Jun 8, 2026
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6 min read
A ransomware gang fired its own affiliate and apologized for him. Also: an AI found 20 years of hidden FFmpeg bugs for $1,000, and attackers built their ransomware toolkit with Claude Opus.
Jun 6, 2026
7 min read
Microsoft called the cops on a security researcher, then sent flowers. Also: Red Hat's npm packages are compromised and your antivirus has exploited zero-days
Jun 2, 2026
5 min read
Botmaster Gets Busted After Attacking His Researcher, CISA Leaks Keys, and Hackers Start Showing Up in Person
May 28, 2026
Hackers Bring USB Drives in Person, LiteSpeed Gets Rooted, and AI Coding Agents Become Supply-Chain Delivery Boys
Stay Ahead of Cyber Threats — In 5 Minutes or Less
Defender Drama, Poisoned Extensions, and the Privacy Feud Nobody Asked For
Shai-Hulud Floods npm, CISA Leaks Keys, and AI Finds Bugs Faster Than Humans Find the Patch Window
Hackers, homework, firewalls, AI-built exploits, and privacy lawsuits. Just another calm week on the internet.
A Teen Allegedly Hacks France’s ID Agency, Palo Alto Firewalls Get State-Hacked, and Claude Wanders Toward Water Utility Assets
(Not so-) Happy Monday - cPanel Gets Ransomware’d, Linux Gets Rooted, and AI Extensions Decide Password Theft Is a Feature
Ransomware gangs are now doxxing each other, GitHub patched a repo-level nightmare, and AI infrastructure is speedrunning its “please patch me” era.
Bitwarden’s package got poisoned, Vercel got clipped through an AI vendor, and telecom spying is somehow still thriving in 2026
Ghosts in the Telecom Machine, Wipers in Energy Networks, and AI Agents Learning Bad Habits