Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-04-08 03:00 PDT
- Anthropic's Claude Mythos Finds Thousands of Zero-Day Flaws Across Major Systems
The Hacker News • 2026-04-08 02:16 • thehackernews.com
Artificial Intelligence (AI) company Anthropic announced a new cybersecurity initiative called Project Glasswing that will use a preview version of its new frontier model, Claude Mythos, to find and address security vulnerabilities.
The model will be used by a small set of organizations, including Amazon Web Services, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike,&
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/anthropics-claude-mythos-finds.html - Financial cyberthreats in 2025 and the outlook for 2026
Securelist • 2026-04-08 02:00 • securelist.com
In this report, Kaspersky experts share their insights into the 2025 financial threat landscape, including regional statistics and trends in phishing, PC malware, and infostealers.
https://securelist.com/financial-threat-report-2025/119304/ - N. Korean Hackers Spread 1,700 Malicious Packages Across npm, PyPI, Go, Rust
The Hacker News • 2026-04-08 00:47 • thehackernews.com
The North Korea-linked persistent campaign known as Contagious Interview has spread its tentacles by publishing malicious packages targeting the Go, Rust, and PHP ecosystems.
“The threat actor’s packages were designed to impersonate legitimate developer tooling […], while quietly functioning as malware loaders, extending Contagious Interview’s established playbook into a coordinated
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/n-korean-hackers-spread-1700-malicious.html - Microsoft rolls out fix for broken Windows Start Menu search
BleepingComputer • 2026-04-08 00:00 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft has pushed a server-side fix for a known issue that broke the Windows Start Menu search feature on some Windows 11 23H2 devices. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-rolls-out-fix-for-broken-windows-start-menu-search/ - Iran-Linked Hackers Disrupt U.S. Critical Infrastructure by Targeting Internet-Exposed PLCs
The Hacker News • 2026-04-07 21:23 • thehackernews.com
Iran-affiliated cyber actors are targeting internet-facing operational technology (OT) devices across critical infrastructures in the U.S., including programmable logic controllers (PLCs), cybersecurity and intelligence agencies warned Tuesday.
“These attacks have led to diminished PLC functionality, manipulation of display data and, in some cases, operational disruption and financial
https://thehackernews.com/2026/04/iran-linked-hackers-disrupt-us-critical.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
