210 posts were published in the last hour 22:55 : IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-02-08 22:36 : Telcos aren’t saying how they fought back against China’s Salt Typhoon attacks 18:32 : La Sapienza University’s Digital Systems Remain Shut After…
IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-02-08
25 posts were published in the last hour 22:36 : Telcos aren’t saying how they fought back against China’s Salt Typhoon attacks 18:32 : La Sapienza University’s Digital Systems Remain Shut After Cyber Intrusion Disrupts Services 18:32 : A New…
Telcos aren’t saying how they fought back against China’s Salt Typhoon attacks
PLUS: OpenClaw teams with VirusTotal; Crypto kidnappings in France; Critical vulns at SmarterMail; And more Infosec In Brief So-hot-right-now AI assistant OpenClaw, which is very much not secure right now, has teamed up with security scanning service VirusTotal.… This article…
La Sapienza University’s Digital Systems Remain Shut After Cyber Intrusion Disrupts Services
Rome’s La Sapienza University is continuing to experience major operational disruption after a cyber intrusion forced administrators to take its digital infrastructure offline as a safety measure. The shutdown began on February 2 and has affected core online services…
A New Twist on Old Cyber Tricks
Germany’s domestic intelligence and cybersecurity agencies have warned of a covert espionage campaign that turns secure messaging apps into tools of surveillance without exploiting any technical flaws. The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution and the Federal…
US Cybersecurity Strategy Shifts Toward Prevention and AI Security
Early next month, changes to how cyber breaches are reported will begin to surface, alongside a broader shift in national cybersecurity planning. Under current leadership, federal teams are advancing a more proactive approach to digital defense, focusing on risks…
Top 10 Best DDoS Protection Service Providers for 2026
In the ever-evolving digital landscape of 2025, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have become more potent and frequent than ever. These attacks, which aim to overwhelm a website or network with a flood of malicious traffic, can bring down…
8 Top MDR Providers for Mid-Market Companies
Top 8 MDR providers for mid-market firms needing expert detection, faster response, and reduced noise without building full in-house SOCs. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More Read the original article: 8…
Cybersecurity Weekly Newsletter – Notepad++ hack, Office 0-Day, ESXi 0-day Ransomware Attacks and More
Welcome to this week’s pulse on the cyber threat landscape, where vulnerabilities strike fast, and defenders must move faster. Notepad++ users face a supply-chain nightmare after a malicious update; Microsoft Office’s latest 0-day is ripe for exploitation; and ESXi servers…
UK Construction Firm Hit by Prometei Botnet Hiding in Windows Server
Cybersecurity firm eSentire’s TRU break down the Russian Prometei botnet attack on a UK firm, detailing its TOR usage, password theft and decoy tactics. This article has been indexed from Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More Read…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-08 18h : 4 posts
4 posts were published in the last hour 16:34 : CISA Confirms Active Exploitation of Four Critical Enterprise Software Flaws 16:34 : YouTube’s New GenAI Feature in Tools Coming Soon 16:34 : Widespread Cyber Espionage Campaign Breaches Infrastructure in 37…
CISA Confirms Active Exploitation of Four Critical Enterprise Software Flaws
CISA has confirmed active exploitation of four critical vulnerabilities in widely used enterprise software, urging immediate action from federal agencies and organizations worldwide. These flaws, now added to the agency’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, affect products from Versa,…
YouTube’s New GenAI Feature in Tools Coming Soon
Youtube is planning something new for its platform and content creators in 2026. The company plans to integrate AI into its existing and new tools. The CEO said that content creators will be able to use GenAI for shorts. While…
Widespread Cyber Espionage Campaign Breaches Infrastructure in 37 Countries
Research over the past year indicates that a newly identified cyberespionage threat actor operating in Asia has been conducting a sustained and methodical cyberespionage campaign that is characterized both by its operational scale and technical proficiency. A fully adaptive…
Romania’s National Oil Pipeline Joins a Growing Cyberattack list
Romania’s national oil pipeline operator, Conpet, has disclosed that it suffered a cyberattack that disrupted its corporate IT systems and temporarily knocked its website offline, adding to a growing series of digital incidents affecting the country’s critical infrastructure. In a…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 562 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. Italian…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 83
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter ClawHavoc: 341 Malicious Clawed Skills Found by the Bot They Were Targeting ù APT28 Leverages CVE-2026-21509 in Operation Neusploit…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-08 15h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 13:14 : Shadow Campaigns: Asia-Linked Espionage Group Breaches Government and Critical Infrastructure Networks Worldwide
Shadow Campaigns: Asia-Linked Espionage Group Breaches Government and Critical Infrastructure Networks Worldwide
A state-backed cyber espionage group has infiltrated dozens of government and critical infrastructure networks across 37 countries as part of a global operation known as “Shadow Campaigns.” During November and December of last year, the threat actor also carried…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-08 12h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 10:34 : DKnife toolkit abuses routers to spy and deliver malware since 2019
DKnife toolkit abuses routers to spy and deliver malware since 2019
DKnife is a Linux toolkit used since 2019 to hijack router traffic and deliver malware in cyber-espionage attacks. Cisco Talos found DKnife, a powerful Linux toolkit that threat actors use to spy on and control network traffic through routers and…
Week in review: Notepad++ supply chain attack details and targets, Patch Tuesday forecast
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform Global Threat Map is an open-source project offering security teams a live view of reported cyber activity…
OpenClaw Integrates VirusTotal Scanning to Detect Malicious ClawHub Skills
OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it’s partnering with Google-owned VirusTotal to scan skills that are being uploaded to ClawHub, its skill marketplace, as part of broader efforts to bolster the security of the agentic ecosystem. “All skills…
LocalGPT – A Secure Local Device Focused AI Assistant Built in Rust
In an era where AI assistants like ChatGPT and Claude dominate cloud infrastructures, exposing user data to remote breaches, a new Rust-based tool called LocalGPT promises a fortress-like alternative. Developed as a single ~27MB binary, LocalGPT runs entirely on local…