New Microsoft Defender 0‑Days Actively Exploited in the Wild

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May 21, 2026 Two newly disclosed Microsoft Defender vulnerabilities are being actively exploited in the wild, enabling local attackers to elevate privileges to SYSTEM and potentially disrupt endpoint protection across Windows environments. The bugs, tracked as CVE‑2026‑41091 (Elevation of Privilege) …

New NGINX 0-Day RCE “nginx-poolslip” Affects Millions of NGINX Servers

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May 21, 2026 A newly disclosed zero-day remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability, dubbed nginx-poolslip, has been identified in NGINX version 1.31.0, the latest stable release of the widely deployed web server software. The discovery was made by security agent Vega, …

WantToCry Ransomware Abuses SMB Services to Remotely Encrypt Files

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May 21, 2026 A ransomware strain called WantToCry has been targeting businesses by abusing a widely used file-sharing protocol to encrypt files without dropping any malware on the victim’s system. The attacks mark a notable shift in how ransomware operators …

Two U.S. Executives Plead Guilty in India-Based Tech-Support Fraud Schemes

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May 21, 2026 Two former executives of a U.S.-based call routing and analytics company have pleaded guilty to federal charges for knowingly enabling India-based call centers to defraud thousands of American victims through elaborate tech-support scam operations spanning nearly six …

New GhostTree Attack Causing EDR Products to Hang and Leave Files Unscanned

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May 21, 2026 A novel evasion technique called GhostTree, which exploits NTFS junctions to create recursive directory loops. Uncovered by Varonis Threat Labs, this method traps Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) scanners in infinite paths, causing them to hang and …

Claude Code’s Network Sandbox Vulnerability Exposes User Credentials and Source Code

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May 21, 2026 Anthropic’s Claude Code AI coding assistant harbored a critical network sandbox bypass for over five months, allowing attackers to exfiltrate credentials, source code, and environment variables from developer systems, and the company issued no public advisory for …

Gremlin Stealer Stores C2 URLs and Exfiltration Paths in Encrypted Resource Sections

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May 21, 2026 A newly analyzed variant of the Gremlin stealer malware has raised alarms by hiding its command-and-control (C2) addresses and data exfiltration paths inside encrypted resource sections of a compiled program. This approach makes the malware harder to …

Hackers Use Fake Income Tax Assessment Pages to Infect Windows Systems

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May 20, 2026 A new threat campaign is targeting Windows users in India by disguising malicious files as official income tax documents. Researchers have tracked the operation under the name TAX#TRIDENT, and it has shown the ability to pivot across …

Void Botnet Uses Ethereum Smart Contracts for Seizure-Resistant C2 Infrastructure

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May 20, 2026 A new botnet called Void has emerged on the cybercrime underground, bringing a troubling twist to how attackers manage their operations remotely. Instead of relying on traditional servers that authorities can seize or shut down, Void Botnet …

Trapdoor Android Ad Fraud Operation Uses 455 Malicious Apps to Generate Fake Clicks

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May 20, 2026 A large-scale ad fraud operation called Trapdoor has been discovered targeting Android users through 455 malicious apps, quietly generating fake ad clicks and draining real advertising budgets across the digital ecosystem. At its peak, the operation produced …