APT Hackers Abuse Trusted Edge Services to Stealthily Deploy Malware
APT activity across APAC is rising rapidly as geopolitical tensions continue to grow, and defenders are seeing more advanced tradecraft aimed at long-term access. Taiwan…
Month: February 2026
Mystery Optus mobile glitch impacts over 100,000 users
Optus is still trying to determine the cause of a mobile service outage that is understood to have impacted over 100,000 customers. An Optus spokesperson…
New research: 3 big challenges facing security teams (and how to overcome them)
A new report from Tines shows 99% of SOCs are now using AI, yet manual workloads continue to impact teams and cause burnout. Why is…
European Commission discloses breach that exposed staff data
The European Commission is investigating a breach after finding evidence that its mobile device management platform was hacked. The Commission said on Friday that it…
Vortex Werewolf Attacking Organizations to Gain Tor-Enabled Remote Access Over the RDP, SMB, SFTP, and SSH Protocols
A new cyber espionage cluster has recently emerged, focusing its aggressive targeting on Russian government and defense organizations. Active since at least December 2025, the…
Vortex Werewolf Targets Organizations With Tor-Enabled RDP, SMB, SFTP, and SSH Backdoors
A threat cluster tracked as “Vortex Werewolf” (also known as SkyCloak) has been observed targeting Russian government and defense organizations. The attack begins not with…
TeamPCP Worm Exploits Cloud Infrastructure to Build Criminal Infrastructure
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a “massive campaign” that has systematically targeted cloud native environments to set up malicious infrastructure for follow-on exploitation. The…
FIIG penalised $2.5m for cyber security failures
Australia’s securities and investment commission (ASIC) has succeeded in its application for FIIG Securities to be penalised for a large-scale data breach in 2023 that…
Romania’s national oil pipeline firm Conpet reports cyberattack
Romania’s national oil pipeline firm Conpet reports cyberattack Pierluigi Paganini February 09, 2026 Romania’s national oil pipeline operator Conpet said a cyberattack disrupted its business…
Ransomware Detection With Windows Minifilter by Intercepting File Filter and Change Events
Ransomware Detection With Windows Minifilter Ransomware continues to be the most financially damaging type of cyberattack affecting organizations around the world. One of the most…
Critical Fortinet FortiClient EMS Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution
A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in Fortinet’s FortiClient EMS (Endpoint Management Server), potentially exposing organizations to remote code execution attacks. The flaw, tracked…
BeyondTrust Fixes Critical Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability in Remote Support and PRA
Ravie LakshmananFeb 09, 2026Enterprise Security / Network Security BeyondTrust has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote…