Top 5 Cyber Security News Stories 1. Six Agencies Issue Joint Advisory on Gunra Ransomware, and Hand Linux Victims a Free Way Out The FBI, CISA, DC3, NSA, U.S. Secret Service, and the Republic of Korea’s National Police Agency published a joint #StopRansomware advisory on Gunra, a Conti-derived double-extortion operation active against government, healthcare, and […]
Cyber Security Weekly Roundup: Top 5 for the Week of July 27 to August 2, 2026
1. Coordinated Cyberattack Hits More Than 30 Minnesota Water Systems Minnesota IT Services confirmed that a coordinated cyberattack struck over 30 community water systems across roughly 48 hours beginning July 26. Braham’s treatment plant went offline entirely, while Plymouth, South St. Paul, and Maple Plain reported failures in cellular communications and automated utility controls, with […]
Cyber Security Weekly Roundup: Top 5 for the Week of July 20-26, 2026
This week the threat landscape sharpened around two themes: the weaponization of AI agents and the exploitation of trusted access. A single link could forge a rogue AI insider, extortion crews leaned on the phone rather than the exploit, and a fired employee’s credentials became a live breach. Here is what mattered, and what to […]
Cyber Security Weekly Roundup: The Week of July 13-19, 2026
1. SharePoint zero-day under active attack forces federal patch deadline. CISA added CVE-2026-58644, a critical (CVSS 9.8) deserialization flaw in on-premises Microsoft SharePoint Server, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on July 16, giving Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies until July 19 to remediate. The bug allows unauthenticated remote code execution and was weaponized as […]
Cybersecurity Weekly Roundup: Week of July 6 – July 12, 2026
Top 5 Cyber Security News Stories 1. ShinyHunters Exploit Oracle PeopleSoft Flaw, Hit 100+ Organizations Including Nissan The ShinyHunters group ran a sweeping campaign this week exploiting a vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft to break into HR and payroll systems at more than 100 organizations. Nissan was among the most prominent victims, with attackers exfiltrating sensitive […]
Cyber Security Weekly Roundup: Week of June 29 – July 5, 2026
1. FBI Dismantles NetNut, One of the World’s Largest Residential Proxy Networks On July 3, the FBI and private-sector partners took down NetNut, a residential proxy service built on roughly 2 million secretly hijacked home devices. The network had quietly routed criminal traffic — from credential stuffing to fraud — through ordinary people’s routers and […]