Men sentenced to 8 years in $1.3 million computer intrusion and tax fraud scheme
Matthew A. Akande, a Nigerian national, was sentenced by a U.S. District Court to eight years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release,…
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Meta patents AI that could keep you posting from beyond the grave
Tech bros have been wanting to become immortal for years. Until they get there, their fallback might be continuing to post nonsense on social media…
The Caracas operation suggests cyber was part of the plan – just not the whole operation
The dominant narrative has framed the Jan. 3 Caracas power outage during the mission to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro as a “precision cyberattack.” But…
Police arrests 651 suspects in African cybercrime crackdown
African law enforcement agencies arrested 651 suspects and recovered over $4.3 million in a joint operation targeting investment fraud, mobile money scams, and fake loan…
Hackers Leveraging Emoji Code to Hide Malicious Code and Evade Security Detections
Threat actors have begun using an obfuscation technique called emoji smuggling to hide malicious code from security systems. This attack method exploits Unicode encoding and…
Researchers Uncover DoS Vulnerabilities in Socomec DIRIS M-70 IIoT Power Meter via Thread Emulation & Fuzzing
Selective thread emulation and coverage-guided fuzzing have exposed six denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerabilities in the Socomec DIRIS M-70 IIoT power-monitoring gateway, all of which are now…
UK sounds alarm on rising cyber risks to businesses
The UK government launched a national campaign urging businesses to strengthen basic cyber defenses. The initiative follows new figures highlighting the scale of the threat.…
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…
India AI Impact Summit begins
The fourth global Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit has begun in India under the banner of “bringing the world together”, marking the first time the event…
Irish regulator probes X after Grok allegedly generated sexual images of children
Irish regulator probes X after Grok allegedly generated sexual images of children Pierluigi Paganini February 19, 2026 Ireland’s Data Protection Commission opened a probe into…
New ‘Massiv’ Android banking malware poses as an IPTV app
A new Android banking malware, which researchers named Massiv, is posing as an IPTV app to steal digital identities and access online banking accounts. The…
Critical Authentication Bypass in better-auth API Keys Plugin Allows Unauthenticated Account Takeover
Authentication Bypass better-auth API Keys A critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the better-auth API keys plugin allows unauthenticated attackers to mint privileged API keys for…