Zenity security researchers ran a controlled influence campaign to see how active AI agents are on the much-hyped Moltbook and whether they could be manipulated through the platform’s functions. What they found was that its scale doesn’t match what’s advertised…
Zero-Day in Dell RecoverPoint Enables GRIMBOLT Backdoor
A Dell RecoverPoint zero-day has been exploited to deploy GRIMBOLT malware and pivot into VMware environments. The post Zero-Day in Dell RecoverPoint Enables GRIMBOLT Backdoor appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article has been indexed from eSecurity Planet Read the…
ShinyHunters allegedly drove off with 1.7M CarGurus records
Latest in a rash of grab-and-leak data incidents CarGurus allegedly suffered a data breach with 1.7 million corporate records stolen, according to a notorious cybercrime crew that posted the online vehicle marketplace on its leak site on Wednesday.… This article has…
Notepad++ patches flaw used to hijack update system
Notepad++ patched a vulnerability that attackers used to hijack its update system and deliver malware to targeted users. Notepad++ fixed a vulnerability that allowed a China-linked APT group to hijack its update mechanism and selectively push malware to chosen targets.…
Fake CAPTCHA (ClickFix) Attack Chain Leads to Enterprise‑Wide Malware Infection in Organisations
A sophisticated cyberattack campaign leveraging “ClickFix” social engineering has emerged, posing a severe threat to enterprise networks globally. These massive campaigns, which trick users into executing malicious code under the guise of resolving a fake technical error, have become increasingly…
Critical Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Exploited in The Wild Targeting Corporate Networks
Two critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) have emerged as a major threat to enterprise networks, with active exploitation campaigns targeting corporate infrastructure across multiple countries. The vulnerabilities, identified as CVE-2026-1281 and CVE-2026-1340, enable unauthenticated attackers to…
Cryptocurrency Scams Target Asia, Combining Malvertising and Pig Butchering with Losses Up to ¥10 Million
A sophisticated cryptocurrency scam campaign is currently targeting users across Asia, with a heavy and specific focus on Japan. This operation uniquely combines two distinct fraud models into a single, highly effective attack vector: malvertising and “pig butchering.” By blending…
NDSS 2025 – Try to Poison My Deep Learning Data? Nowhere To Hide Your Trajectory Spectrum!
Session 12D: ML Backdoors Authors, Creators & Presenters: Yansong Gao (The University of Western Australia), Huaibing Peng (Nanjing University of Science and Technology), Hua Ma (CSIRO’s Data61), Zhi Zhang (The University of Western Australia), Shuo Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University),…
Microsoft Patches Security Flaw That Exposed Confidential Emails to AI
Microsoft Corp. confirmed it is addressing a significant security lapse that allowed its Copilot AI to bypass privacy protections and summarize users’ confidential emails without authorization. The bug, which has persisted since late January, effectively ignored data loss prevention (DLP)…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-18 21h : 4 posts
4 posts were published in the last hour 19:34 : The Lock, Not the Alarm: How Palo Alto’s Koi Acquisition Rewrites Endpoint Security 19:22 : How to evaluate NGFW products to strengthen cybersecurity 19:22 : XSS Bug in VS Code…
The Lock, Not the Alarm: How Palo Alto’s Koi Acquisition Rewrites Endpoint Security
The acquisition of Koi Security isn’t just a product play — it’s a declaration that the agentic era has created an entirely new threat surface, and the vendor who governs it first will own the next decade of enterprise security.…
How to evaluate NGFW products to strengthen cybersecurity
<p>For years, organizations have relied on traditional firewalls as their first and best line of defense against unauthorized access to their systems. The threat landscape, however, has changed dramatically. Hybrid working models, SaaS platforms and cloud data have blurred the…
XSS Bug in VS Code Extension Exposed Local Files
An XSS flaw in the VS Code Live Preview extension exposed developers’ local files and credentials through the localhost server. The post XSS Bug in VS Code Extension Exposed Local Files appeared first on eSecurity Planet. This article has been…
CISA Adds Two Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
CISA has added two new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2021-22175 GitLab Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability CVE-2026-22769 Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VMs) Use of Hard-coded Credentials Vulnerability These types…
From Clawdbot to OpenClaw: Practical Lessons in Building Secure Agents
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Why CEOs’ AI Hype Really Isn’t Landing with Employees
Read about the disconnect between CEO enthusiasm for AI and employee perception of its value, and learn how to build communication that moves adoption forward. This article has been indexed from Blog Read the original article: Why CEOs’ AI Hype…
Firebase Misconfiguration Exposes 300M Messages From Chat & Ask AI Users
A technical mistake in the popular Chat & Ask AI app has left 300 million private messages from 25 million users exposed online. Discover what happened and how you can protect your personal data when using AI chatbots. This article…
Fraudster hacked hotel system, paid 1 cent for luxury rooms, Spanish cops say
‘First time we have detected a crime using this method,’ cops say Spanish police arrested a hacker who allegedly manipulated a hotel booking website, allowing him to pay one cent for luxury hotel stays. He also raided the mini-bars and…
Data breach at fintech giant Figure affects close to a million customers
The Figure data breach allowed hackers to steal customer names, dates of birth, physical addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Data breach at fintech giant Figure…
Malware Campaign Delivers Remote Access Backdoor and Fake MetaMask Wallet to Steal Cryptocurrency Funds
North Korean threat actors have launched a sophisticated attack campaign targeting IT professionals in cryptocurrency, Web3, and artificial intelligence sectors. The ongoing operation, known as Contagious Interview, deploys remote access backdoors alongside trojanized MetaMask wallet extensions designed to steal digital…
Microsoft 365 Exchange URL Filtering Update Quarantines Legitimate Emails as Phishing
A faulty URL filtering rule update in Microsoft Exchange Online triggered a widespread false-positive storm beginning February 9, 2026, causing legitimate email messages to be incorrectly flagged as phishing and quarantined, disrupting email workflows for organizations globally. Microsoft tracked the…
Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaw Allows AI Assistant to Summarize Sensitive Emails
A security flaw in Microsoft 365 Copilot is causing the AI assistant to incorrectly summarize email messages protected by confidentiality sensitivity labels, bypassing configured Data Loss Prevention (DLP) policies dxposing potentially sensitive organizational data to unauthorized AI processing. The issue,…
ClickFix Abuses Legitimate Homebrew Workflow to Deploy Cuckoo Stealer on macOS for Credential Harvesting
A sophisticated social engineering campaign is targeting macOS developers through fake Homebrew installation pages that deploy Cuckoo Stealer, a comprehensive credential-harvesting malware. The attack leverages the ClickFix technique, which tricks users into executing malicious Terminal commands disguised as legitimate software…
Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Cost Savings’
via the comic artistry and dry wit of Randall Munroe, creator of XKCD Permalink The post Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Cost Savings’ appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the original article: Randall Munroe’s…