apps/

 

Commercial Electricity Use Will Surpass Residential In 2027, As Price Surge Set To Continue: EIA

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/commercial-electricity-use-will-surpass-residential-2027-price-surge-set-continue-eia

 

GitHub's Internal Repos Breached Via Employee's Use of Malicious VS Code Extension

https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/05/20/197246/githubs-internal-repos-breached-via-employees-use-of-malicious-vs-code-extension

 

Hackers bypass SonicWall VPN MFA due to incomplete patching

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-bypass-sonicwall-vpn-mfa-due-to-incomplete-patching/

 

The Sumerian Tablet That Names the Star That Watches Earth — And When It Started

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUeAderHONA

 

Colossal Biosciences Is Growing Chickens In a 3D-Printed Artificial Eggshell

https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/05/21/0112253/colossal-biosciences-is-growing-chickens-in-a-3d-printed-artificial-eggshell

 

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Linux Rootkits, Router 0-Day, AI Intrusions, Scam Kits and 25 New Stories

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/threatsday-bulletin-linux-rootkits.html

 

Get your passwords out of BitWarden while you still can

https://www.osnews.com/story/145029/get-your-passwords-out-of-bitwarden-while-you-still-can/

 

DeFi Protocols Suffer Over $840 Million in Hacks in Early 2026

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/325554177850994

 

Microsoft warns hackers are exploiting password resets to gain access to user accounts - here's how to stay safe

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/microsoft-warns-hackers-are-exploiting-password-resets-to-gain-access-to-user-accounts-heres-how-to-stay-safe

 

Europol Seizes First VPN Used by Ransomware Gangs, Arrests Administrator

https://hackread.com/europol-seizes-first-vpn-ransomware-administrator-arrest/

 

Microsoft Warns of Two Actively Exploited Defender Vulnerabilities

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/microsoft-warns-of-two-actively.html

 

More Swap Lines Just Announced...This Isn't Good

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Gemini accused of 30,000-line code purge and fake recovery report

https://www.theregister.com/ai-ml/2026/05/21/gemini-accused-of-30000-line-code-purge-and-fake-recovery-report/5244219

 

Inside a Crypto Drainer: How to Spot it Before it Empties Your Wallet

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/inside-a-crypto-drainer-how-to-spot-it-before-it-empties-your-wallet/

 

Investing in a World in Turmoil

https://dailyreckoning.com/investing-in-a-world-in-turmoil/

 

Apache OFBiz RCE Flaw Abuses Password-Change Restrictions for Authentication Bypass

https://gbhackers.com/apache-ofbiz-rce-flaw-abuses-password-change-restrictions/

 

The trouble with lifetime subscriptions, Google puts AI everywhere, and the Trump Phone is real?

https://liliputing.com/lilbits-the-trouble-with-lifetime-subscriptions-google-puts-ai-everywhere-and-the-trump-phone-is-real/

 

Researchers left AI agents alone in a virtual town and watched it all unravel

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/ai/2026/05/researchers-left-ai-agents-alone-in-a-virtual-town-and-watched-it-all-unravel

 

Neptune's Mysterious Moon Nereid May Be an Original, Study Shows

https://ground.news/article/neptunes-mysterious-moon-nereid-may-be-an-original-study-shows_4324fe

 

Google is going to ruin the internet

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-new-ai-search-will-ruin-internet-web-2026-5

 

US To Award $2 Billion To Quantum Companies, Take Equity Stakes

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/us-government-takes-2-billion-equity-stake-in-nine-quantum-computing-firms/

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/21/1758205/us-to-award-2-billion-to-quantum-companies-take-equity-stakes

 

Global wind and solar power outpace gas for first time in April, report shows

https://ground.news/article/in-a-first-wind-and-solar-generated-more-power-than-gas-globally-in-april-2026

 

Quantinuum Enters into Letter of Intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for Funding Opportunity to Accelerate U.S. Leadership in Quantum Computing

https://thequantuminsider.com/2026/05/21/quantinuum-enters-into-letter-of-intent-with-the-u-s-department-of-commerce-for-funding-opportunity-to-accelerate-u-s-leadership-in-quantum-computing/

 

AI has fundamentally changed the tempo of cybersecurity, says F5 CEO

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/05/21/ai-has-fundamentally-changed-the-tempo-of-cybersecurity-says-f5-ceo.html

 

Polymarket Confirms Possible Private Key Compromise on Polygon

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/325843934317105

 

Showboat Linux Malware Hits Middle East Telecom with SOCKS5 Proxy Backdoor

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/showboat-linux-malware-hits-middle-east.html

 

Deleted Google API Keys Remain Active up to 23 Minutes, Study Finds

https://hackread.com/deleted-google-api-keys-active-23-minutes/

https://www.theregister.com/devops/2026/05/21/threat-hunters-find-google-api-keys-still-usable-23-minutes-after-deletion/5244504

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/you-have-no-way-to-revoke-it-faster-or-confirm-when-it-stops-working-experts-find-google-api-keys-are-still-usable-even-after-you-delete-them

 

Google accidentally exposed details of unfixed Chromium flaw

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-accidentally-exposed-details-of-unfixed-chromium-flaw/

 

Flipper One is a pocket-sized Linux computer and networking tool

https://liliputing.com/flipper-one-is-a-pocket-sized-linux-computer-and-network-hacking-tool/

 

Android users beware — this huge fraud scam campaign hit millions of victims around the world, make sure you're not next

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/android-users-beware-this-huge-fraud-scam-campaign-hit-millions-of-victims-around-the-world-make-sure-youre-not-next

 

Far from the Wall Street Crowd

https://dailyreckoning.com/far-from-the-wall-street-crowd/

 

Data breach on New York public health system claims 1.8M victims, leaking biometric data to hackers

https://threatbeat.com/critical-infrastructure/data-breach-on-new-york-public-health-system-claims-1-8m-victims-leaking-biometric-data-to-hackers/

 

Russian Hackers Exploit RDP, VPNs, Supply Chains for Initial Access

https://gbhackers.com/rdp-vpns-supply-chains-exploited/

 

Polymarket Ensures User Funds Safe After Wallet Key Leak

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/325844306307857

 

Canadian Man Arrested for Operating Kimwolf Botnet

https://www.securityweek.com/canadian-man-arrested-for-operating-kimwolf-botnet/

 

THORChain exploit tied to malicious node and GG20 flaw

https://cointelegraph.com/news/thorchains-10m-exploit-mpc-vulnerability-private-key-leak

 

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https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/ai-generated-code-is-outpacing-every-manual-remediation-model-in-existence-nearly-all-firms-admit-they-have-shipped-code-they-know-is-vulnerable

 

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https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/megalodon-github-attack-targets-5561.html

 

Update Chrome now: Critical bugs could let attackers run code

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/bugs/2026/05/update-chrome-now-critical-bugs-could-let-attackers-run-code

 

Techie claims Trump Mobile website was leaking thousands of people's data

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/22/trump-mobile-site-leaks-customer-data-as-phone-finally-ships/5244828

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/22/1747216/trump-mobile-exposed-customers-personal-data-including-phone-numbers-and-home-addresses

 

World Cup Phishing Surge: 203 Malicious IPs Detected

https://gbhackers.com/world-cup-phishing-surge/

 

U.S. Treasury to Hold Seized Bitcoin Under New Legislation

https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/325980270981857

 

5,561 GitHub Repositories Hit by Megalodon Supply Chain Attack in Six Hours

https://hackread.com/github-repositories-megalodon-supply-chain-attack/

 

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https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-industrial-router-exploitation-cisa-kev-nomination-form-gas-station-hacking/

 

Netherlands seizes 800 servers of hosting firm enabling cyberattacks

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-of-hosting-firm-enabling-cyberattacks/

 

Verus bridge exploiter returns 4,052 ETH, retains $2.8 million bounty: onchain analyst

https://www.theblock.co/post/402319/verus-bridge-exploiter-returns-4052-eth

 

Police boast of hacking VPN where criminals “believed themselves to be safe”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/police-boast-of-hacking-vpn-where-criminals-believed-themselves-to-be-safe/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/first-vpn-dismantled-in-global-takedown.html

 

Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/22/trump-mobile-confirms-it-exposed-customers-personal-data-including-phone-numbers-and-home-addresses/

 

FBI Warns of Kali365 Phishing Service Targeting Microsoft 365 Account

https://hackread.com/fbi-kali365-phishing-service-microsoft-365-account/

 

Ghostwriter Targets Ukraine Government Entities with Prometheus Phishing Malware

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/ghostwriter-targets-ukraine-government.html

 

Drupal Vulnerability in Hacker Crosshairs Shortly After Disclosure

https://www.securityweek.com/drupal-vulnerability-in-hacker-crosshairs-shortly-after-disclosure/

 

Hackers Use SEO Poisoning to Fake Gemini CLI, Claude Installers

https://gbhackers.com/seo-poisoning-gemini-cli-claude-installers/

 

Japan Just Triggered the $40T US Debt Crisis as Yields Hit 2007 Highs

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2026-05-21/japan-just-triggered-40t-us-debt-crisis-yields-hit-2007-highs

 

Former US execs plead guilty to aiding tech support scammers

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-us-execs-plead-guilty-to-aiding-tech-support-scammers/

 

Americans can’t spot a deepfake, and that’s a business crisis, not just a consumer problem

https://venturebeat.com/security/americans-cant-spot-a-deepfake-and-thats-a-business-crisis-not-just-a-consumer-problem

 

Hackers Compromise Laravel-Lang Packages via 700 GitHub Repos

https://gbhackers.com/compromise-laravel-lang-packages/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/laravel-lang-php-packages-compromised.html

 

Pentagon Releases Second Batch of UFO Videos, First-Hand Testimony

https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/05/23/0039205/pentagon-releases-second-batch-of-ufo-videos-first-hand-testimony

 

New strategic bitcoin reserve bill drops 1 million BTC purchase target, adds 20-year lockup period

https://www.theblock.co/post/402264/new-strategic-bitcoin-reserve-bill-drops-btc-purchase-target-adds-lockup

 

FOIA lawsuit documents show hackers who breached SolarWinds potentially had access to all “treasury.gov” email addresses from July 6, 2020 to October 12, 2020

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-05-20/russian-hackers-who-breached-solarwinds-had-deep-access-to-treasury-emails?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3OTUxNDkyNiwiZXhwIjoxNzgwMTE5NzI2LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURkNNNFBLR0NUSVkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiIwNEFGQkMxQkYyMTA0NUVEODg3MzQxQkQwQzIyNzRBMCJ9.p-TmauzJzzP2E-144as3CgJs_I3xyIL-Za-IOg3MWKs

 

US Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel-Linked Ethereum Addresses

https://www.zerohedge.com/crypto/us-sanctions-sinaloa-cartel-linked-ethereum-addresses

 

LiteSpeed cPanel Plugin 0-Day Exploited for Server Root Access

https://gbhackers.com/litespeed-cpanel-plugin-0-day-exploited/

 

Ghostwriter Is Back, Using a Ukrainian Learning Platform as Bait to Hit Government Targets

https://securityaffairs.com/192538/apt/ghostwriter-is-back-using-a-ukrainian-learning-platform-as-bait-to-hit-government-targets.html

 

Neptune’s Moon Nereid May Be Lone Survivor of an Ancient Cosmic Massacre

https://gizmodo.com/neptunes-moon-nereid-may-be-lone-survivor-of-an-ancient-cosmic-massacre-2000762746

 

Another major Linux security flaw revealed — nine-year old issue could spell disaster for users

https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/another-major-linux-security-flaw-revealed-nine-year-old-issue-could-spell-disaster-for-users

 

RondoDox Botnet Exploits Critical 2018 Vulnerability to Hijack ASUS Routers

https://hackread.com/rondodox-botnet-2018-vulnerability-hijack-asus-routers/

 

Web devs sleeping with the enemy: AI is doing their job and they worry it's after their desk too

https://www.devclass.com/devops/2026/05/22/web-devs-sleeping-with-the-enemy-ai-is-doing-their-job-and-they-worry-its-after-their-desk-too/5244552

 

Hackers Exploit F5 BIG-IP to Gain SSH Access and Pivot Into Linux Networks

https://gbhackers.com/exploit-f5-big-ip-ssh-access/

 

‘Underminr’ Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hide Malicious Connections Behind 88 Million Trusted Domains

https://www.securityweek.com/underminr-vulnerability-lets-attackers-hide-malicious-connections-behind-trusted-domains/

 

Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, Fragnesia: The start of a worrisome Linux security trend

https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/23/dirty-frag-copy-fail-fragnesia-the-start-of-a-worrisome-linux-security-trend/5244742

 

This refurbished ASUS Chromebook 2-in-1 is down to $149.99 from its regular price of $369.99

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/offer/deals/this-refurbished-asus-chromebook-2-in-1-is-59-percent-off-right-now/

 

ParadeDB Is Hiring Distributed Systems/Platform Engineers

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48225852

 

Flipper One project needs community help to build open Linux platform

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/flipper-one-project-needs-community-help-to-build-open-linux-platform/

 

Eurovision Song Contest 2026 - Grand Final

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYEIv2qhYAI

 

 

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