Infosecurity News
Over-Privileged AI Drives 4.5 Times Higher Incident Rates
Teleport study reveals that organizations running over-privileged AI have a 76% incident rate
Significant Rise in Ransomware Attacks Targeting Industrial Operations
Dragos annual report warns of a surge in ransomware attacks causing increased operational disruption in industrial environments
Infostealer Targets OpenClaw to Loot Victim’s Digital Life
Hudson Rock has warned OpenClaw users that infostealers are targeting their configuration files
Vulnerabilities in Password Managers Allow Hackers to View and Change Passwords
Security researchers have challenged end-to-end encryption claims from popular commercial password managers
SMEs Wrong to Assume They Won’t Be Hit by Cyber-Attacks, NCSC Boss Warns
NCSC’s Richard Horne has warned that cybercriminals do not care about business size and called for SMEs to act now to secure their organizations
OysterLoader Evolves With New C2 Infrastructure and Obfuscation
OysterLoader malware evolves into 2026, refining C2 infrastructure, obfuscation & infection stages
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
