Tag: threat
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ThreatsDay Bulletin: OpenSSL RCE, Foxit 0-Days, Copilot Leak, AI Password Flaws & 20+ Stories
The cyber threat space doesn’t pause, and this week makes that clear. New risks, new tactics, and new security gaps are showing up across platforms, tools, and industries, often all at the same time.Some developments are headline-level. Others sit in the background but carry long-term impact. Together, they shape how defenders need to think about…
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Anteil reiner Daten-Exfiltrationsfälle steigt um das Elffache
Arctic Wolf veröffentlicht seinen jährlichen <>. Die Analyse hunderter realer Incident-Response-Fälle aus 2025 zeigt: Während Ransomware weiterhin dominiert, verschiebt sich das Geschäftsmodell der Angreifer deutlich in Richtung reiner Datenexfiltration. Besonders betroffen sind Unternehmen in Westeuropa darunter Deutschland als führender Industriestandort. Im Jahr 2025 machten Ransomware, Business-E-Mail-Compromise (BEC) und Data-Incidents 92 Prozent […] First seen on…
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Threat Intelligence Has a Human-Shaped Blind Spot
How I realized what I was taught to about threat intelligence was missing something crucial. First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/threat-intelligence/human-shaped-blind-spot
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Hackers target Microsoft Entra accounts in device code vishing attacks
Threat actors are targeting technology, manufacturing, and financial organizations in campaigns that combine device code phishing and voice phishing (vishing) to abuse the OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization flow and compromise Microsoft Entra accounts. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hackers-target-microsoft-entra-accounts-in-device-code-vishing-attacks/
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How to Organize Safely in the Age of Surveillance
From threat modeling to encrypted collaboration apps, we’ve collected experts’ tips and tools for safely and effectively building a group”, even while being targeted and tracked by the powerful. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/how-to-organize-safely-in-the-age-of-surveillance/
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Fake IPTV Apps Spread Massiv Android Malware Targeting Mobile Banking Users
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android trojan called Massiv that’s designed to facilitate device takeover (DTO) attacks for financial theft.The malware, according to ThreatFabric, masquerades as seemingly harmless IPTV apps to deceive victims, indicating that the activity is primarily singling out users looking for the online TV applications.”This new threat, while First…
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Threat Actors Using Fake Google Forms Site to Harvest Google Logins
A new phishing campaign in which threat actors are using a convincing fake version of Google Forms to steal Google account credentials. Cybercriminals are once again exploiting a trusted brand Google to trick job seekers and steal their credentials. The campaign’s malicious URLs all followed a similar structure: forms.google.ss-o[.]com/forms/d/e/{unique_id}/viewform?form=opportunitysecpromo= At first glance, these links appear…
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CRESCENTHARVEST Campaign Targets Iran Protest Supporters With RAT Malware
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed CRESCENTHARVEST, likely targeting supporters of Iran’s ongoing protests to conduct information theft and long-term espionage.The Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) said it observed the activity after January 9, with the attacks designed to deliver a malicious payload that serves as a remote access trojan (RAT)…
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New Threat Emerges as Attackers Leverage Grok and Copilot to Evade Security Monitoring
Researchers at Check Point Research (CPR) have uncovered a novel technique where cybercriminals utilize popular AI platforms like Grok and Microsoft Copilot to orchestrate covert attacks. This method transforms benign AI web services into proxies for Command and Control (C2) communication. By leveraging the web browsing and URL-fetching capabilities of these assistants, attackers can tunnel…
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Attackers keep finding the same gaps in security programs
Attackers keep getting in, often through the same predictable weak spots: identity systems, third-party access, and poorly secured perimeter devices. A new threat report from … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/19/managed-xdr-threat-report-security-programs/
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A Busy Week for Cybersecurity Speaking Engagements
I have a busy week with podcasts, webinars, and a keynote! Communicating and sharing is vital to the cybersecurity industry. It is how we leverage shared knowledge and experiences to make more informed decisions and gain better positions against our adversaries. Yesterday (Tuesday Feb 17th) I was speaking on Convene Chats webinar with the amazing…
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Notepad++ author says fixes make update mechanism ‘effectively unexploitable’
Tags: access, attack, backdoor, china, control, credentials, dns, espionage, exploit, group, infrastructure, intelligence, malicious, monitoring, network, risk, risk-management, service, software, supply-chain, threat, ukraine, update, vulnerabilityCSOonline, Ho said that no system can ever be declared absolutely unbreakable, “but the new design dramatically raises the bar.”An attacker must now compromise both the hosting infrastructure and the signing keys, he explained, adding that the updater now validates both the manifest and the installer, each with independent cryptographic signatures. And any mismatch, missing…
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The Lock, Not the Alarm: How Palo Alto’s Koi Acquisition Rewrites Endpoint Security
The acquisition of Koi Security isn’t just a product play, it’s a declaration that the agentic era has created an entirely new threat surface, and the vendor who governs it first will own the next decade of enterprise security. The Week That Rewrote the Threat Model One week after closing a $25 billion acquisition.. First…
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Cybercrime Goes Corporate: Huntress Report Reveals Rise of Scalable, Stealth-First Attacks
Cybercriminals are no longer lone hackers exploiting flashy zero-days; they are running streamlined, profit-driven operations that mirror legitimate businesses. That’s the key takeaway from the newly released Huntress 2026 Cyber Threat Report, which exposes how organised cybercrime groups are standardising their playbooks to maximise efficiency and revenue. Drawing on telemetry from more than 4.6 million…
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Hackers Increasingly Prefer Fast and Low-Complexity Attacks
Incident Responders Detail Top Ransomware and Business Email Compromise Tactics. There’s no need to invest into sophisticated hacking operations when moving fast and exploiting well-trod techniques gives threat actors all the access they want. Threat actors are prioritizing low-complexity entry points, rather than investing in sophisticated exploits, say incident responders. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump…
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Threat groups using AI to speed up and scale cyberattacks
A report from Palo Alto Networks finds hackers are increasingly using stolen identities and exploiting critical vulnerabilities within minutes of disclosure. First seen on cybersecuritydive.com Jump to article: www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/threat-groups-ai-speed-scale-cyberattacks/812439/
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The 20 Coolest Security Operations, Risk And Threat Intelligence Companies Of 2026: The Security 100
CRN’s Security 100 list of the coolest security operations, risk and threat intelligence companies includes providers of agentic SOC tools, SIEM platforms and threat intelligence feeds. First seen on crn.com Jump to article: www.crn.com/news/security/2026/the-20-coolest-security-operations-risk-and-threat-intelligence-companies-of-2026-the-security-100
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Carelessness versus craftsmanship in cryptography
Tags: access, advisory, api, attack, authentication, computing, credentials, cryptography, data, email, encryption, github, hacker, oracle, side-channel, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerabilityTwo popular AES libraries, aes-js and pyaes, “helpfully” provide a default IV in their AES-CTR API, leading to a large number of key/IV reuse bugs. These bugs potentially affect thousands of downstream projects. When we shared one of these bugs with an affected vendor, strongSwan, the maintainer provided a model response for security vendors. The…
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Carelessness versus craftsmanship in cryptography
Tags: access, advisory, api, attack, authentication, computing, credentials, cryptography, data, email, encryption, github, hacker, oracle, side-channel, software, threat, tool, update, vpn, vulnerabilityTwo popular AES libraries, aes-js and pyaes, “helpfully” provide a default IV in their AES-CTR API, leading to a large number of key/IV reuse bugs. These bugs potentially affect thousands of downstream projects. When we shared one of these bugs with an affected vendor, strongSwan, the maintainer provided a model response for security vendors. The…
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Scammers exploit trust in Atlassian Jira to target organizations
Threat actors have leveraged legitimate email notification feature of Atlassian Jira to deliver localized scam emails at scale. The emails From late December 2025 through late … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/18/atlassian-jira-scam-emails/
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Critical Flaws Found in Four VS Code Extensions with Over 125 Million Installs
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in four popular Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to steal local files and execute code remotely.The extensions, which have been collectively installed more than 125 million times, are Live Server, Code Runner, Markdown Preview Enhanced, and First seen…
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Critical Flaws Found in Four VS Code Extensions with Over 125 Million Installs
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in four popular Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions that, if successfully exploited, could allow threat actors to steal local files and execute code remotely.The extensions, which have been collectively installed more than 125 million times, are Live Server, Code Runner, Markdown Preview Enhanced, and First seen…
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Cybersecurity Tech Predictions for 2026: Operating in a World of Permanent Instability
In 2025, navigating the digital seas still felt like a matter of direction. Organizations charted routes, watched the horizon, and adjusted course to reach safe harbors of resilience, trust, and compliance.In 2026, the seas are no longer calm between storms. Cybersecurity now unfolds in a state of continuous atmospheric instability: AI-driven threats that adapt in…
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Cybersecurity Tech Predictions for 2026: Operating in a World of Permanent Instability
In 2025, navigating the digital seas still felt like a matter of direction. Organizations charted routes, watched the horizon, and adjusted course to reach safe harbors of resilience, trust, and compliance.In 2026, the seas are no longer calm between storms. Cybersecurity now unfolds in a state of continuous atmospheric instability: AI-driven threats that adapt in…
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From Shadow APIs to Shadow AI: How the API Threat Model Is Expanding Faster Than Most Defenses
The shadow technology problem is getting worse. Over the past few years, organizations have scaled microservices, cloud-native apps, and partner integrations faster than corporate governance models could keep up, resulting in undocumented or shadow APIs. We’re now seeing this pattern all over again with AI systems. And, even worse, AI introduces non-deterministic behavior, autonomous actions,…
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China-linked APT weaponized Dell RecoverPoint zero-day since 2024
A suspected Chinese state-linked group exploited a critical Dell RecoverPoint flaw (CVE-2026-22769) in zero-day attacks starting mid-2024. Mandiant and Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) reported that a suspected China-linked APT group quietly exploited a critical zero-day flaw in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines starting in mid-2024. >>Mandiant and Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) have identified…
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Discipline is the new power move in cybersecurity leadership
Tags: automation, cyber, cybersecurity, data, group, incident response, intelligence, metric, risk, risk-management, service, siem, soc, technology, threat, tool, update, vulnerability, vulnerability-managementHow to do more with less: 1. Review contracts, renegotiate them or change the operations to a new partner Scope, service-level agreements and performance metrics should be revisited because many contracts were established under different risk profiles, urgency and pricing conditions. Modernizing contracts to focus on outcomes rather than activities, revalidating pricing and service assumptions…