Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-05-13 17:00 PDT
- Smashing Security podcast #467: How ShinyHunters hacked the world’s biggest universities
Graham Cluley • 2026-05-13 16:05 • grahamcluley.com
Welcome to the largest educational data breach in history – affecting nearly 9,000 institutions, every Ivy League university, and 30 million students mid-finals. When Canvas’s parent company refused to pay and announced they had deployed “security patches” instead, the hackers were less than impressed. So they came back through the cat flap.Meanwhile, a famous finance expert’s face has been showing up on Facebook adverts promising hot stock tips and exclusive WhatsApp investment groups. Spoiler: it isn’t him, the tips aren’t real, and you’re about to be scammed.
Plus we chat to Mike Nich…
https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-467/ - West Pharmaceutical says hackers stole data, encrypted systems
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-13 15:23 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
West Pharmaceutical Services disclosed that it was the target of a cyberattack that resulted in data exfiltration and system encryption. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/west-pharmaceutical-says-hackers-stole-data-encrypted-systems/ - Iranian hackers targeted major South Korean electronics maker
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-13 14:59 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The Iran-linked hacking group MuddyWater (a.k.a. Seedworm, Static Kitten) launched a broad cyber-espionage campaign targeting at least nine high-profile organizations across multiple sectors and countries. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/iranian-hackers-targeted-major-south-korean-electronics-maker/ - New critical Exim mailer flaw allows remote code execution
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-13 13:23 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A critical vulnerability affecting certain configurations of the Exim open-source mail transfer agent could be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-critical-exim-mailer-flaw-allows-remote-code-execution/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
