Latest news as of 2/19/2026, 3:17:14 AM
Dark Reading
The UK's National Crime Agency arrested four people, who some experts believe are connected to the notorious cybercriminal collective known as Scattered Spider.
Dark Reading
Critical security vulnerabilities affect different parts of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) ecosystem, which many organizations are rapidly adopting in order to integrate AI models with external data sources.
The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a critical vulnerability in the open-source mcp-remote project that could result in the execution of arbitrary operating system (OS) commands. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-6514, carries a CVSS score of 9.6 out of 10.0. "The vulnerability allows attackers to trigger arbitrary OS command execution on the machine running mcp-remote when it
Krebs on Security
Authorities in the United Kingdom this week arrested four alleged members of "Scattered Spider," a prolific data theft and extortion group whose recent victims include multiple airlines and the U.K. retail chain Marks & Spencer.
Bleeping Computer
Russian professional basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was arrested in France at the request of the United States for allegedly acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang. [...]
Bleeping Computer
Four vulnerabilities dubbed PerfektBlue and affecting the BlueSDK Bluetooth stack from OpenSynergy can be exploited to achieve remote code execution and potentially allow access to critical elements in vehicles from multiple vendors, including Mercedes-Benz AG, Volkswagen, and Skoda. [...]
The Hacker News
Cryptocurrency users are the target of an ongoing social engineering campaign that employs fake startup companies to trick users into downloading malware that can drain digital assets from both Windows and macOS systems. "These malicious operations impersonate AI, gaming, and Web3 firms using spoofed social media accounts and project documentation hosted on legitimate platforms like Notion and
The Register
Politicians uneasy over potential impact on national security, local reports say Russia, home to some of the world's most lucrative and damaging cybercrime operations, has rejected a bill to legalize ethical hacking.…
Dark Reading
Now it's time to build systems that attackers can't reroute with a phone call.
Bleeping Computer
FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) compliance isn't optional when handling law enforcement data. From MFA to password hygiene, see how Specops Software helps meet FBI standards while also securing your Windows Active Directory. [...]