Latest news as of 2/17/2026, 7:27:53 PM
Bleeping Computer
GPT-5 might be just a few days or weeks away, as we've spotted references to a new model called gpt-5-reasoning-alpha-2025-07-13. [...]
The Register
Keep It Simple, Stupid Scattered Spider and Iranian government-backed cyber units have more in common than a recent uptick in hacking activity, according to Ariel Parnes, a former colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces' cyber unit 8200.… Interview
Bleeping Computer
AI companies could soon disrupt the education market with their new AI-based learning tools for students. [...]
Bleeping Computer
CrushFTP is warning that threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-54309, which allows attackers to gain administrative access via the web interface on vulnerable servers. [...]
Bleeping Computer
CrushFTP is warning that threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-54309, which allows attackers to gain administrative access via the web interface on vulnerable servers. [...]
Bleeping Computer
CrushFTP is warning that threat actors are actively exploiting a zero-day vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-54309, which allows attackers to gain administrative access via the web interface on vulnerable servers. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Arch Linux has pulled three malicious packages uploaded to the Arch User Repository (AUR) were used to install the CHAOS remote access trojan (RAT) on Linux devices. [...]
Bleeping Computer
The UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has formally attributed 'Authentic Antics' espionage malware attacks to APT28 (Fancy Bear), threat actor already linked to Russia's military intelligence service (GRU). [...]
Dark Reading
Researchers discovered a novel phishing attack that serves the victim a QR code as part of supposed multifactor authentication (MFA), in order to get around FIDO-based protections.
Bleeping Computer
Microsoft has mistakenly tagged an ongoing Windows Firewall error message bug as fixed in recent updates, stating that they are still working on a resolution. [...]