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• https://www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/ai-assisted-exploit-development-scanner-detection
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/california-ag-sues-23andme-over-2023-breach-exposing-health-data/
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/palo-alto-globalprotect-vpn-auth-bypass-flaw-now-exploited-in-attacks/
• https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/29/microsoft-under-fire-for-threatening-security-researcher-with-criminal-investigation/
• https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/megalodon-malware-infects-thousands-github-repos

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• https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/claude-mythos-ai-finds-10000-high.html
• https://www.tenable.com/blog/key-findings-from-the-verizon-dbir-2026
• https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/05/cisa-admin-leaked-aws-govcloud-keys-on-github/
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/grafana-breach-caused-by-missed-token-rotation-after-tanstack-attack/
• https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/github-links-repo-breach-to-tanstack-npm-supply-chain-attack/
• https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/npm-adds-2fa-gated-publishing-and.html

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• https://www.securityweek.com/openai-hit-by-tanstack-supply-chain-attack/
• https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/developer-workstations-are-now-part-of.html
• https://thehackernews.com/2026/05/ivanti-fortinet-sap-vmware-n8n-patch.html
• https://www.theregister.com/cyber-crime/2026/05/14/security-pros-doubt-canvas-attackers-really-deleted-stolen-student-data/5240799