Rust Clipboard Hijacker Uses Fake GitHub Stars and VirusTotal Upvotes to Steal Crypto

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June 18, 2026 A newly discovered malware campaign is quietly draining cryptocurrency wallets by doing something most security tools never see coming. Instead of relying on brute-force attacks or dark …

Microsoft Office Applications Might Fail to Open Following Windows 11 June Update

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June 18, 2026 Microsoft’s June 2026 Patch Tuesday update for Windows 11 (KB5095051) is causing unexpected issues, with users reporting that Microsoft Office applications fail to launch when accessed through …

Hackers Actively Exploiting WordPress SMTP Plugin With 100,000+ Installs to Access Sensitive Data

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June 18, 2026 Hackers are actively abusing a sensitive information exposure flaw in the Gravity SMTP WordPress plugin, aggressively targeting over 100,000 sites to harvest configuration data and live email …

Splunk AI Toolkit Vulnerability Enables Arbitrary OS Command Execution Attacks

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June 18, 2026 Splunk has disclosed a critical security vulnerability in its AI Toolkit that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on affected systems. The flaw, tracked …

Microsoft Confirms Defender RoguePlanet 0-Day Exploit and Working to Release Patch

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June 18, 2026 Microsoft has officially acknowledged a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender, publicly dubbed “RoguePlanet,” and confirmed it is actively developing a security patch to address the flaw. …

Google Cloud Vertex AI Allows Attacker to Hijack Victim’s Model and Poison it

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June 17, 2026 A newly disclosed vulnerability in Google Cloud Vertex AI could have allowed attackers to hijack machine learning model uploads and execute malicious code in victim environments, according …

GitBait Phishing Campaign Abuses GitHub Pages to Attack Financial Institutions

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A sophisticated phishing campaign called “GitBait” has been caught targeting Mexico’s financial sector with a level of precision rarely seen in credential-theft operations. The campaign abuses GitHub Pages, a widely …

Hackers Abuse Cloud Logging Services to Evade Detection and Defender’s Visibility

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June 17, 2026 Threat actors are increasingly targeting cloud logging services to evade detection and maintain persistent visibility into compromised environments, according to recent research by Palo Alto Networks Unit …

Hackers Use Fake Software Update Prompts to Steal Passwords and Crypto Wallet Data From macOS Users

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June 17, 2026 A dangerous new cyber campaign is putting macOS users at serious risk, and it does not rely on software bugs to do its damage. Instead, the attackers …

Heimdal Survey: Executives Four Times More Confident About AI Risk Than the Teams Managing It

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June 17, 2026 London, United Kingdom, June 17th, 2026, CyberNewswire New research from cybersecurity company Heimdal finds 29% of US executives say AI risk is under control, against 7% of …