Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026
The Hacker NewsFeb 20, 2026Cyber Insurance / Password Security With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers...
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Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case
Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in...
FBI Reports 1,900 ATM Jackpotting Incidents Since 2020, $20M Lost in 2025
Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Financial Crime / Banking Security The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of an increase...
Three Former Google Engineers Indicted Over Trade Secret Transfers to Iran
Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Insider Threat / Corporate Espionage Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands have been indicted...
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)...
INTERPOL Operation Red Card 2.0 Arrests 651 in African Cybercrime Crackdown
Ravie LakshmananFeb 19, 2026Financial Crime / Cybercrime An international cybercrime operation against online scams has led to 651 arrests and...
Microsoft Patches CVE-2026-26119 Privilege Escalation in Windows Admin Center
Ravie LakshmananFeb 19, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Microsoft has disclosed a now-patched security flaw in Windows Admin Center that could...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: OpenSSL RCE, Foxit 0-Days, Copilot Leak, AI Password Flaws & 20+ Stories
Ravie LakshmananFeb 19, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News The cyber threat space doesn’t pause, and this week makes that clear. New...
From Exposure to Exploitation: How AI Collapses Your Response Window
We’ve all seen this before: a developer deploys a new cloud workload and grants overly broad permissions just to keep...
Fake IPTV Apps Spread Massiv Android Malware Targeting Mobile Banking Users
Ravie LakshmananFeb 19, 2026Banking Malware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android trojan called Massiv...
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...
Citizen Lab Finds Cellebrite Tool Used on Kenyan Activist’s Phone in Police Custody
Ravie LakshmananFeb 18, 2026Mobile Security / Spyware New research from the Citizen Lab has found signs that Kenyan authorities used...
Grandstream GXP1600 VoIP Phones Exposed to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in the Grandstream GXP1600 series of VoIP phones that could allow an...
Critical Flaws Found in Four VS Code Extensions with Over 125 Million Installs
Ravie LakshmananFeb 18, 2026Vulnerability / Software Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in four popular Microsoft Visual Studio...
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...
