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Sunday, May 24, 2026
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📰 Cybersecurity News Headlines

Top stories from leading cybersecurity publications as of May 24, 2026.

  1. Laravel Lang packages hijacked to deploy credential-stealing malware
    — Bleeping Computer

    A supply chain attack targeting the Laravel Lang localization packages has exposed developers to a sophisticated credential-stealing malware…
  2. npm Adds 2FA-Gated Publishing and Package Install Controls Against Supply Chain Attacks
    — The Hacker News

    GitHub has rolled out new controls for npm to improve the security of the software supply chain, giving maintainers the ability to explicitl…
  3. Packagist Supply Chain Attack Infects 8 Packages Using GitHub-Hosted Linux Malware
    — The Hacker News

    A new "coordinated" supply chain attack campaign has impacted eight packages on Packagist including malicious code designed to run a Linux b…
  4. Italy disrupts CINEMAGOAL piracy app that stole streaming auth codes
    — Bleeping Computer

    Italian authorities have dismantled a piracy ecosystem centered around the CINEMAGOAL app that provided access to various streaming platform…
  5. Claude Mythos AI Finds 10,000 High-Severity Flaws in Widely Used Software
    — The Hacker News

    Anthropic on Friday disclosed that Project Glasswing has helped uncover more than 10,000 high- or critical-severity vulnerabilities across s…
  6. Laravel-Lang PHP Packages Compromised to Deliver Cross-Platform Credential Stealer
    — The Hacker News

    Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a fresh software supply chain attack campaign that has targeted multiple PHP packages belonging to La…
  7. An Example of Stack String in High Level Language, (Sat, May 23rd)
    — SANS ISC

    This week, I&#x27m attending the SEC670[1] training (“Red Teaming Tools – Developing Windows Implants, Shellcode, Command and C…
  8. Netherlands seizes 800 servers of hosting firm enabling cyberattacks
    — Bleeping Computer

    Financial crime investigators in the Netherlands (FIOD) arrested two men and seized 800 servers linked to a web hosting company that enabled…
  9. Lawmakers Demand Answers as CISA Tries to Contain Data Leak
    — Krebs on Security

    Lawmakers in both houses of Congress are demanding answers from the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) after KrebsOn…
  10. Akamai Joins Growing Chorus of Vendors Betting Big on Secure Enterprise Browsers
    — Dark Reading

    When Akamai announced its LayerX acquisition, the company joined a growing list of vendors adding secure enterprise browsers to their produc…
  11. Former US execs plead guilty to aiding tech support scammers
    — Bleeping Computer

    Two former executives of a call-tracking and analytics company pleaded guilty to concealing a years-long tech support fraud scheme that vict…
  12. Verizon DBIR: Healthcare Fends Off Increased Social Engineering Attacks
    — Dark Reading

    Ransomware and vendor breaches persist. The "2026 Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR) highlights how evolving social engineering tacti…

Generated by HiveNet.ai Threat Intelligence Platform · May 24, 2026 · Sources: The Hacker News, Bleeping Computer, Krebs on Security, Dark Reading, SANS ISC