My Day Getting My Hands Dirty with an NDR System
My objective The role of NDR in SOC workflows Starting up the NDR system How AI complements the human response What else did I try…
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SmartLoader Attack Uses Trojanized Oura MCP Server to Deploy StealC Infostealer
Ravie LakshmananFeb 17, 2026Infostealer / Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new SmartLoader campaign that involves distributing a trojanized version of a…
How Modern SOC Teams Use AI and Context to Investigate Cloud Breaches Faster
The Hacker NewsFeb 17, 2026Cloud Security / Digital Forensics Cloud attacks move fast — faster than most incident response teams. In data centers, investigations had…
Microsoft Finds “Summarize with AI” Prompts Manipulating Chatbot Recommendations
Ravie LakshmananFeb 17, 2026Enterprise Security / Artificial Intelligence New research from Microsoft has revealed that legitimate businesses are gaming artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots via the…
Apple Tests End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging in iOS 26.4 Developer Beta
Ravie LakshmananFeb 17, 2026Encryption / Mobile Security Apple on Monday released a new developer beta of iOS and iPadOS with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE)…
Study Uncovers 25 Password Recovery Attacks in Major Cloud Password Managers
Ravie LakshmananFeb 16, 2026Vulnerability / Encryption A new study has found that multiple cloud-based password managers, including Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass, are susceptible to password…
Infostealer Steals OpenClaw AI Agent Configuration Files and Gateway Tokens
Ravie LakshmananFeb 16, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers disclosed they have detected a case of an information stealer infection successfully exfiltrating a victim’s…
How Lithuania Is Bracing for AI‑Driven Cyber Fraud
Presentation of the KTU Consortium Mission ‘A Safe and Inclusive Digital Society’ at the Innovation Agency event ‘Innovation Breakfast: How Mission-Oriented Science and Innovation Programmes…
New ZeroDayRAT Mobile Spyware Enables Real-Time Surveillance and Data Theft
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new mobile spyware platform dubbed ZeroDayRAT that’s being advertised on Telegram as a way to grab sensitive data…
New Chrome Zero-Day (CVE-2026-2441) Under Active Attack — Patch Released
Ravie LakshmananFeb 16, 2026Zero-Day / Browser Security Google on Friday released security updates for its Chrome browser to address a security flaw that it said…
Microsoft Discloses DNS-Based ClickFix Attack Using Nslookup for Malware Staging
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new version of the ClickFix social engineering tactic in which the attackers trick unsuspecting users into running commands that…
Google Links China, Iran, Russia, North Korea to Coordinated Defense Sector Cyber Operations
Ravie LakshmananFeb 13, 2026Malware / Critical Infrastructure Several state-sponsored actors, hacktivist entities, and criminal groups from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have trained their…