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WHO IS THE KIMWOLF BOTMASTER “DORT”? THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC GOOGLE CLOUD API KEYS EXPOSED WITH GEMINI ACCESS AFTER API ENABLEMENT PENTAGON DESIGNATES ANTHROPIC SUPPLY CHAIN RISK OVER AI MILITARY DISPUTE WARREN ACCUSES TRUMP, HEGSETH OF TRYING 'EXTORT' ANTHROPIC INTO REMOVING AI GUARDRAILS ANTHROPIC CALLS SUPPLY CHAIN RISK DESIGNATION 'UNPRECEDENTED,' 'LEGALLY UNSOUND' IN EXTRAORDINARY MOVE, PENTAGON DESIGNATES ANTHROPIC A 'SUPPLY CHAIN RISK' TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY CRITERION'S 'NETWORK' IN 4K STORMS HOME THEATERS WITH FURY AND FORESIGHT HEGSETH SAYS PENTAGON DESIGNATING ANTHROPIC AS SUPPLY CHAIN RISK AFTER TRUMP BANS AI FIRM CALLERS TO WASHINGTON STATE HOTLINE PRESS 2 FOR SPANISH AND GET ACCENTED AI ENGLISH INSTEAD TRUMP ORDERS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO STOP USING ANTHROPIC IN DISPUTE BETWEEN AI FIRM AND PENTAGON SECURITY HOLE COULD LET HACKERS TAKE OVER JUNIPER NETWORKS PTX CORE ROUTERS WHAT TRUMP'S 'RATEPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE' MEANS FOR YOU TRUMP ORDERS ALL FEDERAL AGENCIES TO PHASE OUT USE OF ANTHROPIC TECHNOLOGY TRUMP ORDERS FEDERAL AGENCIES TO 'IMMEDIATELY CEASE' USING ANTHROPIC TECHNOLOGY ‘SILENT’ GOOGLE API KEY CHANGE EXPOSED GEMINI AI DATA FINTECH COMPANY BLOCK LAYS OFF 4,000 OF ITS 10,000 STAFF, CITING GAINS FROM AI HUNDREDS OF GOOGLE, OPENAI EMPLOYEES BACK ANTHROPIC IN PENTAGON FIGHT SAY HELLO TO 'PATTY,' THE NEW AI-ENABLED HEADSET ASSISTANT FOR BURGER KING EMPLOYEES DOJ SEIZES $61 MILLION IN TETHER LINKED TO PIG BUTCHERING CRYPTO SCAMS 900+ SANGOMA FREEPBX INSTANCES COMPROMISED IN ONGOING WEB SHELL ATTACKS HOUSE DEMOCRAT: 'GOOD FOR ANTHROPIC' IN REJECTING PENTAGON DEMANDS SAMSUNG UPDATES ACR PRIVACY PRACTICES AFTER TEXAS SUES TV MANUFACTURERS GOOGLE DISMANTLES 9M-DEVICE ANDROID HIJACK NETWORK ALTMAN SAYS OPENAI AGREES WITH ANTHROPIC’S RED LINES IN PENTAGON DISPUTE INSTAGRAM TO START ALERTING PARENTS WHEN CHILDREN SEARCH FOR TERMS RELATING TO SELF-HARM NASA REVAMPS ARTEMIS MOON LANDING PROGRAM TO REDUCE FLIGHT GAPS AND RISK EU LAWMAKERS PROPOSE THAT YOUTH UNDER 16 BE BARRED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT PARENTAL CONSENT PENTAGON OFFICIAL: ANTHROPIC CEO 'HAS A GOD-COMPLEX' MALICIOUS GO CRYPTO MODULE STEALS PASSWORDS, DEPLOYS REKOOBE BACKDOOR LISTEN: WHY GPS SATELLITES ARE CRUCIAL TO U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY US HOCKEY PLAYER KNOCKS WHITE HOUSE TIKTOK: 'CLEARLY FAKE' FOX NEWS AI NEWSLETTER: TRUMP FORCES BIG TECH TO PAY FOR AI POWER BLOCK LAYING OFF 40 PERCENT OF STAFF, CITING AI ADVANCEMENTS BLOCK LAYING OFF 4,000 STAFF MEMBERS DUE TO AI, SAYS JACK DORSEY ONE OF THE ‘MOST INFLUENTIAL CYBERSECURITY’ ROLES WILL PAY UNDER $175,000 BURGER KING TESTING AI HEADSETS TO TRACK IF EMPLOYEES SAY 'PLEASE' OR 'THANK YOU' SCARCRUFT USES ZOHO WORKDRIVE AND USB MALWARE TO BREACH AIR-GAPPED NETWORKS YOUR PERSONAL OPENCLAW AGENT MAY ALSO BE TAKING ORDERS FROM MALICIOUS WEBSITES US AUTHORITIES PUNISH SELLERS OF MALWARE AND SPYWARE INSIDE A FAKE GOOGLE SECURITY CHECK THAT BECOMES A BROWSER RAT WHY APPLICATION SECURITY MUST START AT THE LOAD BALANCER TROJANIZED GAMING TOOLS SPREAD JAVA-BASED RAT VIA BROWSER AND CHAT PLATFORMS ENTERPRISE SPOTLIGHT: DATA CENTER MODERNIZATION HOW TO MAKE LLMS A DEFENSIVE ADVANTAGE WITHOUT CREATING A NEW ATTACK SURFACE META FILES LAWSUITS AGAINST BRAZIL, CHINA, VIETNAM ADVERTISERS OVER CELEB-BAIT SCAMS THE CSO GUIDE TO TOP SECURITY CONFERENCES RANSOMWARE GROUPS SWITCH TO STEALTHY ATTACKS AND LONG-TERM ACCESS HACKER KOMPROMITTIEREN IMMER SCHNELLER GROWING MORE COMPLEX BY THE DAY: HOW SHOULD JOURNALISTS GOVERN USE OF AI IN THEIR PRODUCTS? ANTHROPIC REJECTS PENTAGON'S ULTIMATUM OVER UNLIMITED CLAUDE AI USE FOR MILITARY SAMSUNG GALAXY S26 UNPACKED: STRONG REACTIONS AFTER BUILT-IN PRIVACY DISPLAY, AI UPGRADES REVEALED ANTHROPIC SAYS 'VIRTUALLY NO PROGRESS' ON PENTAGON AI TALKS AS DEADLINE LOOMS FAKE ZOOM AND GOOGLE MEET SCAMS INSTALL TERAMIND: A TECHNICAL DEEP DIVE ANCIENT COUPLING MAY HAVE HAPPENED MORE BETWEEN HUMAN FEMALES AND NEANDERTHAL MALES PENTAGON DRAWS SCRUTINY WITH ANTHROPIC THREATS, DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT FORMER AIR FORCE OFFICER ARRESTED FOR CONSPIRING WITH HACKER TO PROVIDE FLIGHT TRAINING TO CHINESE MILITARY YOUNG WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS ON SOCIAL MEDIA 'ALL DAY LONG' AS A CHILD IN LANDMARK ADDICTION TRIAL WYDEN BLOCKS RUDD CONFIRMATION TO LEAD CYBER COMMAND, NSA BURGUM: SANDERS DATA CENTER MORATORIUM WOULD BE LIKE WAVING 'SURRENDER FLAG' TO CHINA AETERNUM C2 BOTNET STORES ENCRYPTED COMMANDS ON POLYGON BLOCKCHAIN TO EVADE TAKEDOWN WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT DEFENSE PROTECTION ACT AND THE PENTAGON'S ANTHROPIC ULTIMATUM AMAZON SHELVES BLUE JAY WAREHOUSE ROBOT KALSHI ACCUSES MRBEAST VIDEO EDITOR OF INSIDER TRADING UAT-10027 TARGETS U.S. EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE WITH DOHDOOR BACKDOOR 300,000 CHROME USERS HIT BY FAKE AI EXTENSIONS THREATSDAY BULLETIN: KALI LINUX + CLAUDE, CHROME CRASH TRAPS, WINRAR FLAWS, LOCKBIT & 15+ STORIES AI SONG GENERATOR STARTUPS SUNO AND UDIO ANGERED THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. NOW THEY'RE HOPING TO JOIN IT EXPERT RECOMMENDS: PREPARE FOR PQC RIGHT NOW CHINA-LINKED HACKERS USED GOOGLE SHEETS TO SPY ON TELECOMS AND GOVERNMENTS ACROSS 42 COUNTRIES THE CONDUENT BREACH; FROM 10 MILLION TO 25 MILLION (AND COUNTING) NORTH KOREA WARNS IT COULD DESTROY SOUTH IF THREATENED, BUT LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR U.S. DIALOGUE MICROSOFT WARNS DEVELOPERS OF FAKE NEXT.JS JOB REPOS DELIVERING IN-MEMORY MALWARE MALICIOUS STRIPEAPI NUGET PACKAGE MIMICKED OFFICIAL LIBRARY AND STOLE API TOKENS THE FARMERS AND THE MERCENARIES: RETHINKING THE ‘HUMAN LAYER’ IN SECURITY 5 TRENDS THAT SHOULD TOP CISO’S RSA 2026 AGENDAS GAMING PLATFORMS LIKE ROBLOX USED BY CRIME GANGS TO GROOM CHILDREN, VICTORIA WARNS CISCO SD-WAN ZERO-DAY CVE-2026-20127 EXPLOITED SINCE 2023 FOR ADMIN ACCESS 9 UNVERZICHTBARE OPEN-SOURCE-SECURITY-TOOLS SO RECHTFERTIGEN SIE IHRE SECURITY-INVESTITIONEN STEAELITE RAT COMBINES DATA THEFT AND RANSOMWARE MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY IN ONE TOOL NEW YORK SUES COUNTER-STRIKE GAME DEVELOPER SAYING 'LOOT BOXES' PROMOTE GAMBLING ONLINE DISINFORMATION FUELED PANIC AFTER THE KILLING OF MEXICO'S MOST POWERFUL DRUG LORD FIVE EYES ISSUE EMERGENCY DIRECTIVE ON EXPLOITED CISCO SD-WAN ZERO-DAY THINK YOUR NEW YEAR'S PRIVACY RESET WORKED? THINK AGAIN GOOGLE DISRUPTS UNC2814 GRIDTIDE CAMPAIGN AFTER 53 BREACHES ACROSS 42 COUNTRIES CLAUDE CODE FLAWS ALLOW REMOTE CODE EXECUTION AND API KEY EXFILTRATION PAYPAL NOTIFIES CUSTOMERS OF BREACH THAT MAY HAVE EXPOSED SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS THE SURPRISING COMPLEXITY BEHIND THE SQUEAK OF BASKETBALL SHOES ON HARDWOOD FLOORS SLH OFFERS $500–$1,000 PER CALL TO RECRUIT WOMEN FOR IT HELP DESK VISHING ATTACKS YOUR PHONE IS NOW A CRIME SCENE IN YOUR POCKET TOP 5 WAYS BROKEN TRIAGE INCREASES BUSINESS RISK INSTEAD OF REDUCING IT MALICIOUS NUGET PACKAGES STOLE ASP.NET DATA; NPM PACKAGE DROPPED MALWARE MICROSOFT WARNS OF JOB‑THEMED REPO LURES TARGETING DEVELOPERS WITH MULTI‑STAGE BACKDOORS MANUAL PROCESSES ARE PUTTING NATIONAL SECURITY AT RISK UKRAINIAN CONVICTED FOR HELPING FAKE NORTH KOREAN IT WORKERS DEFENSE CONTRACTOR EMPLOYEE JAILED FOR SELLING 8 ZERO-DAYS TO RUSSIAN BROKER SOLARWINDS PATCHES 4 CRITICAL SERV-U 15.5 FLAWS ALLOWING ROOT CODE EXECUTION CISA CONFIRMS ACTIVE EXPLOITATION OF FILEZEN CVE-2026-25108 VULNERABILITY JUDGE DISMISSES MUSK’S TRADE-SECRET CASE AGAINST OPENAI, BUT LEAVES DOOR OPEN TO REVISED COMPLAINT APPLE SHIFTS PART OF MAC MINI PRODUCTION FROM ASIA TO HOUSTON ROGUEPILOT FLAW IN GITHUB CODESPACES ENABLED COPILOT TO LEAK GITHUB_TOKEN APPLE APP PASSWORD SCAM EMAIL WARNING UAC-0050 TARGETS EUROPEAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION WITH SPOOFED DOMAIN AND RMS MALWARE CHINA VS SPACEX IN RACE FOR SPACE AI DATA CENTERS IDENTITY PRIORITIZATION ISN'T A BACKLOG PROBLEM - IT'S A RISK MATH PROBLEM LAZARUS GROUP USES MEDUSA RANSOMWARE IN MIDDLE EAST AND U.S. HEALTHCARE ATTACKS UNSOLICITEDBOOKER TARGETS CENTRAL ASIAN TELECOMS WITH LUCIDOOR AND MARSSNAKE BACKDOORS FAKE ZOOM MEETING “UPDATE” SILENTLY INSTALLS UNAUTHORIZED VERSION OF MONITORING TOOL ABUSED BY CYBERCRIMINALS TO SPY ON VICTIMS REFUND SCAM IMPERSONATES AVAST TO HARVEST CREDIT CARD DETAILS ANTHROPIC SAYS CHINESE AI FIRMS USED 16 MILLION CLAUDE QUERIES TO COPY MODEL EX-GOOGLE ENGINEERS CHARGED WITH STEALING PHONE PROCESSOR SECRETS TO SEND TO IRAN APT28 TARGETED EUROPEAN ENTITIES USING WEBHOOK-BASED MACRO MALWARE SPYWARE CAN HIJACK YOUR PHONE IN SECONDS WORMABLE XMRIG CAMPAIGN USES BYOVD EXPLOIT AND TIME-BASED LOGIC BOMB TRUMP'S SCIENCE AND TECH MAN LAYS OUT WHITE HOUSE'S GLOBAL AI STRATEGY ATLANTA TESTS DRIVERLESS POD TRANSIT LOOP ⚡ WEEKLY RECAP: DOUBLE-TAP SKIMMERS, PROMPTSPY AI, 30TBPS DDOS, DOCKER MALWARE & MORE FAKE HUORONG SECURITY SITE INFECTS USERS WITH VALLEYRAT HOW EXPOSED ENDPOINTS INCREASE RISK ACROSS LLM INFRASTRUCTURE MALICIOUS NPM PACKAGES HARVEST CRYPTO KEYS, CI SECRETS, AND API TOKENS MUDDYWATER TARGETS MENA ORGANIZATIONS WITH GHOSTFETCH, CHAR, AND HTTP_VIP CONDUENT DATA BREACH HITS MILLIONS ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES WAYMO’S CHEAPER ROBOTAXI TECH COULD HELP EXPAND RIDES FAST WHY A CREDIT FREEZE ISN’T THE END OF IDENTITY THEFT AI DATING CAFES ARE NOW A REAL THING AI-ASSISTED THREAT ACTOR COMPROMISES 600+ FORTIGATE DEVICES IN 55 COUNTRIES ANTHROPIC LAUNCHES CLAUDE CODE SECURITY FOR AI-POWERED VULNERABILITY SCANNING CISA ADDS TWO ACTIVELY EXPLOITED ROUNDCUBE FLAWS TO KEV CATALOG EC-COUNCIL EXPANDS AI CERTIFICATION PORTFOLIO TO STRENGTHEN U.S. AI WORKFORCE READINESS AND SECURITY THE ROBOTAXI PRICE WAR HAS STARTED. HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. ‘STARKILLER’ PHISHING SERVICE PROXIES REAL LOGIN PAGES, MFA YOUTUBE TV BILLING SCAM EMAILS ARE HITTING INBOXES FOX NEWS AI NEWSLETTER: AI GIANT MOVES HQ TO RED STATE BEYONDTRUST FLAW USED FOR WEB SHELLS, BACKDOORS, AND DATA EXFILTRATION CLINE CLI 2.3.0 SUPPLY CHAIN ATTACK INSTALLED OPENCLAW ON DEVELOPER SYSTEMS CHINA'S ROBOTICS GIANT PUTS 200 ROBOTS TO THE TEST CLICKFIX CAMPAIGN ABUSES COMPROMISED SITES TO DEPLOY MIMICRAT MALWARE CHINA’S AI ROBOT SPECTACLE MASKS HARSH COMMERCIAL REALITIES, EXPERTS SAY IDENTITY CYBER SCORES: THE NEW METRIC SHAPING CYBER INSURANCE IN 2026 FACEBOOK ADS SPREAD FAKE WINDOWS 11 DOWNLOADS THAT STEAL PASSWORDS AND CRYPTO WALLETS UKRAINIAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO 5 YEARS IN NORTH KOREA IT WORKER FRAUD CASE FBI REPORTS 1,900 ATM JACKPOTTING INCIDENTS SINCE 2020, $20M LOST IN 2025 FORMER GOOGLE ENGINEERS INDICTED OVER TRADE SECRET TRANSFERS TO IRAN SYDNEY MOTHER WINS COURT BATTLE WITH ESAFETY COMMISSIONER OVER ‘QUEER CLUB’ POST PROMPTSPY ANDROID MALWARE ABUSES GEMINI AI TO AUTOMATE RECENT-APPS PERSISTENCE INTERPOL OPERATION RED CARD 2.0 ARRESTS 651 IN AFRICAN CYBERCRIME CRACKDOWN MICROSOFT PATCHES CVE-2026-26119 PRIVILEGE ESCALATION IN WINDOWS ADMIN CENTER PANERA BREAD DATA BREACH EXPOSES 5.1M CUSTOMERS AI HOME SEARCH COULD CHANGE HOW YOU BUY A HOUSE 5 TRENDY TECH WORDS SHAPING TODAY'S INTERNET CULTURE TAX SEASON SCAMS 2026: FAKE IRS MESSAGES STEALING IDENTITIES CRIMINALS ARE USING ZILLOW TO PLAN BREAK-INS. HERE’S HOW TO REMOVE YOUR HOME IN 10 MINUTES. WHY YOUR PERSONAL DATA ARE FLOATING AROUND ON THE DARKNET, WHICH JUST KEEPS GROWING PORTUGAL APPROVES BILL IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON CHILDREN ACCESSING SOCIAL MEDIA SENATOR QUESTIONS WHETHER ESAFETY CRACKDOWN COULD STRAIN US-AUSTRALIA TIES KIMWOLF BOTNET SWAMPS ANONYMITY NETWORK I2P AUSTRALIA PUTS ROBLOX ON NOTICE AMID CHILD GROOMING CLAIMS PATCH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2026 EDITION UK CHILDREN ARE ACTING ON AI ADVICE AT HIGH RATES, STUDY FINDS EU DROVE GLOBAL CENSORSHIP THROUGH TECH PLATFORMS: HOUSE JUDICIARY REPORT SLOVENIA BECOMES NEXT EUROPEAN COUNTRY TO PROPOSE SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR CHILDREN LAWMAKERS, PARENTS PUSH TO MAKE SUING TECH FIRMS EASIER PLEASE DON’T FEED THE SCATTERED LAPSUS SHINYHUNTERS X BACK UP AFTER BRIEF OUTAGE HITS US USERS, DOWNDETECTOR SHOWS MORE THAN 1 MILLION AI BOTS HAVE JOINED A NEW AI-ONLY SOCIAL NETWORK ITUNES APPEARS TO REVERSE BAN ON CHART TOPPING SONG LINKED TO ONE NATION FILM UK MAY FORCE GOOGLE TO ALLOW SITES TO OPT OUT OF AI-POWERED SEARCH SUMMARIES FRANCE MOVES TO DROP US TECH FROM OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS FEARS NEW ZEALAND’S PROPOSED TELCO LAW MAY BROADEN STATE POWERS OVER ENCRYPTED MESSAGING FRANCE’S LOWER HOUSE BACKS SOCIAL MEDIA BAN FOR KIDS UNDER 15, PHONE BAN FOR ALL SCHOOLS TEXAS GOVERNOR BARS STATE EMPLOYEES FROM USING SHEIN, TEMU ON STATE-OWNED DEVICES WHO OPERATES THE BADBOX 2.0 BOTNET? TIKTOK US DEAL FINALIZED: WHAT TO KNOW MALAYSIA LIFTS BAN ON X’S AI CHATBOT GROK MICROSOFT SAYS ACCESS TO PRODUCTIVITY SUITE RESTORED AFTER OUTAGE TIKTOK ANNOUNCES FORMATION OF US MAJORITY-OWNED JOINT VENTURE TO PREVENT BAN PHILIPPINES TO END BAN ON X’S AI CHATBOT GROK BESSENT WARNS TAIWAN CHIP RELIANCE RISKS ‘ECONOMIC APOCALYPSE’ KIMWOLF BOTNET LURKING IN CORPORATE, GOVT. NETWORKS BRITISH PM SAYS ‘NO OPTIONS OFF THE TABLE’ AS CALLS GROW TO BAN SOCIAL MEDIA FOR UNDER-16S MOTHER OF ELON MUSK’S CHILD SUES HIS AI COMPANY OVER SEXUAL DEEPFAKE IMAGES CREATED BY GROK CHINESE-LINKED HACKERS TARGET US ENTITIES WITH VENEZUELAN-THEMED MALWARE JAPAN WARNS X OVER MISUSE OF GROK AI IMAGERY X RESTRICTS GROK’S IMAGE EDITING FUNCTION AMID GLOBAL CONCERNS AMAZON LAUNCHES EU-ONLY AWS CLOUD, ANNOUNCES EXPANSION ACROSS EUROPE VERIZON RESOLVES NETWORK OUTAGE ISSUE THAT AFFECTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS US GIVES GO-AHEAD FOR NVIDIA’S H200 CHIP SALES TO CHINA PATCH TUESDAY, JANUARY 2026 EDITION MALAYSIA TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST X OVER USE OF GROK TO GENERATE EXPLICIT CONTENT TRUMP SAYS HE WILL SPEAK TO MUSK ABOUT RESTORING INTERNET ACCESS IN IRAN​ MALAYSIA, INDONESIA BLOCK MUSK’S GROK AMID EXPLICIT CONTENT SCRUTINY LIZ TRUSS REJECTS MOVES BY UK, AUSTRALIA, CANADA TO RESTRICT ELON MUSK’S X ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF TEEN LINKED TO PORN ADDICTION PROMPTS CALL FOR INTERNET RESTRICTIONS CROWDSTRIKE TO ACQUIRE SGNL TO BEEF UP IDENTITY SECURITY IN AGE OF AI WHO BENEFITED FROM THE AISURU AND KIMWOLF BOTNETS? FCC EXEMPTS SOME FOREIGN-MADE DRONES FROM US IMPORT BAN UK, EU DEMAND ANSWERS FROM X OVER REPORTS GROK GENERATED EXPLICIT, CHILD-LIKE IMAGES MAJOR DATA BREACHES PUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS AT RISK AI SPENDING FUELS HIGH-TECH GROWTH IN 2025, BUT A CRUCIAL TEST LIES AHEAD 4,400 STARLINK SATELLITES TO MOVE TO LOWER ORBIT THE KIMWOLF BOTNET IS STALKING YOUR LOCAL NETWORK WAYMO SELF-DRIVING CARS STOPPED, BLOCKED ROADS DURING SAN FRANCISCO POWER OUTAGE
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Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?

Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?

In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to assemble Kimwolf, the world's largest and most disruptive botnet. Since then, the p

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Thousands of Public Google Cloud API Keys Exposed with Gemini Access After API Enablement

Thousands of Public Google Cloud API Keys Exposed with Gemini Access After API Enablement

New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private da

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute

Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute

Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a "supply chain risk." "This action follows mon

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Warren accuses Trump, Hegseth of trying 'extort' Anthropic into removing AI guardrails

Warren accuses Trump, Hegseth of trying 'extort' Anthropic into removing AI guardrails

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday accused President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth of attempting to "extort" the company Anthropic into removing guardrails for its AI programs. Wa

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Anthropic calls supply chain risk designation 'unprecedented,' 'legally unsound'

Anthropic calls supply chain risk designation 'unprecedented,' 'legally unsound'

Anthropic called the Pentagon’s decision Friday to designate the AI company as a supply chain risk an “unprecedented action,” arguing it is “legally unsound” and would “set a dangerous precedent.” “De

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 28, 2026

In extraordinary move, Pentagon designates Anthropic a 'supply chain risk' to U.S. national security

In extraordinary move, Pentagon designates Anthropic a 'supply chain risk' to U.S. national security

The Pentagon is designating artificial intelligence company Anthropic a "supply chain risk" to U.S. national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday.

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Criterion's 'Network' in 4K storms home theaters with fury and foresight

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Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Hegseth says Pentagon designating Anthropic as supply chain risk after Trump bans AI firm

Hegseth says Pentagon designating Anthropic as supply chain risk after Trump bans AI firm

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon is designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk shortly after President Trump directed all federal agencies to cease using the company’s technology ami

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Callers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English instead

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Published: February 28, 2026

Trump orders federal government to stop using Anthropic in dispute between AI firm and Pentagon

Trump orders federal government to stop using Anthropic in dispute between AI firm and Pentagon

President Trump is ordering all government agencies to stop using artificial intelligence from Anthropic after the company disputed the Pentagon's use of the technology.

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Security hole could let hackers take over Juniper Networks PTX core routers

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Network admins with Juniper PTX series routers in their environments are being warned to patch immediately, because a newly-discovered critical vulnerability could lead to an unauthenticated threat ac

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 28, 2026

What Trump's 'ratepayer protection pledge' means for you

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Published: February 28, 2026

Trump orders all federal agencies to phase out use of Anthropic technology

Trump orders all federal agencies to phase out use of Anthropic technology

President Trump said Friday he was ordering all federal agencies to phase out use of Anthropic technology after the company's unusually public dispute with the Pentagon over artificial intelligence sa

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Trump orders federal agencies to 'immediately cease' using Anthropic technology

Trump orders federal agencies to 'immediately cease' using Anthropic technology

President Trump on Friday directed federal agencies to “immediately cease” using Anthropic technology amid an escalating feud between the AI company and the Pentagon. “THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WIL

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 28, 2026

‘Silent’ Google API key change exposed Gemini AI data

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Google Cloud API keys, normally used as simple billing identifiers for APIs such as Maps or YouTube, could be scraped from websites to give access to private Gemini AI project data, researchers from T

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI

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Shares in the financial technology company Block soared more than 20% in premarket trading Friday after its CEO announced it was laying off more than 4,000 of its 10,000 plus employees, reconfiguring

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Hundreds of Google, OpenAI employees back Anthropic in Pentagon fight

Hundreds of Google, OpenAI employees back Anthropic in Pentagon fight

Hundreds of employees at Google and OpenAI are backing artificial intelligence technology company Anthropic, which faces a Friday evening deadline to give the Pentagon permission to use its AI system

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Say hello to 'Patty,' the new AI-enabled headset assistant for Burger King employees

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Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 28, 2026

DoJ Seizes $61 Million in Tether Linked to Pig Butchering Crypto Scams

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the seizure of $61 million worth of Tether that were allegedly associated with bogus cryptocurrency schemes known as pig butchering. The confis

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Published: February 28, 2026

900+ Sangoma FreePBX Instances Compromised in Ongoing Web Shell Attacks

900+ Sangoma FreePBX Instances Compromised in Ongoing Web Shell Attacks

The Shadowserver Foundation has revealed that over 900 Sangoma FreePBX instances still remain infected with web shells as part of attacks that exploited a command injection vulnerability starting in D

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 28, 2026

House Democrat: 'Good for Anthropic' in rejecting Pentagon demands

House Democrat: 'Good for Anthropic' in rejecting Pentagon demands

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) praised the AI company Anthropic for rejecting the Pentagon’s demands on how its technology is used by Friday evening. The company and the U.S. government have been in a batt

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Samsung updates ACR privacy practices after Texas sues TV manufacturers

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In December, Texas sued five major smart TV manufacturers — Samsung, Sony, LG, Hisense and TCL Technology — for allegedly collecting ACR data without consumers in the state being fully informed and co

Source: therecord.media

Published: February 28, 2026

Google dismantles 9M-device Android hijack network

Google says it disrupted what it believes was the world's largest residential proxy network that hijacked about 9 million Android and connected devices.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Altman says OpenAI agrees with Anthropic’s red lines in Pentagon dispute

Altman says OpenAI agrees with Anthropic’s red lines in Pentagon dispute

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Friday that he agrees with Anthropic’s red lines in its increasingly contentious negotiations with the Pentagon over the terms of use for the company’s AI models. As the feu

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 28, 2026

Instagram to start alerting parents when children search for terms relating to self-harm

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Parents in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada will soon receive alerts if a child repeatedly searches Instagram for content relating to self-harm or suicide.

Source: therecord.media

Published: February 27, 2026

NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program to reduce flight gaps and risk

NASA revamps Artemis moon landing program to reduce flight gaps and risk

NASA said Friday it's adding an extra moon mission by Artemis astronauts before attempting a high-risk lunar landing with a crew.

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

EU lawmakers propose that youth under 16 be barred from social media without parental consent

EU lawmakers propose that youth under 16 be barred from social media without parental consent

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Source: therecord.media

Published: February 27, 2026

Pentagon official: Anthropic CEO 'has a God-complex'

Pentagon official: Anthropic CEO 'has a God-complex'

A top Pentagon official accused Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei on Thursday of having a “God-complex,” as the Department of Defense (DOD) and the company face off over the terms of use for its AI models. “

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Malicious Go Crypto Module Steals Passwords, Deploys Rekoobe Backdoor

Malicious Go Crypto Module Steals Passwords, Deploys Rekoobe Backdoor

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious Go module that's designed to harvest passwords, create persistent access via SSH, and deliver a Linux backdoor named Rekoobe. The Go mod

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 27, 2026

LISTEN: Why GPS satellites are crucial to U.S. national security

LISTEN: Why GPS satellites are crucial to U.S. national security

Malik Musawwir, vice president of navigation systems at Lockheed Martin, joins the show to talk about GPS satellites, their importance to national security, and what the future of GPS-powered navigati

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

US hockey player knocks White House TikTok: 'Clearly fake'

US hockey player knocks White House TikTok: 'Clearly fake'

Brady Tkachuk said Thursday a video posted on the White House's official TikTok page after the U.S. won gold during the Winter Olympics that appeared to show the American hockey player speaking ill of

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Fox News AI Newsletter: Trump forces Big Tech to pay for AI power

The Fox News AI Newsletter covers the latest artificial intelligence technology advancements, including the challenges and opportunities AI presents now and for the future.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Block laying off 40 percent of staff, citing AI advancements

Block laying off 40 percent of staff, citing AI advancements

Block, the parent company of payment apps Square, Cash App and Afterpay, is laying off more than 40 percent of its staff, pointing to recent advancements in AI that are “enabling a new way of working.

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Block Laying Off 4,000 Staff Members Due to AI, Says Jack Dorsey

Block Laying Off 4,000 Staff Members Due to AI, Says Jack Dorsey

Then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during a town hall at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India, on Nov. 12, 2018. Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

One of the ‘most influential cybersecurity’ roles will pay under $175,000

One of the ‘most influential cybersecurity’ roles will pay under $175,000

A recent job ad is causing plenty of head-shaking, suggesting that some government high-ups appear to be out of touch with the current state of the cybersecurity job market. There is plenty of evidenc

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Burger King testing AI headsets to track if employees say 'please' or 'thank you'

Burger King testing AI headsets to track if employees say 'please' or 'thank you'

Burger King is testing AI-powered headsets that can recite recipes, alert managers when inventories are low and even track how friendly employees are to customers.

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 27, 2026

ScarCruft Uses Zoho WorkDrive and USB Malware to Breach Air-Gapped Networks

ScarCruft Uses Zoho WorkDrive and USB Malware to Breach Air-Gapped Networks

The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been attributed to a fresh set of tools, including a backdoor that uses Zoho WorkDrive for command-and-control (C2) communications to fetch more pa

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Your personal OpenClaw agent may also be taking orders from malicious websites

Your personal OpenClaw agent may also be taking orders from malicious websites

If you thought running an AI agent locally kept it safely inside your machine’s walls, you’re in for a surprise. Researchers at Oasis Security have disclosed a flaw chain that allowed a malicious webs

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 27, 2026

US authorities punish sellers of malware and spyware

US authorities punish sellers of malware and spyware

The US authorities have made it clear that they will have no truck with any individuals trying to by-pass regulations on trading cyberweapons with hostile powers. Selling sensitive cyber-exploit compo

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Inside a fake Google security check that becomes a browser RAT

Inside a fake Google security check that becomes a browser RAT

Disguised as a security check, this fake Google alert uses browser permissions to harvest contacts, location data, and more.

Source: malwarebytes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Why application security must start at the load balancer

Why application security must start at the load balancer

For a long time, I thought of the load balancer as a performance device. Its job was to distribute traffic, improve uptime, and make applications feel fast. Security was something that happened elsewh

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Trojanized Gaming Tools Spread Java-Based RAT via Browser and Chat Platforms

Trojanized Gaming Tools Spread Java-Based RAT via Browser and Chat Platforms

Threat actors are luring unsuspecting users into running trojanized gaming utilities that are distributed via browsers and chat platforms to distribute a remote access trojan (RAT). "A malicious downl

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Enterprise Spotlight: Data Center Modernization

Enterprise Spotlight: Data Center Modernization

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Published: February 27, 2026

How to make LLMs a defensive advantage without creating a new attack surface

How to make LLMs a defensive advantage without creating a new attack surface

Large language models (LLMs) have arrived in security in three different forms at once: as productivity tools that sit beside analysts, as components embedded inside products and workflows and as targ

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Meta Files Lawsuits Against Brazil, China, Vietnam Advertisers Over Celeb-Bait Scams

Meta Files Lawsuits Against Brazil, China, Vietnam Advertisers Over Celeb-Bait Scams

Meta on Thursday said it's taking legal action to tackle scams on its platforms by filing lawsuits against what it calls deceptive advertisers based in Brazil, China, and Vietnam. As part of the effor

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 27, 2026

The CSO guide to top security conferences

The CSO guide to top security conferences

There is nothing like attending a face-to-face event for career networking and knowledge gathering, and we don’t have to tell you how helpful it can be to get a hands-on demo of a new tool or to have

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Ransomware groups switch to stealthy attacks and long-term access

Ransomware groups switch to stealthy attacks and long-term access

Ransomware attackers are switching tactics in favor of more stealthy infiltration, as the threat of public exposure of sensitive corporate data is becoming the main mechanism of extortion. Picus Secur

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Hacker kompromittieren immer schneller

Hacker kompromittieren immer schneller

Der Einsatz von KI-Tools macht Cyberangriffe nicht nur schneller, sondern erhöht auch die Taktzahl. Color4260 / Shutterstock Crowdstrike hat die aktuelle Ausgabe seines Global Threat Report veröffentl

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Growing more complex by the day: How should journalists govern use of AI in their products?

Growing more complex by the day: How should journalists govern use of AI in their products?

Like so many sectors of the economy, the news industry is hurtling toward a future where artificial intelligence plays a major role - grappling with questions about how much the technology is used, wh

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Anthropic rejects Pentagon's ultimatum over unlimited Claude AI use for military

Anthropic rejects Pentagon's ultimatum over unlimited Claude AI use for military

Leading artificial intelligence company Anthropic rejected an ultimatum Thursday from the Trump administration to open up its AI applications to unlimited use by the U.S. military or risk losing its P

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Samsung Galaxy S26 unpacked: Strong reactions after built-in privacy display, AI upgrades revealed

Samsung Galaxy S26 unpacked: Strong reactions after built-in privacy display, AI upgrades revealed

Samsung Electronics unveiled its Galaxy S26 smartphone series Wednesday in San Francisco, drawing immediate industry reaction that spanned admiration, skepticism and a wave of pre-orders.

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Anthropic says 'virtually no progress' on Pentagon AI talks as deadline looms

Anthropic says 'virtually no progress' on Pentagon AI talks as deadline looms

Anthropic said Thursday that “virtually no progress” had been made in the company’s talks with the Pentagon over the terms of use for its AI models ahead of a Friday afternoon deadline. The Department

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Fake Zoom and Google Meet scams install Teramind: A technical deep dive

Fake Zoom and Google Meet scams install Teramind: A technical deep dive

Attackers don’t always need custom malware. Sometimes they just need a trusted brand and a legitimate tool.

Source: malwarebytes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Ancient coupling may have happened more between human females and Neanderthal males

Ancient coupling may have happened more between human females and Neanderthal males

Humans and Neanderthals cozied up from time to time when they lived in the same areas tens of thousands of years ago. But we don't know much about who got with whom, or why.

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Pentagon draws scrutiny with Anthropic threats, Defense Production Act

Pentagon draws scrutiny with Anthropic threats, Defense Production Act

The Pentagon is threatening to use the Defense Production Act (DPA) against Anthropic amid a dispute over the company’s restrictions on its AI tools, in a move that many experts say is an unusual use

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Former Air Force officer arrested for conspiring with hacker to provide flight training to Chinese military

Former Air Force officer arrested for conspiring with hacker to provide flight training to Chinese military

Gerald Eddie Brown, 65, was arrested in Jeffersonville, Indiana on Thursday after spending nearly three years living in China and allegedly providing combat aircraft training to pilots in the Chinese

Source: therecord.media

Published: February 27, 2026

Young woman says she was on social media 'all day long' as a child in landmark addiction trial

Young woman says she was on social media 'all day long' as a child in landmark addiction trial

A young woman who is battling against social media giants took the stand Thursday to testify about her experience using the platforms as she was growing up, saying she was on social media "all day lon

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Wyden blocks Rudd confirmation to lead Cyber Command, NSA

Wyden blocks Rudd confirmation to lead Cyber Command, NSA

Rudd “does not have the background that would allow him to immediately step into” the role of leading Cyber Command, Wyden wrote in a letter that was included in the Congressional Record on Wednesday.

Source: therecord.media

Published: February 27, 2026

Burgum: Sanders data center moratorium would be like waving 'surrender flag' to China

Burgum: Sanders data center moratorium would be like waving 'surrender flag' to China

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday slammed Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) proposal for a national moratorium on data centers, deeming the idea as an intentional “surrender” to China amid their

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Aeternum C2 Botnet Stores Encrypted Commands on Polygon Blockchain to Evade Takedown

Aeternum C2 Botnet Stores Encrypted Commands on Polygon Blockchain to Evade Takedown

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet loader called Aeternum C2 that uses a blockchain-based command-and-control (C2) infrastructure to make it resilient to takedown efforts

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 27, 2026

What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon's Anthropic ultimatum

What to know about Defense Protection Act and the Pentagon's Anthropic ultimatum

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave Anthropic an ultimatum this week: Open its artificial intelligence technology for unrestricted military use by Friday, or risk losing its government contract.

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Amazon shelves Blue Jay warehouse robot

Amazon quietly ended its Blue Jay warehouse robot program just months after unveiling the multi-armed ceiling-mounted system designed to speed same-day deliveries in October.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 27, 2026

Kalshi accuses MrBeast video editor of insider trading

Kalshi accuses MrBeast video editor of insider trading

An editor for the popular YouTube creator MrBeast has been fined and suspended by prediction market platform Kalshi over suspected insider trading. The company’s disciplinary committee found that Arte

Source: thehill.com

Published: February 26, 2026

UAT-10027 Targets U.S. Education and Healthcare with Dohdoor Backdoor

UAT-10027 Targets U.S. Education and Healthcare with Dohdoor Backdoor

A previously undocumented threat activity cluster has been attributed to an ongoing malicious campaign targeting education and healthcare sectors in the U.S. since at least December 2025. The campaign

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

300,000 Chrome users hit by fake AI extensions

Chrome extensions disguised as AI assistants infected over 300,000 users with malware that steals emails, passwords and browsing data, LayerX researchers discovered.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Kali Linux + Claude, Chrome Crash Traps, WinRAR Flaws, LockBit & 15+ Stories

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Kali Linux + Claude, Chrome Crash Traps, WinRAR Flaws, LockBit & 15+ Stories

Nothing here looks dramatic at first glance. That’s the point. Many of this week’s threats begin with something ordinary, like an ad, a meeting invite, or a software update. Behind the scenes, the tac

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it

AI song generator startups Suno and Udio angered the music industry. Now they're hoping to join it

Suno CEO Mikey Shulman pulls up a chair to the recording studio desk where a research scientist at his artificial intelligence company is creating a new song.

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Expert Recommends: Prepare for PQC Right Now

Expert Recommends: Prepare for PQC Right Now

Introduction: Steal It Today, Break It in a Decade Digital evolution is unstoppable, and though the pace may vary, things tend to fall into place sooner rather than later. That, of course, applies to

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

China-linked hackers used Google Sheets to spy on telecoms and governments across 42 countries

China-linked hackers used Google Sheets to spy on telecoms and governments across 42 countries

Google has disrupted a China-linked espionage group that used Google’s spreadsheet application as a covert spy tool to compromise telecom providers and government agencies across 42 countries, sending

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 26, 2026

The Conduent breach; from 10 million to 25 million (and counting)

The Conduent breach; from 10 million to 25 million (and counting)

A third-party breach at Conduent now affects 25 million Americans—many never knew their data flowed through its systems.

Source: malwarebytes.com

Published: February 26, 2026

North Korea warns it could destroy South if threatened, but leaves door open for U.S. dialogue

North Korea warns it could destroy South if threatened, but leaves door open for U.S. dialogue

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed his nuclear-armed country could "completely destroy" South Korea if its security were threatened, reiterating his refusal to engage with Seoul, state media said

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Microsoft Warns Developers of Fake Next.js Job Repos Delivering In-Memory Malware

Microsoft Warns Developers of Fake Next.js Job Repos Delivering In-Memory Malware

A "coordinated developer-targeting campaign" is using malicious repositories disguised as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessments to trick victims into executing them and establish persi

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Malicious StripeApi NuGet Package Mimicked Official Library and Stole API Tokens

Malicious StripeApi NuGet Package Mimicked Official Library and Stole API Tokens

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious package discovered on the NuGet Gallery, impersonating a library from financial services firm Stripe in an attempt to target the fin

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

The farmers and the mercenaries: Rethinking the ‘human layer’ in security

The farmers and the mercenaries: Rethinking the ‘human layer’ in security

There’s a phrase that’s become gospel in cybersecurity: “Employees are the last line of defense.” We’ve built an entire industry around it. Billions of dollars in security awareness programs, mandator

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 26, 2026

5 trends that should top CISO’s RSA 2026 agendas

5 trends that should top CISO’s RSA 2026 agendas

RSA 2026 is still weeks away and the hype machine is humming. This year’s theme, “The Power of Community,” is somewhat ironic as the overwhelming chatter at the Moscone Center in San Francisco from Ma

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Gaming Platforms Like Roblox Used by Crime Gangs to Groom Children, Victoria Warns

Gaming Platforms Like Roblox Used by Crime Gangs to Groom Children, Victoria Warns

A 7-year-old teenage boy looks at a photo screen with Roblox, a social media networking app that will not be age-restricted in Sydney, Australia on Dec. 7, 2025. (George Chan/Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20127 Exploited Since 2023 for Admin Access

Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20127 Exploited Since 2023 for Admin Access

A newly disclosed maximum-severity security flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly vSmart) and Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage) has come under active exploitation in the wild as

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

9 unverzichtbare Open-Source-Security-Tools

9 unverzichtbare Open-Source-Security-Tools

Diese Open-Source-Tools adressieren spezifische Security-Probleme – mit minimalem Footprint. Foto: N Universe | shutterstock.com Cybersicherheitsexperten verlassen sich in diversen Bereichen auf Open-

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 26, 2026

So rechtfertigen Sie Ihre Security-Investitionen

So rechtfertigen Sie Ihre Security-Investitionen

Lesen Sie, welche Aspekte entscheidend sind, um die Investitionen in die Cybersicherheit im Unternehmen zu rechtfertigen. Miha Creative – shutterstock.com In modernen Unternehmensumgebungen werden Inv

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Steaelite RAT combines data theft and ransomware management capability in one tool

Steaelite RAT combines data theft and ransomware management capability in one tool

It’s bad enough that threat actors are leveraging AI for their attacks, but now they can also access a new remote access trojan (RAT) that makes it easy to launch data theft and ransomware attacks on

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 26, 2026

New York sues Counter-Strike game developer saying 'loot boxes' promote gambling

New York sues Counter-Strike game developer saying 'loot boxes' promote gambling

New York's attorney general has sued video game developer Valve, claiming the "loot boxes" found in Counter-Strike and other popular video game franchises illegally promote gambling.

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Online disinformation fueled panic after the killing of Mexico's most powerful drug lord

Online disinformation fueled panic after the killing of Mexico's most powerful drug lord

When roadblocks, explosions and gunshots broke out after the killing of Mexico's most powerful drug lord, people who rushed to their cellphones for information found social media posts depicting a cou

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Five Eyes issue emergency directive on exploited Cisco SD-WAN zero-day

Five Eyes issue emergency directive on exploited Cisco SD-WAN zero-day

Cybersecurity agencies across the Five Eyes alliance have issued an emergency directive warning that a critical Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability is being actively exploited to gain unauthorized access to fe

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Think your New Year's privacy reset worked? Think again

Personal data removed from broker sites can reappear weeks later as databases refresh, increasing exposure to scams and identity theft.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Google Disrupts UNC2814 GRIDTIDE Campaign After 53 Breaches Across 42 Countries

Google Disrupts UNC2814 GRIDTIDE Campaign After 53 Breaches Across 42 Countries

Google on Wednesday disclosed that it worked with industry partners to disrupt the infrastructure of a suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as UNC2814 that breached at least 53 organiza

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

Claude Code Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and API Key Exfiltration

Claude Code Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and API Key Exfiltration

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude Code, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant, that could result in remote code execut

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 26, 2026

PayPal Notifies Customers of Breach That May Have Exposed Social Security Numbers

PayPal Notifies Customers of Breach That May Have Exposed Social Security Numbers

A PayPal sign at its headquarters in San Jose, Calif., on Jan. 30, 2024. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 25, 2026

The surprising complexity behind the squeak of basketball shoes on hardwood floors

The surprising complexity behind the squeak of basketball shoes on hardwood floors

As he watched the Boston Celtics play from the stands of TD Garden, one noise kept catching Adel Djellouli's ear.

Source: washingtontimes.com

Published: February 25, 2026

SLH Offers $500–$1,000 Per Call to Recruit Women for IT Help Desk Vishing Attacks

SLH Offers $500–$1,000 Per Call to Recruit Women for IT Help Desk Vishing Attacks

The notorious cybercrime collective known as Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (SLH) has been observed offering financial incentives to recruit women to pull off social engineering attacks. The idea is to hir

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Your phone is now a crime scene in your pocket

Prosecutors increasingly rely on cellphone location data, messages and cryptocurrency trails to reconstruct timelines and link suspects to crimes.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Top 5 Ways Broken Triage Increases Business Risk Instead of Reducing It

Top 5 Ways Broken Triage Increases Business Risk Instead of Reducing It

Triage is supposed to make things simpler. In a lot of teams, it does the opposite. When you can’t reach a confident verdict early, alerts turn into repeat checks, back-and-forth, and “just escalate i

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Malicious NuGet Packages Stole ASP.NET Data; npm Package Dropped Malware

Malicious NuGet Packages Stole ASP.NET Data; npm Package Dropped Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four malicious NuGet packages that are designed to target ASP.NET web application developers to steal sensitive data. The campaign, discovered by Socket, exfi

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Microsoft warns of job‑themed repo lures targeting developers with multi‑stage backdoors

Microsoft warns of job‑themed repo lures targeting developers with multi‑stage backdoors

Microsoft says it has uncovered a coordinated campaign targeting software developers through malicious repositories posing as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessments. The campaign employ

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Manual Processes Are Putting National Security at Risk

Manual Processes Are Putting National Security at Risk

Why automating sensitive data transfers is now a mission-critical priority More than half of national security organizations still rely on manual processes to transfer sensitive data, according to The

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Ukrainian convicted for helping fake North Korean IT workers

Ukrainian convicted for helping fake North Korean IT workers

A Ukrainian man has been sentenced to five years in prison after helping North Korean IT workers infiltrate American companies using stolen identities, reports Bleepingcomputer . The 39-year-old man f

Source: csoonline.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Defense Contractor Employee Jailed for Selling 8 Zero-Days to Russian Broker

Defense Contractor Employee Jailed for Selling 8 Zero-Days to Russian Broker

A 39-year-old Australian national who was previously employed at U.S. defense contractor L3Harris has been sentenced to a little over seven years in prison for selling eight zero-day exploits to Russi

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

SolarWinds Patches 4 Critical Serv-U 15.5 Flaws Allowing Root Code Execution

SolarWinds Patches 4 Critical Serv-U 15.5 Flaws Allowing Root Code Execution

SolarWinds has released updates to address four critical security flaws in its Serv-U file transfer software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The vulnerabilities

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

CISA Confirms Active Exploitation of FileZen CVE-2026-25108 Vulnerability

CISA Confirms Active Exploitation of FileZen CVE-2026-25108 Vulnerability

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Tuesday added a recently disclosed vulnerability in FileZen to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Judge Dismisses Musk’s Trade-Secret Case Against OpenAI, But Leaves Door Open to Revised Complaint

Judge Dismisses Musk’s Trade-Secret Case Against OpenAI, But Leaves Door Open to Revised Complaint

Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Building a Legacy: Remembering Charlie Kirk Memorial event at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., on Sept. 21, 2025. (Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Apple Shifts Part of Mac Mini Production From Asia to Houston

Apple Shifts Part of Mac Mini Production From Asia to Houston

President Donald Trump (L) with Apple CEO Tim Cook during an event in the Oval Office on Aug. 6, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 25, 2026

RoguePilot Flaw in GitHub Codespaces Enabled Copilot to Leak GITHUB_TOKEN

RoguePilot Flaw in GitHub Codespaces Enabled Copilot to Leak GITHUB_TOKEN

A vulnerability in GitHub Codespaces could have been exploited by bad actors to seize control of repositories by injecting malicious Copilot instructions in a GitHub issue. The artificial intelligence

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

Apple app password scam email warning

A fake Apple email about app-specific passwords claims a $2,990 PayPal charge and urges recipients to call a support number, but it is a phishing scam.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 25, 2026

UAC-0050 Targets European Financial Institution With Spoofed Domain and RMS Malware

UAC-0050 Targets European Financial Institution With Spoofed Domain and RMS Malware

A Russia-aligned threat actor has been observed targeting a European financial institution as part of a social engineering attack to likely facilitate intelligence gathering or financial theft, signal

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

China vs SpaceX in race for space AI data centers

Elon Musk argues space offers the lowest-cost artificial intelligence computing with solar power advantages, and China's main space contractor apparently agrees.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Identity Prioritization isn't a Backlog Problem - It's a Risk Math Problem

Identity Prioritization isn't a Backlog Problem - It's a Risk Math Problem

Most identity programs still prioritize work the way they prioritize IT tickets: by volume, loudness, or “what failed a control check.” That approach breaks the moment your environment stops being mos

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Lazarus Group Uses Medusa Ransomware in Middle East and U.S. Healthcare Attacks

Lazarus Group Uses Medusa Ransomware in Middle East and U.S. Healthcare Attacks

The North Korea-linked Lazarus Group (aka Diamond Sleet and Pompilus) has been observed using Medusa ransomware in an attack targeting an unnamed entity in the Middle East, according to a new report b

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

UnsolicitedBooker Targets Central Asian Telecoms With LuciDoor and MarsSnake Backdoors

UnsolicitedBooker Targets Central Asian Telecoms With LuciDoor and MarsSnake Backdoors

The threat activity cluster known as UnsolicitedBooker has been observed targeting telecommunications companies in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, marking a shift from prior attacks aimed at Saudi Arabian

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Fake Zoom meeting “update” silently installs unauthorized version of monitoring tool abused by cybercriminals to spy on victims

Fake Zoom meeting “update” silently installs unauthorized version of monitoring tool abused by cybercriminals to spy on victims

A fake Zoom meeting page looks real, triggers a bogus “update,” and silently installs a legitimate commercial monitoring product.

Source: malwarebytes.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Refund scam impersonates Avast to harvest credit card details

Refund scam impersonates Avast to harvest credit card details

A convincing fake Avast site displays a €499.99 charge and promises a refund. Instead, it harvests your name, address, and full credit card details.

Source: malwarebytes.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Anthropic Says Chinese AI Firms Used 16 Million Claude Queries to Copy Model

Anthropic Says Chinese AI Firms Used 16 Million Claude Queries to Copy Model

Anthropic on Monday said it identified "industrial-scale campaigns" mounted by three artificial intelligence (AI) companies, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax, to illegally extract Claude's capabilit

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Ex-Google Engineers Charged With Stealing Phone Processor Secrets to Send to Iran

Ex-Google Engineers Charged With Stealing Phone Processor Secrets to Send to Iran

The Google Pixel 7 Pro phone is displayed at its launch in New York City on Oct. 6, 2022. (Thomas Urbain/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 24, 2026

APT28 Targeted European Entities Using Webhook-Based Macro Malware

APT28 Targeted European Entities Using Webhook-Based Macro Malware

The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as APT28 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting specific entities in Western and Central Europe. The activity, per S2 Grupo's LAB52 thre

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Spyware can hijack your phone in seconds

ZeroDayRAT spyware compromises iPhone and Android devices to access messages, notifications, location data and live camera feeds through sophisticated surveillance techniques.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Wormable XMRig Campaign Uses BYOVD Exploit and Time-Based Logic Bomb

Wormable XMRig Campaign Uses BYOVD Exploit and Time-Based Logic Bomb

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new cryptojacking campaign that uses pirated software bundles as lures to deploy a bespoke XMRig miner program on compromised hosts. "Analysis of

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Trump's science and tech man lays out White House's global AI strategy

Exclusive interview reveals White House AI strategy: Michael Kratsios details new export program targeting developing countries with tech support.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 24, 2026

Atlanta tests driverless pod transit loop

Atlanta automated transit network becomes world's first public test of Glydways' driverless pods connecting convention center to arena starting December 2026.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 23, 2026

⚡ Weekly Recap: Double-Tap Skimmers, PromptSpy AI, 30Tbps DDoS, Docker Malware & More

⚡ Weekly Recap: Double-Tap Skimmers, PromptSpy AI, 30Tbps DDoS, Docker Malware & More

Security news rarely moves in a straight line. This week, it feels more like a series of sharp turns, some happening quietly in the background, others playing out in public view. The details are diffe

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 23, 2026

Fake Huorong security site infects users with ValleyRAT

Fake Huorong security site infects users with ValleyRAT

One extra letter in the domain is all it takes to hand over remote control of your system.

Source: malwarebytes.com

Published: February 23, 2026

How Exposed Endpoints Increase Risk Across LLM Infrastructure

How Exposed Endpoints Increase Risk Across LLM Infrastructure

As more organizations run their own Large Language Models (LLMs), they are also deploying more internal services and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) to support those models. Modern security

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 23, 2026

Malicious npm Packages Harvest Crypto Keys, CI Secrets, and API Tokens

Malicious npm Packages Harvest Crypto Keys, CI Secrets, and API Tokens

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is an active "Shai-Hulud-like" supply chain worm campaign that has leveraged a cluster of at least 19 malicious npm packages to enable credential

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 23, 2026

MuddyWater Targets MENA Organizations with GhostFetch, CHAR, and HTTP_VIP

MuddyWater Targets MENA Organizations with GhostFetch, CHAR, and HTTP_VIP

The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Earth Vetala, Mango Sandstorm, and MUDDYCOAST) has targeted several organizations and individuals mainly located across the Middle East and North Afr

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 23, 2026

Conduent data breach hits millions across multiple states

Massive ransomware attack on government contractor Conduent may have exposed data of tens of millions across multiple states including Texas and Oregon.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 22, 2026

Waymo’s cheaper robotaxi tech could help expand rides fast

Waymo unveils cheaper sixth-generation driverless technology, expanding robotaxi service to 20 new cities this year with improved sensors and reduced costs.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 22, 2026

Why a credit freeze isn’t the end of identity theft

Credit freeze after data breach? It won't stop all identity theft. Learn what gaps remain and how fraudsters bypass credit checks to steal your identity.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 22, 2026

AI dating cafes are now a real thing

People brought AI companions on real dates at a New York cafe, chatting with screens instead of humans. This AI dating event shows virtual relationships.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 22, 2026

AI-Assisted Threat Actor Compromises 600+ FortiGate Devices in 55 Countries

AI-Assisted Threat Actor Compromises 600+ FortiGate Devices in 55 Countries

A Russian-speaking, financially motivated threat actor has been observed taking advantage of commercial generative artificial intelligence (AI) services to compromise over 600 FortiGate devices locate

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 21, 2026

Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security for AI-Powered Vulnerability Scanning

Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security for AI-Powered Vulnerability Scanning

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has begun to roll out a new security feature for Claude Code that can scan a user's software codebase for vulnerabilities and suggest patches. The capabi

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 21, 2026

CISA Adds Two Actively Exploited Roundcube Flaws to KEV Catalog

CISA Adds Two Actively Exploited Roundcube Flaws to KEV Catalog

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two security flaws impacting Roundcube webmail software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing ev

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 21, 2026

EC-Council Expands AI Certification Portfolio to Strengthen U.S. AI Workforce Readiness and Security

EC-Council Expands AI Certification Portfolio to Strengthen U.S. AI Workforce Readiness and Security

With $5.5 trillion in global AI risk exposure and 700,000 U.S. workers needing reskilling, four new AI certifications and Certified CISO v4 help close the gap between AI adoption and workforce readine

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 21, 2026

The robotaxi price war has started. Here’s everything you need to know.

The robotaxi price war has started. Here’s everything you need to know.

Driverless cars report mixed safety records as Waymo logs 1,429 incidents since 2021, 117 injuries and two fatalities. The company claimed it has 80% fewer crashes than human drivers.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 21, 2026

‘Starkiller’ Phishing Service Proxies Real Login Pages, MFA

‘Starkiller’ Phishing Service Proxies Real Login Pages, MFA

Most phishing websites are little more than static copies of login pages for popular online destinations, and they are often quickly taken down by anti-abuse activists and security firms. But a stealt

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: February 21, 2026

YouTube TV billing scam emails are hitting inboxes

YouTube TV billing scam email tricks users with fake "BILLING FAILED" alerts. Jackie from New York spotted red flags despite not subscribing to the service.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 21, 2026

Fox News AI Newsletter: AI giant moves HQ to red state

The Fox News AI Newsletter covers the latest artificial intelligence technology advancements, including the challenges and opportunities now and for the future.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

BeyondTrust Flaw Used for Web Shells, Backdoors, and Data Exfiltration

BeyondTrust Flaw Used for Web Shells, Backdoors, and Data Exfiltration

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

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

Cline CLI 2.3.0 Supply Chain Attack Installed OpenClaw on Developer Systems

Cline CLI 2.3.0 Supply Chain Attack Installed OpenClaw on Developer Systems

In yet another software supply chain attack, the open-source, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cline CLI was updated to stealthily install OpenClaw, a self-hosted autonomous AI ag

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

China's robotics giant puts 200 robots to the test

Agibot stages live televised gala with over 200 humanoid robots in Shanghai, featuring synchronized dancing, martial arts and acrobatic performances.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT Malware

ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT 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 (ak

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

China’s AI Robot Spectacle Masks Harsh Commercial Realities, Experts Say

China’s AI Robot Spectacle Masks Harsh Commercial Realities, Experts Say

Xpeng’s humanoid robot speaks to reporters during a showroom tour at its headquarters in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, on Nov. 5, 2025. (Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 20, 2026

Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026

Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026

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 organizati

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

Facebook ads spread fake Windows 11 downloads that steal passwords and crypto wallets

Facebook ads spread fake Windows 11 downloads that steal passwords and crypto wallets

Attackers are weaponizing Facebook ads to distribute password-stealing malware masked as a Windows download.

Source: malwarebytes.com

Published: February 20, 2026

Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case

Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case

A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. for his role in facilitating North Korea's fraudulent information technology (IT) worker scheme. In November 202

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

FBI Reports 1,900 ATM Jackpotting Incidents Since 2020, $20M Lost in 2025

FBI Reports 1,900 ATM Jackpotting Incidents Since 2020, $20M Lost in 2025

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of an increase in ATM jackpotting incidents across the country, leading to losses of more than $20 million in 2025. The agency said 1,900 ATM

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

Former Google Engineers Indicted Over Trade Secret Transfers to Iran

Former Google Engineers Indicted Over Trade Secret Transfers to Iran

Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands have been indicted in the U.S. for allegedly committing trade secret theft from the search giant and other tech firms and transferring the informa

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

Sydney Mother Wins Court Battle With eSafety Commissioner Over ‘Queer Club’ Post

Sydney Mother Wins Court Battle With eSafety Commissioner Over ‘Queer Club’ Post

Julie Inman-Grant, Australia's eSafety Commissioner speaking at an official function to mark the start of Australia's social media ban at the prime minister's official residence, Kirrilbilli House, in

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 20, 2026

PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence

PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered what they say is the first Android malware that abuses Gemini, Google's generative artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, as part of its execution flow and ach

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

INTERPOL Operation Red Card 2.0 Arrests 651 in African Cybercrime Crackdown

INTERPOL Operation Red Card 2.0 Arrests 651 in African Cybercrime Crackdown

An international cybercrime operation against online scams has led to 651 arrests and recovered more than $4.3 million as part of an effort led by law enforcement agencies from 16 African countries. T

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

Microsoft Patches CVE-2026-26119 Privilege Escalation in Windows Admin Center

Microsoft Patches CVE-2026-26119 Privilege Escalation in Windows Admin Center

Microsoft has disclosed a now-patched security flaw in Windows Admin Center that could allow an attacker to escalate their privileges. Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based managem

Source: thehackernews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

Panera Bread data breach exposes 5.1M customers

Panera Bread confirms cybersecurity incident exposing customer contact information as class-action lawsuits are filed and hackers leak 760-megabyte archive of stolen data.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 20, 2026

AI home search could change how you buy a house

Homes.com launched Homes AI powered by Microsoft Azure OpenAI, enabling conversational home search where buyers describe preferences in plain language.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 19, 2026

5 trendy tech words shaping today's internet culture

Internet terminology explained: slop, burner accounts, shadowbans, clickbait and targeted ads. Understand how these five key terms affect your social media experience.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 19, 2026

Tax season scams 2026: Fake IRS messages stealing identities

Tax scams target Americans starting in January using personal data from brokers to create fake IRS emails and refund alerts that steal Social Security numbers.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 18, 2026

Criminals are using Zillow to plan break-ins. Here’s how to remove your home in 10 minutes.

Your home photos on Zillow could help criminals plan break-ins. Learn how burglars use real estate listing sites and get removal instructions.

Source: foxnews.com

Published: February 18, 2026

Why Your Personal Data Are Floating Around on the Darknet, Which Just Keeps Growing

Why Your Personal Data Are Floating Around on the Darknet, Which Just Keeps Growing

An undated image of a researcher at security company DBI searching the darknet at an undisclosed location. (DBI)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 14, 2026

Portugal Approves Bill Imposing Restrictions on Children Accessing Social Media

Portugal Approves Bill Imposing Restrictions on Children Accessing Social Media

A woman holds a phone displaying the TikTok app, in this file photo. (Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 14, 2026

Senator Questions Whether eSafety Crackdown Could Strain US-Australia Ties

Senator Questions Whether eSafety Crackdown Could Strain US-Australia Ties

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, on June 24, 2025. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 12, 2026

Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P

Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P

For the past week, the massive "Internet of Things" (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting the The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network design

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: February 11, 2026

Australia Puts Roblox on Notice Amid Child Grooming Claims

Australia Puts Roblox on Notice Amid Child Grooming Claims

A photo of logos of major social media platforms and companies taken in Canberra, Australia, on Nov. 7, 2024. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 11, 2026

Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition

Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six "zero-day" vulnerabilities that attackers

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: February 11, 2026

UK Children Are Acting on AI Advice at High Rates, Study Finds

UK Children Are Acting on AI Advice at High Rates, Study Finds

A teenage girl looks at her smartphone. (Geobor/Shutterstock)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 11, 2026

EU Drove Global Censorship Through Tech Platforms: House Judiciary Report

EU Drove Global Censorship Through Tech Platforms: House Judiciary Report

A woman holds a phone displaying the TikTok app on Aug. 11, 2024. (Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 06, 2026

Slovenia Becomes Next European Country to Propose Social Media Ban for Children

Slovenia Becomes Next European Country to Propose Social Media Ban for Children

A 14-year-old boy posing at his home near Gosford as he looks at social media on his mobile phone in New South Wales, Australia, on Oct. 24, 2025. (David Gray/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 06, 2026

Lawmakers, Parents Push to Make Suing Tech Firms Easier

Lawmakers, Parents Push to Make Suing Tech Firms Easier

Ranking Member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) (L), Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) (R), and other lawmakers prepare for a hearing with social media CEOs' testimonies in Was

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 06, 2026

Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters

Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters

A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even swattin

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: February 02, 2026

X Back up After Brief Outage Hits US Users, Downdetector Shows

X Back up After Brief Outage Hits US Users, Downdetector Shows

Teenagers pose for a photo while holding smartphones in front of a X logo in this illustration taken Sept. 11, 2025. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 02, 2026

More Than 1 Million AI Bots Have Joined a New AI-Only Social Network

More Than 1 Million AI Bots Have Joined a New AI-Only Social Network

A screen grab of the homepage for Moltbook.

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: February 01, 2026

iTunes Appears to Reverse Ban on Chart Topping Song Linked to One Nation Film

iTunes Appears to Reverse Ban on Chart Topping Song Linked to One Nation Film

A poster of One Nation's "A Super Progressive Movie." (Courtesy of One Nation)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 30, 2026

UK May Force Google to Allow Sites to Opt Out of AI-Powered Search Summaries

UK May Force Google to Allow Sites to Opt Out of AI-Powered Search Summaries

The Google logo outside the company's offices in London on June 24, 2025. (Carlos Jasso/Reuters)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 29, 2026

France Moves to Drop US Tech From Official Government Systems

France Moves to Drop US Tech From Official Government Systems

Logos of Big Tech companies are displayed on a tablet on Oct. 1, 2019. (Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 29, 2026

Fears New Zealand’s Proposed Telco Law May Broaden State Powers Over Encrypted Messaging

Fears New Zealand’s Proposed Telco Law May Broaden State Powers Over Encrypted Messaging

Illustration of cybersecurity in France, on Jan. 27, 2026. (Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 28, 2026

France’s Lower House Backs Social Media Ban for Kids Under 15, Phone Ban for All Schools

France’s Lower House Backs Social Media Ban for Kids Under 15, Phone Ban for All Schools

A 14-year-old boy posing at his home near Gosford as he looks at social media on his mobile phone in New South Wales, Australia, on Oct. 24, 2025. (David Gray/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 28, 2026

Texas Governor Bars State Employees From Using Shein, Temu on State-Owned Devices

Texas Governor Bars State Employees From Using Shein, Temu on State-Owned Devices

The Shein logo and its website are seen on May 16, 2024. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 27, 2026

Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet?

Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet?

The cybercriminals in control of Kimwolf -- a disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices -- recently shared a screenshot indicating they'd compromised the control panel for Badbox

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: January 26, 2026

TikTok US Deal Finalized: What to Know

TikTok US Deal Finalized: What to Know

The TikTok logo and an American flag, in a file photo. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 24, 2026

Malaysia Lifts Ban on X’s AI Chatbot Grok

Malaysia Lifts Ban on X’s AI Chatbot Grok

An illustration of generative AI chatbot Grok, in a file image. (Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 23, 2026

Microsoft Says Access to Productivity Suite Restored After Outage

Microsoft Says Access to Productivity Suite Restored After Outage

A Microsoft computer is among items displayed at a Microsoft store in suburban Boston, on Jan. 28, 2020. (Steven Senne/AP Photo)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 23, 2026

TikTok Announces Formation of US Majority-Owned Joint Venture to Prevent Ban

TikTok Announces Formation of US Majority-Owned Joint Venture to Prevent Ban

TikTok adapts to U.S. requirements by creating a company with a U.S. majority ownership, in a file photo. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 23, 2026

Philippines to End Ban on X’s AI Chatbot Grok

Philippines to End Ban on X’s AI Chatbot Grok

xAI and Grok logos, in a illustration photo on Feb. 16, 2025. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 22, 2026

Bessent Warns Taiwan Chip Reliance Risks ‘Economic Apocalypse’

Bessent Warns Taiwan Chip Reliance Risks ‘Economic Apocalypse’

An AI server assembly station is displayed at the Century Trading Corp. booth during the Semicon Taiwan exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sept. 10, 2025. (I-Hwa Cheng / AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 21, 2026

Kimwolf Botnet Lurking in Corporate, Govt. Networks

Kimwolf Botnet Lurking in Corporate, Govt. Networks

A new Internet-of-Things botnet called Kimwolf has spread to more than 2 million devices, forcing infected systems to participate in massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and to relay o

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: January 21, 2026

British PM Says ‘No Options off the Table’ as Calls Grow to Ban Social Media for Under-16s

British PM Says ‘No Options off the Table’ as Calls Grow to Ban Social Media for Under-16s

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers a speech after the signing of the declaration on deploying post-cease-fire forces in Ukraine during a summit on security guarantees for Ukraine, at the Elysee P

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 20, 2026

Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Sues His AI Company Over Sexual Deepfake Images Created by Grok

Mother of Elon Musk’s Child Sues His AI Company Over Sexual Deepfake Images Created by Grok

Illustration of the generative AI chatbot Grok in a file image. In early July, the chatbot unexpectedly produced and spread anti-Semitic posts, raising concerns about vulnerabilities in AI guardrails.

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 18, 2026

Chinese-Linked Hackers Target US Entities With Venezuelan-Themed Malware

Chinese-Linked Hackers Target US Entities With Venezuelan-Themed Malware

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 18, 2026

Japan Warns X Over Misuse of Grok AI Imagery

Japan Warns X Over Misuse of Grok AI Imagery

A screen displays examples of AI prompt-created videos, made with Xai’s Grok app, in London on Jan. 12, 2026. (Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 16, 2026

X Restricts Grok’s Image Editing Function Amid Global Concerns

X Restricts Grok’s Image Editing Function Amid Global Concerns

Illustration of generative AI chatbot Grok, in an undated file image. (Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 15, 2026

Amazon Launches EU-Only AWS Cloud, Announces Expansion Across Europe

Amazon Launches EU-Only AWS Cloud, Announces Expansion Across Europe

Attendees walk through an expo hall at AWS re:Invent 2022, a conference hosted by Amazon Web Services (AWS), in Las Vegas on Nov. 30, 2022. (Noah Berger/Reuters)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 15, 2026

Verizon Resolves Network Outage Issue That Affected Hundreds of Thousands

Verizon Resolves Network Outage Issue That Affected Hundreds of Thousands

A Verizon sign is displayed on a store in Cambridge, Mass., on Sept. 30, 2025. (Charles Krupa/AP Photo)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 15, 2026

US Gives Go-Ahead for Nvidia’s H200 Chip Sales to China

US Gives Go-Ahead for Nvidia’s H200 Chip Sales to China

The Nvidia logo at the annual Computex computer exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan, on May 30, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 14, 2026

Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition

Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition

Microsoft today issued patches to plug at least 113 security holes in its various Windows operating systems and supported software. Eight of the vulnerabilities earned Microsoft's most-dire "critical"

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: January 14, 2026

Malaysia to Take Legal Action Against X Over Use of Grok to Generate Explicit Content

Malaysia to Take Legal Action Against X Over Use of Grok to Generate Explicit Content

X owner Elon Musk and the X logo pictured on a screen. (Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 14, 2026

Trump Says He Will Speak to Musk About Restoring Internet Access in Iran​

Trump Says He Will Speak to Musk About Restoring Internet Access in Iran​

President Donald Trump in Washington on Jan. 6, 2026. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 12, 2026

Malaysia, Indonesia Block Musk’s Grok Amid Explicit Content Scrutiny

Malaysia, Indonesia Block Musk’s Grok Amid Explicit Content Scrutiny

Illustration of generative AI chatbot Grok, in an undated file image. (Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 12, 2026

Liz Truss Rejects Moves by UK, Australia, Canada to Restrict Elon Musk’s X

Liz Truss Rejects Moves by UK, Australia, Canada to Restrict Elon Musk’s X

Grok is a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbot developed by xAI, based on a large language model (LLM). It is developed at the initiative of Elon Musk in response to the rise of OpenAI’s

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 12, 2026

Accidental Death of Teen Linked to Porn Addiction Prompts Call for Internet Restrictions

Accidental Death of Teen Linked to Porn Addiction Prompts Call for Internet Restrictions

In this photo illustration, hacker types on a computer keyboard on May 13, 2025. (Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 09, 2026

CrowdStrike to Acquire SGNL to Beef Up Identity Security in Age of AI

CrowdStrike to Acquire SGNL to Beef Up Identity Security in Age of AI

The CrowdStrike logo is displayed on a cell phone and computer monitor in Los Angeles on July 19, 2024. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 09, 2026

Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets?

Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets?

Our first story of 2026 revealed how a destructive new botnet called Kimwolf rapidly grew to infect more than two million devices by mass-compromising a vast number of unofficial Android TV streaming

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: January 09, 2026

FCC Exempts Some Foreign-Made Drones From US Import Ban

FCC Exempts Some Foreign-Made Drones From US Import Ban

A drone in flight in Shenzhen, China, on July 12, 2022. (Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 08, 2026

UK, EU Demand Answers From X Over Reports Grok Generated Explicit, Child-Like Images

UK, EU Demand Answers From X Over Reports Grok Generated Explicit, Child-Like Images

(Left) X owner Elon Musk at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. (Right) The X logo pictured on a screen in Paris on July 24, 2023. (Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 07, 2026

Major Data Breaches Put Hundreds of Thousands of New Zealanders At Risk

Major Data Breaches Put Hundreds of Thousands of New Zealanders At Risk

In this photo illustration, hacker types on a computer keyboard on May 13, 2025. (Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 05, 2026

AI Spending Fuels High-Tech Growth in 2025, but a Crucial Test Lies Ahead

AI Spending Fuels High-Tech Growth in 2025, but a Crucial Test Lies Ahead

Artificial Intelligence signage at the Mobile World Congress, the world's largest mobile technology trade show, in Barcelona, Spain, on March 3, 2025. (Manaure Quintero/AFP)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 03, 2026

4,400 Starlink Satellites to Move to Lower Orbit

4,400 Starlink Satellites to Move to Lower Orbit

A batch of 60 Starlink test satellites stacked atop a Falcon 9 rocket, close to be put in orbit on May 24, 2019. (SpaceX)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: January 03, 2026

The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network

The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network

The story you are reading is a series of scoops nestled inside a far more urgent Internet-wide security advisory. The vulnerability at issue has been exploited for months already, and it's time for a

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Published: January 02, 2026

Waymo Self-Driving Cars Stopped, Blocked Roads During San Francisco Power Outage

Waymo Self-Driving Cars Stopped, Blocked Roads During San Francisco Power Outage

A customer exits a Waymo driverless taxi in San Francisco on Sept. 28, 2024. (Laure Andrillon/Reuters)

Source: theepochtimes.com

Published: December 23, 2025