Dark Web Informer - Cyber Threat Intelligence

A newly disclosed remote access trojan (RAT) is quietly turning a built-in Windows feature into a credential-harvesting weapon, and what makes it particularly worrying is that it never has to touch your phone to steal codes meant for it.

When most people picture a darknet drug bust, they imagine cinematic scenes of hooded figures and underground servers. The reality, as a New South Wales Police operation revealed this week, looks a lot more mundane: a quiet street in Sydney's southwest, a 6:40am knock on the door, and a hard drive holding the keys to a multimillion-dollar bitcoin wallet.

The Apache Software Foundation has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in Apache HTTP Server, including a critical double-free memory corruption flaw that can lead to denial-of-service and potentially remote code execution.

Palo Alto Networks warned customers today that a critical unpatched vulnerability in PAN-OS is being actively exploited in attacks targeting internet-exposed firewalls.

Weaver E-cology RCE Flaw Actively Exploited via Exposed Debug API

CVE-2026-0073: Zero-Click RCE Flaw in Android's Wireless ADB Bypasses Authentication

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Certificate authorities sit at the foundation of online trust. So when one of the largest, DigiCert, gets hacked through a fake screenshot in a customer support chat, it is worth paying attention.

On May 1, 2026, CISA added CVE-2026-31431, better known as "Copy Fail," to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Federal civilian agencies have until May 15 to patch under BOD 22-01. Everyone else should read that deadline as a strong hint.

There's something uniquely unsettling about a cybersecurity company getting hacked. It's the digital equivalent of a locksmith calling to say someone picked their front door. This week, Trellix joined that uncomfortable club, confirming that attackers gained unauthorized access to a portion of its internal source code repository.

On April 29, CVE-2026-41940 was disclosed: a critical pre-authentication bypass in cPanel/WHM that lets remote attackers skip the login flow entirely and gain elevated access. Within 24 hours, it was already being weaponized. Censys watched the fallout in real time.

When the Defenders Become the Attackers: Two U.S. Cybersecurity Pros Sentenced in BlackCat Ransomware Case

The Fall of Versus: How a 380,000-User Dark Web Marketplace Met Its End in a Colombian Extradition

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Hacker Ring Busted in Lviv Oblast After Stealing Gaming Accounts and Selling Them in Russia for Nearly UAH 10 Million

Threat Actor 0056113 Selling Compromised Law-Enforcement Emails and EDR-as-a-Service for Fraudulent Emergency Data Requests

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LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) Database Breached: 165,840 Customer Records Exposed from Ontario's Crown Corporation

Den kulturelle skolesekken (DKS) Database Breached: 1,389,534 Records Exposed from Norway's National Cultural-Schoolbag Programme

Arkansas State Crime Lab Database Breached: Threat Actor kittykatkrew Leaks Court Calendars and Law Enforcement Personnel Directory