Massive Supply Chain Attacks Rock GitHub & Laravel; CISA Contractor Leaks GovCloud Keys

Publication Date: May 24, 2026

Summary

This 24-hour period saw a surge in sophisticated supply chain attacks, with the Laravel-Lang ecosystem compromised by a credential stealer and the 'Megalodon' campaign poisoning over 5,500 GitHub repos. A CISA contractor exposed sensitive GovCloud keys on a public repository, sparking a congressional inquiry. Meanwhile, a critical NGINX vulnerability is under active exploitation, and the China-aligned APT Webworm expands its espionage operations into Europe using novel C2 channels.

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