Three former Google engineers charged with transferring trade secrets to Iran
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 20, 2026Insider Threat/Corporate Espionage Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands have been charged in the United States with stealing trade secrets from the search giant and other tech companies and transferring that information to unauthorized locations, including Iran. Samane Gandari, 41, and her husband Mohammad Javad Khosravi (also known as […]
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Interpol Operation Red Card 2.0 arrests 651 people in African cybercrime crackdown
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 19, 2026Financial crime/Cyber crime As part of an effort led by law enforcement agencies from 16 African countries, an international cybercrime operation against online fraud resulted in the arrests of 651 people and the recovery of more than $4.3 million. The initiative, codenamed “Operation Red Card 2.0,” ran from December 8, 2025 to […]
Microsoft patch CVE-2026-26119 Privilege Escalation in Windows Admin Center
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 19, 2026Vulnerability/Network Security Microsoft has revealed that it has patched a security flaw in Windows Admin Center that could allow an attacker to escalate privileges. Windows Admin Center is a locally deployed, browser-based set of management tools that allows users to manage Windows clients, servers, and clusters without connecting to the cloud. The […]
OpenSSL RCE, Foxit 0-Days, Copilot Leak, AI Password Flaws & 20+ Stories
Ravie LakshmananFeb 19, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News The cyber threat space doesn’t pause, and this week makes that clear. New risks, new tactics, and new security gaps are showing up across platforms, tools, and industries — often all at the same time. Some developments are headline-level. Others sit in the background but carry long-term impact. […]
How the AI collapses the response window
We’ve all seen the situation where a developer deploys a new cloud workload and grants overly broad permissions just to keep the sprint moving forward. An engineer generated a “temporary” API key for testing and forgot to revoke it. Previously, these were small operational risks and liabilities that would eventually be repaid in a slower […]
Fake IPTV app spreads massive Android malware targeting mobile banking users
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 19, 2026Banking Malware / Mobile Security Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details of a new Android Trojan called Massiv that aims to facilitate device takeover (DTO) attacks for financial theft. According to ThreatFabric, the malware tricks victims by disguising itself as a seemingly harmless IPTV app, indicating that the activity primarily identifies users looking […]
CRESCENTHARVEST campaign targets Iranian protest supporters with RAT malware
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 19, 2026Cyber espionage/data security Cybersecurity researchers have revealed details of a new campaign dubbed CRESCENTHARVEST, which likely targets supporters of ongoing protests in Iran, carrying out information theft and long-term espionage operations. Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) announced that it had observed this activity since January 9th. The attack reportedly delivers a malicious […]
Citizen Lab finds Cellebrite tool used on mobile phone of Kenyan activist in police custody
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 18, 2026Mobile security/spyware A new study by Citizen Lab has found evidence that Kenyan authorities used a commercial forensic extraction tool made by Israeli company Celebrite to hack into the mobile phones of prominent dissidents, the latest incident of technology abuse targeting civil society. The Interdisciplinary Research Unit at the University of Toronto’s […]
Grandstream GXP1600 VoIP phone exposed to unauthenticated remote code execution
Ravi LakshmananFebruary 18, 2026Network Security/Enterprise Security Cybersecurity researchers have revealed a critical security flaw in Grandstream GXP1600 series VoIP phones that could allow attackers to seize control of susceptible devices. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-2329 and has a CVSS score of 9.3 out of a maximum of 10.0. This is described as a case […]