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Policy & Government

CISA Tells Critical Infrastructure Operators to Plan for Weeks of Cyber Isolation

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency launched a new initiative on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, called CI Fortify that pushes critical infrastructure operators across all 16 federally-designated sectors to prepare for sustained operations during geopolitical conflict, including scenarios in which third-party connections become unreliable and adversaries gain partial access to
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Threat Intelligence

Two Pro-Ukraine Hacktivist Groups Are Now Sharing Infrastructure — and It Looks Quasi-State-Sponsored

Kaspersky researchers reported on May 7-8 that pro-Ukraine hacktivist groups BO Team (also known as Black Owl) and Head Mare appear to be coordinating their cyber operations against Russian organizations — sharing infrastructure including command-and-control systems on the same compromised host. BO Team had previously operated more autonomously than other hacktivist
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phishing

Australia Warns That Fake Cloudflare CAPTCHAs on Real Australian Websites Are Pushing Vidar Stealer

The Australian Signals Directorate's Australian Cyber Security Centre published an advisory on May 7, 2026 warning that pro-criminal threat actors are using compromised legitimate Australian WordPress websites as launch pads for ClickFix social-engineering attacks delivering the Vidar Stealer information-stealing malware. Visitors to compromised Australian business websites are shown

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