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A single typo could derail your World Cup plans

Cybercriminals are spoofing Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) websites ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the FBI warns. The attackers are registering lookalike domains with small spelling changes or different domain endings to impersonate FIFA websites and services. The tactic, known as typosquatting, relies on users making small typing mistakes when entering website…

Researchers develop tool to expose GPS signal spoofing in transit networks

The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed a portable detector that identifies GPS spoofing in real time, including during motion, to help protect transportation systems. Spoofing involves transmitting counterfeit signals that imitate authentic GPS transmissions and produce false information about location, time, or both. GPS jamming, another form of interference, overwhelms receivers with noise…

CISA, Microsoft warn of active exploitation of Windows Shell vulnerability (CVE-2026-32202)

Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-32202, a zero-click Windows Shell spoofing vulnerability that causes victims’ systems to authenticate the attacker’s server, CISA and Microsoft have warned. About CVE-2026-32202 CVE-2026-32202 stems from an incomplete patch for CVE-2026-21510, a vulnerability that, in conjunction with CVE-2026-21513, has been exploited by APT28 (aka Fancy Bear) via weaponized LNK files that bypass…