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February 11, 2026

Over 60 Software Vendors Issue Security Fixes Across OS, Cloud, and Network Platforms

It's Patch Tuesday, which means a number of software vendors have released patches for various security vulnerabilities impacting their products and servi…

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February 11, 2026

Exposed Training Open the Door for Crypto-Mining in Fortune 500 Cloud Environments

Intentionally vulnerable training applications are widely used for…

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February 11, 2026

Microsoft Patches 59 Vulnerabilities Including Six Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates to address a set of 59…

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February 11, 2026

SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet…

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February 10, 2026

Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an emergent ransomware family dubbed Reynolds that comes embedded with a built-in bring…

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February 10, 2026

From Ransomware to Residency: Inside the Rise of the Digital Parasite

Are ransomware and encryption still the defining signals of modern cyberattacks, or has the industry been too fixated on noise while missing a…

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February 10, 2026

Fortinet Patches Critical SQLi Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated Code Execution

Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting FortiClientEMS that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code…

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February 10, 2026

ZAST.AI Raises $6M Pre-A to Scale "Zero False Positive" AI-Powered Code Security

January 5, 2026, Seattle, USA — ZAST.AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-A funding round. This investment came from the…

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February 9, 2026

SolarWinds Web Help Desk Exploited for RCE in Multi-Stage Attacks on Exposed Servers

Microsoft has revealed that it observed a multi‑stage intrusion that involved the threat actors exploiting internet‑exposed…

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February 9, 2026

⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Skill Malware, 31Tbps DDoS, Notepad++ Hack, LLM Backdoors and More

Cyber threats are no longer coming from just malware or exploits. They’re showing up inside the tools, platforms, and ecosystems…

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February 9, 2026

How Top CISOs Solve Burnout and Speed up MTTR without Extra Hiring

Why do SOC teams keep burning out and missing SLAs even after spending big on security tools? Routine triage piles up, senior specialists get…

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February 8, 2026

OpenClaw Integrates VirusTotal Scanning to Detect Malicious ClawHub Skills

OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it's partnering with Google-owned VirusTotal to scan skills that are being…

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February 7, 2026

German Agencies Warn of Signal Phishing Targeting Politicians, Military, Journalists

Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (aka Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz or BfV) and Federal Office for…

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February 6, 2026

China-Linked DKnife AitM Framework Targets Routers for Traffic Hijacking, Malware Delivery

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a gateway-monitoring and adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) framework dubbed DKnife that's…

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February 6, 2026

CISA Orders Removal of Unsupported Edge Devices to Reduce Federal Network Risk

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to strengthen…

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February 6, 2026

Asian State-Backed Group TGR-STA-1030 Breaches 70 Government, Infrastructure Entities

A previously undocumented cyber espionage group operating from Asia broke into the networks of at least 70 government and critical…

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February 6, 2026

How Samsung Knox Helps Stop Your Network Security Breach

As you know, enterprise network security has undergone significant evolution over the past decade. Firewalls have become more intelligent,…

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February 6, 2026

Compromised dYdX npm and PyPI Packages Deliver Wallet Stealers and RAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new supply chain attack in which legitimate packages on npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI)…

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February 6, 2026

Claude Opus 4.6 Finds 500+ High-Severity Flaws Across Major Open-Source Libraries

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic revealed that its latest large language model (LLM), Claude Opus 4.6, has found more than 500…

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February 5, 2026

AISURU/Kimwolf Botnet Launches Record-Setting 31.4 Tbps DDoS Attack

The distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) botnet known as AISURU/Kimwolf has been attributed to a record-setting attack that peaked at 31.4…

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February 5, 2026

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Codespaces RCE, AsyncRAT C2, BYOVD Abuse, AI Cloud Intrusions & 15+ Stories

This week didn’t produce one big headline. It produced many small signals — the kind that quietly shape what attacks will look…

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February 5, 2026

The Buyer’s Guide to AI Usage Control

Today’s “AI everywhere” reality is woven into everyday workflows across the enterprise, embedded in SaaS platforms,…

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February 5, 2026

Infy Hackers Resume Operations with New C2 Servers After Iran Internet Blackout Ends

The elusive Iranian threat group known as Infy (aka Prince of Persia) has evolved its tactics as part of efforts to hide its tracks, even as…

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February 5, 2026

Critical n8n Flaw CVE-2026-25049 Enables System Command Execution via Malicious Workflows

A new, critical security vulnerability has been disclosed in the n8n workflow automation platform that, if successfully exploited, could…

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February 5, 2026

Malicious NGINX Configurations Enable Large-Scale Web Traffic Hijacking Campaign

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an active web traffic hijacking campaign that has targeted NGINX installations and…

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February 4, 2026

Microsoft Develops Scanner to Detect Backdoors in Open-Weight Large Language Models

Microsoft on Wednesday said it built a lightweight scanner that it said can detect backdoors in open-weight large language models (LLMs) and…

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February 4, 2026

DEAD#VAX Malware Campaign Deploys AsyncRAT via IPFS-Hosted VHD Phishing Files

Threat hunters have disclosed details of a new, stealthy malware campaign dubbed DEAD#VAX that employs a mix of "disciplined tradecraft and…

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February 4, 2026

China-Linked Amaranth-Dragon Exploits WinRAR Flaw in Espionage Campaigns

Threat actors affiliated with China have been attributed to a fresh set of cyber espionage campaigns targeting government and law enforcement…

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February 4, 2026

Orchid Security Introduces Continuous Identity Observability for Enterprise Applications

An innovative approach to discovering, analyzing, and governing identity usage beyond traditional IAM controls. The Challenge: Identity Lives…

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February 3, 2026

Hackers Exploit Metro4Shell RCE Flaw in React Native CLI npm Package

Threat actors have been observed exploiting a critical security flaw impacting the Metro Development Server in the popular…

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February 3, 2026

When Cloud Outages Ripple Across the Internet

Recent major cloud service outages have been hard to miss. High-profile incidents affecting providers such as AWS, Azure, and Cloudflare have…

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February 3, 2026

APT28 Uses Microsoft Office CVE-2026-21509 in Espionage-Focused Malware Attacks

The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28 (aka UAC-0001) has been attributed to attacks exploiting a newly disclosed…

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February 3, 2026

Mozilla Adds One-Click Option to Disable Generative AI Features in Firefox

Mozilla on Monday announced a new controls section in its Firefox desktop browser settings that allows users to completely turn off generative…

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February 2, 2026

⚡ Weekly Recap: Proxy Botnet, Office Zero-Day, MongoDB Ransoms, AI Hijacks & New Threats

Every week brings new discoveries, attacks, and defenses that shape the state of cybersecurity. Some threats are stopped quickly, while others…

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February 2, 2026

Securing the Mid-Market Across the Complete Threat Lifecycle

For mid-market organizations, cybersecurity is a constant balancing act. Proactive, preventative security measures are essential to protect an…

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February 2, 2026

Notepad++ Official Update Mechanism Hijacked to Deliver Malware to Select Users

The maintainer of Notepad++ has revealed that state-sponsored attackers hijacked the utility's update mechanism to redirect update traffic to…

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February 2, 2026

eScan Antivirus Update Servers Compromised to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware

The update infrastructure for eScan antivirus, a security solution developed by Indian cybersecurity company MicroWorld Technologies, has been…

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February 2, 2026

Open VSX Supply Chain Attack Used Compromised Dev Account to Spread GlassWorm

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a supply chain attack targeting the Open VSX Registry in which unidentified threat actors…

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January 31, 2026

Iran-Linked RedKitten Cyber Campaign Targets Human Rights NGOs and Activists

A Farsi-speaking threat actor aligned with Iranian state interests is suspected to be behind a new campaign targeting non-governmental…

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January 31, 2026

CERT Polska Details Coordinated Cyber Attacks on 30+ Wind and Solar Farms

CERT Polska, the Polish computer emergency response team, revealed that coordinated cyber attacks targeted more than 30 wind and photovoltaic…

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January 30, 2026

Researchers Uncover Chrome Extensions Abusing Affiliate Links and Stealing ChatGPT Access

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered malicious Google Chrome extensions that come with capabilities to hijack affiliate links, steal…

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January 30, 2026

China-Linked UAT-8099 Targets IIS Servers in Asia with BadIIS SEO Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new campaign attributed to a China-linked threat actor known as UAT-8099 that took place between…

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January 30, 2026

Badges, Bytes and Blackmail

Behind the scenes of law enforcement in cyber: what do we know about caught cybercriminals? What brought them in, where do they come from and…

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January 30, 2026

Ex-Google Engineer Convicted for Stealing 2,000 AI Trade Secrets for China Startup

A former Google engineer accused of stealing thousands of the company's confidential documents to build a startup in China has been convicted…

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January 30, 2026

SmarterMail Fixes Critical Unauthenticated RCE Flaw with CVSS 9.3 Score

SmarterTools has addressed two more security flaws in SmarterMail email software, including one critical security flaw that could result in…

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