Latest Cybersecurity News and Articles

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China-Linked UNC3886 Targets Singapore Telecom Sector in Cyber Espionage Campaign

The Cyber Security Agency (CSA) of Singapore on Monday revealed that the China-nexus cyber espionage group known as UNC3886 targeted its telecommunications sector. "UNC3886 had launched a deliberate, targeted, and well-planned campaign against Singapore's telecommunications sector," CSA said. "All four of Singapore's major telecommunications operators ('telcos') – M1, SIMBA Telecom, Singtel, and

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SolarWinds Web Help Desk Exploited for RCE in Multi-Stage Attacks on Exposed Servers

Microsoft has revealed that it observed a multi‑stage intrusion that involved the threat actors exploiting internet‑exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances to obtain initial access and move laterally across the organization's network to other high-value assets. That said, the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team said it's not clear whether the activity weaponized recently

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Ransomware Groups May Pivot Back to Encryption as Data Theft Tactics Falter

As only data exfiltration for extortion no longer delivers ROI, ransomware gangs may increasingly encrypting data for additional leverage. The post Ransomware Groups May Pivot Back to Encryption as Data Theft Tactics Falter appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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Outtake Raises $40 Million to Bolster Digital Trust Against AI-Driven Threats

The Series B funding round brings the cybersecurity startup’s total raised to $60 million. The post Outtake Raises $40 Million to Bolster Digital Trust Against AI-Driven Threats appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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TV Show “Scam Interceptors”: The Intersection Of Ethical Hacking And Investigative Journalism

This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Feb. 9, 2026 –Watch the YouTube video “Scam Interceptors is kind of a unique show in that we basically blend ethical hacking with investigative journalism, and we use those two separate skill sets The post TV Show “Scam Interceptors”: The Intersection Of Ethical Hacking And Investigative Journalism appeared first on Cybercrime Magazine.

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Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 34 Deals Announced in January 2026

Significant cybersecurity M&A deals announced by CrowdStrike, Infoblox, JumpCloud, LevelBlue, OneSpan, and Radware. The post Cybersecurity M&A Roundup: 34 Deals Announced in January 2026 appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Skill Malware, 31Tbps DDoS, Notepad++ Hack, LLM Backdoors and More

Cyber threats are no longer coming from just malware or exploits. They’re showing up inside the tools, platforms, and ecosystems organizations use every day. As companies connect AI, cloud apps, developer tools, and communication systems, attackers are following those same paths. A clear pattern this week: attackers are abusing trust. Trusted updates, trusted marketplaces, trusted apps, even

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Recent SolarWinds Flaws Potentially Exploited as Zero-Days

Vulnerable SolarWinds Web Help Desk instances were exploited in December 2025 for initial access. The post Recent SolarWinds Flaws Potentially Exploited as Zero-Days appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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SmarterTools Hit by Ransomware via Vulnerability in Its Own Product

SmarterTools says customers were impacted after hackers compromised a data center used for quality control testing. The post SmarterTools Hit by Ransomware via Vulnerability in Its Own Product appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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How Top CISOs Solve Burnout and Speed up MTTR without Extra Hiring

Why do SOC teams keep burning out and missing SLAs even after spending big on security tools? Routine triage piles up, senior specialists get dragged into basic validation, and MTTR climbs, while stealthy threats still find room to slip through. Top CISOs have realized the solution isn’t hiring more people or stacking yet another tool onto the workflow, but giving their teams faster, clearer

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Bloody Wolf Targets Uzbekistan, Russia Using NetSupport RAT in Spear-Phishing Campaign

The threat actor known as Bloody Wolf has been linked to a campaign targeting Uzbekistan and Russia to infect systems with a remote access trojan known as NetSupport RAT. Cybersecurity vendor Kaspersky is tracking the activity under the moniker Stan Ghouls. The threat actor is known to be active since at least 2023, orchestrating spear-phishing attacks against manufacturing, finance, and IT

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New Paper and Tool Help Security Teams Move Beyond Blind Reliance on CISA’s KEV Catalog

The KEV list is useful but largely misunderstood. KEVology explains what it is, and how best to use it. The post New Paper and Tool Help Security Teams Move Beyond Blind Reliance on CISA’s KEV Catalog appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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TeamPCP Worm Exploits Cloud Infrastructure to Build Criminal Infrastructure

Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a "massive campaign" that has systematically targeted cloud native environments to set up malicious infrastructure for follow-on exploitation. The activity, observed around December 25, 2025, and described as "worm-driven," leveraged exposed Docker APIs, Kubernetes clusters, Ray dashboards, and Redis servers, along with the recently disclosed

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European Commission Investigating Cyberattack

The signs of a cyberattack were identified on systems EU's main executive body uses for mobile device management. The post European Commission Investigating Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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BeyondTrust Fixes Critical Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability in Remote Support and PRA

BeyondTrust has released updates to address a critical security flaw impacting Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. "BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and certain older versions of Privileged Remote Access (PRA) contain a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability," the company

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OpenClaw Integrates VirusTotal Scanning to Detect Malicious ClawHub Skills

OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it's partnering with Google-owned VirusTotal to scan skills that are being uploaded to ClawHub, its skill marketplace, as part of broader efforts to bolster the security of the agentic ecosystem. "All skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal's threat intelligence, including their new Code Insight capability,"

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Organizations Urged to Replace Discontinued Edge Devices

Edge devices that are no longer supported have been targeted in attacks by state-sponsored hackers, the US says. The post Organizations Urged to Replace Discontinued Edge Devices appeared first on SecurityWeek.

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German Agencies Warn of Signal Phishing Targeting Politicians, Military, Journalists

Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (aka Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz or BfV) and Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) have issued a joint advisory warning of a malicious cyber campaign undertaken by a likely state-sponsored threat actor that involves carrying out phishing attacks over the Signal messaging app. "The focus is on high-ranking targets in

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Epstein File Data Security Update: Raw Code Found in Emails

Reports suggest raw email data was found in select Epstein files. 

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China-Linked DKnife AitM Framework Targets Routers for Traffic Hijacking, Malware Delivery

Cybersecurity researchers have taken the wraps off a gateway-monitoring and adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) framework dubbed DKnife that's operated by China-nexus threat actors since at least 2019. The framework comprises seven Linux-based implants that are designed to perform deep packet inspection, manipulate traffic, and deliver malware via routers and edge devices. Its primary targets seem to