Latest news as of 2/21/2026, 6:09:18 PM
The Hacker News
Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical security flaw impacting the Service Finder WordPress theme that makes it possible to gain unauthorized access to any account, including administrators, and take control of susceptible sites. The authentication bypass vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-5947 (CVSS score: 9.8), affects the Service Finder Bookings, a WordPress plugin bundled with the
Bleeping Computer
Discord says they will not be negotiating with threat actors who claim to have stolen the data of 5.5 million unique users from the company's Zendesk support system instance, including government IDs and partial payment information for some people. [...]
Graham Cluley
Your computer's mouse might not be as innocent as it looks - and one ransomware crew has a crisis of conscience that nobody saw coming. We talk about how something as ordinary as a web page could turn your mouse into a surprisingly nosey neighbour, and why ransomware gangs need to think carefully about their reputation. All this and more is discussed in episode 436 of the "Smashing Security" podcast with cybersecurity veteran Graham Cluley, and his special guest Geoff White.
Dark Reading
The campaign is the latest by BatShadow, one of a growing number of cybercrime groups operating out of Vietnam.
Dark Reading
Crimson Collective, which recently breached the GitLab instance of Red Hat Consulting, has teamed up with the notorious cybercriminal collective.
Dark Reading
LockBit, Qilin, and DragonForce also invited other attackers to join their collaboration to share attack information and resources.
Bleeping Computer
A new variant of the FileFix social engineering attack uses cache smuggling to secretly download a malicious ZIP archive onto a victim's system and bypassing security software. [...]
Bleeping Computer
The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack at Japanese beer maker Asahi, adding the company to its extortion page on the dark web yesterday. [...]
Bleeping Computer
The Qilin ransomware group has claimed responsibility for the attack at Japanese beer maker Asahi, adding the company to its extortion page on the dark web yesterday. [...]
Bleeping Computer
​Microsoft is working to resolve an ongoing outage preventing users from accessing Microsoft 365 services, including Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, and the admin center. [...]