CyberSecurity Updates

BTMOB: A stealthy RAT burrowing deep into Android devices

The malware pairs remote access capabilities with ready-made campaign tools, lowering the barrier for full device compromise Daniel Cunha Barbosa 26 May 2026  •  , 6 min. read Our recent review of threat detections in Brazil surfaced BTMOB, an Android remote access trojan (RAT) that is less notable for detection volume than for the damage it can wreak. The combination of phishing-led delivery, ready-made app-building tooling and device takeover capabilities makes BTMOB a threat to…

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UK Cyberspying Chief Calls AI ‘an Unstoppable Force’ and Warns About Russia

Artificial intelligence is “an unstoppable force” that is being weaponized in ways that fall just short of traditional warfare, Britain’s cyberspying chief warned Wednesday. Anne Keast-Butler, director of the communications intelligence agency GCHQ, also said Britain and its allies are in “a space between peace and war” as Russia increases its “daily hybrid activity” against the West — even as Russian combat deaths in Ukraine approach 500,000. She said the West risks losing the conflict…

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AppOmni’s Marlin AI Brings Autonomous Investigation to SaaS Security

Securing software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps is hard. The standard cybersecurity controls are not designed for SaaS. The difficulty is the software doesn’t belong to the user and usually runs on somebody else’s infrastructure. Standard cybersecurity products are designed to operate on software owned by the user and housed on the users’ infrastructure. SaaS providers attempt to maintain security inside their apps, but they cannot control how they are used. Usage varies from user to user and…

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Ghost CMS Vulnerability Exploited to Hack Over 700 Websites

A vulnerability patched a few months ago in the Ghost content management system (CMS) has been exploited to hack hundreds of websites, including ones belonging to major organizations, according to Chinese cybersecurity company Qianxin. The exploited vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-26980 and its existence came to light in February when it was patched. Ghost is a widely used open source CMS designed specifically for blogging, newsletters, and publishing, offering built-in tools for memberships, subscriptions, and…

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Netherlands Seizes 800 Servers, Arrests 2 for Aiding Cyberattacks

Authorities in the Netherlands have arrested the co-owners of two related Internet hosting companies for operating IT infrastructure used by Russia to carry out cyberattacks, influence operations and disinformation campaigns inside the European Union. The two men were the focus of a 2025 KrebsOnSecurity story about how their hosting companies had assumed control over the technical infrastructure of Stark Industries Solutions, an Internet service provider sanctioned last year by the EU as a frequent staging…

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Foul play: Fake FIFA websites target soccer fans looking for World Cup tickets, merchandise

Digital Security Watch out for bogus World Cup websites that mimic official ticket and merchandise flows to steal money and personal data Christian Ali Bravo 22 May 2026  •  , 5 min. read As the FIFA World Cup 2026™ in the United States, Canada, and Mexico draws closer, anticipation is building toward fever pitch. Many soccer fans may still be hunting for tickets, merchandise, travel and hospitality packages – and scammers know exactly how to…

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‘Underminr’ Vulnerability Lets Attackers Hide Malicious Connections Behind Trusted Domains

Threat actors are exploiting a vulnerability in shared content delivery network (CDN) infrastructure to hide connections to malicious domains. Dubbed Underminr, the issue is a variant of domain fronting, a now-mitigated type of attack that enabled threat actors to place an allowed domain in the SNI and TLS certificate validation fields of an HTTPS request, while embedding a different target domain in the TLS tunnel’s encrypted HTTP host header. Because CDNs routed requests internally based…

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Drupal Vulnerability in Hacker Crosshairs Shortly After Disclosure

Drupal is warning users that it’s already seeing attempts to exploit CVE-2026-9082, the highly critical vulnerability patched this week. The vulnerability affects an API designed to ensure that database queries are sanitized to prevent SQL injection. “A vulnerability in this API allows an attacker to send specially crafted requests, resulting in arbitrary SQL injection for sites using PostgreSQL databases,” Drupal explains.  The flaw can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to obtain information and in some…

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Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak

Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) after KrebsOnSecurity reported this week that a CISA contractor intentionally published AWS GovCloud keys and a vast trove of other agency secrets on a public GitHub account. The inquiry comes as CISA is still struggling to contain the breach and invalidate the leaked credentials. On May 18, KrebsOnSecurity reported that a CISA contractor with administrative access to…

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In Other News: Industrial Router Exploitation, CISA KEV Nomination Form, Gas Station Hacking

SecurityWeek’s weekly cybersecurity news roundup offers a concise overview of important developments that may not receive full standalone coverage but remain relevant to the broader threat landscape. This curated summary highlights key stories across vulnerability disclosures, emerging attack methods, policy updates, industry reports, and other noteworthy events to help readers maintain a well-rounded awareness of the evolving cybersecurity environment. Here are this week’s highlights: Iranian hackers suspected in US gas station tank monitor breaches US…

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