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 the U.S. for his role…
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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 and regulators are placing far…
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 in the U.S. for allegedly…
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 allow an attacker to escalate…
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 recovered more than $4.3 million…
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) chatbot, as part of its…
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 the sprint moving. An engineer…
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 that’s designed to facilitate device…
CRESCENTHARVEST Campaign Targets Iran Protest Supporters With RAT Malware
Ravie LakshmananFeb 19, 2026Cyber Espionage / Data Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed CRESCENTHARVEST, likely targeting supporters of Iran’s ongoing…
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 a commercial forensic extraction tool…
Grandstream GXP1600 VoIP Phones Exposed to Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution
Ravie LakshmananFeb 18, 2026Network Security / Enterprise Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical security flaw in the Grandstream GXP1600 series of VoIP phones that…
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 adjusted course to reach safe…