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ShinyHunters Extorts Charter Communications After Data Breachhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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ShinyHunters Extorts Charter Communications After Data Breach

ShinyHunters is a financially motivated cybercrime group known for large-scale data breaches and extortion operations targeting organizations across multiple sectors.

Charter Communications26 May · 17:46 UTC
MuddyWater Q1 2026 espionage campaign hits nine countries via DLL side-loadinghighperson_alertThreat Actor
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MuddyWater Q1 2026 espionage campaign hits nine countries via DLL side-loading

MuddyWater (also tracked as Earth Vetala, MERCURY, Static Kitten, and Seedworm) is an Iranian state-sponsored APT group attributed to Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).

The Hacker News26 May · 13:48 UTC
Nimbus Manticore deploys MiniFast and MiniJunk V2 via phishing and SEO poisoninghighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Nimbus Manticore deploys MiniFast and MiniJunk V2 via phishing and SEO poisoning

Nimbus Manticore (also tracked as Screening Serpens and UNC1549) is an Iranian state-sponsored threat actor attributed to Iran's intelligence apparatus.

The Hacker News26 May · 05:13 UTC
ShinyHunters Breaches 7-Eleven, Exfiltrates 183K Recordshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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ShinyHunters Breaches 7-Eleven, Exfiltrates 183K Records

ShinyHunters is a financially motivated cybercrime group known for large-scale data breaches and extortion operations targeting organizations across multiple sectors.

7-Eleven26 May · 05:01 UTC
Dutch Authorities Disrupt Hosting Infrastructure Linked to Russian Opshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Dutch Authorities Disrupt Hosting Infrastructure Linked to Russian Ops

This operation involves Russian state-sponsored cyber activity facilitated through compromised Internet hosting infrastructure in the Netherlands. The arrested co-owners operated hosting companies that assumed control of Stark Industries Solutions' t…

Stark Industries Solutions25 May · 11:21 UTC
FBI warns of Kali365 phishing-as-a-service targeting Microsoft 365highperson_alertThreat Actor
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FBI warns of Kali365 phishing-as-a-service targeting Microsoft 365

Kali365 is a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform that enables threat actors to conduct credential harvesting and account takeover operations against Microsoft 365 users.

Microsoft25 May · 10:45 UTC
Ghost CMS SQL injection (CVE-2026-26980) exploited in ClickFix campaigncriticalbug_reportVulnerability
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Ghost CMS SQL injection (CVE-2026-26980) exploited in ClickFix campaign

Ghost CMS Content API, all versions prior to patch. Over 700 sites confirmed compromised. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the SQL injection vulnerability remotely.

CVE-2026-2698025 May · 10:02 UTC
Lazarus Group deploys RemotePE cross-platform RAT against finance sectorhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Lazarus Group deploys RemotePE cross-platform RAT against finance sector

Lazarus Group is a North Korean state-sponsored advanced persistent threat (APT) actor attributed to the Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB). The group is financially motivated, conducting operations to generate revenue for the DPRK regime through th…

The Hacker News25 May · 07:32 UTC
ClickFix Campaign Exploits Ghost CMS SQLi to Inject Malicious JavaScriptcriticalperson_alertThreat Actor
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ClickFix Campaign Exploits Ghost CMS SQLi to Inject Malicious JavaScript

The threat actor behind this campaign remains unattributed. Motivation appears to be financially driven, leveraging ClickFix social engineering tactics to deliver malware or steal credentials.

CVE-2026-2698024 May · 12:12 UTC
First VPN Service dismantled by European and North American authoritieshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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First VPN Service dismantled by European and North American authorities

First VPN Service was a criminal VPN infrastructure provider that facilitated cybercrime operations for approximately 25 ransomware groups. The service enabled threat actors to obscure their geographic origins and true IP addresses during malicious a…

The Hacker News22 May · 15:35 UTC
F5 BIG-IP Exploitation Leads to Confluence Compromise and Lateral Movementhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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F5 BIG-IP Exploitation Leads to Confluence Compromise and Lateral Movement

The threat actor behind this campaign remains unattributed. Motivation appears to be credential theft and network persistence within enterprise environments.

F522 May · 14:53 UTC
CISA Contractor Leaks AWS GovCloud Keys on Public GitHub Repositorycriticalperson_alertThreat Actor
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CISA Contractor Leaks AWS GovCloud Keys on Public GitHub Repository

The threat actor is an insider—a contractor working for the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The individual intentionally published sensitive AWS GovCloud credentials and agency secrets to a public GitHub repository.

Amazon Web Services22 May · 14:34 UTC
Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government with Prometheus-Themed Phishinghighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government with Prometheus-Themed Phishing

Ghostwriter (also tracked as UAC-0057 and UNC1151) is a Belarus-aligned threat actor known for conducting information operations and cyber espionage campaigns.

The Hacker News22 May · 14:20 UTC
Screening Serpens: Iranian APT Targets Tech and Defense with RAT Malwarehighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Screening Serpens: Iranian APT Targets Tech and Defense with RAT Malware

Screening Serpens is an Iranian APT group attributed by Unit 42, conducting cyber espionage operations. The group is motivated by intelligence collection targeting technology and defense sectors, consistent with Iranian state interests in acquiring s…

Unit 42 (Palo Alto)22 May · 11:00 UTC
Megalodon campaign injects 5,718 malicious commits into GitHub reposhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Megalodon campaign injects 5,718 malicious commits into GitHub repos

Megalodon is an automated supply chain attack campaign targeting GitHub repositories. The actor's motivation appears to be exfiltration of CI/CD environment data, including secrets, tokens, and credentials stored in GitHub Actions workflows.

GitHub22 May · 09:55 UTC
ROADtools Framework Misused in Nation-State Cloud Intrusionshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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ROADtools Framework Misused in Nation-State Cloud Intrusions

Multiple threat actors, including nation-state groups, are misusing the open-source ROADtools framework for cloud intrusions. ROADtools is a legitimate Azure AD reconnaissance toolkit designed for security assessments, but has been co-opted by advers…

Unit 42 (Palo Alto)22 May · 08:00 UTC
Canadian National Arrested for Operating KimWolf DDoS Botnethighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Canadian National Arrested for Operating KimWolf DDoS Botnet

A Canadian national arrested by U.S. and Canadian authorities for operating the KimWolf DDoS botnet infrastructure. The operator managed a large-scale botnet that compromised nearly two million devices globally, offering DDoS-for-hire services.

BleepingComputer22 May · 07:01 UTC
Jacob Butler Arrested for Operating Kimwolf DDoS Botnethighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Jacob Butler Arrested for Operating Kimwolf DDoS Botnet

Jacob Butler, also known as "Dort," is a 23-year-old Canadian national from Ottawa arrested by the U.S. Department of Justice for developing and operating the Kimwolf DDoS botnet.

The Hacker News22 May · 06:50 UTC
Dort Arrested for Operating Kimwolf IoT Botnet in Multi-Million Device DDoS Campaignhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Dort Arrested for Operating Kimwolf IoT Botnet in Multi-Million Device DDoS Campaign

Dort is a 23-year-old cybercriminal based in Ottawa, Canada, suspected of developing and operating the Kimwolf IoT botnet. Motivated by launching large-scale DDoS attacks, doxing, and swatting campaigns, Dort leveraged compromised IoT devices to buil…

Krebs on Security21 May · 19:50 UTC
Showboat Linux Malware Targets Middle East Telecom Since Mid-2022highperson_alertThreat Actor
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Showboat Linux Malware Targets Middle East Telecom Since Mid-2022

The threat actor behind Showboat remains unattributed. The campaign demonstrates sophisticated targeting of telecommunications infrastructure in the Middle East, suggesting a motivated adversary with strategic intelligence collection objectives.

The Hacker News21 May · 12:17 UTC
Chinese APT Deploys Showboat and JFMBackdoor Against Telecom Sectorhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Chinese APT Deploys Showboat and JFMBackdoor Against Telecom Sector

Chinese state-sponsored threat actors conducting cyber-espionage operations against telecommunications infrastructure. The actors demonstrate cross-platform capabilities with custom Linux and Windows malware tooling.

BleepingComputer21 May · 12:00 UTC
International Law Enforcement Seizes First VPN Service Used by Cybercriminalshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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International Law Enforcement Seizes First VPN Service Used by Cybercriminals

First VPN was a commercial VPN service exploited by multiple threat actors to anonymize their operations. The service provided infrastructure enabling cybercriminals to mask their origin during ransomware deployments and data exfiltration campaigns.

BleepingComputer21 May · 11:09 UTC
18-Year-Old Infostealer Operator Arrested for Compromising 28K Accountshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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18-Year-Old Infostealer Operator Arrested for Compromising 28K Accounts

An 18-year-old individual from Odesa, Ukraine, identified by Ukrainian cyberpolice in coordination with U.S. law enforcement. The operator is suspected of deploying infostealer malware to harvest credentials and compromise user accounts.

BleepingComputer20 May · 19:36 UTC
Microsoft Disrupts Fox Tempest Malware-Signing-as-a-Service Operationcriticalperson_alertThreat Actor
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Microsoft Disrupts Fox Tempest Malware-Signing-as-a-Service Operation

Fox Tempest is a threat actor attributed by Microsoft as operating a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) business model. The actor exploited Microsoft's Artifact Signing system to provide malicious code signing services to other cybercriminals, enab…

Microsoft20 May · 12:36 UTC
Webworm Deploys EchoCreep and GraphWorm Backdoors via Discord and Graph APIhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Webworm Deploys EchoCreep and GraphWorm Backdoors via Discord and Graph API

Webworm is a China-aligned advanced persistent threat (APT) actor first documented by Symantec in September 2022, with activity traced back to at least 2022.

Microsoft20 May · 10:51 UTC
TeamPCP Lists GitHub Source Code for Sale After Repository Breachhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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TeamPCP Lists GitHub Source Code for Sale After Repository Breach

TeamPCP is a threat actor that has emerged in the cybercrime ecosystem, demonstrating capability to compromise high-value technology platforms. The actor's motivation appears financially driven, as evidenced by their decision to monetize stolen GitHu…

The Hacker News20 May · 02:01 UTC
Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing-as-a-Service Operationhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Microsoft Disrupts Malware-Signing-as-a-Service Operation

This operation involved cybercriminals abusing Microsoft's Artifact Signing service to provide malware-signing-as-a-service capabilities. The actors exploited legitimate code-signing infrastructure to generate fraudulent certificates, which were then…

BleepingComputer19 May · 19:47 UTC
Fox Tempest Provides Malware-Signing Services to Ransomware Operatorshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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Fox Tempest Provides Malware-Signing Services to Ransomware Operators

Fox Tempest is a financially motivated cybercriminal actor that operates as a malware-signing service provider within the ransomware ecosystem. Rather than conducting attacks directly, Fox Tempest enables other threat actors—including Vanilla Tempest…

Microsoft Security19 May · 13:07 UTC
ShinyHunters Claims 7-Eleven Data Breachhighperson_alertThreat Actor
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ShinyHunters Claims 7-Eleven Data Breach

ShinyHunters is a financially motivated cybercrime group known for large-scale data breaches and database theft. The group emerged around 2020 and has been linked to numerous high-profile data exfiltration incidents targeting organizations across var…

7-Eleven19 May · 12:16 UTC
NCSC UK Issues Guidance on China-Nexus Covert Device Networkshighperson_alertThreat Actor
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NCSC UK Issues Guidance on China-Nexus Covert Device Networks

China-nexus threat actors are state-sponsored groups linked to the People's Republic of China. These actors are motivated by strategic intelligence collection, espionage, and maintaining persistent access to foreign networks.

NCSC UK23 Apr · 10:00 UTC