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Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-05-20 22:00 PDT

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Generated: 2026-05-20 22:00 PDT

  • GitHub Internal Repositories Breached via Malicious Nx Console VS Code Extension
    The Hacker News • 2026-05-20 21:27 • thehackernews.com
    GitHub on Wednesday officially confirmed that the breach of its internal repositories was the result of a compromise of an employee device involving a poisoned version of the Nx Console Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension. 

    The development comes as the Nx team revealed that the extension, nrwl.angular-console, was breached after one of its developers’ systems was hacked in the
    https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/github-internal-repositories-breached.html

  • Highly Critical Drupal Core Flaw Exposes PostgreSQL Sites to RCE Attacks
    The Hacker News • 2026-05-20 20:44 • thehackernews.com
    Drupal has released security updates for a “highly critical” security vulnerability in Drupal Core that could be exploited by attackers to achieve remote code execution, privilege escalation, or information disclosure.
    The vulnerability, now tracked as CVE-2026-9082, carries a CVSS score of 6.5 out of 10.0, per CVE.org. Drupal said the vulnerability resides in a database abstraction API that is
    https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/highly-critical-drupal-core-flaw.html
  • ISC Stormcast For Thursday, May 21st, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9940, (Thu, May 21st)
    SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-05-20 19:00 • isc.sans.edu
    (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
    https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/33000
  • Smashing Security podcast #468: High-speed train hacks and homicidal lawnmowers
    Graham Cluley • 2026-05-20 16:04 • grahamcluley.com
    A 23-year-old radio enthusiast spent £300 on a piece of kit from the internet, and used it to bring four packed high-speed trains to a screeching halt. His defence in court? Possibly the most creative excuse we’ve heard all year.

    Meanwhile, owners of $4,000 robot lawnmowers are discovering that their gadget can be hijacked over the internet, redirected at journalists who foolishly lie down in front of it, and used to harvest Wi-Fi passwords, email addresses, and GPS coordinates. Change the default password? Sure – until the next firmware update silently resets it back.

    Plus – don’t miss o…
    https://grahamcluley.com/smashing-security-podcast-468/

Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.

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