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FEB28
ClawJacked Flaw Lets Malicious Sites Hijack Local OpenClaw AI Agents via WebSocket

OpenClaw has fixed a high-severity security issue that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed a malicious website to connect to a locally running artificial intelligence (AI) agent and take over control. "Our vulnerability lives in the core system itself – no plugins, no marketplace, no user-installed extensions – just the bare OpenClaw gateway, running exactly as documented," Oasis

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FEB28
Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?

In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to assemble Kimwolf, the world's largest and most disruptive botnet. Since then, the person in control of Kimwolf -- who goes by the...

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FEB28
Canadian Tire Data Breach Impacts 38 Million Accounts

Names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords were compromised in the attack. The post Canadian Tire Data Breach Impacts 38 Million Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
FEB28
Thousands of Public Google Cloud API Keys Exposed with Gemini Access After API Enablement

New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private data. The findings come from Truffle Security, which discovered nearly 3,000 Google API keys (identified by the prefix "AIza") embedded in client-side code to provide Google-related services like

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FEB27
Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute

Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a "supply chain risk." "This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two exceptions we requested to the lawful use of our AI model, Claude: the mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons," the

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FEB27
Trump Orders All Federal Agencies to Phase Out Use of Anthropic Technology

OpenAI and Google, along with Elon Musk’s xAI, also have contracts to supply their AI models to the military. The post Trump Orders All Federal Agencies to Phase Out Use of Anthropic Technology appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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FEB27
DoJ Seizes $61 Million in Tether Linked to Pig Butchering Crypto Scams

The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) this week announced the seizure of $61 million worth of Tether that were allegedly associated with bogus cryptocurrency schemes known as pig butchering. The confiscated funds were traced to cryptocurrency addresses used for the laundering of criminally derived proceeds stolen from victims of cryptocurrency investment scams, the department added. "Criminal

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FEB27
900+ Sangoma FreePBX Instances Compromised in Ongoing Web Shell Attacks

The Shadowserver Foundation has revealed that over 900 Sangoma FreePBX instances still remain infected with web shells as part of attacks that exploited a command injection vulnerability starting in December 2025. Of these, 401 instances are located in the U.S., followed by 51 in Brazil, 43 in Canada, 40 in Germany, and 36 in France. The non-profit entity said the compromises are likely

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FEB27
Malicious Go Crypto Module Steals Passwords, Deploys Rekoobe Backdoor

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a malicious Go module that's designed to harvest passwords, create persistent access via SSH, and deliver a Linux backdoor named Rekoobe. The Go module, github[.]com/xinfeisoft/crypto, impersonates the legitimate "golang.org/x/crypto" codebase, but injects malicious code that's responsible for exfiltrating secrets entered via terminal password

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FEB27
In Other News: ATT&CK Advisory Council, Russian Cyberattacks Aid Missile Strikes, Predator Bypasses iOS Indicators

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: cyber valuations surge, OpenAI disrupts malicious AI use, ShinyHunters claims Odido breach. The post In Other News: ATT&CK Advisory Council, Russian Cyberattacks Aid Missile Strikes, Predator Bypasses iOS Indicators appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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FEB27
38 Million Allegedly Impacted by ManoMano Data Breach

Hackers stole personal information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, and other information. The post 38 Million Allegedly Impacted by ManoMano Data Breach appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
FEB27
900 Sangoma FreePBX Instances Infected With Web Shells

The attacks exploited a post-authentication command injection vulnerability in the endpoint manager’s interface. The post 900 Sangoma FreePBX Instances Infected With Web Shells appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
FEB27
ScarCruft Uses Zoho WorkDrive and USB Malware to Breach Air-Gapped Networks

The North Korean threat actor known as ScarCruft has been attributed to a fresh set of tools, including a backdoor that uses Zoho WorkDrive for command-and-control (C2) communications to fetch more payloads and an implant that uses removable media to relay commands and breach air-gapped networks. The campaign, codenamed Ruby Jumper by Zscaler ThreatLabz, involves the deployment of malware

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FEB27
Chilean Carding Shop Operator Extradited to US

The 24-year-old suspect has been accused of trafficking over 26,000 cards from a single brand. The post Chilean Carding Shop Operator Extradited to US appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
FEB27
Anthropic Refuses to Bend to Pentagon on AI Safeguards as Dispute Nears Deadline

Anthropic said it sought narrow assurances from the Pentagon that Claude won’t be used for mass surveillance of Americans or in fully autonomous weapons. The post Anthropic Refuses to Bend to Pentagon on AI Safeguards as Dispute Nears Deadline appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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