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Wed, May 20 · 12:00 PM CDT

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Generated Wed, May 20 · 12:00 PM CDTWindow last 6 hours

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Coverage now updates on a rolling 6-hour window, while NVD entries come from the live API using a last-24-hours modified window and are sorted by severity.

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News stays on the current 6-hour slice, videos now use the last 24 hours, and NVD uses the API instead of the traditional feed to better match the live site behavior.

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Top stories

Wed, May 20 · 12:00 PM CDT

Android Malware Campaign Used Hundreds of Fake Apps to Silently Charge Users

9.8/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinemalwareai

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Wed, May 20 · 12:00 PM CDT

Mini Shai-Hulud Hits Hundreds of npm Packages in AntV Ecosystem

9.8/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinesupply-chainai

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Wed, 20 May 2026 20:06:44 +0530

Microsoft Takes Down Malware-Signing Service Behind Ransomware Attacks

9.8/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newsmalwareai

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Microsoft on Tuesday said it disrupted a malware-signing-as-a-service (MSaaS) operation that weaponized the company's Artifact Signing system to deliver malicious code and conduct ransomware and other attacks, compromising thousands of machines and networks ac

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Wed, 20 May 2026 17:08:43 +0530

GitHub Breached — Employee Device Hack Led to Exfiltration of 3,800+ Internal Repos

9.8/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newssupply-chainaiidentity

Summary
GitHub on Tuesday said it's investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories after the notorious threat actor known as TeamPCP listed the platform's source code and internal organizations for sale on a cybercrime forum. "While we currently have n

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Wed, May 20 · 12:00 PM CDT

GitHub Confirms Breach of Internal Repositories Via Malicious VS Code Extension

9.4/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinesupply-chain

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Worth skimming

Wed, May 20 · 12:00 PM CDT

Verizon DBIR: Vulnerability Exploits Overtake Credentials as Top Access Vector

9.4/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinevulnidentity

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Wed, May 20 · 12:00 PM CDT

China-Linked Webworm APT Evolves Tactics, Expands to European Targets

9.0/10 · Must read/watch
Infosecurity Magazinegeneral

Summary
Collected from the Infosecurity Magazine news page during the latest run.

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Wed, 20 May 2026 17:28:00 +0530

Agent AI is Coming. Are You Ready?

9.0/10 · Must read/watch
The Hacker Newsaiidentity

Summary
New Industry Data Just Released Suggests Not. On May 19th, 2026, Orchid Security released the results of our Identity Gap: Snapshot 2026. Among the findings, "identity dark matter" (the unseen, unmanaged elements of identity) now overshadows the visible elemen

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Wed, May 20 · 10:00 AM CDT

Testing distributed systems with AI agents

8.5/10 · Worth your time
Hacker Newsai

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Surfaced from Hacker News front page during collection run. Freshness on HN: 2 hours ago.

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Wed, 20 May 2026 18:21:43 +0530

Webworm Deploys EchoCreep and GraphWorm Backdoors Using Discord and MS Graph API

8.1/10 · Worth your time
The Hacker Newsgeneral

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Cybersecurity researchers have flagged fresh activity from a China-aligned threat actor known as Webworm in 2025, deploying custom backdoors that employ Discord and Microsoft Graph API for command-and-control (C2 or C&C) communications. Webworm, first publ

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