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EC-Council Expands AI Certification Portfolio to Strengthen U.S. AI Workforce Readiness and Security [email protected] (The Hacker News)
With $5.5 trillion in global AI risk exposure and 700,000 U.S. workers needing reskilling, four new AI certifications and Certified CISO v4 help close the gap between AI adoption and workforce readiness. EC-Council, creator of the world-renowned Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) credential and a global leader in applied cybersecurity education, today launched its Enterprise AI…
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BeyondTrust Flaw Used for Web Shells, Backdoors, and Data Exfiltration [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Threat actors have been observed exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products to conduct a wide range of malicious actions, including deploying VShell and The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731 (CVSS score: 9.9), allows attackers to execute operating system commands in the context of theRead…
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Cline CLI 2.3.0 Supply Chain Attack Installed OpenClaw on Developer Systems [email protected] (The Hacker News)
In yet another software supply chain attack, the open-source, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding assistant Cline CLI was updated to stealthily install OpenClaw, a self-hosted autonomous AI agent that has become exceedingly popular in the past few months. “On February 17, 2026, at 3:26 AM PT, an unauthorized party used a compromised npm publish token to…
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ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT RAT [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new ClickFix campaign that abuses compromised legitimate sites to deliver a previously undocumented remote access trojan (RAT) called MIMICRAT (aka AstarionRAT). “The campaign demonstrates a high level of operational sophistication: compromised sites spanning multiple industries and geographies serve as delivery infrastructure, a multi-stageRead More
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News brief: Nation-state hackers active on the global stage
Check out the latest security news from the Informa TechTarget team.Read More
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How to build an incident response plan, with examples, template
Threats from cyberattacks continue to grow in frequency and severity. Considering the potential disruptions from such events, an organization needs an incident response plan..Read More
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Identity Cyber Scores: The New Metric Shaping Cyber Insurance in 2026 [email protected] (The Hacker News)
With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers and regulators are placing far greater emphasis on identity posture when assessing cyber risk. For many organizations, however, these assessments remain largely opaque. Elements such as password hygiene, privileged access management, and the extent of multi-factor authentication (MFA) coverage areRead More
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Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case [email protected] (The Hacker News)
A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. for his role in facilitating North Korea’s fraudulent information technology (IT) worker scheme. In November 2025, Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft for stealing the identities of U.S. citizens and selling them to…
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FBI Reports 1,900 ATM Jackpotting Incidents Since 2020, $20M Lost in 2025 [email protected] (The Hacker News)
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of an increase in ATM jackpotting incidents across the country, leading to losses of more than $20 million in 2025. The agency said 1,900 ATM jackpotting incidents have been reported since 2020, out of which 700 took place last year. In December 2025, the U.S. Department…
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Three Former Google Engineers Indicted Over Trade Secret Transfers to Iran [email protected] (The Hacker News)
Two former Google engineers and one of their husbands have been indicted in the U.S. for allegedly committing trade secret theft from the search giant and other tech firms and transferring the information to unauthorized locations, including Iran. Samaneh Ghandali, 41, and her husband Mohammadjavad Khosravi (aka Mohammad Khosravi), 40, along with her sister Soroor…
