IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-02-16

146 posts were published in the last hour

• 22:36 : How does innovation in NHIs contribute to better secrets security?
• 22:36 : Why does Agentic AI provide a calm approach to crisis management?
• 22:36 : How adaptable are Agentic AI systems to evolving cyber threats?
• 22:36 : How are stakeholders reassured by enhanced secrets scanning methodologies?
• 21:13 : My Learning About Password Hashing After Moving Beyond Bcrypt
• 20:34 : Fake Winter Olympics 2026 Stores Target Fans With Data-Theft Scams
• 20:34 : GUEST ESSAY: The hidden risks lurking beneath legal AI — permission sprawl, governance drift
• 20:34 : NDSS 2025 – SiGuard: Guarding Secure Inference With Post Data Privacy
• 20:34 : Building an AI-powered defense-in-depth security architecture for serverless microservices
• 20:18 : Noodlophile Malware Creators Evolve Tactics with Fake Job Postings and Phishing Lures
• 20:5 : IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-16 21h : 5 posts
• 19:34 : A security flaw at DavaIndia Pharmacy allowed attackers to access customers’ data and more
• 19:16 : Fake CAPTCHA Scam Tricks Windows Users Into Installing Malware
• 19:15 : BeyondTrust RCE Exploited for Domain Control
• 19:15 : Study Uncovers 25 Password Recovery Attacks in Major Cloud Password Managers
• 19:15 : Infostealer Steals OpenClaw AI Agent Configuration Files and Gateway Tokens
• 18:32 : NDSS 2025 – A Method To Facilitate Membership Inference Attacks In Deep Learning Models
• 18:32 : Randall Munroe’s XKCD ‘Aurora Coolness’
• 18:13 : Canada Goose ruffles feathers over 600K record dump, says leak is old news
• 18:13 : Beware of Fake Shops from Threat Actors to Attack Winter Olympics 2026 Fans
• 17:34 : Evaluating 5 Best Security Platforms for Hybrid Cloud Environments
• 17:34 : Fake ‘Antivirus’ App Spreads Android Malware, Steals Banking Credentials
• 17:34 : Dutch cops arrest man after sending him confidential files by mistake
• 17:34 : Vulnerabilities in Password Managers Allow Hackers to View and Change Passwords
• 17:7 : Top 5 Software Development Companies for Law Firms
• 17:7 : Phishing Evolves Into Multi-Platform Fraud Systems
• 17:7 : SMEs Wrong to Assume They Won’t Be Hit by Cyber-Attacks, NCSC Boss Warns
• 17:5 : IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-16 18h : 7 posts
• 16:32 : Hackers Can Weaponize ‘Summarize with AI’ Buttons to Inject Memory Prompts Into AI Recommendations
• 16:32 : Joomla Novarain/Tassos Framework Vulnerabilities Enables SQL injection and Unauthenticated File Read
• 16:32 : Single IP Dominates Exploitation Campaign Attacking Ivanti EPMM with RCE Vulnerability
• 16:32 : You probably can’t trust your password manager if it’s compromised
• 16:32 : AI Is Making Security More Agile: Highlights from ChiBrrCon 2026
• 16:32 : OysterLoader Evolves With New C2 Infrastructure and Obfuscation
• 16:20 : Operation DoppelBrand Weaponizes Trusted Brands For Credential Theft
• 15:38 : ShinyHunters leaked 600K+ Canada Goose customer records, but the firm denies it was breached
• 15:38 : Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany Fined $25 Million in South Korea After Data Breaches
• 15:38 : ClickFix Campaigns Exploit Claude Artifacts to Target macOS Users with Infostealers
• 15:38 : Volvo Hit in Conduent Breach Affecting 25 Million
• 15:38 : Microsoft Uncovers DNS-Based ClickFix Variant as Stealer Campaigns Escalate Across Windows and macOS
• 15:38 : Cyber Briefing: 2026.02.16
• 15:16 : Automating the DFIR Triage Loop With Memory Forensics and LLMs
• 15:16 : Open source registries don’t have enough money to implement basic security
• 15:16 : Palo Alto Networks Completed Acquisition of Identity Security Firm CyberArk
• 15:15 : LockBit’s New 5.0 Version Attacking Windows, Linux and ESXI Systems
• 15:15 : New Clickfix Variant ‘Matryoshka’ Attacking Users to Deploy macOS Stealer Malware
• 14:34 : Meta Business Admins Exposed by 2FA-Harvesting Chrome Extension
• 14:34 : ClickFix Campaign Uses Fake CAPTCHA Pages to Deliver StealC Malware on Windows
• 14:34 : ClawBands GitHub Project Looks to Put Human Controls on OpenClaw AI Agents
• 14:34 : Microsoft equips CISOs and AI risk leaders with a new security tool
• 14:34 : Passwork 7.4 enhances enterprise security with centralized User vault restrictions
• 14:34 : LockBit 5.0 ransomware expands its reach across Windows, Linux, and ESXi
• 14:34 : Weekly Recap: Outlook Add-Ins Hijack, 0-Day Patches, Wormable Botnet & AI Malware
• 14:34 : Tenga Says Hacker Stole Customer Data
• 14:34 : York City Cyberattack Led to $500K Ransom
• 14:34 : Amazon Ends Surveillance Firm Partnership
• 14:34 : California AG Announces $2.75M Disney Deal
• 14:34 : Google Links Russian Actor to CANFAIL
• 14:16 : CISA Navigates DHS Shutdown With Reduced Staff
• 14:15 : Android 17 Beta Strengthens Secure-by-Default Design for Privacy and App Security
• 14:15 : New ClickFix Campaign Uses Nslookup to Fetch Malicious PowerShell Script
• 14:5 : IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-16 15h : 9 posts
• 13:32 : Noodlophile Malware Authors Use Fake Job Ads and Phishing Schemes to Evolve Tactics
• 13:32 : Windows 11 KB5077181 Update Triggers Infinite Restart Loop on Some Devices
• 13:32 : Microsoft alerts on DNS-based ClickFix variant delivering malware via nslookup
• 13:32 : ClickFix added nslookup commands to its arsenal for downloading RATs
• 13:32 : Exploited React2Shell Flaw By LLM-generated Malware Foreshadows Shift in Threat Landscape
• 13:5 : FileZen File Transfer App Vulnerability Enables Arbitrary Command Execution
• 13:5 : OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Officially Joins OpenAI
• 13:5 : Critical Airleader Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Remote Code Execution Attacks
• 13:5 : New ZeroDayRAT Attacking Android and iOS For Real-Time Surveillance and Data Theft
• 13:5 : Google patches Chrome zero-day as in-the-wild exploits surface
• 13:4 : Safe and Inclusive E‑Society: How Lithuania Is Bracing for AI‑Driven Cyber Fraud
• 12:32 : Cybersecurity Alert: Fake Shops Target Winter Olympics 2026 Fans for Attacks
• 12:32 : Joomla Vulnerabilities in Novarain/Tassos Framework Expose SQL Injection Risks
• 12:32 : The Promptware Kill Chain
• 12:31 : OpenClaw creator Peter Steinberger joins OpenAI
• 12:18 : CleanTalk Plugin for WordPress Exposes Sites to Authorization Bypass via Reverse DNS
• 12:18 : The El Paso No-Fly Debacle Is Just the Beginning of a Drone Defense Mess
• 12:18 : Amazon Scraps Partnership With Surveillance Company After Super Bowl Ad Backlash
• 12:18 : Microsoft Warns of ClickFix Attack Abusing DNS Lookups
• 12:18 : Building Secure Authentication Faster: When SaaS Teams Should Go Passwordless
• 11:34 : UK sets course for stricter AI chatbot regulation
• 11:34 : New ZeroDayRAT Mobile Spyware Enables Real-Time Surveillance and Data Theft
• 11:34 : Google Warns of In the Wild Exploit as It Patches New Chrome Zero Day
• 11:22 : The Mobile Stack at Work: How Allied Technologies Are Reshaping Enterprise Mobility
• 11:22 : CISA Warns of ZLAN ICS Devices Vulnerabilities Allows Complete Device Takeover
• 11:22 : Lotus Blossom Hackers Compromised Official Hosting Infrastructure of Notepad++
• 11:5 : IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-16 12h : 9 posts
• 10:32 : Google fixes first actively exploited Chrome zero-day of 2026
• 10:32 : PIM Login Security
• 10:32 : Don’t Settle for an AI SOAR: The Case for Autonomous SOC Operations
• 10:32 : ChatGPT gets new security feature to fight prompt injection attacks
• 10:32 : Crypto Payments to Human Traffickers Surges 85%
• 10:11 : Google Ads and Claude AI Abused to Spread MacSync Malware via ClickFix
• 10:11 : Hackers Exploit ‘Summarize with AI’ Feature to Inject Malicious Prompts into AI Recommendations
• 10:11 : Android 17 beta brings privacy, security, and performance changes
• 10:11 : Google patches Chrome vulnerability with in-the-wild exploit (CVE-2026-2441)
• 9:34 : OpenClaw Founder Peter Steinberger Joins OpenAI to Strengthen AI Research
• 9:34 : Japanese sex toys maker Tenga discloses data breach
• 9:34 : Critical BeyondTrust Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild to Gain Full Domain Control
• 9:34 : Odido Breach Impacts Millions of Dutch Telco Users
• 9:15 : Critical Airleader Vulnerability Exposes Systems to Exploitable Remote Attacks
• 9:15 : APOIA.se – 450,764 breached accounts
• 9:15 : Vim 9.2 adds scripting updates, diff improvements, and experimental Wayland support
• 8:34 : Ivanti actor identified, search overviews manipulated, ClickFix leverages Nslookup
• 8:7 : 2026 64-Bits Malware Trend, (Mon, Feb 16th)
• 8:7 : Anthropic Doubles Valuation With $30bn Funding Round
• 8:7 : Matryoshka Clickfix Variant Targets macOS Users, Deploys New Stealer Malware
• 8:7 : A week in security (February 9 – February 15)
• 8:7 : Dutch Telecoms Company Odido Discloses Breach Affecting Approximately 6.2 Million Customers
• 8:7 : Google Patches First Actively Exploited Chrome Zero-Day of 2026
• 8:5 : IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-16 09h : 6 posts
• 7:32 : AI and RaaS Alter Threat Landscape, New Ransomware Groups Grow by 30%
• 7:32 : New Chrome Zero-Day (CVE-2026-2441) Under Active Attack — Patch Released
• 7:13 : Are hackers trying to utilize Gemini AI’s capabilities for malicious purposes?
• 7:13 : LockBit 5.0 Emerges: Cross-Platform Ransomware Now Targeting Windows, Linux, and ESXi Systems
• 7:13 : FileZen Flaw Allows Attackers to Execute Commands Remotely
• 7:13 : Security at AI speed: The new CISO reality
• 6:32 : CISA Issues Alert on ZLAN ICS Flaws Enabling Full Device Takeover
• 6:32 : In GitHub’s advisory pipeline, some advisories move faster than others
• 6:31 : Apple privacy labels often don’t match what Chinese smart home apps do
• 6:22 : ZeroDayRAT Exploit Targets Android & iOS, Enabling Real-Time Surveillance and Massive Data Theft
• 6:22 : BeyondTrust Zero-Day Exploited,
• 5:38 : Attackers Exploit Critical BeyondTrust Flaw to Seize Full Active Directory Control
• 5:38 : Ring’s Search Party ‘Dystopia’ Debate & Claude Zero-Click RCE Vulnerability
• 5:38 : Don’t panic over CISA’s KEV list, use it smarter
• 5:13 : Chrome 0-Day Enables Remote Code Execution in Ongoing Campaign
• 5:13 : Lotus Blossom Hackers Breach Official Notepad++ Hosting Infrastructure
• 5:13 : Chrome 0-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited by Attackers in the Wild
• 5:13 : US appears open to reversing some China tech bans
• 5:13 : MOS: Open-source modular OS for servers and homelabs
• 5:5 : IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-16 06h : 1 posts
• 4:15 : Customer data from Volvo Group North America exposed in Conduent breach
• 3:31 : The Silent Workforce: Non-Human Identities Are the Next Major Security Battleground
• 2:20 : ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 16th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9810, (Mon, Feb 16th)
• 2:5 : IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-16 03h : 1 posts
• 1:20 : Zero-Knowledge Proofs for Verifiable MCP Tool Execution
• 23:36 : Infosec exec sold eight zero-day exploit kits to Russia, says DoJ
• 23:25 : Can businesses truly trust Agentic AI with sensitive data handling?
• 23:24 : How are NHIs ensuring protected data exchanges in financial services?
• 23:24 : What makes an Agentic AI system safe for medical records management?
• 23:24 : How satisfied are companies after integrating NHIs in compliance frameworks?
• 23:5 : IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-16 00h : 3 posts
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