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Saturday, June 13, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of June 13, 2026.

  1. ShinyHunters Uses Oracle Zero-Day to Rampage Higher Ed
    — Dark Reading

    A major bug in Oracle's ERP software disproportionately affected American universities, and hackers have capitalized by stealing gobs of dat…
  2. Maine disables data breach notification portal after fake disclosures
    — Bleeping Computer

    Maine has taken its public data breach reporting portal offline after fraudulent breach disclosures were published on the state's website, p…
  3. Over 400 Arch Linux AUR Packages Hijacked to Deploy Infostealer and eBPF Rootkit
    — The Hacker News

    Attackers took over more than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) this week and rewrote their build scripts to install a credenti…
  4. Google Sues Chinese Smishing Network Accused of Using Gemini AI in Phishing
    — The Hacker News

    Google on Friday said it's pursuing legal action against a Chinese cybercrime network, accusing it of using its Gemini artificial intelligen…
  5. phpBB forum fixes auth bypass bug lurking for a decade
    — Bleeping Computer

    A 10-year-old authentication bypass vulnerability discovered in the phpBB forum software allows an attacker to log in as any user, including…
  6. China-Linked Hackers Backdoored Linux Login Software to Hide for Nearly a Decade
    — The Hacker News

    Instead of hiding on the laptops and servers defenders watch most closely, a China-nexus group spent close to a decade hidden inside the Lin…
  7. Ukrainian national pleads guilty to role in Conti ransomware operation
    — Bleeping Computer

    A Ukrainian national extradited from Ireland to the United States last year has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges tied to the Conti ranso…
  8. Over 400 Arch Linux packages compromised to push rootkit, infostealer
    — Bleeping Computer

    More than 400 packages in the Arch User Repository (AUR) are distributing a Linux rootkit and infostealer malware targeting credentials and …
  9. Claude Fable 5 Doesn't Change the Mythos Security Story
    — Dark Reading

    Stay cool: Mythos 5 is an upgrade over Mythos Preview while Fable 5 is Mythos "made safe for general use," Anthropic explained.
  10. ISC Stormcast For Friday, June 12th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9970, (Fri, Jun 12th)
    — SANS ISC

    (c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.
  11. Agentjacking Attack Tricks AI Coding Agents Into Running Malicious Code
    — The Hacker News

    Cybersecurity researchers have described what they say is a new class of attack that can trick artificial intelligence (AI) coding agents in…
  12. 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.

Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · June 13, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC