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Friday, June 12, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of June 12, 2026.

  1. Phishing Attack Volume Down 20%, but Risk Still Rising
    — Dark Reading

    Hackers are valuing quality over quantity, using AI to upgrade their phishing attacks rather than multiply them.
  2. Japanese energy firm loses drive with data of 10.9 million clients
    — Bleeping Computer

    Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. has disclosed a physical security incident that affects private data of more than 10 million customers. [..…
  3. Maine breach portal abused to publish fake data breach disclosures
    — Bleeping Computer

    In an unusual misinformation campaign, fraudulent data breach disclosures were submitted to Maine's official breach portal and publicly post…
  4. ShinyHunters Exploits Oracle PeopleSoft Zero-Day (CVE-2026-35273) to Breach Universities
    — The Hacker News

    The ShinyHunters extortion crew exploited an unpatched flaw in Oracle PeopleSoft to break into enterprise systems, steal data, and demand pa…
  5. Oracle mitigates PeopleSoft zero-day exploited in data theft attacks
    — Bleeping Computer

    Oracle is warning about a critical PeopleSoft Suite zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-35273 that allows unauthenticated remote cod…
  6. Max-Severity Ivanti Flaw Exploited 24 Hours After Disclosure
    — Dark Reading

    Initial methods suggest attackers had likely mapped out Ivanti's asset landscape upfront and acted quickly once the exploit became public.
  7. New Attacks Trick OpenClaw AI Agent Into Running Code and Leaking Secrets
    — The Hacker News

    Two security teams have shown, in separate research published this week, that OpenClaw, the popular self-hosted AI agent, can be driven to r…
  8. New GreatXML Exploit Bypasses Windows BitLocker via Recovery Partition XML Files
    — The Hacker News

    Security researcher Chaotic Eclipse (aka Nightmare-Eclipse and MSNightmare) has released a new Windows BitLocker bypass dubbed GreatXML, a d…
  9. The Gentlemen Ransomware Claims 478 Victims, Can Spread Like a Worm
    — The Hacker News

    A new analysis of The Gentlemen operation has revealed that the financially motivated threat group initially operated as an affiliate respon…
  10. Authorities dismantle 'AudiA6' ransomware crypto-laundering service
    — Bleeping Computer

    Law enforcement has dismantled the “AudiA6” cryptocurrency service allegedly used by ransomware actors and other cybercriminals to laun…
  11. Segmentation Works for OT If Operators Are Paying Attention
    — Dark Reading

    Operational technology security remains as difficult as ever, with even the best practice recommendation falling short.
  12. ISC Stormcast For Thursday, June 11th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9968, (Thu, Jun 11th)
    — SANS ISC

    (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · June 12, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC