June, 2026 - DIESEC

Your password manager just had encrypted vaults stolen. That’s not a near-miss.

By Editorial Team | June 5, 2026

Your password manager just had encrypted vaults stolen. That’s not a near-miss. Dashlane disclosed this week that attackers successfully downloaded encrypted password vaults belonging to fewer than 20 users via a brute-force attack. Dashlane notes the vaults remain encrypted and there’s no evidence of successful decryption. Most organizations reading this will breathe a sigh of…

The security tool your developer just installed may have already stolen your cloud keys.

By Editorial Team | June 4, 2026

The security tool your developer just installed may have already stolen your cloud keys. Red Hat’s official npm namespace was compromised on June 1. Thirty-two packages under @redhat-cloud-services â collectively downloaded ~80,000 times per week â contained a preinstall script that ran before a single line of application code executed. By the time the package…

Faster Ransomware Attacks: How to Break the Attack Chain

By Editorial Team | June 3, 2026

Faster ransomware attacks are no longer an emerging concern — they are the new baseline. The traditional sequence — initial access, lateral movement, privilege escalation, exploration, and finally encryption — once gave defenders an imperfect but workable window to detect and respond. That window is narrowing. Recent data indicates that attackers are now moving to…

A ransomware group grew from 35 victims to 182 in a single quarter. They did it by offering affiliates 90% of every ransom paid.

By Editorial Team | June 3, 2026

A ransomware group grew from 35 victims to 182 in a single quarter. They did it by offering affiliates 90% of every ransom paid. That’s not a cyber story. That’s a business model. The Gentlemen launched in August 2025. By Q1 2026 they were the second most active ransomware group globally, claiming 300+ victims publicly…