February 2026 – Page 8 – Learn and Explore

February 16, 2026
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Study Uncovers 25 Password Recovery Attacks in Major Cloud Password Managers

A new study has found that multiple cloud-based password managers, including Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass, are susceptible to password recovery attacks under certain conditions. “The attacks range in severity from integrity violations to the complete compromise of all vaults in an organization,” researchers Matteo Scarlata, Giovanni Torrisi, Matilda Backendal,...

February 16, 2026
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Infostealer Steals OpenClaw AI Agent Configuration Files and Gateway Tokens

Cybersecurity researchers disclosed they have detected a case of an information stealer infection successfully exfiltrating a victim’s OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot and Moltbot) configuration environment. “This finding marks a significant milestone in the evolution of infostealer behavior: the transition from stealing browser credentials to harvesting the ‘souls’ and identities of...

February 16, 2026
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Weekly Recap: Outlook Add-Ins Hijack, 0-Day Patches, Wormable Botnet & AI Malware

This week’s recap shows how small gaps are turning into big entry points. Not always through new exploits, often through tools, add-ons, cloud setups, or workflows that people already trust and rarely question. Another signal: attackers are mixing old and new methods. Legacy botnet tactics, modern cloud abuse, AI...

February 16, 2026
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Safe and Inclusive E‑Society: How Lithuania Is Bracing for AI‑Driven Cyber Fraud

Presentation of the KTU Consortium Mission ‘A Safe and Inclusive Digital Society’ at the Innovation Agency event ‘Innovation Breakfast: How Mission-Oriented Science and Innovation Programmes Will Address Societal Challenges’. Technologies are evolving fast, reshaping economies, governance, and daily life. Yet, as innovation accelerates, so do digital risks. Technological change...

February 16, 2026
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New ZeroDayRAT Mobile Spyware Enables Real-Time Surveillance and Data Theft

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new mobile spyware platform dubbed ZeroDayRAT that’s being advertised on Telegram as a way to grab sensitive data and facilitate real-time surveillance on Android and iOS devices. “The developer runs dedicated channels for sales, customer support, and regular updates, giving buyers a...

February 16, 2026
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New Chrome Zero-Day (CVE-2026-2441) Under Active Attack — Patch Released

Google on Friday released security updates for its Chrome browser to address a security flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-2441 (CVSS score: 8.8), has been described as a use-after-free bug in CSS. Security researcher Shaheen Fazim has been credited...

February 15, 2026
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Microsoft Discloses DNS-Based ClickFix Attack Using Nslookup for Malware Staging

Microsoft has disclosed details of a new version of the ClickFix social engineering tactic in which the attackers trick unsuspecting users into running commands that carry out a Domain Name System (DNS) lookup to retrieve the next-stage payload. Specifically, the attack relies on using the “nslookup” (short for nameserver...

February 13, 2026
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Google Links China, Iran, Russia, North Korea to Coordinated Defense Sector Cyber Operations

Several state-sponsored actors, hacktivist entities, and criminal groups from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have trained their sights on the defense industrial base (DIB) sector, according to findings from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The tech giant’s threat intelligence division said the adversarial targeting of the sector is...

February 13, 2026
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Google Ties Suspected Russian Actor to CANFAIL Malware Attacks on Ukrainian Orgs

A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations with malware known as CANFAIL. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) described the hack group as possibly affiliated with Russian intelligence services. The threat actor is assessed to have targeted defense, military, government, and energy organizations within...

February 13, 2026
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UAT-9921 Deploys VoidLink Malware to Target Technology and Financial Sectors

A previously unknown threat actor tracked as UAT-9921 has been observed leveraging a new modular framework called VoidLink in its campaigns targeting the technology and financial services sectors, according to findings from Cisco Talos. “This threat actor seems to have been active since 2019, although they have not necessarily...