Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-05-22 13:00 PDT
- First VPN Dismantled in Global Takedown Over Use by 25 Ransomware Groups
The Hacker News • 2026-05-22 10:35 • thehackernews.com
Authorities in Europe and North America have announced the dismantling of a criminal virtual private network (VPN) service used by criminal actors to obscure the origins of ransomware attacks, data theft, scanning, and denial-of-service attacks.The disruption of First VPN Service was led by France and the Netherlands, with several other nations supporting the investigation since December
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/first-vpn-dismantled-in-global-takedown.html - Netherlands seizes 800 servers of hosting firm enabling cyberattacks
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-22 10:24 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Financial crime investigators in the Netherlands (FIOD) arrested two men and seized 800 servers linked to a web hosting company that enabled cyberattacks, interference operations, and disinformation campaigns. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/netherlands-seizes-800-servers-of-hosting-firm-enabling-cyberattacks/ - Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak
KrebsOnSecurity • 2026-05-22 09:34 • krebsonsecurity.com
Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) after KrebsOnSecurity reported this week that a CISA contractor intentionally published AWS GovCloud keys and a vast trove of other agency secrets on a public GitHub account. The inquiry comes as CISA is still struggling to contain the breach and invalidate the leaked credentials.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/lawmakers-demand-answers-as-cisa-tries-to-contain-data-leak/ - Ghostwriter Targets Ukraine Government Entities with Prometheus Phishing Malware
The Hacker News • 2026-05-22 09:20 • thehackernews.com
The Belarus-aligned threat actor known as Ghostwriter (aka UAC-0057 and UNC1151Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council) has been observed using lures related to Prometheus, a Ukrainian online learning platform, to target government organizations in the country.The activity, per the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA), involves sending phishing emails to government
https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/ghostwriter-targets-ukraine-government.html - Former US execs plead guilty to aiding tech support scammers
BleepingComputer • 2026-05-22 08:32 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Two former executives of a call-tracking and analytics company pleaded guilty to concealing a years-long tech support fraud scheme that victimized individuals worldwide. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/former-us-execs-plead-guilty-to-aiding-tech-support-scammers/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
