AttackFeed by Joe Wagner

The Trump administration has made U.S. dominance in artificial intelligence a national priority, but some critics say a light-touch approach to regulating security and safety in U.S. models is making it harder to promote adoption in other countries. White House officials have said since taking office that Trump intended to move away from predecessor Joe … Read More “Critics warn America’s ‘move fast’ AI strategy could cost it the global market  – CyberScoop” »

Global Group ransomware is delivered through phishing emails and can encrypt files offline without any internet connection.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Ivanti customers, including major government agencies, face mounting pressure as attackers expand their scope of targets to exploit a pair of vulnerabilities the vendor disclosed last week after in-the-wild attacks already occurred.  The Netherlands’ Dutch Data Protection Authority and the Council for the Judiciary confirmed both agencies were impacted by attacks linked to the Ivanti … Read More “Fallout from latest Ivanti zero-days spreads to nearly 100 victims  – CyberScoop” »

The European Commission reports a cyber attack on its central mobile infrastructure that may have exposed staff names and phone numbers.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

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  – Read More  … Read More “China-Linked UNC3886 Targets Singapore Telecom Sector in Cyber Espionage Campaign  – The Hacker News” »

Torrance, United States / California, 9th February 2026, CyberNewswire  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

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  – … Read More “SolarWinds Web Help Desk Exploited for RCE in Multi-Stage Attacks on Exposed Servers  – The Hacker News” »

Hackers are using Signal QR codes and fake support scams to spy on military and political leaders, German security agencies warn.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI 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 … Read More “⚡ Weekly Recap: AI Skill Malware, 31Tbps DDoS, Notepad++ Hack, LLM Backdoors and More  – The Hacker News” »

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 … Read More “How Top CISOs Solve Burnout and Speed up MTTR without Extra Hiring  – The Hacker News” »

Cisco Talos uncovers DKnife, a China-nexus framework targeting routers and edge devices. Learn how seven stealthy implants hijack data and deliver malware via AitM attacks.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

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 … Read More “Bloody Wolf Targets Uzbekistan, Russia Using NetSupport RAT in Spear-Phishing Campaign  – The Hacker News” »

The Great Wall of China was built to slow northern raiders and prevent steppe armies from riding straight into the empire’s heart. Yet in 1644, its most impregnable fortress fell without a siege. At Shanhai Pass, where the wall meets the Bohai Sea, General Wu Sangui commanded the eastern gate. Behind him: a rebel army … Read More “AI security’s ‘Great Wall’ problem  – CyberScoop” »

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  – Read More  – … Read More “TeamPCP Worm Exploits Cloud Infrastructure to Build Criminal Infrastructure  – The Hacker News” »

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  – Read … Read More “BeyondTrust Fixes Critical Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability in Remote Support and PRA  – The Hacker News” »

Top 8 MDR providers for mid-market firms needing expert detection, faster response, and reduced noise without building full in-house SOCs.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Cybersecurity firm eSentire’s TRU break down the Russian Prometei botnet attack on a UK firm, detailing its TOR usage, password theft and decoy tactics.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

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 … Read More “OpenClaw Integrates VirusTotal Scanning to Detect Malicious ClawHub Skills  – The Hacker News” »

A system error at Bithumb sent 620,000 Bitcoin worth about $40B to hundreds of users during a promotion, briefly disrupting prices and drawing scrutiny.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Not everyone wants AI in their browser. Firefox 148 is introducing easy toggles to disable chatbots and AI tab grouping. Discover how Mozilla is prioritising user choice and privacy in its latest 2026 update.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

When a Romanian businesswoman fell for a fake Dubai Crown Prince in a $2.5 million romance scam, investigators tracked the fraudster to his Nigerian mansion – only to discover he was masquerading as a campaigning philanthropist. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.  – Read More  – GRAHAM CLULEY 

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 … Read More “German Agencies Warn of Signal Phishing Targeting Politicians, Military, Journalists  – The Hacker News” »

The Department of Homeland Security’s watchdog office has launched an audit of the agency’s privacy practices amid allegations that DHS and its components have used facial recognition tools and other technologies to collect data broadly and violate civil liberties. The audit, according to a Feb. 5 letter from DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari and published … Read More “DHS privacy probe will focus on biometric tracking by ICE, OBIM  – CyberScoop” »

Flickr says a third-party email vendor flaw may have exposed user names, emails, IP data, and activity logs,…  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

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  – … Read More “China-Linked DKnife AitM Framework Targets Routers for Traffic Hijacking, Malware Delivery  – The Hacker News” »

Bitdefender Labs reveals that 17% of OpenClaw AI skills analyzed in February 2026 are malicious. With over 160,000…  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to strengthen asset lifecycle management for edge network devices and remove those that no longer receive security updates from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) over the next 12 to 18 months. The agency said the move is to drive down … Read More “CISA Orders Removal of Unsupported Edge Devices to Reduce Federal Network Risk  – The Hacker News” »

Michael suspects personal information he submitted to rent application platforms was leaked online. And analysis shows millions of documents may also be at risk Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Michael* has spent the past two months trying to get his digital identity back. The 47-year-old Victorian school teacher was … Read More “A Victorian school teacher was applying for ‘heaps of rentals’ online – then someone accessed his bank account  – Data and computer security | The Guardian” »

A previously undocumented cyber espionage group operating from Asia broke into the networks of at least 70 government and critical infrastructure organizations across 37 countries over the past year, according to new findings from Palo Alto Networks Unit 42. In addition, the hacking crew has been observed conducting active reconnaissance against government infrastructure associated with … Read More “Asian State-Backed Group TGR-STA-1030 Breaches 70 Government, Infrastructure Entities  – The Hacker News” »

As you know, enterprise network security has undergone significant evolution over the past decade. Firewalls have become more intelligent, threat detection methods have advanced, and access controls are now more detailed. However (and it’s a big “however”), the increasing use of mobile devices in business operations necessitates network security measures that are specifically  – Read … Read More “How Samsung Knox Helps Stop Your Network Security Breach  – The Hacker News” »

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new supply chain attack in which legitimate packages on npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have been compromised to push malicious versions to facilitate wallet credential theft and remote code execution. The compromised versions of the two packages are listed below – @dydxprotocol/v4-client-js (npm) – 3.4.1, 1.22.1, 1.15.2, … Read More “Compromised dYdX npm and PyPI Packages Deliver Wallet Stealers and RAT Malware  – The Hacker News” »

Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic revealed that its latest large language model (LLM), Claude Opus 4.6, has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries, including Ghostscript, OpenSC, and CGIF. Claude Opus 4.6, which was launched on Thursday, comes with improved coding skills, including code review and debugging capabilities, along  – … Read More “Claude Opus 4.6 Finds 500+ High-Severity Flaws Across Major Open-Source Libraries  – The Hacker News” »