Category: TheHackerNews

EC-Council Expands AI Certification Portfolio to Strengthen U.S. AI Workforce Readiness and Security
21
Feb
2026

EC-Council Expands AI Certification Portfolio to Strengthen U.S. AI Workforce Readiness and Security

With $5.5 trillion in global AI risk exposure and 700,000 U.S. workers needing reskilling, four new AI certifications and Certified…

CISA Adds Two Actively Exploited Roundcube Flaws to KEV Catalog
21
Feb
2026

CISA Adds Two Actively Exploited Roundcube Flaws to KEV Catalog

Ravie LakshmananFeb 21, 2026Vulnerability / Patch Management The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two security…

AI-Powered Vulnerability Scanning
21
Feb
2026

Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security for AI-Powered Vulnerability Scanning

Ravie LakshmananFeb 21, 2026Artificial Intelligence / DevSecOps Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has begun to roll out a new security…

BeyondTrust Flaw Used for Web Shells, Backdoors, and Data Exfiltration
20
Feb
2026

BeyondTrust Flaw Used for Web Shells, Backdoors, and Data Exfiltration

Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Vulnerability / Cyber Attack Threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting…

Cline CLI 2.3.0 Supply Chain Attack Installed OpenClaw on Developer Systems
20
Feb
2026

Cline CLI 2.3.0 Supply Chain Attack Installed OpenClaw on Developer Systems

In yet another software supply chain attack, the open-source, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cline CLI was updated to stealthily…

ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT RAT
20
Feb
2026

ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT RAT

Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ClickFix campaign that abuses compromised…

Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case
20
Feb
2026

Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case

Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in…

The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026
20
Feb
2026

The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026

The Hacker NewsFeb 20, 2026Cyber Insurance / Password Security With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers…

FBI Reports 1,900 ATM Jackpotting Incidents Since 2020, $20M Lost in 2025
20
Feb
2026

FBI Reports 1,900 ATM Jackpotting Incidents Since 2020, $20M Lost in 2025

Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Financial Crime / Banking Security The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of an increase…

Three Former Google Engineers Indicted Over Trade Secret Transfers to Iran
20
Feb
2026

Three Former Google Engineers Indicted Over Trade Secret Transfers to Iran

Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Insider Threat / Corporate Espionage Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands have been indicted…

Microsoft Patches CVE-2026-26119 Privilege Escalation in Windows Admin Center
19
Feb
2026

Microsoft Patches CVE-2026-26119 Privilege Escalation in Windows Admin Center

Ravie LakshmananFeb 19, 2026Vulnerability / Network Security Microsoft has disclosed a now-patched security flaw in Windows Admin Center that could…

INTERPOL Operation Red Card 2.0 Arrests 651 in African Cybercrime Crackdown
19
Feb
2026

INTERPOL Operation Red Card 2.0 Arrests 651 in African Cybercrime Crackdown

Ravie LakshmananFeb 19, 2026Financial Crime / Cybercrime An international cybercrime operation against online scams has led to 651 arrests and…