> TODAY'S SUMMARY (7 articles)
Today's cyber news highlights several key threats and trends. Hackers are increasingly targeting AI systems, as demonstrated by a recent incident where credentials were stolen, leading to $740,000 in unauthorized compute usage for a cloud provider. Microsoft researchers revealed vulnerabilities in AI models, showing that attackers can create backdoors by manipulating just a few neurons. Additionally, recent updates for Slackware address critical security issues, including remote code execution and memory errors in their httpd and Git packages. The ongoing risk of vehicle hacking is underscored by a podcast discussing how attackers can gain control over car systems. As cyber threats evolve, organizations must prioritize robust security measures against these emerging vulnerabilities.
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Fraud campaign exploiting Indonesia’s Coretax resulted in $1.5m to $2m in losses via malicious apps
Several security issues were fixed in the Linux kernel.
Abstract Security today added a modular security information and event management (SIEM) platform to its portfolio that also makes use of artificial intelligence (AI) to surface threats in near real time. Company CEO Colby DeRodeff said the AI-Gen Composable SIEM enables cybersecurity teams to cont...
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Dell RecoverPoint and GitLab flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)Â added Dell RecoverPoint and GitLab flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)...
Infostealer dumps increasingly tie stolen credentials to real identities, linking usernames, cookies, and behavior across personal and enterprise accounts. Specops explains how analyzing 90,000 dumps shows reuse fuels enterprise risk and how continuous AD scanning disrupts that cycle. [...]
Ravenna Hub, which lets parents apply and track the status of their kids' applications across thousands of schools, allowed any logged-in user to access the personally identifiable data associated with any other user, including their children.
The Ministry of Economy reported discovering unauthorized access to the national bank account registry FICOBA.
The post French Government Says 1.2 Million Bank Accounts Exposed in Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.
The government of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma is being extorted by cybercriminals after a ransomware attack shut down its schools and critical systems in January.
Simbian announced the launch of the Simbian AI Pentest Agent, a new solution designed to provide enterprises with ongoing, on-demand penetration testing. Simbian’s AI Pentest Agent is the first automated penetration testing solution to incorporate business context, ensuring that findings are focused...
Poland’s military leadership has decided that cars manufactured in the People’s Republic of China will no longer cross the gates of sensitive military bases. The decision follows a risk analysis focused on the growing integration of digital systems in cars and the potential for uncontrolled acquisit...
The Tidal Cyber 2025 Threat-Led Defense Report represents a groundbreaking shift in cybersecurity analysis by placing real adversary behavior at the forefront of defense strategies. Read the Full Report, or an overview of our findings below.
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A spokesperson for the French government said potentially 1.2 million accounts were impacted by the incident.
Evaluate bot & agent trust management software with this 7-capability checklist: visibility, trust scoring, intent detection, MCP protection, and more.
The post What to Look For in Bot & Agent Trust Management Software: 7 Key Capabilities appeared first on Security Boulevard.
AI-generated passwords are "highly predictable" and aren’t truly random, making them easier for cybercriminals to crack.
In late January 2026, a malicious intruder accessed France’s national bank account registry, FICOBA, enabling them to view information tied to 1.2 million accounts, the Ministry of the Economy and Finance disclosed on Wednesday. TV5 Monde reported that the perpetrator (or perpetrators) obtained logi...
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. Toge...
Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel.
An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system.
This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems:
- Nios II architecture;
- Sun Sparc architecture;
- User-Mode Linux (UML);
- x86 architecture;
- Block layer s...
300 million children are affected by tech-facilitated abuse each year—Paul Gullon-Scott examines what Childlight’s Into the Light Index 2025 findings mean for digital forensic investigators on the frontline of CSAM cases.
Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 19th February 2026, CyberNewswire
The post AI Under Control: Link11 Launches AI Management Dashboard for Clean Traffic appeared first on Security Boulevard.
A Nigerian national was sentenced to eight years in prison for hacking multiple tax preparation firms in Massachusetts and filing fraudulent tax returns seeking over $8.1 million in refunds. [...]