Attackers keep finding the same gaps in security programs
Attackers keep getting in, often through the same predictable weak spots: identity systems, third-party access, and poorly secured perimeter devices. A new threat report from…
Month: February 2026
OpenAI Launches EVMbench to Detect, Patch, and Exploit Vulnerabilities in Blockchain Environments
OpenAI EVMbench OpenAI, in collaboration with crypto investment firm Paradigm, has introduced EVMbench, a new benchmark designed to evaluate the ability of AI agents to…
Telstra say AI cost-benefits need close examination
Telstra is monitoring its AI investments closely to ensure that the costs don’t start to outweigh the benefits, as it reported a solid result for…
Guardian Penetration Testing Tool Leverages Gemini, GPT-4 With 19 Security Tools Including Nmap and others
Guardian AI-Penetration Testing Tool A new open-source framework is reshaping how security professionals approach penetration testing by placing multiple large language models directly at the…
Hackers Can Leverage Grok and Copilot for Stealthy Malware Communication and Control
Grok and Copilot for Malware Communication A novel attack technique that repurposes mainstream AI assistants, specifically xAI’s Grok and Microsoft Copilot, as covert command-and-control (C2)…
Critical infrastructure compliance upgrades highlight greater physical security needs for key electricity, AI, and data assets
Smart electricity grids supporting vital AI, data centres and national infrastructure require new physical and cyber security standards to address increasingly distributed threats as Australia…
Nigerian man sentenced to 8 years in prison for running phony tax refund scheme
A 37-year-old Nigerian man was sentenced to eight years in prison for participating in a five-year cybercrime spree to steal money from the U.S. government…
NBN Co defends satellite share as Amazon Leo trials near
NBN Co has moved aggressively to retain share of the broadband satellite market as it moves to start to offering services on Amazon’s faster low…
French Ministry confirms data access to 1.2 Million bank accounts
French Ministry confirms data access to 1.2 Million bank accounts Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2026 A hacker accessed data from 1.2 million French bank accounts…
Cisco and Qunnect build quantum network
Cisco Systems and startup Qunnect said they have built and operated a quantum network between Brooklyn and Manhattan in New York which sends signals over…
Critical infra Honeywell CCTVs vulnerable to auth bypass flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of a critical vulnerability in multiple Honeywell CCTV products that allows unauthorized access to feeds…
ClickFix Abuses Legitimate Homebrew Workflow to Deploy Cuckoo Stealer on macOS for Credential Harvesting
A sophisticated social engineering campaign is targeting macOS developers through fake Homebrew installation pages that deploy Cuckoo Stealer, a comprehensive credential-harvesting malware. The attack leverages…