Latest news as of 2/20/2026, 3:24:22 AM
The Hacker News
A new campaign has been observed impersonating Ukrainian government agencies in phishing attacks to deliver CountLoader, which is then used to drop Amatera Stealer and PureMiner. "The phishing emails contain malicious Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) files designed to trick recipients into opening harmful attachments," Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Yurren Wan said in a report shared with The
Bleeping Computer
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order approving a plan to restructure TikTok operations in the country to address national security concerns. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Microsoft is investigating a known issue that triggers Outlook errors when opening encrypted emails sent from other organizations. [...]
Dark Reading
The world's most-popular sports contest starts in June 2026 across 16 venues in three countries: Securing the event infrastructure from cyber threats will require massive collaboration.
Bleeping Computer
Microsoft is planning to introduce a new Edge security feature that will protect users against malicious extensions sideloaded into the web browser. [...]
The Register
Upgraded nasty slips into Xcode builds, steals crypto, and disables macOS defenses The long-running XCSSET malware strain has evolved again, with Microsoft warning of a new macOS variant that expands its bag of tricks while continuing to target developers.…
The Register
CRM giant denies security shortcomings as claims allege stolen data used for ID theft Salesforce is facing a wave of lawsuits in the wake of a cyberattack that exposed customer data.…
The Register
Researchers say tens of thousands of instances remain publicly reachable Security researchers have confirmed that threat actors have exploited the maximum-severity vulnerability affecting Fortra's GoAnywhere managed file transfer (MFT), and chastised the vendor for a lack of transparency.…
The Register
Operation Cronos didn’t kill LockBit – it just came back meaner Trend Micro has sounded the alarm over the new LockBit 5.0 ransomware strain, which it warns is "significantly more dangerous" than past versions due to its newfound ability to simultaneously target Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi environments. …
Bleeping Computer
Generative AI can boost productivity—but without safeguards, it also opens the door to phishing, fraud & model manipulation. Learn more from Acronis TRU on why AI security must be built in from the start. [...]