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26 February 2026
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Feb. 26, 2026 – Read the full story in BitGuardian The staggering prediction by Cybersecurity Ventures that global cybercrime damages would reach $10.5 trillion USD annually by 2025 has served as a wake-up call
The post The Cascading Economic Ripple Effects Of Cybercrime appeared first on Cybercrime Magazine.
26 February 2026
Nothing here looks dramatic at first glance. That’s the point. Many of this week’s threats begin with something ordinary, like an ad, a meeting invite, or a software update.
Behind the scenes, the tactics are sharper. Access happens faster. Control is established sooner. Cleanup becomes harder.
Here is a quick look at the signals worth paying attention to.
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26 February 2026
Anthropic has patched vulnerabilities whose impact was demonstrated by Check Point via malicious configuration files.
The post Claude Code Flaws Exposed Developer Devices to Silent Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek.
26 February 2026
The seed and Series A investment will enable the startup to accelerate product development and expand sales and customer success teams.
The post Gambit Security Emerges From Stealth With $61 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.
26 February 2026
The issue impacts the UPnP function of multiple device models and could be exploited for remote code execution.
The post Zyxel Patches Critical Vulnerability in Many Device Models appeared first on SecurityWeek.
26 February 2026
Introduction: Steal It Today, Break It in a Decade
Digital evolution is unstoppable, and though the pace may vary, things tend to fall into place sooner rather than later. That, of course, applies to adversaries as well. The rise of ransomware and cyber extortion generated funding for a complex and highly professional criminal ecosystem. The era of the cloud brought general availability of
26 February 2026
A "coordinated developer-targeting campaign" is using malicious repositories disguised as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessments to trick victims into executing them and establish persistent access to compromised machines.
"The activity aligns with a broader cluster of threats that use job-themed lures to blend into routine developer workflows and increase the likelihood of code
26 February 2026
The broker acquired eight zero-day exploits from a US defense contractor executive jailed for his actions.
The post US Sanctions Russian Exploit Broker Operation Zero appeared first on SecurityWeek.
26 February 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious package discovered on the NuGet Gallery, impersonating a library from financial services firm Stripe in an attempt to target the financial sector.
The package, codenamed StripeApi.Net, attempts to masquerade as Stripe.net, a legitimate library from Stripe that has over 75 million downloads. It was uploaded by a user named
26 February 2026
TrendAI has fixed eight critical and high-severity issues in Windows and macOS endpoint security products.
The post Trend Micro Patches Critical Apex One Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
26 February 2026
Already added to CISA’s KEV catalog, the flaw allows attackers to bypass authentication and gain administrative privileges.
The post Cisco Patches Catalyst SD-WAN Zero-Day Exploited by Highly Sophisticated Hackers appeared first on SecurityWeek.
26 February 2026
The risks surrounding tax season are varied.
26 February 2026
A newly disclosed maximum-severity security flaw in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller (formerly vSmart) and Catalyst SD-WAN Manager (formerly vManage) has come under active exploitation in the wild as part of malicious activity that dates back to 2023.
The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20127 (CVSS score: 10.0), allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain
25 February 2026
Google on Wednesday disclosed that it worked with industry partners to disrupt the infrastructure of a suspected China-nexus cyber espionage group tracked as UNC2814 that breached at least 53 organizations across 42 countries.
"This prolific, elusive actor has a long history of targeting international governments and global telecommunications organizations across Africa, Asia, and the Americas,"
25 February 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in Anthropic's Claude Code, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant, that could result in remote code execution and theft of API credentials.
"The vulnerabilities exploit various configuration mechanisms, including Hooks, Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, and environment variables – executing
25 February 2026
More than half (56%) of the 400,000 vulnerabilities IBM X-Force tracked in 2025 required no authentication before exploitation.
The post The Blast Radius Problem: Stolen Credentials are Weaponizing Agentic AI appeared first on SecurityWeek.
25 February 2026
Agencies strongly encourage immediate investigation of potential compromise of Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN, and full updating and hardening.
25 February 2026
The UNC2814 threat actor has been active since at least 2017, targeting organizations across 42 countries.
The post Google Disrupts Chinese Cyberespionage Campaign Targeting Telecoms, Governments appeared first on SecurityWeek.
25 February 2026
The four security defects could be exploited for remote code execution but require administrative privileges.
The post SolarWinds Patches Four Critical Serv-U Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.
25 February 2026
The notorious cybercrime collective known as Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (SLH) has been observed offering financial incentives to recruit women to pull off social engineering attacks.
The idea is to hire them for voice phishing campaigns targeting IT help desks, Dataminr said in a new threat brief. The group is said to be offering anywhere between $500 and $1,000 upfront per call, in addition to