If you don't fall for these extortionists' calls, they'll show up with USB sticks
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What happened
Batch of The Register security stories (late May–early June 2026) highlighting multiple high-impact incidents: social-engineering/extortion campaigns (phone helpdesk scams, USB-drop tactics), active exploitation of unpatched zero-days (Cisco SD‑WAN, Palo Alto VPN, Gogs RCE), major data breaches and leaks (World Food Programme exposure of ~600k families, ShinyHunters incidents, Charter, Carnival), supply‑chain/npm malware and malicious packages, and serious AI misuse (Codex/HTTP2 DoS chaining, AI-powered self‑spreading worm, prompt‑injection). Also covers credential exposure (AD description‑st5
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- theregister_security
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- 7004d20a98d28acff1d152c41a5b59374b7a90e55cd8ef496c4f7322b49d793d
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- 2026-06-06T07:23:58Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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