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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. Together, they shape how defenders need to think about exposure, response, and preparedness right now from The Hacker News https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/threatsday-bulletin-openssl-rce-foxit-0.html

Interesting : Summary: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into accepting its changes into a mainstream python library. This represents a first-of-its-kind case study of misaligned AI behavior in the wild, and raises serious concerns about currently deployed AI agents executing blackmail threats. Part 2 of the story. And a Wall Street Journal article . from Schneier on Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/malicious-ai.html

We’ve all seen this before: a developer deploys a new cloud workload and grants overly broad permissions just to keep the sprint moving. An engineer generates a "temporary" API key for testing and forgets to revoke it. In the past, these were minor operational risks, debts you’d eventually pay down during a slower cycle. In 2026, “Eventually” is Now But today, within minutes, AI-powered from The Hacker News https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/from-exposure-to-exploitation-how-ai.html

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android trojan called Massiv that's designed to facilitate device takeover (DTO) attacks for financial theft. The malware, according to ThreatFabric, masquerades as seemingly harmless IPTV apps to deceive victims, indicating that the activity is primarily singling out users looking for the online TV applications. "This new threat, while from The Hacker News https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/fake-iptv-apps-spread-massiv-android.html

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed CRESCENTHARVEST, likely targeting supporters of Iran's ongoing protests to conduct information theft and long-term espionage. The Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) said it observed the activity after January 9, with the attacks designed to deliver a malicious payload that serves as a remote access trojan (RAT) and from The Hacker News https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/crescentharvest-campaign-targets-iran.html

OSINT stands for open-source intelligence, and it refers to all publicly available information on the open internet which has been obtained without any special requirements (paywalls, invitations, etc.). The post OSINT: How to Find, Use, and Control Open-Source Intelligence appeared first on Black Hills Information Security, Inc. . from Black Hills Information Security, Inc. https://www.blackhillsinfosec.com/osint-how-to-find-use-and-control-open-source-intelligence/