Latest news as of 2/12/2026, 6:28:53 AM
Bleeping Computer
A dual Chinese and St. Kitts and Nevis national was sentenced to 20 years in prison in absentia for his role in an international cryptocurrency investment scheme (also known as pig butchering or romance baiting) that defrauded victims of more than $73 million. [...]
The Hacker News
Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting FortiClientEMS that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21643, has a CVSS rating of 9.1 out of a maximum of 10.0. "An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] in FortiClientEMS may
Have I Been Pwned
In February 2026, the online gaming community suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 1k unique email addresses alongside usernames, IP addresses and chat logs. Following the breach, Toy Battles self-submitted the data to Have I Been Pwned. Toy Battles
Have I Been Pwned
In January 2026, . The breach exposed 5.6k unique email addresses along with names, dates of birth and places of birth. ANPS self-submitted the data to HIBP and advised the incident was traced back to a legacy system and did not impact health data, financial information or passwords. a data breach impacting the French non-profit Association Nationale des Premiers Secours (ANPS) was posted to a hacking forum
Bleeping Computer
The Chinese threat actor tracked as UNC3886 breached Singapore's four largest telecommunication service providers, Singtel, StarHub, M1, and Simba, at least once last year. [...]
Dark Reading
The ransomware group breached SmarterTools through a vulnerability in the company's own SmarterMail product.
The Register
So many CVEs, so little time Digital intruders exploited buggy SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances in December to break into victims' IT environments, move laterally, and steal high-privilege credentials, according to Microsoft researchers.…
Dark Reading
The threat actor has been compromising cloud environments at scale with automated worm-like attacks on exposed services and interfaces.
Dark Reading
Researchers discovered a newly disclosed vulnerable driver embedded in Black Basta's ransomware, illustrating the increasing popularity of the defense-evasion technique.
Bleeping Computer
Hackers are now exploiting SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) vulnerabilities to gain code execution rights on exposed systems and deploy legitimate tools, including the Velociraptor forensics tools, for persistence and remote control. [...]