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Tuesday, May 5, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of May 5, 2026.

  1. Weaver E-cology critical bug exploited in attacks since March
    — Bleeping Computer

    Hackers have been exploiting a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-22679) in the Weaver E-cology office automation since mid-March to run disco…
  2. RMM Tools Fuel Stealthy Phishing Campaign
    — Dark Reading

    Attackers are abusing two remote monitoring and management (RMM) tools to evade detection in a campaign that has impacted over 80 organizati…
  3. Amazon SES increasingly abused in phishing to evade detection
    — Bleeping Computer

    The Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is being increasingly abused to send convincing phishing emails that can bypass standard security filt…
  4. Exploit Cyber-Frenzy Threatens Millions via Critical cPanel Vulnerability
    — Dark Reading

    Shortly after the authentication-bypass flaw was disclosed multiple proof-of-concept exploits appeared, and one researcher claims there's be…
  5. Phishing Campaign Hits 80+ Orgs Using SimpleHelp and ScreenConnect RMM Tools
    — The Hacker News

    An active phishing campaign has been observed targeting multiple vectors since at least April 2025, with legitimate Remote Monitoring and Ma…
  6. Backdoored PyTorch Lightning package drops credential stealer
    — Bleeping Computer

    A malicious version of the PyTorch Lightning package published on the Python Package Index (PyPI) delivers a credential-stealing payload tar…
  7. TeamPCP Weekly Analysis: 2026-W18 (2026-04-27 through 2026-05-03), (Mon, May 4th)
    — SANS ISC

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  8. Progress Patches Critical MOVEit Automation Bug Enabling Authentication Bypass
    — The Hacker News

    Progress Software has released updates to address two security flaws in MOVEit Automation, including a critical bug that could result in an …
  9. Trellix discloses data breach after source code repository hack
    — Bleeping Computer

    Cybersecurity firm Trellix disclosed a data breach after attackers gained access to "a portion" of its source code repository. […]
  10. Silver Fox Springs Tax-Themed Attacks on Orgs in India, Russia
    — Dark Reading

    More than 1,600 socially engineered messages from the China-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) group target various sectors to deliver …
  11. DShield Honeypot Update, (Mon, May 4th)
    — SANS ISC

    This week, I will release a few updates to our DShield honeypot. The update should happen automatically if you have "automatic updates" enab…
  12. ⚡ Weekly Recap: AI-Powered Phishing, Android Spying Tool, Linux Exploit, GitHub RCE & More
    — The Hacker News

    This week, the shadows moved faster than the patches. While most teams were still triaging last month’s alerts, attackers had already turn…

Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · May 5, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC