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Thursday, June 4, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

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

  1. Chinese hackers use new Atlas RAT malware in European cyberattacks
    — Bleeping Computer

    A Chinese-speaking cybercrime group has expanded its targeting to the European space, deploying previously undocumented malware and the Atla…
  2. Attackers Use AI to Automate EDR Evasion Testing
    — Dark Reading

    Python scripts were used to test malware against endpoint detection and response agents from Sophos, CrowdStrike, and Windows Defender.
  3. The U.S. sanctions Nobitex crypto exchange used by ransomware
    — Bleeping Computer

    The U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has announced sanctions against Nobitex, Iran's largest cryptocurrency exchange,…
  4. CISA warns of cyberattacks targeting fuel tank monitoring systems
    — Bleeping Computer

    CISA, the FBI, the NSA, the Department of Energy, and other US government partners are warning that hackers are targeting internet-exposed a…
  5. Tropical Blend: Cyber & Politics Ramp Up Across Latin America
    — Dark Reading

    China-linked espionage groups have attacked at least a dozen nations in the region, gathering information on maritime shipping, oil producti…
  6. WhatsApp, Slack Notifications Could Hijack Google Gemini on Android
    — The Hacker News

    A single poisoned notification from WhatsApp, Slack, SMS, Signal, Instagram, or Messenger could have hijacked Google Gemini's voice assistan…
  7. Cyber Insurance Rates Are Dropping, but Exclusions Widen
    — Dark Reading

    Cyber insurance coverage is slowly changing, and some policies may not provide coverage for social engineering attacks like ClickFix.
  8. New 'HTTP/2 Bomb' DoS attack crashes web servers in under a minute
    — Bleeping Computer

    A new denial-of-service (DoS) attack dubbed HTTP/2 Bomb can be launched from a single machine to take down web servers within seconds. […]
  9. Coding Gaffe Exposes Microsoft 365 Accounts to Widespread Takeover
    — Dark Reading

    A disabled security setting meant to protect authentication across Android versions of key apps like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel paved the w…
  10. Google DoubleClick Abused in New Malspam Campaign to Deliver DesckVB RAT
    — The Hacker News

    Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malspam campaign that makes use of Google's DoubleClick domain as a way to evade detection and …
  11. Beyond the Zero-Day: See Your Network Like an Attacker | Webinar with HD Moore
    — The Hacker News

    Assume the breach. Zero-days keep shipping, AI is writing exploits faster than anyone patches, and "patch everything in time" stopped workin…
  12. Microsoft 365 Android Apps Let Any App Steal Account Tokens via Leftover Debug Flag
    — The Hacker News

    A development flag left switched on in production builds of several Microsoft 365 Android apps disabled the check that limits account-token …

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