BuzzSec

There's a beautiful moment happening right now, and by "beautiful" I mean "horrifying in that can't-look-away-from-the-car-crash sense”. from Human Risk Management Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/humans-will-give-ai-anything-if-you-make-it-sound-cool-enough

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-stage from The Hacker News https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/clickfix-campaign-abuses-compromised.html

It’s a demonstration of how toxic the surveillance-tech company Flock has become when Amazon’s Ring cancels the partnership between the two companies. As Hamilton Nolan advises, remove your Ring doorbell. from Schneier on Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/ring-cancels-its-partnership-with-flock.html

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 IT workers to help them land from The Hacker News https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/ukrainian-national-sentenced-to-5-years.html

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 of Justice (DoJ) said about $40.73 million has been collectively from The Hacker News https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/fbi-reports-1900-atm-jackpotting.html

AI-driven fraud attacks spiked by more than 1200% in December 2025, according to a new report by Pindrop Security. Threat actors are using AI to assist in every stage of the attack, from deploying bots to conduct reconnaissance to using deepfakes to trick humans. from Human Risk Management Blog https://blog.knowbe4.com/report-ai-driven-fraud-surged-by-1200-in-december-2025