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FEB16
Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany Fined $25 Million in South Korea After Data Breaches

Luxury brands were among the dozens of major companies whose Salesforce instances were targeted by Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters. The post Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany Fined $25 Million in South Korea After Data Breaches appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
FEB16
Android 17 Beta Strengthens Secure-by-Default Design for Privacy and App Security

The latest Android version continues to improve security and privacy, according to its developers. The post Android 17 Beta Strengthens Secure-by-Default Design for Privacy and App Security appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
FEB16
CISA Navigates DHS Shutdown With Reduced Staff

CISA is currently operating at roughly 38% capacity (888 out of 2,341 staff) due to the DHS shutdown that began February 14, 2026. The post CISA Navigates DHS Shutdown With Reduced Staff appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Kevin Townsend
FEB16
Weekly Recap: Outlook Add-Ins Hijack, 0-Day Patches, Wormable Botnet & AI Malware

This week’s recap shows how small gaps are turning into big entry points. Not always through new exploits, often through tools, add-ons, cloud setups, or workflows that people already trust and rarely question. Another signal: attackers are mixing old and new methods. Legacy botnet tactics, modern cloud abuse, AI assistance, and supply-chain exposure are being used side by side, whichever path

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FEB16
Microsoft Warns of ClickFix Attack Abusing DNS Lookups

Attackers are using DNS requests to deliver a RAT named ModeloRAT to targeted users. The post Microsoft Warns of ClickFix Attack Abusing DNS Lookups appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
FEB16
Safe and Inclusive E‑Society: 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 Will Address Societal Challenges’. Technologies are evolving fast, reshaping economies, governance, and daily life. Yet, as innovation accelerates, so do digital risks. Technological change is no longer

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FEB16
Amazon Scraps Partnership With Surveillance Company After Super Bowl Ad Backlash

Amazon’s smart doorbell maker Ring has terminated a partnership with police surveillance tech company Flock Safety. The post Amazon Scraps Partnership With Surveillance Company After Super Bowl Ad Backlash appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Associated Press
FEB16
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 and facilitate real-time surveillance on Android and iOS devices. "The developer runs dedicated channels for sales, customer support, and regular updates, giving buyers a single point of access to a fully operational spyware

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FEB16
Google Patches First Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day of 2026

A Chrome 145 update fixes CVE-2026-2441, a vulnerability that can likely be exploited for arbitrary code execution. The post Google Patches First Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day of 2026 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
FEB16
New Chrome Zero-Day (CVE-2026-2441) Under Active Attack — Patch Released

Google on Friday released security updates for its Chrome browser to address a security flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-2441 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been described as a use-after-free bug in CSS. Security researcher Shaheen Fazim has been credited with discovering and reporting the shortcoming on February 11, 2026. "Use after

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FEB15
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 carry out a Domain Name System (DNS) lookup to retrieve the next-stage payload. Specifically, the attack relies on using the "nslookup" (short for nameserver lookup) command to execute a custom DNS lookup triggered via the Windows

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FEB14
Over 300 Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Leaking or Stealing User Data

With more than 37 million combined downloads, the extensions expose users to tracking and personal information theft. The post Over 300 Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Leaking or Stealing User Data appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
FEB13
Google Ties Suspected Russian Actor to CANFAIL Malware Attacks on Ukrainian Orgs

A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations with malware known as CANFAIL. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) described the hacking group as possibly affiliated with Russian intelligence services. The threat actor is assessed to have targeted defense, military, government, and energy organizations within the Ukrainian regional and

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FEB13
Google Links China, Iran, Russia, North Korea to Coordinated Defense Sector Cyber Operations

Several state-sponsored actors, hacktivist entities, and criminal groups from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have trained their sights on the defense industrial base (DIB) sector, according to findings from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The tech giant's threat intelligence division said the adversarial targeting of the sector is centered around four key themes: striking defense

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FEB13
UAT-9921 Deploys VoidLink Malware to Target Technology and Financial Sectors

A previously unknown threat actor tracked as UAT-9921 has been observed leveraging a new modular framework called VoidLink in its campaigns targeting the technology and financial services sectors, according to findings from Cisco Talos. "This threat actor seems to have been active since 2019, although they have not necessarily used VoidLink over the duration of their activity," researchers Nick

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