A week in security (May 25 – May 31)
A list of topics we covered in the week of May 25 to May 31 of 2026
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OpenClaw: risks for agent users and how to mitigate them
Researching OpenClaw vulnerabilities, malicious skills and other security issues with the popular agent, and providing tips on how to mitigate them.
ISC Stormcast For Monday, June 1st, 2026
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Payment apps are watching what you say (Lock and Code S07E11)
This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Rainey Reitman about financial censorship that boots customers off major payment apps.
Unidentified RAT pushes NetSupport RAT, (Mon, Jun 1st)
Introduction 
Infostealers Weekly Report: 2026-05-25 – 2026-06-01
InfoStealers Weekly Report – In this comprehensive report, we provide you with valuable insights into the most pressing threats facing organizations today. As cyberattacks continue to grow in...
Malicious npm packages abuse dependency confusion to profile developer environments
A dependency confusion campaign leveraged 33 malicious npm packages to collect reconnaissance data from developer and build environments. This report details the attack chain, observed tradecraft, and
Friday Squid Blogging: Another Squid
Someone named "Squid" seems to be a " West Country legend ." As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Blog moderation pol
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection
Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection. The post Microsoft is named a Leader in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Endpoint Protection appeared fir
Chris Lamprecht: The First Person In History To Be Legally Banned From The Internet
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – May. 28, 2026 – Listen to the podcast A 1997 WIRED story reported on Chris Lamprecht, the first person to be
Signal users targeted in backup-stealing phishing attacks
Cybercriminals are impersonating Signal Support to steal backup recovery keys, giving them access to victims' entire message archives.
Chilling Effects
Younger Americans have soured on the second Donald Trump presidency , but they are not protesting it. Despite an unpopular Iran war and an even more unpopular Trump administration , college campus pro
What’s in the container? Analyzing vulnerabilities, risks and protection with Kaspersky Container Security and the KIRA AI assistant
What are the main risks for container environments: vulnerabilities, supply chain attacks, configuration errors; how to improve container security and how Kaspersky Container Security with the KIRA AI
Typosquatted npm packages used to steal cloud and CI/CD secrets
The Mini Shai-Hulud campaign used malicious npm packages to target cloud and CI/CD credentials across developer environments. This report details the attack chain, detection opportunities, and mitigat
Why and how to migrate to a Transit Gateway-attached AWS Network Firewall
AWS Network Firewall now supports native attachment to AWS Transit Gateway. Customers commonly use Transit Gateway to route traffic from Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) networks to a central
Simplifying policy management with URL and Domain Category filtering on AWS Network Firewall
Network administrators face a persistent challenge: maintaining domain blocklists and allowlists that keep pace with the internet. New websites and services emerge daily, and keeping these lists curre
When Your SOC Analyst is Also a Bot: AI Agents, MCP, and Many Automation Opportunities in Your Security Operations
From AI Experiments to Autonomous Operations – Christophe Briguet, Sr. Director of Product Management – AI & Security Analytics, Stellar Cyber San Jose, Calif. – Apr. 28, 2026 Something shifted in
Your Windows PC has a security deadline in June 2026
Windows is replacing old Secure Boot certificates, and some older PCs could miss future security protections if the update fails.
Pirates in the crosshairs: how one cybercrime gang has been infecting book, movie, and TV show fans for years
Our experts continue to track attacks targeting consumers of pirated content, both books and movies. 2026 saw the discovery of new target sites with tens of millions of visitors, while the miner gaine
FBI’s 2025 Internet Crime Report
The 2025 Internet Crime Report was published a few weeks ago, but I only just saw it. Lots of interesting statistics. Press release . News articles .