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Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters

A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even...

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six "zero-day" vulnerabilities that...

Source: krebsonsecurity.com

ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ClickFix campaign that abuses compromised legitimate sites to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) called MIMICRAT...

Source: thehackernews.com

Cline CLI 2.3.0 Supply Chain Attack Installed OpenClaw on Developer Systems

In yet another software supply chain attack, the open-source, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cline CLI was updated to stealthily install OpenClaw, a self-hosted autonomous...

Source: thehackernews.com

BeyondTrust Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks

CISA has updated its KEV entry for CVE-2026-1731 to alert organizations of exploitation in ransomware attacks. The post BeyondTrust Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks appeared first on...

Source: www.securityweek.com

In Other News: Ransomware Shuts US Clinics, ICS Vulnerability Surge, European Parliament Bans AI

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: Axonius lays off employees, Abu Dhabi conference data leak, HackerOne addresses AI concerns. The post In Other News: Ransomware...

Source: www.securityweek.com