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…
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)…
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…
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 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 Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2026 A hacker accessed data from 1.2 million French bank accounts…
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…
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…
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…
An Indian university has been asked to vacate its stall at the country’s flagship AI summit after a staff member was caught presenting a commercially…
Notepad++ patches flaw used to hijack update system Pierluigi Paganini February 18, 2026 Notepad++ patched a vulnerability that attackers used to hijack its update system…
AI assistants like Grok and Microsoft Copilot with web browsing and URL-fetching capabilities can be abused to intermediate command-and-control (C2) activity. Researchers at cybersecurity company…
