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1.2 Million Accounts Exposed in French Bank Registry Breach

Feb 23, 2026 4:00 PM

Tags: access, breach, credentials, data, data-breach, finance, government

Stolen government credentials were used to access France’s FICOBA registry, exposing data tied to roughly 1.2 million bank accounts. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/1-2-million-accounts-exposed-in-french-bank-registry-breach/
Hacker stiehlt Daten von Tausenden RTL-Mitarbeitern

Feb 23, 2026 2:00 PM

Tags: access, cyberattack, dark-web, group, hacker, mail, phishing, social-engineering

Ein Hacker hat sich Zugriff auf Mitarbeiterdaten von RTL verschafft.Die RTL Group wurde offenbar Opfer einer Cyberattacke. Wie Cybernews berichtet, brüstet sich ein Cyberkrimineller namens LuneBF mit gestohlenen Daten von mehr als 27.000 Mitarbeitern der Mediengruppe. In seinem Darknet-Post behauptet der Angreifer, sich Zugriff auf die Intranet-Website der RTL Group verschafft zu haben.Als Beweis für…
CVE-2026-1731 fuels ongoing attacks on BeyondTrust remote access products

Feb 23, 2026 2:00 PM

Tags: access, attack, control, cve, exploit, flaw, threat, vulnerability

Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-1731 in BeyondTrust RS and PRA to deploy VShell, gain persistence, move laterally, and control compromised systems. Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731 (CVSS score: 9.9), in BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA). The flaw is being used to conduct a wide…
CVE-2026-1731 fuels ongoing attacks on BeyondTrust remote access products

Feb 23, 2026 2:00 PM

Tags: access, attack, control, cve, exploit, flaw, threat, vulnerability

Attackers are exploiting CVE-2026-1731 in BeyondTrust RS and PRA to deploy VShell, gain persistence, move laterally, and control compromised systems. Threat actors are actively exploiting a recently disclosed critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731 (CVSS score: 9.9), in BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA). The flaw is being used to conduct a wide…
23rd February Threat Intelligence Report

Feb 23, 2026 11:02 AM

Tags: access, breach, data, data-breach, finance, intelligence, threat, unauthorized

France’s Ministry of Economy has disclosed a data breach resulted from an unauthorized access to the national bank account registry FICOBA, impacting information tied to 1.2 million accounts. Exposed data includes names, […] First seen on research.checkpoint.com Jump to article: research.checkpoint.com/2026/23rd-february-threat-intelligence-report/
HPE Telco Service Activator Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Bypass Access Controls

Feb 23, 2026 11:02 AM

Tags: access, control, cyber, service, vulnerability

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has issued a security bulletin warning customers of a serious vulnerability in its Telco Service Activator product that could allow attackers to remotely bypass access restrictions. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-12543, carries a CVSS base score of 9.6 (Critical) and affects versions prior to 10.5.0. This improper input validation could enable attackers to manipulate the server’s handling…
13 ways attackers use generative AI to exploit your systems

Feb 23, 2026 9:01 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, captcha, ceo, chatgpt, ciso, cloud, credentials, crypto, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, government, group, hacker, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, law, LLM, login, malicious, malware, marketplace, network, open-source, password, phishing, privacy, ransomware, resilience, risk, saas, scam, service, social-engineering, startup, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day

Facilitating malware development: AI can also be used to generate more sophisticated, or less labour-intensive, malware.For example, cybercriminals are using gen AI to create malicious HTML documents. The XWorm attack, initiated by HTML smuggling, which contains malicious code that downloads and runs the malware, bears the hallmarks of development via AI.”The loader’s detailed line-by-line description…
13 ways attackers use generative AI to exploit your systems

Feb 23, 2026 9:01 AM

Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, breach, captcha, ceo, chatgpt, ciso, cloud, credentials, crypto, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, espionage, exploit, extortion, finance, flaw, framework, fraud, google, government, group, hacker, identity, infrastructure, intelligence, law, LLM, login, malicious, malware, marketplace, network, open-source, password, phishing, privacy, ransomware, resilience, risk, saas, scam, service, social-engineering, startup, supply-chain, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, vulnerability, zero-day

Facilitating malware development: AI can also be used to generate more sophisticated, or less labour-intensive, malware.For example, cybercriminals are using gen AI to create malicious HTML documents. The XWorm attack, initiated by HTML smuggling, which contains malicious code that downloads and runs the malware, bears the hallmarks of development via AI.”The loader’s detailed line-by-line description…
Quantum-Resistant Identity and Access Management in Model Contexts

Feb 23, 2026 5:01 AM

Tags: access, identity

Secure your MCP hosts with quantum-resistant identity and access management. Learn about lattice-based signatures, CRYSTALS-Dilithium, and 4D context-aware security. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/quantum-resistant-identity-and-access-management-in-model-contexts/
Splunk Enterprise for Windows Flaw Enables DLL Hijacking, SYSTEM Access

Feb 23, 2026 5:01 AM

Tags: access, advisory, cve, cyber, flaw, vulnerability, windows

A serious flaw in Splunk Enterprise for Windows that lets low-privileged users hijack DLL loading and escalate to SYSTEM-level access. Tracked as CVE-2026-20140, this local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability stems from DLL search-order hijacking and carries a CVSSv3.1 score of 7.7 (High). Splunk disclosed it on February 18, 2026, via advisory SVD-2026-0205. The issue affects…
What role does Agentic AI play in identity and access management

Feb 22, 2026 5:02 AM

Tags: access, ai, cloud, identity, threat

How Do Non-Human Identities Transform Cloud Security? Are your organization’s security measures keeping pace with evolving threats? The rise of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) is reshaping how we approach cloud security by closing gaps that have long persisted between security and R&D teams. Where businesses increasingly migrate to cloud environments, the effective management of these machine……
Can Agentic AI boost confidence in privileged access management

Feb 22, 2026 5:02 AM

Tags: access, ai, identity

How Can We Enhance Security with Effective Non-Human Identity Management? Can your organization’s security posture handle the growing complexity of machine identities and their secrets? With the increasing deployment of microservices and containerized applications, managing non-human identities (NHIs) has become a critical part of information security strategies. But what makes NHI management so integral to……
Amazon’s vibe-coding tool Kiro reportedly vibed too hard and brought down AWS

Feb 21, 2026 4:00 PM

Tags: access, control, tool

Bezos-corp blames user error for outage, ‘specifically misconfigured access controls’ First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/02/20/amazon_denies_kiro_agentic_ai_behind_outage/
Hospitals at Risk of BeyondTrust Ransomware Hacks

Feb 21, 2026 12:02 AM

Tags: access, exploit, flaw, healthcare, ransomware, risk, software, vulnerability

Critical Vulnerability Could Give Attackers Foothold in Clinical Networks. Federal authorities and industry officials are urging healthcare sector entities to address a critical flaw in BeyondTrust Remote Support and Privileged Remote Access software, which if exploited, could give an attacker a foothold inside a hospital or clinic network. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
Apache Tomcat Vulnerability Circumvents Access Rules

Feb 20, 2026 10:01 PM

Tags: access, apache, control, flaw, vulnerability

Apache disclosed a Tomcat flaw (CVE-2026-24733) that can bypass access controls via legacy HTTP/0.9 requests under specific configurations. First seen on esecurityplanet.com Jump to article: www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/apache-tomcat-vulnerability-circumvents-access-rules/
TDL 016 – Speed, Risk, and Responsibility in the Age of AI – Rafael Ramirez

Feb 20, 2026 9:02 PM

Tags: access, ai, antivirus, automation, awareness, business, ciso, cloud, control, country, cyber, data, defense, detection, dns, firewall, governance, government, hacker, ibm, incident response, intelligence, Internet, law, linkedin, login, mfa, microsoft, network, risk, saas, service, skills, software, startup, strategy, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, windows, zero-trust

Summary In a recent episode of The Defenders Log, host David Redekop sat down with cyber security expert Rafael Ramirez to navigate the rapidly shifting landscape of AI security. As we move deeper into 2026, the duo explored how artificial intelligence has evolved from simple chatbots into powerful, autonomous “agentic” systems. The Double-Edged Sword of…
Using threat modeling and prompt injection to audit Comet

Feb 20, 2026 7:01 PM

Tags: access, ai, attack, captcha, control, data, defense, detection, email, endpoint, exploit, framework, injection, Internet, law, least-privilege, LLM, malicious, ml, monitoring, privacy, RedTeam, risk, social-engineering, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability

Before launching their Comet browser, Perplexity hired us to test the security of their AI-powered browsing features. Using adversarial testing guided by our TRAIL threat model, we demonstrated how four prompt injection techniques could extract users’ private information from Gmail by exploiting the browser’s AI assistant. The vulnerabilities we found reflect how AI agents behave…
BeyondTrust Flaw Used for Web Shells, Backdoors, and Data Exfiltration

Feb 20, 2026 7:01 PM

Tags: access, backdoor, cve, data, exploit, flaw, malicious, threat, vulnerability

Threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products to conduct a wide range of malicious actions, including deploying VShell and The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731 (CVSS score: 9.9), allows attackers to execute operating system commands in the context of the…
BeyondTrust Flaw Used for Web Shells, Backdoors, and Data Exfiltration

Feb 20, 2026 7:01 PM

Tags: access, backdoor, cve, data, exploit, flaw, malicious, threat, vulnerability

Threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products to conduct a wide range of malicious actions, including deploying VShell and The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731 (CVSS score: 9.9), allows attackers to execute operating system commands in the context of the…
NDSS 2025 A Comprehensive Study Of Security Risks In Deno And Its Ecosystem

Feb 20, 2026 6:01 PM

Tags: access, api, attack, conference, control, Internet, network, programming, risk, rust, software, supply-chain

Session 13A: JavaScript Security Authors, Creators & Presenters: Abdullah AlHamdan (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), Cristian-Alexandru Staicu (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security) PAPER Welcome to Jurassic Park: A Comprehensive Study of Security Risks in Deno and its Ecosystem Node.js and its ecosystem npm are notoriously insecure, enabling the proliferation of supply chain attacks.…
Dynamic Objects in Active Directory: The Stealthy Threat

Feb 20, 2026 6:01 PM

Tags: access, attack, blueteam, breach, cloud, computer, container, control, credentials, cve, data, defense, detection, dns, endpoint, group, identity, malicious, microsoft, monitoring, password, powershell, risk, soc, strategy, threat, tool, update, vulnerability

Active Directory’s “dynamic objects” feature offers attackers a perfect evasion cloak. These objects automatically self-destruct without a trace, so they allow adversaries to bypass quotas, pollute access lists, and persist in the cloud, leaving forensic investigators with nothing to analyze. Key takeaways The threat: Dynamic objects self-delete without leaving any traces, or “tombstones” in AD…
Don’t trust TrustConnect: This fake remote support tool only helps hackers

Feb 20, 2026 6:01 PM

Tags: access, business, crypto, detection, hacker, malicious, malware, rat, software, tool

Attackers use a dual-purpose website: The TrustConnect website has realistic marketing language, feature descriptions, and documentation that serves both as a public-facing front to promote the software and as a backend portal for customers who purchase access to the tool’s malicious services.”Cybercriminals are instructed to sign up for a ‘free trial,’ instructed on how to…
Latin America’s Cyber Maturity Lags Threat Landscape

Feb 20, 2026 4:01 PM

Tags: access, cyber, ransomware, threat, usa

The slower pace of upgrades has the unintended impact of creating a haven for attackers, especially for initial access brokers and ransomware gangs. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/latin-americas-cyber-maturity-lags-threat-landscape
ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT Malware

Feb 20, 2026 4:01 PM

Tags: access, cybersecurity, infrastructure, malware

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ClickFix campaign that abuses compromised legitimate sites to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) called MIMICRAT (aka AstarionRAT).”The campaign demonstrates a high level of operational sophistication: compromised sites spanning multiple industries and geographies serve as delivery infrastructure, a multi-stage First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
KI und Komplexität als Brandbeschleuniger für Cyberkriminelle

Feb 20, 2026 3:01 PM

Tags: access, ai, api, authentication, automation, ciso, cloud, cyberattack, cyersecurity, exploit, incident response, intelligence, network, phishing, saas, service, siem, soar, soc, social-engineering, tool, vulnerability

Cyberangriffe werden immer schneller, wodurch sich die Zeitspanne zwischen der ersten Kompromittierung und den negativen Folgen verkürzt.Der Einzug von KI hat den benötigten Zeitaufwand für Cyberattacken massiv verkürzt, so dass menschliche Verteidiger nicht mehr mithalten können. So lautet das vielleicht wenig überraschende Ergebnis des 2026 Global Incident Response Report von Palo Alto Networks. Für die…
Keeper Security Extends KeeperPAM

Feb 20, 2026 3:01 PM

Tags: access, cloud, control, google, infrastructure, microsoft

Keeper Security has expanded its Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform, KeeperPAM, with native support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), enabling organisations to unify privileged access controls across Google Cloud, AWS and Microsoft Azure environments. The move addresses a growing security concern for enterprises operating in increasingly complex, multi-cloud infrastructures: unmanaged and overprivileged identities. Tackling Cloud…
ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT RAT

Feb 20, 2026 3:01 PM

Tags: access, cybersecurity, infrastructure, rat

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ClickFix campaign that abuses compromised legitimate sites to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) called MIMICRAT (aka AstarionRAT).”The campaign demonstrates a high level of operational sophistication: compromised sites spanning multiple industries and geographies serve as delivery infrastructure, a multi-stage First seen on thehackernews.com Jump to…
Why Most Breaches Happen After Launch: SaaS Security Testing Best Practices

Feb 20, 2026 2:01 PM

Tags: access, best-practice, breach, monitoring, risk, saas, strategy, update, vulnerability

As SaaS platforms expand in complexity, security cannot stop at deployment. Post-launch environments introduce new integrations, user access changes, and configuration updates that significantly increase risk exposure. Without continuous validation and monitoring, vulnerabilities can quietly develop into major breaches. A structured and ongoing security strategy, supported by experts like StrongBox IT, helps organisations reduce these……
Hackers breach contractor linked to Ukraine’s central bank collectible coin store

Feb 20, 2026 2:01 PM

Tags: access, breach, data, email, finance, hacker, phone, ukraine

The National Bank of Ukraine announced that attackers may have gained access to users’ personal data, including names, phone numbers, email addresses and delivery addresses, in a recent cyberattack. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/hackers-breach-ukraine-national-bank-contractor
Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026

Feb 20, 2026 1:01 PM

Tags: access, attack, authentication, cyber, identity, insurance, metric, mfa, password

With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers and regulators are placing far greater emphasis on identity posture when assessing cyber risk. For many organizations, however, these assessments remain largely opaque. Elements such as password hygiene, privileged access management, and the extent of multi-factor authentication (MFA) coverage are First seen on thehackernews.com…