Infosecurity News

Operation DoppelBrand Weaponizes Trusted Brands For Credential Theft
New phishing campaign dubbed Operation DoppelBrand targeted major financial firms like Wells Fargo

Google Warns of In the Wild Exploit as It Patches New Chrome Zero Day
A high severity vulnerability in Google Chrome and allows remote attackers to execute code

Crypto Payments to Human Traffickers Surges 85%
Chainalysis warns that online fraud is fuelling sophisticated human trafficking operations

Odido Breach Impacts Millions of Dutch Telco Users
Dutch telco Odido has revealed a major data breach impacting over six million customers

Munich Security Conference: Cyber Threats Lead G7 Risk Index, Disinformation Ranks Third
G7 countries ranked cyber-attacks as the top risk, while BICS members placed cyber threats only as the eighth most pressing risk

Fake AI Assistants in Google Chrome Web Store Steal Passwords and Spy on Emails
Hundreds of thousands of users have downloaded malicious AI extensions masquerading as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and others, warn cybersecurity researchers at LayerX

World Leaks Ransomware Group Adds Stealthy, Custom Malware ‘RustyRocket’ to Attacks
Accenture Cybersecurity warns over difficult to detect, “sophisticated toolset” being deployed as part of extortion campaigns

Nation-State Hackers Embrace Gemini AI for Malicious Campaigns, Google Finds
Google researchers found that government-backed hackers now use AI throughout the whole attack lifecycle

AI Skills Represent Dangerous New Attack Surface, Says TrendAI
New TrendAI report warns that most security tools can’t protect against attacks on AI skills artifacts

Time to Exploit Plummets as N-Day Flaws Dominate
Flashpoint warns of a dramatic drop in the average time between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation

North Korean Hackers Use Deepfake Video Calls to Target Crypto Firms
Campaign combines stolen Telegram accounts, fake Zoom calls and ClickFix attacks to deploy infostealer malware

US Court Hands Crypto Scammer 20 Years in $73m Case
A federal court has sentenced crypto-scammer Daren Li to 20 years in absentia

FIRST Forecasts Record-Breaking 50,000+ CVEs in 2026
This year should break all the records in terms of vulnerability disclosed, reaching or even surpassing 50,000 new CVEs disclosed

Microsoft Fixes Six Zero Day Vulnerability in February Patch Tuesday
Six actively exploited zero-day bug have been patched by Microsoft

Phorpiex Phishing Delivers Low-Noise Global Group Ransomware
High-volume phishing campaign delivers Phorpiex malware via malicious Windows Shortcut files

“Digital Parasite” Warning as Attackers Favor Stealth for Extortion
Picus Security warns of the increasingly sophisticated ways malicious activity is staying hidden

New Mobile Spyware ZeroDayRAT Targets Android and iOS
ZeroDayRAT is a new mobile spyware targeting Android and iOS, offering attackers persistent access

Singapore Takes Down Chinese Hackers Targeting Telco Networks
Operation Cyber Guardian was Singapore’s largest and longest running anti-cyber threat law enforcement operation

NCSC Issues Warning Over “Severe” Cyber-Attacks Targeting Critical National Infrastructure
NCSC call firms to ‘act now’ following disruptive malware attacks targeting Polish energy providers

European Governments Breached in Zero-Day Attacks Targeting Ivanti
The European Commission and government agencies in Finland and the Netherlands have suffered potentially related breaches



