Latest news as of 2/21/2026, 8:52:34 PM
Bleeping Computer
A cybercrime gang tracked as Storm-2657 has been targeting university employees in the United States to hijack salary payments in "pirate payroll" attacks since March 2025. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Threat actors have started to use the Velociraptor digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) tool in attacks that deploy LockBit and Babuk ransomware. [...]
Dark Reading
SonicWall said a breach it disclosed last month affected firewall configuration files for all customers who have used SonicWall’s cloud backup service — up from its previous 5% estimate.
Bleeping Computer
Microsoft is working to resolve a known issue that causes its Defender for Endpoint enterprise endpoint security platform to incorrectly tag SQL Server software as end-of-life. [...]
The Hacker News
A China-aligned threat actor codenamed UTA0388 has been attributed to a series of spear-phishing campaigns targeting North America, Asia, and Europe that are designed to deliver a Go-based implant known as GOVERSHELL. "The initially observed campaigns were tailored to the targets, and the messages purported to be sent by senior researchers and analysts from legitimate-sounding, completely
Bleeping Computer
A new large-scale botnet called RondoDox is targeting 56 vulnerabilities in more than 30 distinct devices, including flaws first disclosed during Pwn2Own hacking competitions. [...]
The Hacker News
A rapidly evolving Android spyware campaign called ClayRat has targeted users in Russia using a mix of Telegram channels and lookalike phishing websites by impersonating popular apps like WhatsApp, Google Photos, TikTok, and YouTube as lures to install them. "Once active, the spyware can exfiltrate SMS messages, call logs, notifications, and device information; taking photos with the front
Dark Reading
Marshall Erwin shares how crisis leadership shaped his path from CIA analyst to the US Congress to protecting global Web traffic at Fastly.
Bleeping Computer
Microsoft announced this week the general availability of Windows Backup for Organizations, a new enterprise-grade backup tool that helps simplify backups and makes the transition to Windows 11 easier. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Researchers map a campaign that escalated from a Python infostealer to a full PureRAT backdoor — loaders, evasions, and TLS-pinned C2. Join Huntress Labs' Tradecraft Tuesday for deep technical walkthroughs and live IOC guidance on the latest cybersecurity topics. [...]