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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of June 16, 2026.

  1. DOJ seizes CFAKE, SOCFAKE deepfake nude sites under TAKE IT DOWN Act
    — Bleeping Computer

    The U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday that it has seized the CFAKE.com and SOCFAKE.com websites, which allegedly hosted nonconsens…
  2. SimpleHelp bug lets hackers create rogue remote support accounts
    — Bleeping Computer

    A vulnerability in the SimpleHelp remote management software allows unauthenticated attackers to create privileged technician accounts on se…
  3. Chinese Hackers Abused Google Workspace Rules to Steal Research and Defense Emails
    — The Hacker News

    A China-linked espionage group hid inside North American medical, academic, and military research networks for more than a year, quietly ste…
  4. North Korean Hackers Are Turning Developer Tools Into Malware Delivery Channels
    — The Hacker News

    Cybersecurity researchers have flagged two malicious cyber campaigns that exhibit similarities with a persistent North Korean threat cluster…
  5. Copilot 'SearchLeak' Attack Allows 1-Click Data Theft
    — Dark Reading

    The critical, three-stage attack is now patched, but it's part of a new group of AI prompt-injection issues that use hidden URLs and other v…
  6. OptinMonster WordPress plugin hacked in CDN supply-chain attack
    — Bleeping Computer

    WordPress plugins OptinMonster, TrustPulse, and PushEngage have been compromised in a supply-chain attack impacting Awesome Motive-s content…
  7. Cisco fixes SD-WAN vManage flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
    — Bleeping Computer

    Cisco has released security updates to address a vulnerability in the Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, tracked as CVE-2026-20262, that was exploited…
  8. China-Nexus Actor Spy on US Researchers Undetected for a Year
    — Dark Reading

    Google discovered and disrupted the sprawling campaign, which stole RedCAP credentials to target numerous institutions and exfiltrate sensit…
  9. Most CISOs Report Pressure to Bury Bad Security News
    — Dark Reading

    Executive leaders may not be saying it aloud, but business objectives and priorities don't always promote timely disclosures.
  10. LiteLLM Vulnerability Chain Lets Low-Privilege Users Take Over AI Gateway Servers
    — The Hacker News

    A default low-privilege account on a LiteLLM proxy can climb to full admin and run code on the server by chaining three vulnerabilities, res…
  11. One-Click Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaw Could Have Let Attackers Steal Emails, Files, and MFA Codes
    — The Hacker News

    A single click on a trusted Microsoft link could have let an attacker pull emails, calendar details, and indexed files out of Microsoft 365 …
  12. The Beginning of the End of Social Engineering
    — Dark Reading

    AI-native operating systems are shifting the responsibility to stay vigilant against social engineering cyberattacks from the user onto the …

Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · June 16, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC