Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-05-12 17:00 PDT
- US govt seeks Instructure testimony on massive Canvas cyberattack
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-12 16:09 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security is calling on Instructure executives to testify about two cyberattacks by the ShinyHunters extortion group that targeted the company’s Canvas platform, allowing threat actors to steal student data and disrupt schools during final exams. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-govt-seeks-instructure-testimony-on-massive-canvas-cyberattack/ - Patch Tuesday, May 2026 Edition
KrebsOnSecurity • 2026-05-12 14:46 • krebsonsecurity.com
Artificial intelligence platforms may be just as susceptible to social engineering as human beings, but they are proving remarkably good at finding security vulnerabilities in human-made computer code. That reality is on full display this month with some of the more widely-used software makers — including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla and Oracle — fixing near record volumes of security bugs, and/or quickening the tempo of their patch releases.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/patch-tuesday-may-2026-edition/ - UK fines water supplier $1.3M for exposing data of 664k customers
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-12 13:17 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined South Staffordshire Water Plc and parent company South Staffordshire Plc £963,900 ($1.3 million) over a cyberattack that exposed the personal data of 663,887 customers and employees. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/uk-fines-water-supplier-13m-for-exposing-data-of-664k-customers/ - Webinar: Fixing the gaps in network incident response
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-12 12:46 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
IT teams often struggle to quickly coordinate responses across disparate systems during network incidents. This upcoming webinar explores how automation and AI-assisted workflows can reduce response times and help prevent outages. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webinar-fixing-the-gaps-in-network-incident-response/ - Signal adds security warnings for social engineering, phishing attacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-12 12:40 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Signal has introduced new in-app confirmations and warning messages as additional safeguards against phishing and social engineering attempts that could lead to various forms of fraud. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/signal-adds-security-warnings-for-social-engineering-phishing-attacks/ - Microsoft releases Windows 10 KB5087544 extended security update
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-12 11:58 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft has released the Windows 10 KB5087544 extended security update to fix the May 2026 Patch Tuesday vulnerabilities and resolve an issue with the new Remote Desktop warnings. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-releases-windows-10-kb5087544-extended-security-update/ - Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday, (Tue, May 12th)
SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-05-12 11:29 • isc.sans.eduToday's Microsoft patch Tuesday fixes 137 different vulnerabilities. In addition, the update addresses 137 Chromium-related issues affecting Microsoft Edge.
- Fortinet warns of critical RCE flaws in FortiSandbox and FortiAuthenticator
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-12 11:23 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Fortinet has released security patches for two critical vulnerabilities in FortiSandbox and FortiAuthenticator that could enable attackers to run commands or arbitrary code. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-warns-of-critical-rce-flaws-in-fortisandbox-and-fortiauthenticator/ - Windows 11 KB5089549 & KB5087420 cumulative updates released
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-12 11:09 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5089549 and KB5087420 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security vulnerabilities, bugs, and add new features. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-11-kb5089549-and-kb5087420-cumulative-updates-released/ - Microsoft May 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 120 flaws, no zero-days
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-12 11:08 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Today is Microsoft’s May 2026 Patch Tuesday, with security updates for 120 flaws and no zero-days disclosed this month. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-may-2026-patch-tuesday-fixes-120-flaws-no-zero-days/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
