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Ivanti, Fortinet, SAP, VMware, n8n Patch RCE, SQL Injection, Privilege Escalation Flaws https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/ivanti-fortinet-sap-vmware-n8n-patch.html Ivanti, Fortinet, n8n, SAP, and VMware have released security fixes for various vulnerabilities that could be exploited by bad actors to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code. Topping the list is a critical flaw impacting Ivanti Xtraction (CVE-2026-8043, CVSS score: 9.6) that could be exploited to achieve information disclosure or client-side attacks. "External control of a file name

Four Malicious npm Packages Deliver Infostealers and Phantom Bot DDoS Malware https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/four-malicious-npm-packages-deliver.html Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four new npm packages containing information-stealing malware, one of which is a clone of the Shai-Hulud worm open-sourced by TeamPCP. The list of identified packages is below - chalk-tempalte (825 Downloads) @deadcode09284814/axios-util (284 Downloads) axois-utils (963 Downloads) color-style-utils (934 Downloads) "One of the packages (chalk-tempalte)

Pre-Stuxnet Fast16 Malware Tampered with Nuclear Weapons Simulations https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/pre-stuxnet-fast16-malware-tampered.html A new analysis of the Lua-based fast16 malware has confirmed that it was a cyber sabotage tool designed to tamper with nuclear weapons testing simulations. According to Broadcom-owned Symantec and Carbon Black teams, the pre-Stuxnet tool was engineered to corrupt uranium-compression simulations that are central to nuclear weapon design. "Fast16's hook engine is selectively interested in

MiniPlasma Windows 0-Day Enables SYSTEM Privilege Escalation on Fully Patched Systems https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/miniplasma-windows-0-day-enables-system.html Chaotic Eclipse, the security researcher behind the recently disclosed Windows flaws, YellowKey and GreenPlasma, has released a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a Windows privilege escalation zero-day flaw that grants attackers SYSTEM privileges on fully patched Windows systems. Codenamed MiniPlasma, the vulnerability impacts "cldflt.sys," which refers to the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver,

NGINX CVE-2026-42945 Exploited in the Wild, Causing Worker Crashes and Possible RCE https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/nginx-cve-2026-42945-exploited-in-wild.html A newly disclosed security flaw impacting NGINX Plus and NGINX Open has come under active exploitation in the wild, days after its public disclosure, according to VulnCheck. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42945 (CVSS score: 9.2), is a heap buffer overflow in ngx_http_rewrite_module affecting NGINX versions 0.6.27 through 1.30.0. According to AI-native security company depthfirst, the

Grafana GitHub Token Breach Led to Codebase Download and Extortion Attempt https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/grafana-github-token-breach-led-to.html Grafana has disclosed that an "unauthorized party" obtained a token that granted them the ability to access the company's GitHub environment and download its codebase. "Our investigation has determined that no customer data or personal information was accessed during this incident, and we have found no evidence of impact to customer systems or operations," Grafana said in a series of

Funnel Builder Flaw Under Active Exploitation Enables WooCommerce Checkout Skimming https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/funnel-builder-flaw-under-active.html A critical security vulnerability impacting the Funnel Builder plugin for WordPress has come under active exploitation in the wild to inject malicious JavaScript code into WooCommerce checkout pages with the goal of stealing payment data. Details of the activity were published by Sansec this week. The vulnerability currently does not have an official CVE identifier. It

Why geopolitical turmoil is a gift for scammers, and how to stay safe https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/scams/geopolitical-turmoil-gift-scammers-how-stay-safe/ Conflict is a boon for opportunistic fraudsters. Look out for their ploys.

Turla Turns Kazuar Backdoor Into Modular P2P Botnet for Persistent Access https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/turla-turns-kazuar-backdoor-into.html The Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Turla has transformed its custom backdoor Kazuar into a modular peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet that's engineered for stealth and persistent access to compromised hosts. Turla, per the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), is assessed to be affiliated with Center 16 of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB)

Four OpenClaw Flaws Enable Data Theft, Privilege Escalation, and Persistence https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/four-openclaw-flaws-enable-data-theft.html Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a set of four security flaws in OpenClaw that could be chained to achieve data theft, privilege escalation, and persistence. The vulnerabilities, collectively dubbed Claw Chain by Cyera, can permit an attacker to establish a foothold, expose sensitive data, and plant backdoors. A brief description of the flaws is below -

What 45 Days of Watching Your Own Tools Will Tell You About Your Real Attack Surface https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/what-45-days-of-watching-your-own-tools.html In Your Biggest Security Risk Isn't Malware — It's What You Already Trust, we made a simple argument: the most dangerous activity inside most organizations no longer looks like an attack. It looks like administration. PowerShell, WMIC, netsh, Certutil, MSBuild — the same trusted utilities your IT team uses every day are also the preferred toolkit of modern threat actors. Bitdefender's analysis

TanStack Supply Chain Attack Hits Two OpenAI Employee Devices, Forces macOS Updates https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/tanstack-supply-chain-attack-hits-two.html OpenAI has disclosed that two of its employee devices in its corporate environment were impacted via the Mini Shai-Hulud supply chain attack on TanStack, but noted that no user data, production systems, or intellectual property were compromised or modified in an unauthorized manner. "Upon identification of the malicious activity, we worked quickly to investigate, contain, and take steps to

On-Prem Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2026-42897 Exploited via Crafted Email https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/on-prem-microsoft-exchange-server-cve.html Microsoft has disclosed a new security vulnerability impacting on-premise versions of Exchange Server that it said has come under active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-42897 (CVSS score: 8.1), has been described as a spoofing bug stemming from a cross-site scripting flaw. An anonymous researcher has been credited with discovering and reporting the issue. "

FrostyNeighbor: Fresh mischief and digital shenanigans https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/frostyneighbor-fresh-mischief-digital-shenanigans/ ESET researchers uncovered new activities attributed to FrostyNeighbor, updating its compromise chain to support the group’s continual cyberespionage operations

CISA Adds Cisco SD-WAN CVE-2026-20182 to KEV After Admin Access Exploits https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/cisa-adds-cisco-sd-wan-cve-2026-20182.html The U.S.Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added a newly disclosed vulnerability impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, requiring Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to remediate the issue by May 17, 2026. The vulnerability is a critical authentication bypass tracked as CVE-2026-20182. It's

Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller Auth Bypass Actively Exploited to Gain Admin Access https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/cisco-catalyst-sd-wan-controller-auth.html Cisco has released updates to address a maximum-severity authentication bypass flaw in Catalyst SD-WAN Controller that it said has been exploited in limited attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20182, carries a CVSS score of 10.0. "A vulnerability in the peering authentication in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, formerly SD-WAN vSmart, and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly

Stealer Backdoor Found in 3 Node-IPC Versions Targeting Developer Secrets https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/stealer-backdoor-found-in-3-node-ipc.html Cybersecurity researchers are sounding the alarm about what has been described as "malicious activity" in newly published versions of node-ipc. According to Socket and StepSecurity, three different versions of the npm package have been confirmed as malicious - node-ipc@9.1.6 node-ipc@9.2.3 node-ipc@12.0.1 "Early analysis indicates that node-ipc@9.1.6, node-ipc@9.2.3, and node-ipc@12.0.1

ThreatsDay Bulletin: PAN-OS RCE, Mythos cURL Bug, AI Tokenizer Attacks, and 10+ Stories https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/threatsday-bulletin-pan-os-rce-mythos.html Everything is still on fire. This week feels dumb in the worst way — bad links, weak checks, fake help desks, shady forum posts, and people turning supply chain attacks into some cursed little game for clout and cash. Half of it feels new. Half of it feels like crap we should have fixed years ago. The mess keeps getting louder: users get tricked, boxes get popped, tools meant for normal work

Ghostwriter Targets Ukrainian Government With Geofenced PDF Phishing, Cobalt Strike https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/ghostwriter-targets-ukrainian.html The Belarus-aligned threat group known as Ghostwriter has been attributed to a fresh set of attacks targeting governmental organizations in Ukraine. Active since at least 2016, Ghostwriter has been linked to both cyber espionage and influence operations targeting neighboring countries, particularly Ukraine. It's also tracked under the monikers FrostyNeighbor, PUSHCHA, Storm-0257, TA445, UAC‑0057

PraisonAI CVE-2026-44338 Auth Bypass Targeted Within Hours of Disclosure https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/praisonai-cve-2026-44338-auth-bypass.html Threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a recently disclosed security vulnerability in PraisonAI, an open-source multi-agent orchestration framework, within four hours of public disclosure. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-44338 (CVSS score: 7.3), a case of missing authentication that exposes sensitive endpoints to anyone, potentially allowing an attacker to invoke the