Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026
The Hacker NewsFeb 20, 2026Cyber Insurance / Password Security
With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers and regulators are placing far greater emphasis on identity posture...
ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT Malware
Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ClickFix campaign that abuses compromised legitimate sites to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan...
BeyondTrust Flaw Used for Web Shells, Backdoors, and Data Exfiltration
Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Vulnerability / Cyber Attack
Threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: 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...
ThreatsDay Bulletin: AI Prompt RCE, Claude 0-Click, RenEngine Loader, Auto 0-Days & 25+ Stories
Ravie LakshmananFeb 12, 2026Cybersecurity / Hacking News
Threat activity this week shows one consistent signal — attackers are leaning harder on what already works. Instead of flashy new exploits, many...
Warlock Ransomware Breaches SmarterTools Through Unpatched SmarterMail Server
SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock (aka Storm-2603) ransomware gang breached its network by exploiting an unpatched SmarterMail instance.
The incident took place on January 29, 2026, when a...
From Ransomware to Residency: Inside the Rise of the Digital Parasite
Are ransomware and encryption still the defining signals of modern cyberattacks, or has the industry been too fixated on noise while missing a more dangerous shift happening quietly all...
Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an emergent ransomware family dubbed Reynolds that comes embedded with a built-in bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) component for defense evasion purposes...
TeamPCP Worm Exploits Cloud Infrastructure to Build Criminal Infrastructure
Cybersecurity researchers have called attention to a "massive campaign" that has systematically targeted cloud native environments to set up malicious infrastructure for follow-on exploitation.
The activity, observed around December 25,...
