Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-05-12 03:00 PDT
- Instructure reaches 'agreement' with ShinyHunters to stop data leak
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-12 02:23 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Instructure, the edtech giant behind the widely popular Canvas learning management system (LMS), has reached an “agreement” with the ShinyHunters extortion group to prevent the data stolen in a recent breach from being leaked online. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/instructure-reaches-agreement-with-shinyhunters-to-stop-data-leak/ - Mini Shai-Hulud Worm Compromises TanStack, Mistral AI, Guardrails AI & More Packages
The Hacker News • 2026-05-12 01:50 • thehackernews.com
TeamPCP, the threat actor behind the recent supply chain attack spree, has been linked to the compromise of the npm and PyPI packages from TanStack, UiPath, Mistral AI, OpenSearch, and Guardrails AI as part of a fresh Mini Shai-Hulud campaign.
The affected npm packages have been modified to include an obfuscated JavaScript file (“router_init.js”) that’s designed to profile the execution
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/mini-shai-hulud-worm-compromises.html - Instructure Reaches Ransom Agreement with ShinyHunters to Stop 3.65TB Canvas Leak
The Hacker News • 2026-05-12 00:37 • thehackernews.com
American educational technology company Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said it reached an “agreement” with a decentralized cybercrime extortion group after it breached its network and threatened to leak stolen information from thousands of schools and universities.
In an update shared on Monday, the Utah-based firm said it “reached an agreement with the unauthorized actor involved in
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/instructure-reaches-ransom-agreement.html - State of ransomware in 2026
Securelist • 2026-05-12 00:00 • securelist.com
Kaspersky researchers are sharing insights into the main ransomware trends for 2026: EDR killers on the rise, switching from data encryption to data leaks, and more.
https://securelist.com/state-of-ransomware-in-2026/119761/ - OpenAI Launches Daybreak for AI-Powered Vulnerability Detection and Patch Validation
The Hacker News • 2026-05-11 23:55 • thehackernews.com
OpenAI has launched Daybreak, a new cybersecurity initiative that brings together frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model capabilities and Codex Security to help organizations identify and patch vulnerabilities before attackers find a way in using the same issues.
“Daybreak combines the intelligence of OpenAI models, the extensibility of Codex as an agentic harness, and our partners across
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/openai-launches-daybreak-for-ai-powered.html - iOS 26.5 Brings Default End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging Between iPhone and Android
The Hacker News • 2026-05-11 22:18 • thehackernews.com
Apple on Monday officially released iOS 26.5 with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) to Rich Communication Services (RCS) in beta as part of a “cross-industry effort” to replace traditional SMS with a more secure alternative.
To that end, E2EE RCS messaging is rolling out to iPhone users running iOS 26.5 with supported carriers and Android users on the latest version of Google Messages.
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/ios-265-brings-default-end-to-end.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
