Cybersecurity Articles
326/69 Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Mackay Sugar, one of Australia’s major sugar producers, disclosed that the company experienced a cyberattack on June 10, 2026, which affected some of its operations. Mackay Sugar operates three main sugar mills: Farleigh, Marian, and Racecourse, with an annual raw sugar production capacity of approximately 700,000 tonnes for both domestic […]
325/69 Wednesday, June 17, 2026 The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the seizure of the domains CFAKE[.]com and SOCFAKE[.]com, which were used to distribute pornographic images and videos created using artificial intelligence or deepfake technology without the consent of the individuals depicted. This marks the first public domain seizure enforcement action under the TAKE […]
324/69 Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Security researchers have disclosed a supply chain attack affecting WordPress websites using Awesome Motive’s OptinMonster, TrustPulse, and PushEngage plugins. The attackers injected malicious code into JavaScript files served through the provider’s CDN. As a result, websites loading the affected scripts may have received modified code from the original source, without […]
323/69 Tuesday, June 16, 2026 Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, a 44-year-old Ukrainian national who was extradited from Ireland to the United States, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in the Conti ransomware operation. Conti was one of the cybercrime groups that caused significant damage during the […]
322/69 Tuesday, June 16, 2026 The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), together with Google and Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs, has taken action to disrupt and dismantle a large-scale cybercrime network operating as a Phishing-as-a-Service platform under the name Outsider Enterprise. The platform reportedly used artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create phishing websites designed to […]
321/69 Monday, June 15, 2026 Researchers have disclosed details of Operation Highland, a long-running cyber espionage campaign linked to the Velvet Ant threat group. The attackers were able to infiltrate and maintain access within target organizations’ networks-including critical infrastructure environments that were isolated from direct Internet connectivity-for up to 10 years. The intrusion reportedly began […]
320/69 Monday, June 15, 2026 A former IT employee of the Saydel Community School District in Des Moines, Iowa, has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to computer fraud charges under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The attacks, which continued for more than 21 months, disrupted educational services, […]
319/69 Monday, June 15, 2026 Anthropic, one of the leading AI developers, has announced the temporary suspension of its latest AI models in order to comply with directives issued by the U.S. government. The measures are reportedly intended to prevent advanced AI technologies from being accessed or utilized by certain foreign nationals. This development marks […]
318/69 Friday, June 12, 2026 Splunk and Palo Alto Networks have released security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities across their products, including several high-severity and critical flaws. These vulnerabilities could potentially allow attackers to create or modify files without authorization, as well as access or alter resources that should be restricted. Palo Alto Networks addressed CVE-2026-0274 […]
317/69 Friday, June 12, 2026 Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse, also known as Nightmare Eclipse, has published a proof-of-concept (PoC) for a newly discovered vulnerability dubbed GreatXML, which may allow attackers to bypass BitLocker protections and obtain a SYSTEM-level command shell while Windows is running in Recovery Mode. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 10, 2026, […]
