Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-06-02 17:00 PDT
- Microsoft's Coreutils project brings Linux commands to Windows
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-02 15:52 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft announced today at its Build 2026 developer conference the release of Coreutils for Windows, bringing many commonly used Linux command-line utilities to Windows as native applications. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-coreutils-project-brings-linux-commands-to-windows/ - OpenAI upgrades GPT-5.5, as it plans to retire legacy ChatGPT models
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-02 15:44 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
OpenAI says it’s rolling out a new update that improves the existing GPT-5.5 Instant model, and this move comes ahead of the scheduled retirement of multiple legacy models, including o3. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/openai-upgrades-gpt-55-as-it-plans-to-retire-legacy-chatgpt-models/ - Critical Kirki flaw exploited to hijack WordPress admin accounts
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-02 15:12 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Hackers are exploiting a critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-8206) in the Kirki plugin for WordPress to take over any user account, including those belonging to administrators. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/critical-kirki-flaw-exploited-to-hijack-wordpress-admin-accounts/ - Over 116,000 Mincraft systems infected in WeedHack malware campaign
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-02 14:54 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A large-scale malware campaign dubbed WeedHack is targeting Minecraft players and has infected more than 116,000 systems since January. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-116-000-mincraft-systems-infected-in-weedhack-malware-campaign/ - AI-built ransomware toolkit automates EDR evasion, AD discovery
BleepingComputer • 2026-06-02 13:01 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
A threat actor is using an AI-built ransomware attack toolkit that automates Active Directory discovery and helps evade endpoint detection and response (EDR) solutions. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ai-built-ransomware-toolkit-automates-edr-evasion-ad-discovery/ - Google June 2026 Android Update Patches 124 Flaws, One Actively Exploited
The Hacker News • 2026-06-02 11:46 • thehackernews.com
Google on Monday released patches for 124 security vulnerabilities impacting its Android operating system for the month of June 2026, including one high-severity flaw in the Framework component that has come under active exploitation.Tracked as CVE-2025-48595 (CVSS score: 8.4), the security flaw has been described as a case of privilege escalation without requiring any user interaction. The
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/google-june-2026-android-update-patches.html - Gamaredon Exploits WinRAR to Deliver GammaWorm and GammaSteel Against Ukraine
The Hacker News • 2026-06-02 11:21 • thehackernews.com
The Russian hacking group known as Gamaredon has been attributed to the continued exploitation of a WinRAR vulnerability to deliver multiple malware families aimed at data theft and propagation.Per Sekoia, the activity involves the weaponization of CVE-2025-8088, a path traversal flaw in WinRAR, to launch an HTML Application payload dubbed GammaPhish, which is then used to retrieve an
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/gamaredon-exploits-winrar-to-deliver.html - Oracle WebLogic CVE-2024-21182 Added to KEV Catalog After Active Exploitation
The Hacker News • 2026-06-02 11:14 • thehackernews.com
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added a high-severity security flaw impacting Oracle WebLogic Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation.The vulnerability, CVE-2024-21182 (CVSS score: 7.5), allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to take control of susceptible servers. It was
https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/oracle-weblogic-cve-2024-21182-added-to.html
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
