Ransomware Victims Jump to 7,831 as AI Crime Tools Scale Global Attacks

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May 1, 2026 The ransomware threat has reached a new and alarming level. According to Fortinet’s newly released 2026 Global Threat Landscape Report, the number of confirmed ransomware victims worldwide jumped to 7,831 in 2025, up from roughly 1,600 victims …

Deep#Door Stealer Harvests Browser Passwords, Cloud Tokens, SSH Keys, and Wi-Fi Credentials

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May 1, 2026 A newly identified Python-based malware known as DEEP#DOOR has surfaced as a serious threat to Windows users, combining a fully-featured backdoor with a powerful credential-stealing engine. What makes this threat especially concerning is how quietly it operates, …

China-Aligned Attackers Use ShadowPad, IOX Proxy, and WMIC in Multi-Stage Espionage Campaign

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May 1, 2026 A China-aligned threat group has been carrying out a carefully planned espionage campaign against government agencies and critical infrastructure across Asia. The group, tracked under the temporary designation SHADOW-EARTH-053, has been active since at least December 2024, …

New Fake CAPTCHA Campaign Uses SMS Pumping Fraud to Run Up Victims’ Phone Bills

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May 1, 2026 A newly documented scam campaign is using fake CAPTCHA pages to silently trigger dozens of international SMS messages from victims’ mobile phones, leaving them with unexpected charges on their phone bills. What looks like a routine “prove …

Critical Wireshark Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Execute Arbitrary Code Via Malformed Packets

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Wireshark, the world’s most widely used open-source network protocol analyzer, has released a major security update addressing over 40 vulnerabilities, several of which enable arbitrary code execution through malformed packet injection or malicious capture files. Organizations and individuals relying on …

Anthropic Launches Claude Security in Public Beta for Enterprise Customers

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May 1, 2026 Anthropic has opened Claude Security to public beta for Claude Enterprise customers, bringing AI-powered vulnerability detection directly into production codebases without the need for custom tooling or API integrations. Claude Security leverages the Opus 4.7 model to …

Microsoft Windows 11 April 2026 Security Update Breaks Third-Party Backup Applications

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April 30, 2026 Microsoft’s April 2026 cumulative security update for Windows 11 is causing significant disruptions for users relying on third-party backup software, triggering an MS-DEFCON level 3 advisory from security patch analyst Susan Bradley at AskWoody. The problematic update, …

Qilin Ransomware Enumerates RDP Authentication History on a Compromised Server

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April 30, 2026 Qilin ransomware is one of the most active and damaging threats in the cyber landscape today. The group has steadily evolved its tactics since it first appeared in 2022, and its latest technique of enumerating Remote Desktop …

Targeted Large-Scale Campaign Attacking U.S. Organizations with Fake Event Invitations

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April 30, 2026 A large-scale phishing campaign is actively targeting organizations across the United States, using fake event invitations to deceive employees into handing over their corporate login credentials. The operation is wide in reach and strikes some of the …

OpenAI Releases 5-Point Action Plan to Strengthen AI-Powered Cyber Defense

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April 30, 2026 OpenAI has published a comprehensive cybersecurity action plan titled “Cybersecurity in the Intelligence Age: An Action Plan for Democratizing AI-Powered Cyber Defense,” outlining a five-pillar strategy to equip trusted defenders with advanced AI capabilities while preventing adversarial …