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From research to reality: how Spain’s police drives security innovation in the EU

We spoke to Chief Inspector José Manuel Colodrás from the Spanish National Police. He explains how hands-on experience, research funding and public procurement are transforming ideas into tools that make Europeans safer.

Brute‑Forcing Joomla: Bypassing Login to Extract User Passwords from the Joomla CMS

The hugely popular multifunctional CMS Joomla is back on our radar. A few months ago we already looked at a vulnerability in it, but that one was an SQL injection. This time we’ve got something more exotic on the agenda — an LDAP injection. Vulnerabilities of this kind are relatively rare.

AWS brings sovereign cloud infrastructure online to meet European data-residency and compliance needs

Across the globe, many government institutions are beginning to understand the importance of privacy within the overall institutional framework. In Europe, data privacy is driving policies and rules with strict demands to cloud service providers like AWS. In response, AWS has developed a lasting sol...

OWASP Agentic Top 10: Agent Goal Hijack – FireTail Blog

Feb 18, 2026 - Lina Romero - What is Agent Goal Hijack?Agent Goal Hijack occurs when an attacker manipulates an agent's objectives or decision pathways. Unlike traditional LLM attacks that focus on altering a single response, ASI01 targets the planning logic of the agent.Agents rely on natural-langu...

Fed agencies ordered to patch Dell bug by Saturday after exploitation warning

Dell and Google released notices on Tuesday about CVE-2026-22769, warning that a sophisticated Chinese actor has been targeting the bug since at least mid-2024.

Cyberattack mot hotellkedjan – it-profil utsatt

Oklart hur många som har drabbats.

In wartime Ukraine, the government is deploying a super app for the citizenry's future

Digital transformation and reskilling are challenges during the best of times, but Ukraine's wartime achievements are a unique form of success under fire.

Poland bans Chinese-made cars from entering military sites

The instruction to commanders to keep affected cars outside of secured perimeters comes amid growing concerns over motor vehicle network equipment and supply chains that routinely record location and other data.

Det är Kreml – Telia ansöker om fortsatt verksamhet i Ryssland

Det statliga delägda telekombolaget Telia ansöker om att få bedriva fortsatt verksamhet i Ryssland och få undantag från sanktioner.

“Europe must become more independent – there is no other choice”, says President von der Leyen at 2026 Munich Security Conference

European Commission News Brussels, 17 Feb 2026 President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, attended the 2026 edition of the Munich Security Conference, where she called for a stronger and more indepen...

Chinese hackers exploiting Dell zero-day flaw since mid-2024

A suspected Chinese state-backed hacking group has been quietly exploiting a critical Dell security flaw in zero-day attacks that started in mid-2024.

ENISA EU ICT Supply Chain Security Toolbox

Il NIS Cooperation Group di ENISA ha pubblicato il "EU ICT Supply Chain Security Toolbox": https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/toolbox-improve-ict-supply-chain-security . Ringrazio Franco Vincenzo Ferrari per avermelo segnalato. Si tratta di un documento di presentazione generale e 2 do...

Så kan ditt företag vara med och öka Sveriges motståndskraft

Förbered ditt företag Myndigheten för civilt försvar har samlat tips och råd om hur företag kan stärka sin motståndskraft vid krig eller större samhällsstörningar. Företag förväntas vara väl förberedda och kunna upprätthålla sin verksamhet även …

Cybersecurity Excellence Awards Reveal Nomination Shift from AI Hype to Governance Execution

Washington DC, USA, 17th February 2026, CyberNewswire

OT teams are losing the time advantage against industrial threat actors

In many industrial environments, internet-facing gateways, remote access appliances, and boundary systems sit close enough to production networks that attackers can move from IT intrusion to operational disruption with limited resistance. Dragos’ 2026 OT/ICS Year in Review describes a threat landsca...

SIPRI co-hosts discussions on maritime hybrid threats in the Baltic Sea

On 10 February, SIPRI, the French Navy Centre for Strategic Studies (CESM) and the French Embassy in Stockholm jointly hosted a ‘Franco-Swedish Day on Maritime Hybrid Threats in the Baltic Sea’.

CISA Adds Four Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA has added four new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2008-0015 Microsoft Windows Video ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE-2020-7796 Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite (ZCS) Server-Side Reques...

Sverige och Ukraina inleder samarbete om cybersäkerhet

Sverige och Ukraina har tecknat ett avtal om samarbete inom cybersäkerhet. Syftet är att stärka Ukrainas förmåga att hantera cyberangrepp samt att ge Sverige tillgång till erfarenheter från Ukrainas arbete mot avancerade hot. Inlägget Sverige och Ukraina inleder samarbete om cybersäkerhet dök först ...

Hackers sell stolen Eurail traveler information on dark web

Eurail B.V. revealed that traveler data were stolen in a recent security breach, and are now being sold on the dark web. Eurail B.V. confirmed that the traveler data stolen in a breach earlier this year is now being offered for sale on the dark web. The company disclosed the development as part of i...

The European Supervisory Authorities and UK financial regulators sign Memorandum of Understanding on oversight of critical ICT third-party service providers under DORA

The European Supervisory Authorities and UK financial regulators sign Memorandum of Understanding on oversight of critical ICT third-party service providers under DORA 14 January 2026 Digital Finance and Innovation International cooperation ...

Exploit available for new Chrome zero-day vulnerability, says Google

Threat actors now have the ability to exploit a new zero-day vulnerability in the Chrome browser, Google has advised IT administrators. The warning comes after Google released a patch for Chrome to plug a use after free memory vulnerability ( CVE-2026-2441 ) in cascading style sheets (CSS), which me...

Europa uppmanas skaffa egna ”cybervapen”

Europa behöver en egen ”cyberoffensiv” för att stå upp mot det växande hotet från Ryssland och Kina, enligt Estlands underrättelsechef Kaupo Rosi. Även EU:s techkommissionär vill att unionen ska kunna genomföra egna cyberangrepp.

The Promptware Kill Chain

Attacks against modern generative artificial intelligence (AI) large language models (LLMs) pose a real threat. Yet discussions around these attacks and their potential defenses are dangerously myopic. The dominant narrative focuses on “ prompt injection ,” a set of techniques to embed instructions ...

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 dail...

How the Protective Security Policy Framework Shapes Australia’s Commonwealth Cyber Security Strategy

The Australian 2025 Commonwealth Cyber Security report highlights PSPF compliance, Essential Eight maturity gains, and future resilience priorities.

Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, says DoJ

PLUS: Fake ransomware group exposed; EC blesses Google's big Wiz deal; Alleged sewage hacker cuffed; And more Infosec in Brief The former General Manager of defense contractor L3Harris’s cyber subsidiary Trenchant sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, according to a court filing last week.…

Interpol backroom warriors fight cyber criminals 'weaponising' AI

From perfectly spelled phishing emails to fake videos of government officials, artificial intelligence is changing the game for Interpol's cat-and-mouse fight against cybercrime at its high-tech war rooms in Singapore.

As AI and agents are adopted to accelerate development, cognitive load and cognitive debt are likely to become bigger threats to developers than technical debt (Margaret-Anne Storey)

Margaret-Anne Storey : As AI and agents are adopted to accelerate development, cognitive load and cognitive debt are likely to become bigger threats to developers than technical debt —  The term technical debt is often used to refer to the accumulation of design or implementation choices that later ...

Norges utrikesminister: Samarbete med Finland är avgörande för arktisk säkerhet

Norden och Finland har en central roll för säkerheten i Arktis, säger Norges utrikesminister Espen Barth Eide. Men säkerhet befaras överskugga andra frågor.

Apple Patches Decade-Old IOS Zero-Day, Possibly Exploited By Commercial Spyware

This week Apple patched iOS and macOS against what it called "an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals." Security Week reports that the bugs "could be exploited for information exposure, denial-of-service (DoS), arbitrary file write, privilege escalation, network tr...

Nightspire Ransomware Strikes Major US Companies: Data Locked in Alarming Attack

In a startling escalation of cybercrime targeting U.S.-based firms, the ransomware group Nightspire has reportedly locked critical data from multiple […]

AI Entrapment: When Your Paid AI Locks You Out for RISKY chat, the Conversation IT Created

Author: Berend Watchus. Independent non profit AI & Cyber Security Researcher. [Publication for: OSINT Team, online magazine] The Critical Facts Upfront The AI (Claude) participated in 100+ exchanges with me. Then it flagged and blocked the conversation for being “too long and detailed and analytica...

European Commission Breach, Senegal Ransomware Crisis, and a Crypto Scammer’s Fall: Inside This Week’s Cyber Express Roundup

Introduction: A Week Where Cyber Risk Went Global This week’s Cyber Express Roundup paints a stark picture of how cyber […]

New NCSC-Led OT Security Guidance for Nuclear Reactors

Last month, the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre in partnership with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other international partners released a new guidance, titled "Secure Connectivity Principles for Operational Technology." Highlightin...

French Fleet Platform Exposed: Gustave Data Breach Puts Banking and Personal Data Up for Sale

Introduction A new cybersecurity incident has put the spotlight on the growing risks faced by digital fleet management platforms across […]

Passport Panic Explodes: Interrail Data Breach Spirals Out of Control

Introduction: A Travel Icon Faces a Security Nightmare Interrail, a brand synonymous with freedom, backpacking, and cross-border European travel, is […]

Airport Security at Risk? Hackers Claim Breach of Critical Italian Infrastructure Firm

A Chilling Cybersecurity Alert from Europe’s Energy and Aviation Sectors A new cybersecurity claim is sending shockwaves through Europe’s critical […]

Peru Municipal Data Leak Exposes Thousands of Citizens After Government Portal Breach

Introduction: A Quiet Leak With Loud Consequences A newly surfaced cybersecurity incident in Peru highlights how vulnerable public-sector digital platforms […]

Nu ska Sverige öva massevakuering av civila i krig

Det kommer åter att hållas evakueringsövningar av civila som en förberedelse för krig, och först ut är Gotland med en övning i höst med upp till 300 frivilliga statister. På 1950- och 60-talen gjordes flera såna här övningar, den största i Stockholm 1961 med 30 000 deltagare, men sen dess har ingen ...

How global cybercrime syndicates are stealing hearts — and billions - Politico

How global cybercrime syndicates are stealing hearts — and billions Politico Men are more likely to fall for this scam. Here's how to spot the red flags WLWT WATCH: Former FBI agent shares Valentine’s Day romance scam warning signs WJLA FBI: Love fraud cost Alabamians $7.4 Million in 2025 WHNT.com I...

Nevada unveils new statewide data classification policy months after cyberattack

Eric Neugeboren reports: Nevada’s IT agency has rolled out a new policy aimed at standardizing the privacy of state data, months after a massive cyberattack crippled certain systems for weeks. The policy announced Wednesday from the Governor’s Technology Office marks the first time the state will ha...

Cobalt Strike Beacon Commands: Red Team Field Guide

Cobalt Strike Beacon Commands: Red Team Field Guide Cobalt Strike Beacon Commands: Red Team Field Guide Updated on February 15, 2026 Table of Contents The Philosophy of "Low and Slow" Situational Awareness (Without Breaking Things) Execution Strategy: The "Fork and Run" Dilemma Advanced Injection & ...

Windows Userland Persistence: 12 Red Team Techniques

Windows Userland Persistence: 12 Red Team Techniques (2025 Guide) Windows Userland Persistence: The Senior Red Teamer's Playbook Updated on February 15, 2026 Table of Contents Introduction Prerequisites 1. Initial Information Gathering 2. Registry Run Keys (HKCU) 3. The Startup Folder 4. Userland Sc...

Ledare: Europa måste börja frigöra sig från de amerikanska it-jättarna

Sverige är helt beroende av it-tjänster från de amerikanska jättarna. Säkerhetspolitiskt är det ett problem.

Homeland security pushes social media giants to dox anonymous accounts critical of ICE

Four whistleblowers reveal the extent to which the Department of Homeland Security is pressuring social media companies to identify users critical of government policy.

The CANFAIL campaign demonstrates structured, LLM-assisted phishing operations a...

The CANFAIL campaign demonstrates structured, LLM-assisted phishing operations attributed to a suspected Russian-linked actor. Per Google Threat Intelligence Group: • Sectoral targeting: defense, military, energy, aerospace • Regionally tailored email list generation • Google Drive-hosted RAR payloa...

Dealroom and NATO Innovation Fund: European defense, security, and resilience startup funding rose 55% YoY to a record $8.7B in 2025, with AI accounting for 44% (Ingrid Lunden/Resilience Media)

Ingrid Lunden / Resilience Media : Dealroom and NATO Innovation Fund: European defense, security, and resilience startup funding rose 55% YoY to a record $8.7B in 2025, with AI accounting for 44% —  Ahead of the big Munich Security Conference later this week, the analysts at Dealroom teamed up with ...

Advisory Group Meetings in Tallinn Advance Work on Key EU Large-Scale IT Systems

From 9 to 13 February, eu-LISA held a series of ordinary Advisory Group meetings in Tallinn and online with Member States, Schengen Associated Countries, EU agencies and the European Commission. The meetings provided an opportunity to review progress, discuss operational and legal developments, and ...

Proofpoint Purchases Startup Acuvity to Bolster AI Security

Deal Targets GenAI Risks, Prompt Injection Attacks and Autonomous Agents Proofpoint has acquired AI security startup Acuvity to address fast-evolving risks tied to generative AI, prompt injection and autonomous agents. The company says intent-based guardrails and deep AI forensics will help enterpri...

'Crazy' Hackers Strike Through Remote Monitoring Software

VoidCrypt Ransomware Variant Taps RMM Tools, Says Huntress Management isn't the only advocate for employee monitoring software, according to new research from cybersecurity firm Huntress. RMM tools - simultaneously open to remote connections and with privileged local access - are good for wiggling i...

Urgent Warnings From UK and US Cyber Agencies After Polish Energy Grid Attack

A coordinated cyberattack that targeted Poland's energy infrastructure in late December 2025 has prompted cybersecurity agencies to issue urgent warnings to critical national infrastructure operators on both sides of the Atlantic. The attack, which Poland's Computer Emergency Response Team compared...

AI will likely shut down critical infrastructure on its own, no attackers required

With a new Gartner report suggesting that AI problems will “shut down national critical infrastructure” in a major country by 2028, CIOs need to rethink industrial controls that are very quickly being turned over to autonomous agents. Gartner embraces the term Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) for these ...

FTC digs deeper into Microsoft’s bundling and licensing practices

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) seems to be doubling down on its investigation of Microsoft and the tech giant’s potentially shady bundling and licensing practices. According to a Bloomberg report , the federal agency has been issuing civil investigative demands (CIDs) to companies that compet...

Senegal National Biometric System Breach Exposes Structural Cybersecurity Weaknesses Across West Africa + Video

Introduction: When Digital Identity Becomes a National Liability Nearly 20 million citizens of Senegal now face an uncomfortable reality. The […]

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Demands Infor­ma­tion from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Con­duent as Part of Inves­ti­ga­tion into Largest Data Breach in U.S. History

Their headline was, “Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Demands Infor­ma­tion from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and Con­duent as Part of Inves­ti­ga­tion into Largest Data Breach in U.S. History,” but that seemed terribly wrong. Is Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton using AI as for his research?  “La...

Chinese scientists expand range of quantum communication network to 2,300 miles

Scientists at Peking University in China have cracked how to build long-distance quantum communication networks....

From flattery to debate: Training AI to mirror human reasoning

Generative artificial intelligence systems often work in agreement, complimenting the user in its response. But human interactions aren't typically built on flattery. To help strengthen these conversations, researchers in the USF Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computin...

Washington pushes back against EU’s bid for tech autonomy

Suggesting US tech is as risky as Chinese tech is ‘a giant false equivalency,’ top US cyber official says.

Sverige och Ukraina i nytt cybersäkerhetssamarbete

Sverige och Ukraina har tecknat ett femårigt avtal om samarbete kring cybersäkerhet. Syftet är att stärka Ukrainas motståndskraft mot ryska cyberangrepp – och samtidigt höja Sveriges egen förmåga att hantera avancerade cyberhot.

“Shadow Campaigns” Show Evidence of Global Espionage Using ShadowGuard Rootkit

Verticals Targeted: Government, Telecommunications, Finance, Aerospace Regions Targeted: North America, South America, Africa, Europe, Asia Related Families: Diaoyu Loader, ShadowGuard, Cobalt Strike, VShell Executive Summary A sophisticated state-aligned cyberespionage operation attributed to TGR-S...

The US DoD published and then deleted a document adding Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD to a list of companies with alleged connections to the Chinese military (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)

Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times : The US DoD published and then deleted a document adding Alibaba, Baidu, and BYD to a list of companies with alleged connections to the Chinese military —  The companies are among a number the Pentagon believes could pose a threat to American national security

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 targ...

EU can’t be ‘naive’ about enemies shutting down critical infrastructure, warns tech official

[Project] An open-source Windows RAT for learning offensive security techniques

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Four new reasons why Windows LNK files cannot be trusted

The number of ways that Windows shortcut (.LNK) files can be abused just keeps growing: A cybersecurity researcher has documented four new techniques to trick Windows users into running malicious actions through innocent-looking shortcuts. Wietze Beukema demonstrated how to spoof the visible LNK des...

Estonia spy chief calls on Europe to invest in its own offensive cyber capabilities

Snart kan politiker bestämma om dina personuppgifter, varnar dataombudsmannen

Ditt namn, din adress, ditt surfbeteende. Vem bestämmer vad som ska skyddas?

“Jag känner avsmak inför Techarenas agerande”

I torsdags var Storbritanniens före detta premiärminister Boris Johnson inbjuden att tala inför tusentals entreprenörer och investerare på techkonferensen Techarena. Det får den brittiska techprofilen Matthew Blakemore att reagera starkt. “Bokstavligen som att bjuda in djävulen till en konferens i...

Hackergruppe skal ha lagt ut stjålne Telia-data på det mørke nettet

En hackergruppe har lagt ut over 500.000 filer på det mørke nettet etter å ha brutt seg inn hos Telia Norge. Hackerne hevder å ha stjålet 2,5 terabyte med data fra teleselskapet, melder NRK.

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-1731 BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) OS Command Injection Vulnerability These types of vulnerabilities are frequent attack...

Google fears massive attempt to clone Gemini AI through model extraction

Google detected and blocked a campaign involving more than 100,000 prompts that it claimed were designed to copy the proprietary reasoning capabilities of its Gemini AI model, according to a quarterly threat report released by Google Threat Intelligence Group. The prompts looked like a coordinated a...

Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing Business Data, Emails, and Browsing History

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Google Chrome extension that's designed to steal data associated with Meta Business Suite and Facebook Business Manager. The extension, named CL Suite by @CLMasters (ID: jkphinfhmfkckkcnifhjiplhfoiefffl), is marketed as a way to scrape Meta Busin...

Google: state-backed hackers exploit # Gemini AI for cyber recon and Attacks htt...

Google: state-backed hackers exploit # Gemini AI for cyber recon and Attacks https:// securityaffairs.com/187958/hac king/google-state-backed-hackers-exploit-gemini-ai-for-cyber-recon-and-attacks.html # securityaffairs # hacking

Responsible Procurement of Military Artificial Intelligence

This report examines the intersection of military procurement and responsible military artificial intelligence.

Our efforts are helping to strengthen Europe’s competitive edge: 📝 10 simplifica...

Our efforts are helping to strengthen Europe’s competitive edge: 📝 10 simplification packages proposed to save European companies €15 billion every year 🌍 44 trade agreements with 79 countries giving European companies privileged access to global markets 🏢 EU Inc: We plan to create a single set of r...

✍️ EU law, explained simply One million signatures can spark change at EU level....

✍️ EU law, explained simply One million signatures can spark change at EU level. Discover how the European Citizens’ Initiative works and how the Court protects this unique democratic tool. 🎥 Watch Bright here 👉 https:// curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/1165 117_EmbedVideo/en/one-million-signatures-to-make...

Quantum Systems Secures New European Financing Package to Scale the Future of Unmanned Technologies

Quantum Systems has secured €150M financing backed by the European Investment Bank, Commerzbank, KfW and Deutsche Bank. The agreement highlights a growing commitment to ensuring that security-related innovation can be developed and scaled with European capital.

Inauguration of Euro-Q-Exa: Expanding the European Quantum Computing Infrastructure

Today, the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) inaugurated Euro-Q-Exa, a new EuroHPC quantum computer, located in Munich, Germany. The event represents another milestone in building a state-of-the-art quantum computing infrastructure for Europe

Säkerhetskonferensen i München: Europa söker recept mot USA:s bulldozerpolitik

Relationen mellan Europa och USA står i fokus då stats- och regeringschefer under fredagen samlas i München för den årliga säkerhetskonferensen.

Germany prepares to attack cyber enemies

The German government is preparing an overhaul of its intelligence and cybersecurity powers to fight back against foreign hackers and spies with offensive cyber operations of its own. Officials are drafting two pieces of legislation, one revising the powers of Germany’s foreign intelligence service...

Stenhård kritik mot säkerhetsbrister i Borås stad: ”Allvarlig sårbarhet för Sveriges säkerhet”

Borås stads arbete för att skydda säkerhetsklassade uppgifter är så undermåligt att informationen lätt kan hamna i orätta händer. Det menar länsstyrelsen och har beslutat att kommunen ska betala en straffavgift på 1,5 miljoner kronor.

Granskning av Lantmäteriets informationssäkerhet

Regeringen beslutade den 10 april 2025 att en utredare ska granska Lantmäteriets arbete med informationssäkerhet i myndighetens manuella hantering och digitala system (LI2025/00816).

Andreas Carlson tar emot utredning om Lantmäteriets arbete med informationssäkerhet

Fredag den 13 februari tar infrastruktur- och bostadsminister Andreas Carlson emot en utredning om Lantmäteriets arbete med informationssäkerhet. I samband med överlämnandet bjuder ministern in till pressträff tillsammans med den särskilde utredaren Dag Stegeland.

Ny lagstiftning för stärkt konkurrens i privat och offentlig verksamhet

Regeringen har beslutat om en lagrådsremiss som föreslår nya regler i syfte att förbättra konkurrensen i privat och offentlig verksamhet. Genom ändringarna ges Konkurrensverket befogenhet att besluta om konkurrensfrämjande åtgärder. Det föreslås även en ny lag om offentlig säljverksamhet som ska sky...

Regeringen tog emot utredning som granskat Lantmäteriets arbete med informationssäkerhet

Regeringen tog den 13 februari emot rapporten från utredningen som granskat Lantmäteriets arbete med informationssäkerhet. Regeringen gav utredningen i uppdrag att kartlägga Lantmäteriets arbete med informationssäkerhet och behandling av personuppgifter. I uppdraget ingick även att redovisa vilka åt...

Polisräd mot EU-kommissionen i Bryssel

Belgisk polis har genomfört en räd mot EU-kommissionen i jakt på bevis i en utredning rörande en stor fastighetsförsäljning.

Introducing AI Cyber Model Arena: A Real-World Benchmark for AI Agents in Cybersecurity

Wiz Research’s AI Cyber Model Arena benchmarks offensive AI security on 257 real-world challenges (zero-days, CVEs, API/web, and cloud across AWS/Azure/GCP/K8s) demonstrating what AI models and agents can really do

[Ekstra] Google: – Dagens kryptering kan enkelt knekkes om få år

Kommer med sterk oppfordring om å ta kvanteteknologien på alvor før det er for sent.

US wants cyber partnerships to send ‘coordinated, strategic message’ to adversaries

Nato grundar ledningsenhet i Finland

Nato har godkänt Försvarsministeriets förslag att placera försvarsalliansens nya enhet för ledningssystem i Finland. Kring 60 finländare kommer att anställas för enheten.

The cyber threat to marine transportation

Elon Musk’s X Appears to Be Violating US Sanctions by Selling Premium Accounts to Iranian Leaders

While publicly supporting protesters in Iran, Elon Musk’s X appears to have been selling premium accounts to regime officials. Check marks were removed from certain accounts after a WIRED inquiry.

# Apple fixed first actively exploited zero-day in 2026 https:// securityaffairs...

# Apple fixed first actively exploited zero-day in 2026 https:// securityaffairs.com/187890/sec urity/apple-fixed-first-actively-exploited-zero-day-in-2026.html # securityaffairs # hacking

Commission launches action plan to protect young people from cyberbullying

Singapore Mounts Largest-Ever Coordinated Cyber Defense

Singapore Signals Heightened Vigilance Against State-Linked Threat Actors Singapore conducted a yearlong, multi-agency cyber defense operation to expel UNC3886 from all four major telecom providers after the advanced threat actor accessed segments of critical communications infrastructure and extrac...

CISA: DHS Funding Lapse Would Sideline Federal Cyber Staff

Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers Most Staff Would Be Furloughed Amid Partial Shutdown More than half of the U.S. cyber defense agency's workforce would be furloughed under a DHS funding lapse, the agency's acting chief warned Wednesday, pausing incident reporting rulemaking, security assessments and pro...

Should CISOs Plan for Government as an Adversary?

Why Modern Threat Modeling Must Account for State Control of Infrastructure CISOs for decades viewed governments as partners. That assumption is weakening. Today, state control over infrastructure needs be part of threat modeling and business continuity planning for global security leaders - and it'...

Siemens advisories

Classification: Severe, Solution: Official Fix, Exploit Maturity: Not Defined, CVSSv3.1: 8.8, CVEs: CVE-2023-38545, CVE-2012-4691, CVE-2026-23715, CVE-2026-23716, CVE-2026-23717, CVE-2026-23718, CVE-2026-23719, CVE-2026-23720, CVE-2026-22923, CVE-2026-25656, CVE-2026-25655, CVE-2025-40587, CVE-2025-...

Legacy systems blamed as ministers promise no repeat of Afghan breach

Legacy IT issues are hampering key technical measures designed to prevent highly sensitive data leaks, UK government officials say. On Tuesday, Parliament's Science, Innovation and Technology Committee grilled senior ministers on the progress made to prevent a repeat of the incident involving the M...

Have you tried turning it off and on again? On bricking OT devices (part 1)

On December 29th of 2025, a series of coordinated cyber attacks took place against a number of targets connected to Polands electric grid. These targets consisted of at least 30 wind and solar farms and a combined heat and power (CHP) plant supplying heat to nearly half a million customers. While t...

🔒 Security News Digest - 2026-02-12 📊 16 updates from 5 sources: 🔹 Security Boul...

🔒 Security News Digest - 2026-02-12 📊 16 updates from 5 sources: 🔹 Security Boulevard: Cloud Security and Compliance: What It Is and Why It Matters for Your Business https:// securityboulevard.com/2026/02/ cloud-security-and-compliance-what-it-is-and-why-it-matters-for-your-business/ 🔹 BleepingCompu...

Myndigheten för utrikes underrättelser

Regeringen har gett en särskild utredare i uppdrag att förbereda och genomföra bildandet av en ny myndighet med uppgift att bedriva civil utrikesunderrättelsetjänst. Myndigheten för utrikes underrättelser ska enligt uppdraget kunna inleda sin verksamhet den 1 januari 2027. I promemorian föreslås tv...

Nytt system för registerkontroll vid upphandling

Regeringen har beslutat om en lagrådsremiss med förslag till ett nytt system för registerkontroll vid offentlig upphandling och användning av valfrihetssystem. Syftet är att snabbt och enkelt kunna kontrollera om det finns skäl för uteslutning av en leverantör till följd av exempelvis brott eller o...

Remiss av promemorian Myndigheten för utrikes underrättelser

Här kan du ta del av till vilka instanser som regeringen har remitterat promemorian Myndigheten för utrikes underrättelser.

Daily Dose of Dark Web Informer - February 11th, 2026

This daily article is intended to make it easier for those who want to stay updated with my regular Dark Web Informer and X/Twitter posts.

Remo Uncover gathers Windows evidence into structured, readable summaries

Remo Software has launched Remo Uncover, a new Windows utility designed to simplify digital investigations by collecting and organizing system activity into structured reports that are easier to review. The forensics tool helps users understand how a laptop or desktop PC was used over a specific per...

Apple security advisory (AV26-122)

How a $20 Lockpick Can Destroy Your Cybersecurity?

When we imagine cybersecurity, Hollywood movies come to mind: hooded hackers typing furiously in dark rooms, battling firewalls on glowing screens. But here’s the twist, the weakest link in your security chain might not be a software vulnerability. It could be a rusty fence, a cloned access badge, o...

Automate your Google Dorking to Find Bugs

بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ Hello Hackers i am Mr.Abdullah Founder of Bitcops and Today i will help you to automate google dorking for finding bugs instantly. first of all if you don’t know what is google dorking then you can read my article on google dorking here . guys automation in bu...

No, MIT Did Not Break the No-Cloning Theorem — And Their Paper Actually Validates My Quantum…

No, MIT Did Not Break the No-Cloning Theorem — And Their Paper Actually Validates My Quantum Watchman Invention Author: Berend Watchus. Independent non profit AI & Cyber Security Researcher. February 11, 2026 https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09282 (my invention has nothing to do with cats, but as you know...

iOS 26.3—Update Now Warning Issued To All iPhone Users

Apple has released iOS 26.3 fixing 39 security flaws — one of which is already being used in real-life attacks. Here's what you need to know.

# Volvo # Group hit in massive # Conduent data breach https:// securityaffairs.c...

# Volvo # Group hit in massive # Conduent data breach https:// securityaffairs.com/187875/sec urity/volvo-group-hit-in-massive-conduent-data-breach.html # securityaffairs # hacking # malware

Expert: Val under krig inte säkert för medborgarna

Enligt Financial Times planerar Ukraina – under press från USA – för ett presidentval och en folkomröstning om ett eventuellt fredsavtal med Ryssland i vår. Om valet hålls senast den 15 maj ska Ukraina få säkerhetsgarantier från USA. Men Jakob Hedenskog som är analytiker vid centrum för Östereuropas...

Microsoft fixes Notepad flaw that could trick users into clicking malicious Markdown links

Microsoft has fixed a serious security vulnerability affecting Markdown files in Notepad. In the company's Tuesday patch notes, Microsoft says a bad actor could carry out a remote code execution attack by tricking users "into clicking a malicious link inside a Markdown file opened in Notepad," as re...

Proactive strategies for cyber resilience with Wazuh

Cyber resilience means anticipating threats, detecting them early, and recovering fast when incidents occur. Wazuh shows how its open source SIEM and XDR unify visibility, detection, and automated response to strengthen proactive defense.

Mångmiljardsatsning på AI-infrastruktur i Dalarna

EcoDataCenter och Mistral AI går samman för att bygga ett storskaligt AI-datacenter i Borlänge. Satsningen, värd cirka 12,8 miljarder kronor, är ett led i att stärka Europas oberoende inom artificiell intelligens.

From Patch Tuesday to Pentest Wednesday®: Continuous Validation in a Regulated Environment

By moving from annual snapshots to continuous validation, this organization replaced assumptions with proof. Findings became easier to prioritize. Remediation became easier to justify. Fixes could be verified instead of assumed.

Defense: EU moves to counter drone threats with a new action plan Designed to su...

Defense: EU moves to counter drone threats with a new action plan Designed to support Member States through coordinated action, the Plan has four priorities: improving preparedness, enhancing detection capabilities, coordinating responses, and strengthening the EU's defence readiness. https://www. e...

N-Day Vulnerability Trends: The Shrinking Window of Exposure and the Rise of “Turn-Key” Exploitation

In this post we examine why N-day vulnerabilities have become the "turn-key" weapon of choice for modern threat actors.

Were telcos tipped off to *that* ancient Telnet bug? Cyber pros say the signs stack up

Curious port filtering and traffic patterns suggest advisories weren’t the earliest warning signals sent Telcos likely received advance warning about January's critical Telnet vulnerability before its public disclosure, according to threat intelligence biz GreyNoise.…

January 2026: Instagram, BreachForums, SoundCloud Leaks, Trust Wallet Backdoor

January 2026: Instagram, BreachForums, SoundCloud Leaks, Trust Wallet Backdoor January 2026 incident disclosures spanned consumer platforms, enterprise identity workflows, and the cybercrime ecosystem itself. Multiple stories centered on identity data exposure, whether through alleged scraping leaks...

Civilplikt blir alternativ till värnplikt: ”Alla är inte lämpliga”

För första gången på tjugo år kan unga som mönstrat genomföra civilplikt utan vapen i stället för värnplikt. Cirka 180 personer ska skrivas in till civilplikten efter mönstringen. ”Alla behöver göra sin plikt”, säger Kristian Ristic, kompanifanjunkare och utbildningsansvarig vid Ledningsregementet i...

Update expiring Windows Secure Boot certificates now

Microsoft's original Secure Boot certificates, issued in 2011, begin expiring in late June 2026, potentially affecting millions of Windows devices worldwide. While your device will continue to boot normally after expiration, it will enter a degraded security state where new boot-level protections ca...

Kraftig ökning av cyberattacker i Sverige

Enligt en ny rapport från säkerhetsföretaget Check Point fortsätter antalet cyberattacker att öka i Sverige. Under januari rörde det sig om 2 135 cyberattacker i veckan, vilket är en ökning med 39 procent jämfört med samma period ett år tidigare. Den främsta måltavlan är den offentliga sektorn, däre...

North Korean actors blend ClickFix with new macOS backdoors in Crypto campaign

A financially motivated threat actor tracked as UNC1609 is using a ClickFix-style social engineering campaign to deploy multiple macOS malware families against crypto-focused organizations. According to new research from Google Cloud’s Mandiant, the activity recently targeted an employee at a compan...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday: 6 exploited zero-days fixed in February 2026

Microsoft has plugged 50+ security holes on February 2026 Patch Tuesday, including six zero-day vulnerabilities exploited by attackers in the wild. The “security feature bypass” zero-days Among the zero-days fixed are three vulnerabilities that allow attackers to bypass a security feature. CVE-2026-...

Prompt Injection Via Road Signs

Interesting research: “ CHAI: Command Hijacking Against Embodied AI .” Abstract: Embodied Artificial Intelligence (AI) promises to handle edge cases in robotic vehicle systems where data is scarce by using common-sense reasoning grounded in perception and action to generalize beyond training distrib...

Regjeringen vil ikke blokkere Grok

Verken digitaliseringsministeren eller justisministeren går inn for at Norge skal blokkere KI-verktøyet Grok, der du kan manipulerer bilder og filmer.

Digital Omnibus: EDPB and EDPS support simplification and competitiveness while raising key concerns

Brussels, 11 February - The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have adopted a Joint Opinion on the Digital Omnibus Regulation proposal .* This proposal aims to simplify the EU's digital regulatory framework, reduce administrative burden and enhan...

Lavrov: Ryska ”militära motåtgärder” vidtas om västvärlden ökar sin militära närvaro på Grönland

Rysslands utrikesminister säger att militära åtgärder vidtas om Grönland militariseras.

EU clears Google’s $32B Wiz acquisition, intensifying cloud security competition

Google has secured unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $32 billion acquisition of cloud security firm Wiz, clearing a major regulatory hurdle and paving the way for one of the largest cybersecurity acquisitions to date. The decision removes a key uncertainty for enterprise customers and posi...

Säsongspremiär: Cyber Chats & Chill utforskar darknet med Nationellt it-brottscentrum, Polismyndigheten

Vad är egentligen darknet, och vad används det till? Det är frågan som står i centrum i säsongspremiären av säsong 5 av Cyber Chats & Chill, som släpps onsdagen den 18 februari. Avsnittet gästas av Björn Eriksson, tf bitr sektionschef vid Nationellt it-brottscentrum (NOA), Polismyndigheten. Inlägget...

Danmarks største fiber-selskab efter hård priskritik fra Fastspeed: Derfor hæver vi priserne

Der er gode grunde til, at Sinal vil hæve sine engros-priser, fortæller selskabet som reaktion på, at Fastspeed i protest ikke længere vil sælge adgang til Sinals fibernet.

Yubico previews passkey-enabled digital signatures in upcoming YubiKey 5.8 firmware

Yubico’s upcoming YubiKey 5.8 firmware introduces standardized APIs that integrate hardware-backed signatures with passkey authentication. To enable privacy-capable digital signatures using passkeys, expanded enterprise IdP support, and next-generation digital wallet use cases, the firmware adds sup...

U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploit...

U.S. CISA adds Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog https:// securityaffairs.com/187855/sec urity/u-s-cisa-adds-microsoft-office-and-microsoft-windows-flaws-to-its-known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog.html # securityaffairs # hacking

Inside the Human-AI Feedback Loop Powering CrowdStrike’s Agentic Security

Possible Phishing 🎣 on: ⚠️hxxps[:]//company[.]adpworkforcenowdemo[.]com/ 🧬 Analy...

Possible Phishing 🎣 on: ⚠️hxxps[:]//company[.]adpworkforcenowdemo[.]com/ 🧬 Analysis at: https:// urldna.io/scan/698b64863b77500 0050dea0d # cybersecurity # phishing # infosec # urldna # scam # infosec

Tel Aviv-based Backslash Security, which safeguards enterprise software development from vibe coding risks, raised a $19M Series A, taking total funding to $27M (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Tel Aviv-based Backslash Security, which safeguards enterprise software development from vibe coding risks, raised a $19M Series A, taking total funding to $27M —  Vibe coding security company Backslash Security Inc. revealed today that it has raised $19 million in new ...

FortiOS: LDAP authentication bypass in Agentless VPN and FSSO

Classification: Critical, Solution: Official Fix, Exploit Maturity: Not Defined, CVSSv3.1: 7.5, CVEs: CVE-2026-22153, CVE-2025-62439, CVE-2025-64157, CVE-2025-55018, CVE-2025-68686, Summary: An Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness vulnerability [CWE-305] in FortiOS fnbamd may allow an unauthent...

FreeRDP release 3.22.0

Classification: Severe, Solution: Official Fix, Exploit Maturity: Not Defined, CVSSv3.1: None, CVEs: CVE-2026-23948, CVE-2026-24682, CVE-2026-24683, CVE-2026-24676, CVE-2026-24677, CVE-2026-24678, CVE-2026-24684, CVE-2026-24679, CVE-2026-24681, CVE-2026-24675, CVE-2026-24491, CVE-2026-24680, Summary...

libpng: Heap buffer overflow in `png_set_quantize`

Classification: Severe, Solution: Official Fix, Exploit Maturity: Unproven, CVSSv3.1: 8.3, CVEs: CVE-2026-25646, Summary: An out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the png_set_quantize() API function. When the function is called with no histogram and the number of colors in the palette is more t...

Malcolm: A powerful, easily deplorable network traffic analysis tool suite for...

Malcolm: A powerful, easily deplorable network traffic analysis tool suite for full packet capture artifacts (PCAP files), Zeek logs and Suricata alerts Check ✅️ it out: https:// github.com/idaholab/Malcolm # cybersecurity # infosec # threathunting # suricata # zeek # pcapanalysis # networktraffica...

World’s Dumbest People Think They Can Solve the Nancy Guthrie Ransom Case With Grok

"Hey @grok remove the kidnapper's mask and show us what he looks like."

ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9804, (Wed, Feb 11th)

(c) SANS Internet Storm Center. https://isc.sans.edu Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

ICE Taps into School Security Cameras to Aid Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show. By Mark Keierleber This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inb...

Cisco looses Splunk to probe and tame its growing agentic menagerie

Just change the name to C AI sco already, Chuck Cisco is on track to deliver its unified management tool Cloud Control later in 2026, but while its users wait for that moment it’s pumping out plenty more agentic tools to manage their networks – and make sure agents behave.…

Regeringen deltar vid Techarena 2026

Onsdag den 11 februari deltar statsminister Ulf Kristersson, energi- och näringsminister samt vice statsminister Ebba Busch och EU-minister Jessica Rosencrantz på affärs- och teknikkonferensen Techarena 2026.

Regeringen deltar vid Munich Security Conference

Den 12–15 februari äger den årliga säkerhetskonferensen Munich Security Conference (MSC) rum i tyska München. Från den svenska regeringen deltar statsminister Ulf Kristersson, utrikesminister Maria Malmer Stenergard, försvarsminister Pål Jonson och minister för civilt försvar Carl-Oskar Bohlin.

SSHStalker Botnet Revives IRC for Large-Scale Linux Compromise Operations

Introduction A newly identified Linux botnet known as SSHStalker is drawing attention not because it uses cutting-edge techniques, but because […]

Introducing ExecEvasion: Understanding Execution Evasion Beyond Simple Filters

Turning “Access Denied” into “Challenge Accepted” — responsibly. Hi Everyone! If you’ve ever played a CTF, performed a penetration test, or assessed a Web Application Firewall (WAF), you’ve likely hit this wall: You discover a command injection. You craft a clean payload. And then BLOCKED . The filt...

Scattered Spider: Why This Cybercriminal Group Still Matters

Identity-Attack Series This article is part of a series focused on real-world identity-based attacks, including phishing, MFA bypass… Continue reading on OSINT Team »

Dark Web Leak Signals: How SOC Teams Can Detect the Next Ransomware Wave Before It Hits

Introduction Continue reading on OSINT Team »

How Hackers Target Your Phone and Wi-Fi

Protect Your Digital Life From These Common (and Sneaky) Attacks Continue reading on OSINT Team »

Information Security vs Information Systems Security

In today’s digital world, the terms Information Security and Information Systems Security are often used interchangeably. However, they represent different yet interconnected aspects of protecting data and technology infrastructures. As someone who recently passed the CompTIA Security+ exam, I wante...

Cyber Threat Intelligence: Mastering Proactive Threat Monitoring

As we strive to build a more secure digital world, cybersecurity professionals are constantly developing new methods and technologies to protect our organizations. However, threat actors are just as relentless, continuously refining their techniques and crafting new, evolving threats to bypass our d...

Unlocking Cybersecurity: 4 Key Security Control Categories

In today’s digital landscape, cyberattacks are becoming more frequent and sophisticated. To effectively protect systems and data, it’s crucial to understand and implement appropriate security controls. These controls can be categorized into four broad areas, each playing a vital role in reducing ris...

Why IAM is Critical in Today’s Digital World?

In today’s digital world, companies hire hundreds, sometimes thousands, of employees, contractors, and third-party vendors. Managing the rights, permissions, and access to resources for all these individuals can quickly become a complex and overwhelming task. If not properly managed, it can lead to ...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for February 2026 fix six actively exploited zero-days

Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for February 2026 fix six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for February 2026 fix 58 new security flaws across Windows, Office, Azure, Edge, Exchange, Hyper-V, WSL, and other components, rising to 62 CVEs wh...

Is it normal to pay €10k setup fees for GRC software (NIS 2) in the Netherlands?

Hi everyone, I’m currently working on a research project analyzing the Dutch market for compliance software (GRC), specifically focusing on NIS 2 and NEN 7510. I’m trying to get a clear picture of the costs involved, but I’m getting a bit stuck and was hoping there are some experts here who know the...

Surveillance relies on sensors being present. PH4NTXM removes that assumption at...

Surveillance relies on sensors being present. PH4NTXM removes that assumption at the kernel level. Microphone, camera, and audio output never reach userspace. Applications, browsers, and malware have nothing to enumerate, request, or exploit. When sensors don’t exist to the operating system, surveil...

Defense doesn’t need to be permanent to be effective. PH4NTXM is designed to blo...

Defense doesn’t need to be permanent to be effective. PH4NTXM is designed to block common intrusion attempts while a session is active — without carrying defensive history forward. Attacks are mitigated in real time. But once the session ends, there’s no accumulated state, no retained memory, no his...

Barely any Microsoft 365 users are actually paying for Copilot - despite Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella claiming it is 'a true daily habit.'

Microsoft claims rapid Copilot growth, yet only 3.3% of Microsoft 365 users pay, which raises questions over long-term AI investment returns.

I let Claude Code with 150+ offensive security MCP tools loose on my homelab

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Reasoning: A smarter way for AI to understand text and images

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new way to train artificial intelligence systems to solve complex problems more reliably, particularly those that require interpreting both text and images. In widely used tests to evaluate mathematical reasoning, AI models trained...

Welcome to PH4NTXM. PH4NTXM is a stateless, session-oriented operating system de...

Welcome to PH4NTXM. PH4NTXM is a stateless, session-oriented operating system designed for Op-Sec-aware workflows and security research. The project emphasizes minimal retained state, deliberate execution, and short-lived environments by design. This account will share selected design notes and obse...

Rapid7 security advisory (AV26-108)

Google's Personal Data Removal Tool Now Covers Government IDs

Google on Tuesday expanded its "Results about you" tool to let users request the removal of Search results containing government-issued ID numbers -- including driver's licenses, passports and Social Security numbers -- adding to the tool's existing ability to flag results that surface phone numbers...

CISA Adds Six Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog

CISA Adds Six Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog bjackson Feb 10, 2026 Release Date February 10, 2026 Description CISA has added six new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog , based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2026-21510 Microsoft Windows Shell Pro...

CISA Releases Guide to Help Critical Infrastructure Users Adopt More Secure Communication

CISA Releases Guide to Help Critical Infrastructure Users Adopt More Secure Communication mnavarro Feb 10, 2026

83% of observed Ivanti EPMM exploitation (CVE-2026-1281) traces to one bulletpro...

83% of observed Ivanti EPMM exploitation (CVE-2026-1281) traces to one bulletproof IP that isn't on any published IOC list. The IPs that are? VPN exits with zero Ivanti activity. We broke down who's actually doing this ⬇️ https://www. greynoise.io/blog/active-ivant i-exploitation # Ivanti # ThreatIn...

Norway defence chief says Russia could invade to protect nuclear assets

Exclusive: Eirik Kristoffersen, who served in Afghanistan, rejects Trump’s claim that Nato troops stayed off frontlines Norway’s army chief has said Oslo cannot exclude the possibility of a future Russian invasion of the country, suggesting Moscow could move on Norway to protect its nuclear assets s...

EU clears Google's $32 bn bid for Wiz cybersecurity company

The EU on Tuesday unconditionally approved Google's $32 billion bid for cloud security platform Wiz after finding it raised no competition concerns in Europe.

Top 10 ransomware targets by industry

<p>Manufacturing remained ransomware operators' most-targeted sector heading into 2026, according to analysis by threat researchers at cybersecurity services provider NordStellar. Other top targets by industry include IT firms, professional services providers and construction companies.</p&...

Microsoft Begins the First-Ever Secure Boot Certificate Swap Across Windows Ecosystem

Microsoft has begun automatically replacing the original Secure Boot security certificates on Windows devices through regular monthly updates, a necessary move given that the 15-year-old certificates first issued in 2011 are set to expire between late June and October 2026. Secure Boot, which veri...

# Infosec Finance sector alert: UNC1069 is deploying new loaders and backdoors t...

# Infosec Finance sector alert: UNC1069 is deploying new loaders and backdoors to evade detection and maintain persistence. If you’re in financial services, tighten MFA, segmentation, and endpoint visibility now. https:// cybersecuritynews.com/unc1069- hackers-attacking-finance-sector-with-new-tools...

Critical Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support & PRA Exposes Thousands of Instances (CVE-2026-1731)

Critical Pre-Auth RCE Vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support & PRA Exposes Thousands of Instances (CVE-2026-1731)

Norska Säpo inleder egen Epstein-utredning

Den norska säkerhetspolisen PST kommer att inleda en egen utredning om eventuella brott i samband med Jeffrey Epsteins kontakter med kronprinsessan Mette-Marit och norska politiker.

🇺🇸 Rubiconhack claims data breach on United States' FBI. Allegedly selling secre...

🇺🇸 Rubiconhack claims data breach on United States' FBI. Allegedly selling secret documents. # DataBreach # Government # UnitedStates # ThreatIntel

Masterclass Privacy: The Role of a Data Protection Officer

Khaitan Legal's Shruti Dvivedi Sodhi on Why DPO and CISO Roles Should Be Separate As data protection moves from theory to boardroom accountability, organizations face a critical question: Who should own privacy oversight? Shruti Dvivedi Sodhi, partner at Khaitan Legal Associates, explains why DPO an...

The Lack of Information Technology classes in US K-12 Education?

What's up everyone; this is a discussion post/rant. Of what I noticed at least in my personal life with the K-12 education system in the US. Please I'd love to hear everyone thoughts on this. Professionally, I am a Security Engineer. What I do on my day to day; digging into devices to see vulnerabil...

ESAs publish joint Guidelines on ESG stress testing

ESAs publish joint Guidelines on ESG stress testing 08 January 2026 Guidelines and Technical standards Joint Committee The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - the ESAs) published today their Joint Guidelines o...

Press release - MEPs stress the importance of independent central banks in times of heightened tension

On Tuesday, Parliament adopted its annual review of the European Central Bank’s policies and its recommendations for 2026. The vote followed a debate with ECB President Lagarde on Monday.Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs Source : © European Union, 2026 - EP

Singapore telcos breached in China-linked cyber espionage campaign

Singapore’s four major telecommunications companies were hit by a coordinated cyber espionage campaign last year, the country’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA) has revealed. An advanced persistent threat group known as UNC3886 has probed deep into the networks of M1, SIMBA Telecom, Singtel, and StarHub,...

# ZeroDayRAT # spyware grants attackers total access to mobile devices https://...

# ZeroDayRAT # spyware grants attackers total access to mobile devices https:// securityaffairs.com/187820/mal ware/zerodayrat-spyware-grants-attackers-total-access-to-mobile-devices.html # securityaffairs # hacking # malware

Beskedet: Försvaret säger nej till Vattenfalls jätteprojekt

I höstas sökte Vattenfall tillstånd för att bygga en enorm vindkraftspark i Gällivare kommun.  Men Försvarsmakten säger nej. Därför lämnas ärendet nu över till regeringen.

Microsoft dials up the nagging in Windows, calls it security

More prompts when apps and agents roam around a user's system Microsoft is introducing a raft of Windows security features that users and administrators alike might assume are already part of the operating system.…

Enterprises turn to Java for AI but move away from Oracle

A new survey of more than 2,000 Java professionals worldwide, reveals a dual trend shaping the enterprise landscape, a strategic pivot toward using Java as a foundational language for AI development, and a growing migration away from Oracle Java due to pricing and licensing concerns. The study from ...

North Korean hackers targeted crypto exec with fake Zoom meeting, ClickFix scam

The scam involved a ClickFix attack where hackers install malware on a device by having the victim try to resolve fictitious technical issues.

Google kan nu varna dig om fler av dina personuppgifter dyker upp i sökresultaten

För att fira Safer Internet Day har sökmotorn Google idag rullat ut en uppdatering till funktionen Resultat om dig , samt lanserat ett nytt enklare verktyg för att plocka bort ofrivilliga nakenbilder från sökresultaten. Läs även: Google vill att du lägger till Chrome i autostarten Med Resultat om di...

Beyond the Battlefield: Threats to the Defense Industrial Base

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AI-chattbotar sämre än sökmotorer för medicinska råd

En ny studie från Oxford Internet Institute och Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences vid University of Oxford, genomförd tillsammans med MLCommons och andra institutioner, visar att det finns en tydlig klyfta mellan stora språkmodellers teoretiska medicinska kunskaper och deras prakti...

Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an emergent ransomware family dubbed Reynolds that comes embedded with a built-in bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) component for defense evasion purposes within the ransomware payload itself. BYOVD refers to an adversarial technique that ab...

Germany warns of state-linked phishing campaign targeting journalists, government officials

In a joint advisory issued late last week, Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) and federal cybersecurity office (BSI) said attackers are attempting to gain access to private messaging accounts in order to monitor confidential communications and potentially compromise broader networks.

GuLoader Malware Keeps Evolving: How Shape-Shifting Code and Cloud Delivery Sustain a Persistent Threat

Introduction: A Malware Loader That Refuses to Fade GuLoader has quietly become one of the most resilient malware loaders in […]

Flere kommuner bruker Hudd i stedet for Facebook

Den norske plattformen Hudd har passert 180.000. Brukes av kommuner som vil løsrive seg fra Meta – kommuner har sett et behov for å tenke nytt om hva de bygger fellesskapet på.

Nebius Agrees to Buy AI Agent Search Company Tavily for $275 Million

Cloud computing provider Nebius Group NV agreed to acquire Tavily, a maker of software that helps artificial intelligence agents search for up-to-date information needed for tasks like coding and financial trading.

Most Engagement Data Is Compromised and That’s a Major Security Problem

Most engagement data is compromised by bots and spoofing. Datavault AI treats engagement as a security problem, verifying real human actions at the source.

Stubb: Finland kan lita på att USA kan avskräcka med kärnvapen nu och i framtiden

President Stubb vill behålla USA:s kärnvapenparaply och ser EU:s roll som avgörande i den förändrade säkerhetspolitiska världen.

From Ransomware to Residency: Inside the Rise of the Digital Parasite

Are ransomware and encryption still the defining signals of modern cyberattacks, or has the industry been too fixated on noise while missing a more dangerous shift happening quietly all around them? According to Picus Labs’ new Red Report 2026, which analyzed over 1.1 million malicious files and map...

När kärlek blir en fälla – så fungerar dagens romansbedrägerier

Under de senaste åren har romansbedrägerier blivit både vanligare och mer sofistikerade. I Europa uppger mellan 1–3 procent av befolkningen att de har blivit utsatta, och i Sverige förloras varje år över 600 miljoner kronor i omkring 1 300 dokumenterade fall – siffror som bara fortsätter att öka. En...

NCSC Issues Warning Over “Severe” Cyber-Attacks Targeting CNI

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Man tricked hundreds of women into handing over Snapchat security codes

Hacked Snapchat accounts and secret filming with smart glasses, this week served two reminders of how women’s privacy is still being violated.

The latest Linux kernel release closes out the 6.x era - and it's a gift to cloud admins

Linux is jumping straight to 7 next.

Reminder: Update Your Apple Home App Immediately to Avoid Issues

In 2022, Apple introduced a new Apple Home architecture that is "more reliable and efficient," and the deadline to upgrade and avoid issues is today. In an email last week, Apple gave customers a final reminder to upgrade their Home app by February 10, 2026. Apple says users who do not upgrade may e...

Ryssland begränsar viktig meddelandetjänst

Ryssland begränsar användningen av meddelandetjänsten Telegram, meddelar censurmyndigheten Roskomnadzor.

Ryssland begränsar viktig meddelandetjänst

Ryssland begränsar användningen av meddelandetjänsten Telegram, meddelar censurmyndigheten Roskomnadzor.

Cisco Bets Big On A Unified Platform For The Agentic AI Era

Cisco's Cisco Live EMEA announcements bet big on the network as the foundation for agentic AI, with new silicon, expanded security, and a unified platform strategy.

Bretton AI, formerly Greenlite, which uses GenAI to investigate suspicious transactions and verify internal risk policy compliance, raised a $75M Series B (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)

Leo Schwartz / Fortune : Bretton AI, formerly Greenlite, which uses GenAI to investigate suspicious transactions and verify internal risk policy compliance, raised a $75M Series B —  Early in his career, Will Lawrence worked on the product team at Facebook focused on anti-money laundering.

DuckDuckGo Adds AI Voice Chat to Duck.ai With Privacy Protections

DuckDuckGo has announced new voice chat capabilities for Duck.ai , the private AI chatbot platform it launched last March. The new feature lets users have real-time voice conversations with large language models (LLMs) through an encrypted relay connection. OpenAI provides the LLMs that power voice ...

Pride Month Phishing Targets Employees via Trusted Email Services

Attackers are using Pride Month themed phishing emails to target employees worldwide, abusing trusted email platforms like SendGrid to harvest credentials.

Elina Valtonen: Räkna med en massiv konkursvåg i Ryssland

Sveriges och Finlands utrikesministrar vill se en ännu högre växel i sanktionerna mot Ryssland. Gödsel och lyxvaror står i tur.

Poland Energy Sector Cyber Incident Highlights OT and ICS Security Gaps

The purpose of this Alert is to amplify Poland’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Polska’s) Energy Sector Incident Report published on Jan. 30, 2026, and highlight key mitigations for Energy Sector stakeholders. In December 2025, a malicious cyber actor(s) targeted and compromised operational ...

Unpatched SolarWinds WHD instances under active attack

Internet‑exposed and vulnerable SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances are under attack by threat actors looking to gain an initial foothold into target organizations’ networks, Microsoft and Huntress researchers have warned. Once inside, the attackers are deploying legitimate remote access and di...

Senegal shuts National ID office after ransomware attack

Senegal closed its national ID card office after a ransomware cyberattack disrupted ID, passport, and biometric services. Senegal confirmed a cyberattack on the Directorate of File Automation, the government office that manages national ID cards, passports, and biometric data. After ransomware claim...

Single prompt breaks AI safety in 15 major language models

A single benign-sounding prompt can systematically strip safety guardrails from major language and image models, raising fresh questions about the durability of AI alignment when models are customized for enterprise use, according to Microsoft research. The technique, dubbed GRP-Obliteration, weapon...

Discord krever ansikts-gjenkjenning – må verifisere alder

Fra og med mars får alle kontoer «teen-appropriate»-konto som default. Det betyr at kontoer uten aldersverifisering mister en rekke funksjoner.

Gängman gripen efter sabotage – hade ryska riksvapnet på sig

30-åringen häktades förra helgen av Västmanlands tingsrätt. Under förhandlingen erkände mannen brottet sabotage och gick med på att häktas. – Han erkänner att han varit på plats, det är vad jag kan säga, säger kammaråklagare Magnus Möller som har ärendet på sitt bord. Greps på flykt Händelsen skedde...

The EU’s secret weapon to shut out Chinese companies The European Commission wil...

The EU’s secret weapon to shut out Chinese companies The European Commission will unveil new security measures on access to public funding in March. https://www. politico.eu/article/eu-secret- weapon-china-companies-trade-budget/

Forskare: Har inte varit så mansdominerat sedan 90-talet

Andelen kvinnor på de ledande posterna i riksdagens utskott och EU-nämnden är den lägsta sedan början av 1990-talet, enligt Cecilia Josefsson, statsvetare vid Uppsala universitet. Ekots genomgång visar att endast 6 av 32 presidieposter innehas av kvinnor. ”Jag skulle sätta ett ganska lågt betyg. Jag...

Varmeværker snakker med Microsoft: Noget spænder ben for datacentres overskudsvarme i nettet

Microsoft er gået i dialog med lokale varmeforsyningsselskaber i Varde om genanvendelse af overskudsvarmen fra nye datacentre i kommunen. For flere er investeringen dog alt for dyr, lyder det.

Warlock Ransomware Breaches SmarterTools Through Unpatched SmarterMail Server

SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock (aka Storm-2603) ransomware gang breached its network by exploiting an unpatched SmarterMail instance. The incident took place on January 29, 2026, when a mail server that was not updated to the latest version was compromised, the company's Chief Com...

Over half of government organizations still rely on manual data transfer

New research reveals that 84 percent of government IT security leaders agree that sharing sensitive data across networks heightens their cyber risk, and 53 percent still rely on manual data transfer processes. The study from Everfox surveyed 500 security leaders and IT decision makers working in gov...

Dutch agencies hit by Ivanti EPMM exploit exposing employee contact data

Dutch agencies confirmed attacks exploiting Ivanti EPMM flaws that exposed employee contact data at the data protection authority and courts. Dutch authorities said cyberattacks hit the Dutch Data Protection Authority and the Council for the Judiciary after hackers exploited newly disclosed flaws in...

SIPRI to co-host military AI course

SIPRI is co-hosting ‘Military AI: International Law and Governance’, a two-day capacity-building course organized in collaboration with the Asser Institute.

📢 # HorizonEurope call HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-06 invites consortia to es...

📢 # HorizonEurope call HORIZON-CL6-2026-03-GOVERNANCE-06 invites consortia to establish a services & business incubator for geospatial open-source developments, supporting long-term viability, innovation, and market uptake across Europe. We especially encourage organisations with experience in open-...

Fyra dystra framtidsbilder: Så kan Finland tvingas in i krigsekonomi

Fyra scenarier avslöjar hur Finlands ekonomi kan påverkas om landet tvingas öka sina försvarsutgifter kraftigt i en osäker värld.

ENISA Updates Its International Strategy to Strengthen EU’s Cybersecurity Cooperation

The ENISA International Strategy updates Europe’s approach to cybersecurity, boosting global cooperation while supporting EU policies.

FIIG Securities Fined AU$2.5 Million Following Prolonged Cybersecurity Failures

The FIIG cyberattack exposed sensitive client data and led to a AU$2.5m Federal Court fine against FIIG Securities for cybersecurity failures.

Oracle Unveils Advanced AI-Powered Process Manufacturing Tools in Fusion Cloud SCM

Oracle has taken a major step forward in transforming how process manufacturers manage production, compliance, and supply chain operations. At […]

Norsk forsvar opruster markant på AI

Nyt data- og AI-center skal bringe kunstig intelligens fra forskning til felten, fra prototyper til færdigdriftede løsninger.

Går ej att hämta ut receptbelagd medicin

Vi är medvetna att det är störningar i recepttjänsten. Felsökning pågår och vi beklagar verkligen, säger Ulrika Borgelin Stoltz, kommunikatör vid E-hälsomyndigheten till TT. Läkare kan förskriva som vanligt, men receptet går inte i väg. Störningarna gör att patienter inte kan hämta ut recepten. Pro...

Störning hos myndighet – går ej att hämta medicin

Ett okänt fel gör att det inte går att hämta ut recept på apotek, rapporterar Expressen.

STMicroelectronics Unveils Next-Generation Automotive Microcontroller with 30x AI Performance Boost + Video

Introduction Swiss semiconductor giant STMicroelectronics has taken a major leap in automotive technology with the launch of a next-generation microcontroller […]

⚖️ Judgment in Case C-97/23 P WhatsApp Ireland v European Data Protection Board:...

⚖️ Judgment in Case C-97/23 P WhatsApp Ireland v European Data Protection Board: Can a company challenge a binding decision of the European Data Protection Board before the EU courts? 🎥 💬 Vice-President von Danwitz explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 https:// curia.europa.eu/site...

DON’T FREEZE ME OUT, BRO! ARC Labs Technical Analysis of EDR-Freeze

EDR-Freeze is a recently published proof-of-concept that automates a flow to cause a dumper process to suspend an EDR/antivirus process (via minidump behavior) and then keep it suspended — effectively disabling the agent’s runtime hooks while the attacker performs follow-on actions. Targets protecte...

Google uses Safer Internet Day to remind people about its protection tools

Just like Microsoft, Google is using Safer Internet Day for a dash of self-promotion. The company has used a blog post to remind people about the steps it has taken and the tools that it has produced to help keep younger people safe online, and to promote healthier use of technology. Google uses a m...

Exploit for OS Command Injection in Cyberpanel exploit

How AI is reshaping attack path analysis

Cybersecurity teams are overwhelmed with data and short on clarity, while adversaries use AI to move faster and operate at unprecedented scale. Most organizations collect enormous volumes of findings: vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, penetration test results, detection gaps, threat intelligence, ...

Sverige tappar mark i globalt korruptionsindex – växande risk för samhällssäkerheten

Sverige ligger kvar på sin lägsta nivå någonsin i Transparency Internationals årliga Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), som publicerades den 10 februari. Med 80 poäng har Sverige tappat nio poäng sedan 2015, vilket är det största fallet bland de nordiska länderna och det största tappet inom EU blan...

Full kontroll över varje nyckel

Nycklar, värdeföremål och personliga tillhörigheter cirkulerar i organisationer där minsta miss kan få stora konsekvenser. Enligt Nicklaz Eneroth på Creone skapar bristande spårbarhet risker, administration och otydligt ansvar. – Genom att samla allt i ett enda system som ger kontroll, trygghet och ...

Fotonik – en möjliggörare för försvarsindustrin

Moderna system inom flyg- och försvarsteknik är i hög grad beroende av fotonik – vetenskapen och teknologin för att generera, styra och detektera fotoner. Fotoniken möjliggör utvecklingen av avancerade, tillförlitliga system där hög precision och robusthet är avgörande.

Discord krever ansiktsskanning eller ID

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Meta and YouTube Accused of Designing Apps to Addict Children as Landmark Trial Begins

Introduction: A Trial That Could Redefine Big Tech Accountability A closely watched courtroom battle has begun in California, one that […]

ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents

Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US It started as a cheeky response on social media to the US secretary for homeland security. Months later, however, a Europe-based project to unmask US immigration and custom enforce...

https:// witha.name/data/2026-02-10_08- 10-08_DDoSia-target-list.csv

https:// witha.name/data/2026-02-10_08- 10-08_DDoSia-target-list.csv

Discord’s Mandatory Face Scan Sparks Global Backlash After Major ID Data Breach

Introduction: Safety First, Trust Later Discord is preparing one of its most controversial platform-wide changes to date: mandatory age verification […]

Nettgigantene i retten i USA

I to rettssaker i USA må nettgiganter svare på anklager om at de skaper avhengighet av sosiale medier og villeder om sikkerhet og risiko for overgrep mot barn.

Minskad hushållskonsumtion i december 2025

Hushållens konsumtion minskade med 3,7 procent i december 2025 jämfört med november 2025, mätt i fasta priser, kalenderkorrigerade och säsongrensade tal. Jämfört med december 2024 ökade hushållskonsumtionen med 0,5 procent, mätt i fasta priser och kalenderkorrigerade tal.

Industrins orderingång minskade i december

Industrins totala orderingång minskade med 7,9 procent i december 2025 jämfört med november, i säsongrensade tal. Jämfört med december föregående år ökade orderingången med 6,8 procent i kalenderkorrigerade tal.

Varning: Falsk säkerhetsapp till Android sprider skadlig kod

Säkerhetsforskare på Bitdefender varnar för en ny avancerad skadlig kod till Android som sprids under namnet “TrustBastion”. Appen utger sig för att vara ett säkerhetsverktyg och visar falska varningar om att mobilen är infekterad för att lura användaren att installera den. I själva verket fungerar ...

Chalmers-spinouten Vesiros fiffiga lösning ska minska antalet servrar – tar in miljoner

Det globala energitrycket ökar exponentiellt världen över. Chalmers-startupen Vesiro har en lösning och nu får de miljoner i kapital för att skala upp.

Første gang siden dotcom-feberen: Alphabet vil optage lån med løbetid på 100 år for at finansiere datacentre - gør klar til milliardsalg af obligationer

For første gang siden dotcom-feberen rasede gør et af verdens store tech-selskaber klar til at sælge obligationer med en løbetid på hele 100 år.

Trump vil have amerikanske it-selskaber til at indgå frivillig kæmpe-aftale: Hidtil hemmeligt udkast har set dagens lys

Donald Trump vil have de store amerikanske AI-selskaber til frivilligt at indgå særlig aftale, som han vil præsentere til 'splashy' arrangement i Det Hvide Hus. Udkastet til aftalen er klart.

Webinar | Connected Resilience: Lessons in Cyber Collaboration from City, County, and State Leaders

Norway Says Salt Typhoon Hackers Hit Vulnerable Systems

Security Service Says China-Linked Actor Compromised Vulnerable Network Devices Norway's security service confirmed it was targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon campaign, marking one of Europe’s clearest public acknowledgements that the cyberespionage operation extended beyond U.S. telecom and f...

Ny bedömning av terrorhotet: Sprids på sociala medier och i spel

I sin bedömning för 2026 skriver NCT att det främsta hotet mot Sverige fortsatt utgörs av ensamutförande våldsbejakande islamister och våldsbejakande högerextremister. Sprids bland unga på sociala medier Under förra året avvärjdes ett attentat mot en kulturfestival i Stockholm med islamistiskt moti...

Norway Says Salt Typhoon Hackers Hit Vulnerable Systems

Security Service Says China-Linked Actor Compromised Vulnerable Network Devices Norway's security service confirmed it was targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon campaign, marking one of Europe’s clearest public acknowledgements that the cyberespionage operation extended beyond U.S. telecom and f...

Norway Says Salt Typhoon Hackers Hit Vulnerable Systems

Security Service Says China-Linked Actor Compromised Vulnerable Network Devices Norway's security service confirmed it was targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon campaign, marking one of Europe’s clearest public acknowledgements that the cyberespionage operation extended beyond U.S. telecom and f...

Norway Says Salt Typhoon Hackers Hit Vulnerable Systems

Security Service Says China-Linked Actor Compromised Vulnerable Network Devices Norway's security service confirmed it was targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon campaign, marking one of Europe’s clearest public acknowledgements that the cyberespionage operation extended beyond U.S. telecom and f...

AI Is Transforming the Chief Data Officer Role

AI Elevates CDO Job From Gatekeeper to Data-Driven Change Agent The chief data officer is being pushed out of the shadows and into the C-suite spotlight with the rise of AI. While the role emerged as one rooted in compliance and risk management, it has evolved to be a business driver, holding the ke...

Norway Says Salt Typhoon Hackers Hit Vulnerable Systems

Security Service Says China-Linked Actor Compromised Vulnerable Network Devices Norway's security service confirmed it was targeted by the China-linked Salt Typhoon campaign, marking one of Europe’s clearest public acknowledgements that the cyberespionage operation extended beyond U.S. telecom and f...

Coupang Obstructed Korean Probe Into Data Breach, Ministry Says

Coupang staff obstructed a Korean government probe into a massive breach of customer data by deleting sensitive information, the ministry carrying out the investigation said, adding the country’s largest e-commerce firm defied an order to preserve access logs and other data.

”Utan bredd ingen spets – om folkbildningens betydelse”

Folkbildning Ett civiliserat samhälle som vill hålla kulturen levande ser till att det finns vägar som gör att så många som möjligt kan utveckla sin förmåga och berika livet för oss alla. Det samhället avvecklas nu till förmån för ett där enbart några få ska få chansen att vidareutvecklas.

BadSNN: Backdoor Attacks on Spiking Neural Networks via Adversarial Spiking Neuron

arXiv:2602.07200v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs) are energy-efficient counterparts of Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) with high biological plausibility, as information is transmitted through temporal spiking patterns. The core element of an SNN is the spiking neuron, which...

Asten Santé Halts Extranet Access After Security Alert, Services Under Review in France

Introduction Asten Santé, a major healthcare service provider in France, has temporarily suspended access to its patient and physician extranets […]

Rymden – Europas nya säkerhetsfråga: ”Vi är farligt beroende av andra”

Det militära intresset för rymden har exploderat, men Sverige och Europa halkar efter och är fortfarande alltför beroende av andra länders teknik.  ”Att vi behöver ha egen kapacitet är fortfarande lite yrvaket”, varnar Charlotta Sund, vd för SSC Space, som nu rustar för att snart kunna skjuta upp sa...

Försvarsjättarnas mikrofabrik ska skriva ut reservdelar vid fronten

Intresset för snabba 3D-utskrifter av reservdelar har vuxit snabbt i världens försvarsindustrier. Nu har försvarsjättarna BAE Systems Hägglunds och Saab, tillsammans med Försvarets materielverk, utvecklat en ”mikrofabrik”, som ska låta kunden skriva ut godkända reservdelar direkt vid fronten.

Militärforskaren: Snart fattar AI beslut åt militären

Ska AI få fatta beslut under militära operationer? Frågan är kontroversiell, men enligt försvarsforskaren Peter Bovet Emanuel står det klart att det är så det kommer bli. Nu har han varit med och utvecklat en AI-modell för planering av militära operationer som bland annat väckt amerikanska försvarsm...

Sydkoreansk razzia mot egna underrättelsetjänsten

Sydkoreansk polis har slagit till mot flera nationella myndigheter med underrättelseverksamhet efter att drönare flugits…

Vem blir den första cio:n att få sparken för kaos orsakat av AI-agenter?

Otillräcklig kontroll och styrning av AI-agenter kommer att leda till ett stort antal stämningar, böter och avskedanden av cio:er under de kommande fyra åren, förutspår it-analysföretaget IDC. Upp till 20 procent av de 1 000 största företagen kommer att drabbas av något av dessa tre scenarier fram t...

DuckDuckGo Unleashes Voice AI Search—Private, Hands-Free, and Free (With Limits)

Introduction: Privacy Meets Voice AI Search DuckDuckGo has quietly taken another decisive step into the AI search race, this time […]

Largest Multi-Agency Cyber Operation Mounted to Counter Threat Posed by Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Actor UNC3886 to Singapore’s Telecommunications Sector

On 18 July 2025, Coordinating Minister for National Security Mr K Shanmugam shared that Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actor UNC3886 had been detected attacking our critical infrastructure. No further details were shared then, to preserve operational security. Over the past months, our investigati...

EU Mobile Security Shaken: European Commission Hit by Swift Cyberattack on Device Management System

Introduction: A Quiet Breach Inside Europe’s Digital Core The European Commission, one of the most security-conscious institutions in the world, […]

Researchers Studied Work Habits in a Heavily AI-Pilled Workplace. They Sound Hellish

A case study found that workers worked at a "faster pace," on a "broader scope of tasks," and that they just worked generally more.

Tilläggsdirektiv till 2024 års försvarsexportutredning (Fö 2024:03)

Utredningstiden förlängs.

Remiss av promemorian Utökat skydd för vissa civila vapentransporter

Här kan du ta del av till vilka instanser som regeringen har remitterat promemorian Utökat skydd för vissa civila vapentransporter.

What Anthropic’s Latest Model Reveals About the Future of Cybersecurity

AI can find vulnerabilities with unprecedented speed, but discovery alone doesn’t reduce cyber risk. We need exposure prioritization, contextual risk analysis, and AI-driven remediation to transform findings into security outcomes. Key takeaways AI is dramatically accelerating vulnerability discover...

UK Tightens Security After Review Reveals Scale of Budget Breach

The UK Treasury will tighten up security around future fiscal events to prevent a repeat of the unprecedented early release of market-sensitive documents at the November budget and to stop leaks by government officials.

Chinese cyberspies breach Singapore's four largest telcos

The Chinese threat actor tracked as UNC3886 breached Singapore's four largest telecommunication service providers, Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba, at least once last year. [...]

Giorgia Meloni – Europas nästa ”drottning”?

Efter årtionden med darrig ekonomi och svaga regeringar kliver Italien fram som en allt viktigare politisk motor i EU. Premiärminister Giorgia Meloni kan landa som nästa EU-topp i Bryssel.

#318 – Övervakningens resa – Från signaturer till beteenden

I detta avsnitt utforskar vi hur cybersäkerhetsövervakning har utvecklats från enkla regelbaserade system till avancerade AI-drivna lösningar, och diskuterar den pågående kapprustningen mellan försvarare och angripare. Vi undersöker viktiga teknologiska trender, organisatoriska tillvägagångssätt och...

Improving your response to vulnerability management

How to ensure the ‘organisational memory’ of past vulnerabilities is not lost.

Largest Multi-Agency Cyber Operation Mounted to Counter Threat Posed by Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Actor UNC3886 to Singapore’s Telecommunications Sector

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Cyber Attack Hits European Commission Staff Mobile Systems

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GRITREP: 0APT and the Victims Who Weren’t

2025 shattered many cyber attack and threat records. Get the details in the 2026 GRIT Ransomware and Cyber Threat Report.

Microsoft develops scanner to detect backdoors in LLMs

Microsoft developers have introduced a scanner capable of detecting backdoors in open‑weight language models. The tool relies on three indicators that reveal the presence of hidden mechanisms in a model. As representatives of the AI Security team explain, the signatures are based on how trigger inpu...

Which cybersecurity terms your management might be misinterpreting

A straightforward guide to the differences between risk and threat, security and compliance, and other frequently confused cybersecurity terms.

Comment on LLMs are Getting a Lot Better and Faster at Finding and Exploiting Zero-Days by Rontea

It’s important to remember that intelligence—whether human or artificial—is ultimately a tool. Systems like Claude Opus 4.6 show that machine intelligence can surface vulnerabilities at unprecedented speed and scale. But deploying AI in cybersecurity doesn’t eliminate the need for human intelligence...

Microsoft Warns of Active SolarWinds Web Help Desk Exploitation

Microsoft's Defender Security Research Team has observed threat actors actively exploiting internet-exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk instances in multi-stage intrusions that led to lateral movement toward high-value assets within targeted organizations.

More than 135,000 OpenClaw instances exposed to internet in latest vibe-coded disaster

By default, the bot listens on all network interfaces, and many users never change it It's a day with a name ending in Y, so you know what that means: Another OpenClaw cybersecurity disaster.…

How much does chatbot bias influence users? A lot, it turns out

Customers are 32% more likely to buy a product after reading a review summary generated by a chatbot than after reading the original review written by a human. That's because large language models introduce bias, in this case a positive framing, in summaries. That, in turn, affects users' behavior.

When AI goes haywire: The case of the skyscraper and the slide trombone

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now part of our everyday life. It is perceived as "intelligence" and yet relies fundamentally on statistics. Its results are based on previously learned patterns in data. As soon as we move away from the subject matter it has learned, we're faced with the fact that th...

Leaked technical documents show China rehearsing cyberattacks on neighbors’ critical infrastructure

Internal files describe a training platform as part of a large integrated system designed to allow attackers to practice hacking replicas of “the real network environments” of China’s “main operational opponents in the South China Sea and Indochina directions.”

European Commission probes cyberattack on mobile device management system

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Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 2, 2026

Vulnerability Summary for the Week of February 2, 2026 rgeraldo Feb 09, 2026 High Vulnerabilities Primary Vendor -- Product Description Published CVSS Score Source Info Patch Info Insaat--Fikir Odalari AdminPando A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the login functionality of Fikir Odalari AdminP...

Small modular reactors gain competitive edge with new digital twin

Advanced nuclear is within reach—and a new digital twin reveals how smarter plant operations can enhance the economic viability and safety of small modular reactors, or SMRs. In collaboration with the University of Tennessee and GE Vernova Hitachi, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory recent...

German agencies warn of phishing targeting Signal users — trusted secure messeng...

German agencies warn of phishing targeting Signal users — trusted secure messengers are now prime bait. Encryption doesn’t stop social engineering. 📱🎣 # PhishingAlert # SecureMessaging https:// thehackernews.com/2026/02/germ an-agencies-warn-of-signal-phishing.html

European Commission hit by cyberattackers targeting mobile management platform

The European Commission’s mobile device management platform was hacked but the incident was swiftly contained and no compromise of mobile devices was detected, EU’s executive branch announced on Friday. The intrusion was detected on January 30, 2026, by CERT-EU, the cybersecurity team protecting all...

# European # Commission probes cyberattack on mobile device management system ht...

# European # Commission probes cyberattack on mobile device management system https:// securityaffairs.com/187768/dat a-breach/european-commission-probes-cyberattack-on-mobile-device-management-system.html # securityaffairs # hacking

European Commission probes cyberattack on mobile device management system

The European Commission is investigating a cyberattack after detecting signs that its mobile device management system was compromised. The European Commission is investigating a cyberattack on its mobile device management platform after detecting intrusion traces. Attackers may have accessed some st...

Utsatt för kinesisk hockeybluff: ”Jäkligt sofistikerat”

Under tre månader skulle 56 studenter från Kina, som sponsrades av ett kinesiskt företag, träna ishockey vid det nystartade utbildningscentret Nordic Hockey Center i Stenungssund. Men några kinesiska studenter dök aldrig upp – trots att idrottsverksamheten lagt ut stora summor pengar för deras ankom...

EU-kommissionens mobila it-infrastruktur utsatt för cyberangrepp

Europeiska kommissionen bekräftar att dess centrala system för hantering av mobila enheter har utsatts för ett it-angrepp. Intrånget upptäcktes den 30 januari och kan ha lett till att personuppgifter – främst namn och mobilnummer – tillhörande vissa anställda exponerades. Inlägget EU-kommissionens m...

OpenClaw integrates VirusTotal malware scanning as security firms flag enterprise risks

OpenClaw, the viral open-source AI agent that security firms warn is “insecure by default,” has integrated VirusTotal’s malware scanning into its ClawHub skills marketplace following weeks in which security researchers documented malicious extensions and widespread unauthorized deployments in enterp...

Myndighetsregistret har bytt namn till SRO-registret

Registret över myndigheterna i den statliga redovisningsorganisationen har bytt namn från Myndighetsregistret till SRO-registret. Efter sammanslagningen av det tidigare Statskontoret och Ekonomistyrningsverket vid årsskiftet, ansvarar Statskontoret för både SRO-registret och en myndighetsförteckning...

EU-kommissionen utsatt för cyberattack

EU-kommissionen låter meddela att hackare kan ha fått tillgång till telefonnummer till vissa anställda, detta efter en cyberattack mot kommissionens system för mobilhantering som genomfördes i slutet av januari. Lyckligtvis upptäcktes attacken relativt fort, så det ska inte finnas någon risk för att...

Italy and Germany Under DDoS Assault: Weekly DDoS Threat Intelligence Analysis

Italy and Germany Under DDoS Assault: Weekly DDoS Threat Intelligence Analysis Analysis Period: February 2–8, 2026 Between February 2 and 8, 2026, SOCRadar identified an extensive coordinated DDoS campaign conducted by the pro-Russian threat actor NoName057(16) using their DDoSia attack tool. The ca...

Russian hackers weaponized a Microsoft Office bug within days — patch windows ar...

Russian hackers weaponized a Microsoft Office bug within days — patch windows are collapsing while attacker speed accelerates. Defense now hinges on hours, not weeks. ⏱️⚠️ # ZeroDay # ThreatIntelligence https://www. darkreading.com/cyberattacks-d ata-breaches/russian-hackers-weaponize-office-bug-wit...

International Cooperation

International Cooperation ikampoio Mon, 02/09/2026 - 11:34 In an increasingly interconnected and globalised digital landscape, cybersecurity challenges are becoming more complex and creating more cross-border dependencies. Acting within its mandate, ENISA looks for ways to strengthen the EU cybersec...

Open Security Architecture - 15 new security patterns with NIST 800-53 mappings (free, CC BY-SA 4.0)

We've been quietly rebuilding Open Security Architecture (opensecurityarchitecture.org) -- a project that's been dormant for about a decade. This week we published 15 new security patterns covering areas that didn't exist when the original patterns were written: - Zero Trust Architecture (51 mapped ...

130000 bedrägerimejl via betrodda molntjänster avslöjar ny phishingtrend

Säkerhetsforskare hos Check Point Software har upptäckt en ny phishing via molntjänster kampanj där cyberkriminella utnyttjar betrodda SaaS…

MISP-övningar 2026

Behöver din organisation stärka sin förmåga att hantera cyberhot och arbeta effektivt med informationsdelning?

Cyberattacks are hitting Poland’s energy and industrial sectors — critical syste...

Cyberattacks are hitting Poland’s energy and industrial sectors — critical systems are becoming frontline targets. OT resilience is now a matter of national security. ⚡🏭 # EnergySecurity # IndustrialResilience https://www. helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/06 /poland-cyberattacks-energy-sector-industrial-...

Samsung Stock Rises After Report on Mass Production of AI Chips

Samsung Electronics Co.’s shares climbed as much as 6.4% after a report that the company will soon begin mass production of HBM4 memory chips, used as part of the buildout for artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Statsministern bjöd in till partiledarmöte om valpåverkan

Fredagen den 6 februari samlade statsminister Ulf Kristersson partiledarna för riksdagens partier till en lägesuppdatering om regeringens och svenska myndigheters arbete för att skydda de allmänna valen 2026 mot otillbörlig påverkan. Från regeringen deltog också utrikesminister Maria Malmer Stenerga...

Genomförande av ändringar i EU:s krishanteringsdirektiv och EU:s insättningsgarantidirektiv, Dir. 2026:11

Inom Europeiska unionen (EU) pågår förhandlingar om ändringar i EU:s krishanteringsregelverk för banker (EU:s krishanteringsdirektiv och EU:s insättningsgarantidirektiv). Förhandlingarna förväntas vara klara under våren 2026. En särskild utredare ska analysera och föreslå vilka författningsändringar...

CISA Sounds the Alarm: Actively Exploited React Native and SmarterMail Flaws Put Organizations at Immediate Risk

Introduction: Why This CISA Update Matters Right Now The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a fresh […]

This New Open-Source Tool Quietly Stops Command-Line Imposter Attacks Before They Happen

A Silent Threat Hiding Inside Everyday Commands Command-line environments are trusted by developers, system administrators, and security professionals alike, yet […]

Microsoft Ends Windows Update Support for V3 and V4 Printer Drivers, But Older Printers Are Not Dead

Introduction: Clearing the Confusion Around Legacy Printer Drivers Microsoft’s announcement about ending the release of V3 and V4 printer drivers […]

Payment Chaos Across the Country: BridgePay Ransomware Attack Forces Cash-Only Sales as Spain Hit by Major Data Leaks

Introduction: A Weekend That Exposed Fragile Digital Trust A single ransomware incident was enough to freeze card payments for merchants […]

Telcos aren't saying how they fought back against China's Salt Typhoon attacks

PLUS: OpenClaw teams with VirusTotal; Crypto kidnappings in France; Critical vulns at SmarterMail; And more Infosec In Brief So-hot-right-now AI assistant OpenClaw, which is very much not secure right now , has teamed up with security scanning service VirusTotal.…

Comment on The CIA Erased The World Factbook With No Warning… And Told Everyone To ‘Stay Curious’ by Mike Masnick

In reply to <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2026/02/06/the-cia-erased-the-world-factbook-with-no-warning-and-told-everyone-to-stay-curious/#comment-5052888">Anonymous Coward</a>. You didn't answer how many people are on Truth Social. Lol. Anyway, you have no clue what...

New configuration detected for DDosia. Hosts: * www.kronplatz.com * www.stradean...

New configuration detected for DDosia. Hosts: * www.kronplatz.com * www.stradeanas.it * www.comune.parma.it * www.consiglio.vda.it * www.dosb.de * www.skirama.it * www.ristorantetivolicortina.it * www.valgardena.it * www.regione.emilia-romagna.it * www.herabit.com * www.cortinaexpress.it * www.bormi...

Top Korean tech firms ban OpenClaw over security breach fears

Lee Gyu-lee reports: Major Korean tech companies, including Kakao, Naver and Karrot Market, are moving to restrict the use of the popular artificial intelligence (AI) agent OpenClaw within corporate networks due to the rising concerns about security and data privacy. The move reflects mounting globa...

New configuration detected for DDosia. Hosts: * www.olympia.at * www.skirama.it...

New configuration detected for DDosia. Hosts: * www.olympia.at * www.skirama.it * www.kronplatz.com * www.comune.giugliano.na.it * www.olympiakomitea.fi * www.regione.emilia-romagna.it * www.ristorantetivolicortina.it * www.stradeanas.it * www.comune.parma.it * www.valgardena.it * www.herabit.com * ...

Civilförsvaret om planerna vid Lovsjön: ”Då avvecklar vi”

Kommunen förhandlar med avfallföretaget PreZero om en flytt till Moliden vid Lovsjön. Här huserar idag Frivilliga Automobilkåren, FAK, men de vill inte flytta på sig. –  Värderar man en avfallsanläggning mer än civil beredskap får man ta hand om den civila beredskapen själv, säger Bill Skoglund, tf ...

Trenden i EU: Begränsa ungdomars sociala medier

BRYSSEL. I Europa rör sig flera länder mot att begränsa tillgången till sociala medier för barn och ungdomar. Bland andra Frankrike, Luxemburg och EU-parlamentet vill även se ett EU-förbud.

Countries Across Europe Take Action to Ban Social Media for Minors

At least 15 governments on the continent are planning social media bans inspired by Australia.

BREAKING: Flickr Hit by Yet Another Data Breach as Security Fatigue Sweeps the Internet

Introduction: Another Icon Falls in the Age of Endless Breaches A single, blunt tweet was enough to reignite familiar anxieties […]

OpenClaw partners with VirusTotal and says that all skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal's threat intelligence (The Hacker News)

The Hacker News : OpenClaw partners with VirusTotal and says that all skills published to ClawHub are now scanned using VirusTotal's threat intelligence —  Artificial Intelligence / Vulnerability  —  OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it's partnering with Google-owned VirusT...

Why Is China Building So Many Coal Plants Despite Its Solar and Wind Boom?

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared this article from the Associated Press: Even as China's expansion of solar and wind power raced ahead in 2025, the Asian giant opened many more coal power plants than it had in recent years — raising concern about whether the world's largest emitter will red...

Ukraina ska producera drönare i Tyskland

Ukraina planerar att öppna tio center för vapenexport i länder i Baltikum och norra Europa under året.

Ukraina ska producera drönare i Tyskland

Ukraina planerar att öppna tio center för vapenexport i länder i Baltikum och norra Europa under året.

CVE-2026-23901: Apache Shiro: Brute force attack possible to determine valid user names

Posted by Lenny Primak on Feb 08 Severity: low Affected versions: - Apache Shiro (org.apache.shiro:shiro-core) before 2.0.7 Description: Observable Timing Discrepancy vulnerability in Apache Shiro. This issue affects Apache Shiro: from 1.*, 2.* before 2.0.7. Users are recommended to upgrade to versi...

UK Construction Firm Hit by Prometei Botnet Hiding in Windows Server

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.

US Manufacturing Hit by Shadowy Ransomware Strike: Inside the Qilin Attack on AMR PEMCO

Introduction: A Quiet Factory, a Loud Cyber Alarm A U.S.-based manufacturing company has found itself abruptly pulled into the global […]

Starmers stabschef avgår efter Epsteinskandal

Storbritanniens premiärminister Keir Starmers stabschef Morgan McSweeney avgår. McSweeneys besked om att avgå kommer efter att pressen har ökat på Starmer när det gäller hans beslut att utse Peter Mandelson, som haft en nära relation till sexförbrytaren Jeffrey Epstein, till ambassadör i USA. ”Det å...

Tirith: Open-Source Tool That Stops Homoglyph and Terminal Attacks Before Commands Run

Introduction: Why the Command Line Is Still a Soft Target Command-line environments remain one of the most trusted tools in […]

Starting point for simple ransomware detection

A practical Sanctum EDR walkthrough: hook IRP_MJ_SET_INFORMATION and IRP_MJ_CREATE, extract normalised filenames, and emit high-signal telemetry for ransomware-like behavior.

Cyber-Espionage Group Breached Systems in 37 Nations, Security Researchers Say

An anonymous reader shared this report from Bloomberg: An Asian cyber-espionage group has spent the past year breaking into computer systems belonging to governments and critical infrastructure organizations in more than 37 countries, according to the cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Th...

Romania’s oil pipeline operator confirms cyberattack as hackers claim data theft

Daryna Antoniuk reports: Romania’s national oil pipeline operator Conpet said a cyberattack disrupted parts of its technology infrastructure and knocked its website offline earlier this week, adding that oil transport operations were not affected. Conpet, which operates about 3,800 kilometers (2,360...

FCC Cybersecurity Alert and Recommendations to Communications Providers

On January 29, 2026, the FCC issued public notice DA 26-96: PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY BUREAU HIGHLIGHTS BEST PRACTICES FOR DEFENDING AGAINST RANSOMWARE ATTACKS By this Public Notice, the Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (Bureau) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commissio...

Investeringar i klimat och försvar ger riktig resiliens

Parallellt med försvarsupprustningen behöver vi accelerera investeringarna i den gröna omställningen för att skapa resiliens, förutsättningar för ett modernt försvar och konkurrensfördelar för svensk innovation. Det verkliga hotet är att vi accepterar separationen av klimat och försvar, skriver Auro...

Rymdchefen: ”Sverige har en roll att fylla”

Konflikten om herraväldet över Grönland och därmed Arktis ger Sverige en särställning, enligt Försvarsmaktens rymdchef Anders Sundeman. ”Vi har det som krävs: rätt geografiskt läge, nödvändiga polarkunskaper och innovativ industri. De tre vill jag gifta ihop”, säger han efter det turbulenta toppmöte...

Some good news: downstream victims of mass data theft campaigns are less likely to pay — incident responders

Mathew J. Schwartz reports: The Clop digital extortion gang for years perfected a method for wringing tens of millions out of cybercrime. Find a zero-day flaw, often in file transfer software, swarm vulnerable networks and post online the sensitive data of any victim unwilling to pay for a promise o...

Försvarsministeriet: Ålands demilitarisering ifrågasätts inte

Ålands demilitariserade ställning diskuteras inte inom Försvarsministeriet och existerande avtal respekteras fullt ut. Samtidigt betonade Anu Sallinen under sitt besök att Åland ingår i Finlands försvar och att beredskapssamarbetet med landskapsregeringen är mycket välutvecklat.

Uppgifter till Expressen: Insats vid rikspolischef Petra Lundhs bostad

Det pågår en polisinsats vid rikpolischef Petra Lundhs bostad – det enligt uppgifter till Expressen och Aftonbladet. Enligt tidningarnas uppgifter rör det sig om ett misstänkt inbrott. Hör polisens presstalesperson Carina Skagerlind.

Week 06 – 2026

No sponsor this week. If your organisation is interested, head over here to find out more. Chris at AskCleesDecrypting Threema4.db Mike Wilkinson at Cyber TriageConfiguring Your System for IR: Windows Logging Derek EiriExploring frame-counts-galore and hashing pixel data Oleg Afonin at Elc...

Comment on How to Unblock Imagine Meta AI Anywhere in the World by Met is NOT your mind

Dear authors and editors of Cyberinsider, Please write something about this, please do some research on these points: 1. The Meta AI app has significant privacy issues, as many users unknowingly share their private conversations publicly, including sensitive information. This occurs because the a...

Dynamic Malware Analysis: A Complete Guide to Behavioral Monitoring (Part 2)

Dynamic Malware Analysis: A Complete Guide to Behavioral Monitoring (Part 2) Dynamic Malware Analysis: A Complete Guide to Behavioral Monitoring (Part 2) Updated on February 08, 2026 This is Part 2 of our malware analysis series. If you missed the fundamentals of examining files without execution, r...

DKnife toolkit abuses routers to spy and deliver malware since 2019

DKnife is a Linux toolkit used since 2019 to hijack router traffic and deliver malware in cyber-espionage attacks. Cisco Talos found DKnife, a powerful Linux toolkit that threat actors use to spy on and control network traffic through routers and edge devices. It inspects and alters data in transit ...

Week in review: Notepad++ supply chain attack details and targets, Patch Tuesday forecast

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform Global Threat Map is an open-source project offering security teams a live view of reported cyber activity across the globe, pulli...

China’s Silent Router Takeover: Inside the DKnife Framework Hijacking Internet Traffic

Introduction A newly exposed cyber-espionage framework linked to China is quietly turning everyday network routers into powerful surveillance and malware […]

ShadowGuard Exposed: State-Backed Hackers Quietly Spy on 155 Countries in a Global Cyber-Espionage Blitz

Introduction: A Silent Cyber War Spreads Worldwide A newly uncovered cyber-espionage operation known as “Shadow Campaigns” is shedding light on […]

THIS AI Pentest CLI Broke My Targets In Minutes!!!

Have you ever wished for a smart tool that automates penetration testing with artificial intelligence right from your command line… Continue reading on OSINT Team »

“Bug Bounty Bootcamp #23: CORS Exploitation — How Misconfigured Headers Let You Steal User Data…

A single misconfigured HTTP header can turn a safe API into a data leak. Learn to spot, test, and exploit CORS misconfigurations to… Continue reading on OSINT Team »

“The Forgotten Vulnerability: How CRLF Injection Almost Broke Twitter’s Ad Platform”

Let me tell you about a vulnerability that feels like it’s from another era — CRLF injection. While everyone’s chasing fancy XSS and SQL injection bugs, I stumbled across a report that reminded me why the classics never really go out of style. I was digging through old Twitter security reports when ...

“The $750 Password Reset That Traveled in Plain Sight”

During my research into authentication security flaws, I came across an important finding from researcher uchihaluckycs(His Name is funny)… Continue reading on OSINT Team »

Lab: Authentication bypass via encryption oracle | Portswigger

This lab contains a logic flaw that exposes an encryption oracle to users. To solve the lab, exploit this flaw to gain access to the admin… Continue reading on OSINT Team »

ShadowGuard Exposed: Inside a Global Espionage Campaign Targeting Governments Across 37 Countries

Introduction: A Silent Cyber War Unfolds A new wave of state-backed cyber espionage has quietly swept across the globe, leaving […]

A New Era for Security? Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 Found 500 High-Severity Vulnerabilities

Axios reports: Anthropic's latest AI model has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries with little to no prompting, the company shared first with Axios. Why it matters: The advancement signals an inflection point for how AI tools can help cyber...

US and UK Sound the Alarm: Obsolete Firewalls and Routers Are Becoming a Silent Cybersecurity Time Bomb

Introduction: A Growing Threat Hiding in Plain Sight Government cybersecurity agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom are […]

EU Drops the Hammer on TikTok: Addictive Scrolling Could Trigger a Massive Revenue-Shaking Fine

Introduction: Europe Takes Aim at TikTok’s Core Design The European Commission has officially placed TikTok under regulatory pressure, warning that […]

Several Dutch agencies suffer major data breach

APA reports: Personal data of employees of the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) and the Council for Justice was accessed by unauthorized persons as a result of a leak caused by a vulnerability in software used by government agencies, APA reports citing ANP news agenc...

NTT Data publishes its 2026 technology outlook highlighting major digital and AI shifts

Like every aspect of human endeavor, change is inevitable, from the era of steam-powered engines to advanced AI infrastructure capable of automating entire workflows. In recent times, organizations are looking to integrate AI for the sole purpose of streamlining workflows and processes to maximize e...

LockBit 5 Strikes Again: Brazilian Firm Kenta Added to Ransomware Victim List

Introduction: A New Name Appears on LockBit’s Dark Web Ledger A fresh ransomware incident has surfaced in the cybercrime ecosystem, […]

Static Malware Analysis: Analyzing Malicious Files (Part 1)

Static Malware Analysis: Analyzing Malicious Files (Part 1) Static Malware Analysis: Analyzing Malicious Files (Part 1) Updated on February 8, 2026 Table of Contents Prerequisites Initial Information Gathering Basic Static Analysis Advanced Static Analysis IOC Extraction Detection Perspective Key Ta...

Encrypt It Already: Why the EFF Is Pressuring Big Tech to Stop Delaying End-to-End Encryption + Video

Introduction: Privacy Promises Meet a Critical Moment End-to-end encryption has long been presented as the gold standard for digital privacy, […]

Analyze Malicious Office Documents: The Complete Guide

Analyze Malicious Office Documents: The Complete Guide Analyze Malicious Office Documents: The Complete Guide Updated on 2026-02-08 Table of Contents Prerequisites Port Information Document Types Overview Initial Information Gathering Basic Static Analysis Advanced Static Analysis Dynamic Analysis I...

Kartläggning: Svenskarna i Epsteinfilerna

PLUS USA:s justitiedepartement släppte i veckan över tre miljoner filer från Epstein-utredningen.

Finansinspektionen ökar fokus på bedrägerier: ”Bankerna måste fortsätta satsa”

Uppemot 1,5 miljarder kronor förlorade svenskarna i investeringsbedrägerier förra året, enligt Finansinspektionen. Nu ska myndigheten skärpa sitt fokus på bedrägerier och kriminell ekonomi lovar den nya generaldirektören Johan Almenberg. – När bankerna tar sitt ansvar så gör det faktiskt skillnad. D...

Italian university La Sapienza still offline to mitigate recent cyber attack

Rome’s La Sapienza University was hit by a cyberattack that disrupted IT systems and caused widespread operational issues. Since February 2, Rome’s La Sapienza University, one of the most important Italian universities, has been offline due to a cyberattack. For days, students have been unable to bo...

State actor targets 155 countries in 'Shadow Campaigns' espionage op

A new state-aligned cyberespionage threat group tracked as TGR-STA-1030/UNC6619, has conducted a global-scale operation dubbed the "Shadow Campaigns," where it targeted government infrastructure in 155 countries.

CTO at NCSC Summary: week ending February 8th

Nation-state threat actors exploit end-of-support (EOS) edge devices -ncluding, but not limited to, load balancers, firewalls, routers, and virtual private network (VPN) gateways

RADICL, which offers threat detection and response services to SMBs supporting US defense industrial base and critical infrastructure, raised a $31M Series A (Duncan Riley/SiliconANGLE)

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : RADICL, which offers threat detection and response services to SMBs supporting US defense industrial base and critical infrastructure, raised a $31M Series A —  Cybersecurity-as-a-service startup Radicl Defense Inc. announced today that it has raised $31 million in earl...

Security Governance & Leadership

Part 1 of a series on creating information security policies Contents * Security Starts at the Top (or, Governance Makes or Breaks Your Security Program) * Disclaimer * Why Governance Comes First * The Information Security Policy: Setting the Tone * Risk Management: Replace Guesswork with Dis...

How to use Lockdown Mode: The extreme iPhone security feature that foiled even the FBI

Lockdown Mode defends your iPhone against cyber attacks and blocks forensic tools after a seizure. Here's how to quickly activate it.

Why organizations need cloud attack surface management

<div> <div> <p paraeid="{391f7bcb-7164-4bda-b387-679b7c275a0e}{29}" paraid="781871645"><span xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto">As more organizations move to public cloud environments, they're finding that their attack surfaces are no longer fixed perimeters but inste...

POC available for critical n8n remote command execution flaw

At a glance: A proof-of-concept exploit is available for a critical n8n remote command execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-25049 (CVSS 9.4). The flaw allows authenticated users with workflow-creation permissions to execute system-level commands and achieve full server compromise, including a...

Techjättarna rekordinvesterar i AI: satsar 650 miljarder dollar under 2026

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta och Microsoft planerar att tillsammans investera omkring 650 miljarder dollar under 2026. Pengarna ska främst gå till datacenter och AI-infrastruktur i jakten på dominans inom AI-marknaden, rapporterar Bloomberg . Amazon väntas spendera upp till 200 miljarder dollar, Alphabet ...

CISA orders federal agencies to replace end-of-life edge devices

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a new binding operational directive requiring federal agencies to identify and remove network edge devices that no longer receive security updates from manufacturers. [...]

Thanking the vulnerability research community with NCSC Challenge Coins

Reflecting on the positive impact of the Vulnerability Reporting Service – and introducing something new for selected contributors.

Netnod ny medlem i Säkerhets- och försvarsföretagen (SOFF)

Företaget Netnod, en aktör inom kritisk digital infrastruktur i Norden, har beviljats medlemskap i branschorganisationen Säkerhets- och försvarsföretagen (SOFF). Medlemskapet markerar ett viktigt steg i att fördjupa samarbetet mellan civilt försvar och försvarsindustrin för att säkra landets digital...

Det mest omfattende hacker-angreb siden SolarWinds: Kriminel cybergruppe er brudt ind i 37 landes statshemmeligheder

70 statslige institutioner som parlamenter, antiterror-enheder og telekommunikationsaktører har haft gruppen af statsstøttede hackere i deres it-systemer.

SynthForensics: A Multi-Generator Benchmark for Detecting Synthetic Video Deepfakes

arXiv:2602.04939v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The landscape of synthetic media has been irrevocably altered by text-to-video (T2V) models, whose outputs are rapidly approaching indistinguishability from reality. Critically, this technology is no longer confined to large-scale labs; the proliferat...

Extracting Recurring Vulnerabilities from Black-Box LLM-Generated Software

arXiv:2602.04894v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: LLMs are increasingly used for code generation, but their outputs often follow recurring templates that can induce predictable vulnerabilities. We study \emph{vulnerability persistence} in LLM-generated software and introduce \emph{Feature--Security T...

Ändrade regler om tillstånd och tillsyn för Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut

I lagrådsremissen föreslås att Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut ska omfattas av samma reglering som Försvarsmakten, Fortifikationsverket, Försvarets materielverk och Försvarets radioanstalt dels i fråga om tillstånd och tillsyn inom miljö- och hälsoskyddsområdet, dels i fråga om tillsyn på strålsk...

RESourceEU Handlingsplan, 2025/26:FPM58

Faktapromemoria gällande RESourceEU Handlingsplan.

Privatkopieringsersättning

Upphovsmän och andra rättighetshavare har rätt till rimlig kompensation för privatkopiering av deras skyddade verk och prestationer. I Sverige, och de flesta andra EU-länder, betalas ersättningen av de företag som tillverkar eller för in elektronikprodukter som kan användas för privatkopiering. I la...

Det europeiska nätpaketet, 2025/26:FPM62

Det europeiska nätpaketet 2025/26:FPM62 Publicerad Faktapromemoria gällande det europeiska nätpaketet. Ladda ner: Den 10 december 2025 presenterade kommissionen ett meddelande om det europeiska nätpaketet. Samtidigt presenterades även förslag om revideringar av förordningen om transeuropeisk energii...

Pål Jonson i Bryssel för flera högnivåmöten

Den 11 och 12 februari kommer försvarsminister Pål Jonson att delta på försvarsministermötet inom EU samt Nato. I samband med Natos försvarsministermöte kommer även ett möte att hållas inom ramen för Ukraine Defence Contact Group. Ökat stöd till Ukraina är den fråga som kommer prägla alla tre möten.

Regeringen tillsätter en utredning i syfte att förenkla och påskynda utbyggnaden av militära fastigheter och anläggningar

Regeringen tillsätter en utredning för att förenkla och påskynda utbyggnad av det militära försvarets fastigheter och anläggningar. I uppdraget ingår att analysera vad i plan- och byggprocesserna som medför fördröjningar för utbyggnaden av den militära delen av totalförsvaret. Utifrån sin analys ska...

Fler åtgärder för ny kärnkraft

I dag lägger regeringen fram flera förslag som ska göra det enklare att etablera ny kärnkraft i Sverige. Det handlar om en ny godkännandelag, fler möjliga platser för kärnkraft vid kust och ökat statligt stöd till kommuners förstudier.