Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-04-17 03:00 PDT
- CISA flags Apache ActiveMQ flaw as actively exploited in attacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-17 02:30 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
CISA warned that attackers are now exploiting a high-severity Apache ActiveMQ vulnerability, which was patched earlier this month after going undetected for 13 years. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-flags-apache-activemq-flaw-as-actively-exploited-in-attacks/ - Microsoft: Some Windows servers enter reboot loops after April patches
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-17 00:59 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft warns that some Windows domain controllers are entering restart loops after installing the April 2026 security updates. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-warns-of-reboot-loops-affecting-some-domain-controllers/ - NIST Limits CVE Enrichment After 263% Surge in Vulnerability Submissions
The Hacker News • 2026-04-17 00:14 • thehackernews.com
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced changes to the way it handles cybersecurity vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) listed in its National Vulnerability Database (NVD), stating it will only enrich those that fulfil certain conditions owing to an explosion in CVE submissions.
“CVEs that do not meet those criteria will still be listed in the NVD but will not
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/nist-limits-cve-enrichment-after-263.html - Man gets 30 months for selling thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-17 00:10 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
23-year-old Kamerin Stokes of Memphis, Tennessee, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling access to tens of thousands of hacked DraftKings accounts. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/man-gets-30-months-for-selling-thousands-of-hacked-draftkings-accounts/ - Recently leaked Windows zero-days now exploited in attacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-16 23:14 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Threat actors are exploiting three recently disclosed Windows security vulnerabilities in attacks aimed at gaining SYSTEM or elevated administrator permissions. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/recently-leaked-windows-zero-days-now-exploited-in-attacks/ - Operation PowerOFF Seizes 53 DDoS Domains, Exposes 3 Million Criminal Accounts
The Hacker News • 2026-04-16 22:46 • thehackernews.com
An international law enforcement operation has taken down 53 domains and arrested four people in connection with commercial distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) operations that were used by more than 75,000 cybercriminals.
The ongoing effort, dubbed Operation PowerOFF, disrupted access to the DDoS-for-hire services, took down the technical infrastructure supporting them, and obtained access to
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/operation-poweroff-seizes-53-ddos.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
