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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of June 30, 2026.

  1. 'Djinn' Stealer Targets Cloud, AI Credentials
    — Dark Reading

    The infostealer was delivered via CVE-2026-48558, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in SimpleHelp, targeting credentials linkin…
  2. Vulnerabilities Expose Private Data in Indian Government Systems
    — Dark Reading

    One critical vulnerability, among many discovered by a researcher, could have allowed anyone to walk in and take over a national government …
  3. Nissan discloses employee data breach linked to Oracle zero-day attacks
    — Bleeping Computer

    Nissan is warning that it suffered a data breach affecting current and former employees after threat actors exploited an Oracle PeopleSoft v…
  4. NAIC says public data stolen in ShinyHunters' PeopleSoft breach
    — Bleeping Computer

    The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) says the ShinyHunters extortion group stole only publicly available data, outdate…
  5. Can Clothes Make You Invisible to Facial Recognition?
    — Dark Reading

    Does life feel Orwellian sometimes? One researcher has a solution for you: graphic tees that confuse the neural networks in surveillance cam…
  6. Iran, Russia, China Target Water Systems for Sabotage
    — Dark Reading

    Nation-state attackers breach water systems through weak passwords, exposed PLCs, and poor segmentation — not sophisticated malware.
  7. Malicious Perplexity Chrome Extension Intercepted Searches and Address Bar Input
    — The Hacker News

    Microsoft has found a malicious Chrome extension that posed as the AI search engine Perplexity and quietly logged what people searched for. …
  8. WhatsApp rolls out usernames to help users hide their phone number
    — Bleeping Computer

    WhatsApp is finally allowing users to reserve usernames, a privacy feature that lets them hide their phone numbers from people not in their …
  9. Microsoft extends Windows Server 2022 hotpatching until October 2027
    — Bleeping Computer

    Microsoft has extended Windows Server 2022 hotpatching until October 2027, one year after the mainstream end date of October 2026. […]
  10. WhatsApp is Finally Getting Usernames to Help Keep Phone Numbers Private
    — The Hacker News

    WhatsApp on Monday officially announced the start of global reservations of usernames with an aim to protect the privacy of more than three …
  11. Mustang Panda Uses Zoho WorkDrive as Command Channel in Indian Government Attacks
    — The Hacker News

    The China-aligned espionage group Mustang Panda is running two campaigns against the Indian government and hydropower targets, deploying n…
  12. ⚡ Weekly Recap: Linux Kernel Flaws, AI Malware Tricks, Turla Backdoor, Infostealers and More
    — The Hacker News

    This week was a reminder that attackers do not always need big tricks. One small mistake, one old access path, one missed patch, and suddenl…

Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · June 30, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC