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Thursday, May 7, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of May 7, 2026.

  1. Hackers abuse Google ads for GoDaddy ManageWP login phishing
    — Bleeping Computer

    A phishing campaign delivered through Google sponsored search results is targeting credentials for ManageWP, GoDaddy's platform for managing…
  2. Yet Another Way to Bypass Google Chrome's Encryption Protection
    — Dark Reading

    Authors of the VoidStealer Trojan uncovered a way to get around Google's App-Bound Encryption (ABE), opening the door to infostealers.
  3. Instructure Breach Exposes Schools' Vendor Dependence
    — Dark Reading

    ShinyHunters' attack on Instructure, which owns the widely used Canvas learning management system (LMS), carries big questions about the tru…
  4. Mirai-Based xlabs_v1 Botnet Exploits ADB to Hijack IoT Devices for DDoS Attacks
    — The Hacker News

    Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a new Mirai-derived botnet that self-identifies as xlabs_v1 and targets internet-exposed devices runn…
  5. Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hosts
    — Bleeping Computer

    A critical vulnerability in the popular Node.js sandboxing library vm2 allows escaping the sandbox and executing arbitrary code on the host …
  6. New Cisco DoS flaw requires manual reboot to revive devices
    — Bleeping Computer

    Cisco patched a Crosswork Network Controller and Network Services Orchestrator denial-of-service vulnerability that requires manually reboot…
  7. DAEMON Tools devs confirm breach, release malware-free version
    — Bleeping Computer

    Disc Soft Limited, the maker of DAEMON Tools Lite, confirmed that the software had been trojanized in a supply chain attack and released a n…
  8. MuddyWater Uses Microsoft Teams to Steal Credentials in False Flag Ransomware Attack
    — The Hacker News

    The Iranian state-sponsored hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Mango Sandstorm, Seedworm, and Static Kitten) has been attributed to a ra…
  9. The Hacker News Launches 'Cybersecurity Stars Awards 2026' — Submissions Now Open
    — The Hacker News

    For nearly 20 years, we at The Hacker News have mostly told scary stories about cyberspace — big hacks, broken systems, and new threats. B…
  10. From Stuxnet to ChatGPT: 20 News Events That Shaped Cyber
    — Dark Reading

    As part of its 20th anniversary celebration, Dark Reading looks back on 20 of the biggest newsmaking events from the past two decades that i…
  11. Your AI Agents Are Already Inside the Perimeter. Do You Know What They're Doing?
    — The Hacker News

    Analysts recently confirmed what identity security teams have quietly feared: AI agents are being deployed faster than enterprises can gover…
  12. Attacks Abuse Windows Phone Link to Steal Texts & Bypass 2FA
    — Dark Reading

    In hard-to-detect attacks, hackers are dropping the CloudZ RAT and a fresh plug-in, Pheno, to hijack the Windows-based bridge between PCs an…

Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · May 7, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC