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Saturday, July 4, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of July 4, 2026.

  1. Unpatched Flaws Disclosed in Filesystem Bundled Into Millions of Embedded Devices
    — The Hacker News

    Security firm runZero has disclosed seven vulnerabilities in FatFs, a small filesystem library that lets a device read and write the FAT …
  2. New "Bad Epoll" Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Unprivileged Users Gain Root, Hits Android
    — The Hacker News

    A newly disclosed Linux kernel flaw called Bad Epoll (CVE-2026-46242) lets an ordinary user with no special access take full control of a ma…
  3. New Avalon Malware Framework Packs CrownX Ransomware Capabilities
    — The Hacker News

    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a previously undocumented modular malware framework codenamed Avalon that's distributed by means o…
  4. NetNut proxy network disrupted, 2 million infected devices cut off
    — Bleeping Computer

    A joint operation involving Google has disrupted NetNut, a residential proxy network that gave access to millions of compromised Android dev…
  5. North Korea-Linked npm Packages Mimic Rollup Polyfills to Steal Developer Secrets
    — The Hacker News

    Threat actors with ties to North Korea have been linked to a fresh set of malicious npm packages that masquerade as Rollup polyfill tooling …
  6. ARToken PhaaS exposes EvilTokens' Microsoft 365 phishing toolkit
    — Bleeping Computer

    A new phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform dubbed "ARToken" appears to operate as an affiliate of the EvilTokens phishing platform, givi…
  7. Chinese LLMs Broaden the Gap Between Attackers & Defenders
    — Dark Reading

    Two new models from Chinese firms compete with top US mainstream and frontier models. Should cyber-defenders be worried?
  8. Claude Fable 5 isn’t permanently leaving subscriptions, Anthropic says
    — Bleeping Computer

    Anthropic says Claude Fable 5 won't be accessible via Claude subscriptions after July 7, but it's not a permanent change, and the company ex…
  9. Claude Fable relaunch disappoints users with nerfed performance
    — Bleeping Computer

    Claude Fable, the company's most powerful model, is now available to all users, but early impressions are disappointing, as it appears to be…
  10. Aussies Face Reduced Cybercrime Risk, as Pressure Shifts to SMBs
    — Dark Reading

    Improved institutional safeguards and stricter regulations have pushed the burdens of protection and risk reduction on to Australian busines…
  11. Apple Reverses Age-Old Patch Policy to Keep Up With AI
    — Dark Reading

    Expect more compressed patching cycles from Apple going forward, as attackers leverage artificial intelligence to reduce time to exploit.
  12. FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet
    — Krebs on Security

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a…

Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · July 4, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC