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Depthfirst Raises $80 Million in Series B Funding

The startup will expand its AI research team, train additional security models, and scale enterprise adoption. The post Depthfirst Raises $80 Million in Series B Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
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Toy Giant Hasbro Hit by Cyberattack

The company is investigating the full scope of the incident, including whether any files have been compromised. The post Toy Giant Hasbro Hit by Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
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New DeepLoad Malware Dropped in ClickFix Attacks

The malware steals credentials, installs a malicious browser extension, and can spread via USB drives. The post New DeepLoad Malware Dropped in ClickFix Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
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Exploited Zero-Day Among 21 Vulnerabilities Patched in Chrome

Google has announced fixes for CVE-2026-5281, a zero-day affecting Chrome’s Dawn component. The post Exploited Zero-Day Among 21 Vulnerabilities Patched in Chrome appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
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Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass

Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection chain for establishing persistence and enabling remote access. It's currently not known what lures the threat actors use to trick users into

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FBI Warns of Data Security Risks From China-Made Mobile Apps

The agency has not named the problematic foreign-made applications, but TikTok and Temu come to mind. The post FBI Warns of Data Security Risks From China-Made Mobile Apps appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs
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US Charges Uranium Crypto Exchange Hacker

Jonathan Spalletta exploited smart contract vulnerabilities to steal approximately $55 million in cryptocurrency and cause Uranium to shut down. The post US Charges Uranium Crypto Exchange Hacker appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
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Webinar Today: Agentic AI vs. Identity’s Last Mile Problem

Join the webcast as we explore what Agentic AI can and cannot solve today, and real world breach scenarios linked to disconnected applications. The post Webinar Today: Agentic AI vs. Identity’s Last Mile Problem appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Block the Prompt, Not the Work: The End of "Doctor No"

There is a character that keeps appearing in enterprise security departments, and most CISOs know exactly who that is. It doesn’t build. It doesn’t enable. Its entire function is to say "No." No to ChatGPT. No to DeepSeek. No to the file-sharing tool the product team swears by. For years, this looked like security. But in 2026, "Doctor No" is no longer just a management headache &

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Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures

A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro (aka Metamorfo) via another malware called Horabot. The activity has been attributed to a Brazilian cybercrime threat actor tracked as Augmented Marauder and Water Saci. The e-crime group was first documented by Trend Micro in

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New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released

Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address 21 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a use-after-free bug in Dawn, an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard. "Use-after-free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior

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3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)

For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next. Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate admin utilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, and persist without raising alarms. Most

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Axios NPM Package Breached in North Korean Supply Chain Attack

A long-lived NPM access token was used to bypass the GitHub Actions OIDC-based CI/CD publishing workflow and push backdoored package versions. The post Axios NPM Package Breached in North Korean Supply Chain Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Ionut Arghire
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Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Google has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to a financially motivated North Korean threat activity cluster tracked as UNC1069. "We have attributed the attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor we track as UNC1069," John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), told The Hacker News in a statement. "North Korean

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Google Addresses Vertex Security Issues After Researchers Weaponize AI Agents

Palo Alto Networks has disclosed the details of its analysis of Google Cloud Platform’s Vertex AI. The post Google Addresses Vertex Security Issues After Researchers Weaponize AI Agents appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Security Week by Eduard Kovacs