Latest news as of 2/19/2026, 9:28:46 PM
Bleeping Computer
Qantas has confirmed that it is now being extorted by threat actors following a cyberattack that potentially exposed the data for 6 million customers. [...]
Bleeping Computer
A previously undocumented spyware called 'Batavia' has been targeting large industrial enterprises in Russia in a phishing email campaign that uses contract-related lures. [...]
Graham Cluley
This month could barely have started any worse for some financial institutions in Brazil. Approximately US $140 million was stolen from the reserve accounts of six financial institutions after a cyber attack hit a service provider. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Bleeping Computer
Shellter Project, the vendor of a commercial AV/EDR evasion loader for penetration testing, confirmed that hackers used its Shellter Elite product in attacks after a customer leaked a copy of the software. [...]
Dark Reading
A color picker for Google's browser with more than 100,000 downloads hijacks sessions every time a user navigates to a new webpage and also redirects them to malicious sites.
The Register
Get your creds in order or risk BEC, ransomware attacks, orgs warned A rise in advanced phishing kits and info-stealing malware are to blame for a 156 percent jump in cyberattacks targeting user logins, say researchers.…
The Hacker News
If you didn't hear about Iranian hackers breaching US water facilities, it's because they only managed to control a single pressure station serving 7,000 people. What made this attack noteworthy wasn't its scale, but how easily the hackers gained access — by simply using the manufacturer's default password "1111." This narrow escape prompted CISA to urge manufacturers to
The Hacker News
Everything feels secure—until one small thing slips through. Even strong systems can break if a simple check is missed or a trusted tool is misused. Most threats don’t start with alarms—they sneak in through the little things we overlook. A tiny bug, a reused password, a quiet connection—that’s all it takes. Staying safe isn’t just about reacting fast. It’s about catching these early signs
Check Point Research
For the latest discoveries in cyber research for the week of 6th July, please download our Threat Intelligence Bulletin. TOP ATTACKS AND BREACHES The International Criminal Court (ICC) disclosed a sophisticated cyber‐security incident in late June 2025, its second such event in recent years. The intrusion, which occurred in June 2025, was promptly detected and […] The post appeared first on . 6th July – Threat Intelligence Report Check Point Research
The Hacker News
A hacking group with ties other than Pakistan has been found targeting Indian government organizations with a modified variant of a remote access trojan (RAT) called DRAT. The activity has been attributed by Recorded Future's Insikt Group to a threat actor tracked as TAG-140, which it said overlaps with SideCopy, an adversarial collective assessed to be an operational sub-cluster within