Behind a basic age check, researchers say Persona’s system runs extensive identity, watchlist, and adverse-media screening. The post Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read the…
ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT Malware
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…
Cline CLI 2.3.0 Supply Chain Attack Installed OpenClaw on Developer Systems
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,…
A Unified Defense Against MITRE’s Top Injection Attacks
This is how I created a Go library to address 41 actively exploited vulnerabilities. The Problem That Keeps Security Teams Up at Night On December 11, 2025, MITRE released its annual 2025 CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Weaknesses list,…
Critical Vulnerabilities in VS Code Extensions Threaten 128 Million Developer Environments
Three critical vulnerabilities have been found in four popular Visual Studio Code extensions. These extensions have been downloaded over 128 million times. The vulnerabilities are identified as CVE-2025-65715, CVE-2025-65716, and CVE-2025-65717. The findings from the OX Security Research team, later…
Apache Tomcat Vulnerabilities Let Attackers Bypass Security Constraints via HTTP/0.9 Requests
Apache Tomcat has disclosed CVE-2026-24733, a Low-severity security constraint bypass that can be triggered via HTTP/0.9 requests when certain access-control rules are configured in a specific way. The Apache Tomcat security team identified the issue, and the original advisory was…
Critical Jenkins Vulnerability Exposes Build Environments to XSS Attacks
Security Advisory has revealed multiple vulnerabilities in Jenkins Core, including a stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaw that could expose build environments to severe security risks. The issues, identified as CVE-2026-27099 and CVE-2026-27100, were responsibly disclosed under the Jenkins Bug Bounty Program sponsored by the European…
CharlieKirk Grabber Stealer Attacking Windows Systems to Exfiltrate Login Credentials
A new Python-based infostealer called CharlieKirk Grabber has been identified targeting Windows systems, with a focused goal of stealing stored login credentials, browser cookies, and session data. The malware is built to work as a “smash-and-grab” threat — it launches…
LLMs change their answers based on who’s asking
AI chatbots may deliver unequal answers depending on who is asking the question. A new study from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication finds that LLMs provide less accurate information, increase refusal rates, and sometimes adopt a different tone when…
ClickFix Campaign Abuses Compromised Sites to Deploy MIMICRAT RAT
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…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-02-20 15h : 7 posts
7 posts were published in the last hour 13:40 : Google Blocks 1.75 Million Malicious Apps from Entering Play Store 13:40 : North Korean IT worker scam nets Ukrainian five-year sentence in the U.S. 13:40 : Keeper Security Extends KeeperPAM…
Google Blocks 1.75 Million Malicious Apps from Entering Play Store
Google has revealed that it blocked more than 1.75 million malicious or policy‑violating Android apps from reaching users through the Play Store in 2025, highlighting a major AI‑driven push to secure the mobile ecosystem against malware, fraud, and privacy abuse.…
North Korean IT worker scam nets Ukrainian five-year sentence in the U.S.
A Ukrainian man was sentenced to five years in the U.S. for helping North Korean IT workers use stolen identities to get hired by U.S. firms. Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko, a 29-year-old Ukrainian national, has been sentenced to five years in…
Keeper Security Extends KeeperPAM
Keeper Security has expanded its Privileged Access Management (PAM) platform, KeeperPAM, with native support for Google Cloud Platform (GCP), enabling organisations to unify privileged access controls across Google Cloud, AWS and Microsoft Azure environments. The move addresses a growing security…
Ready to Move On: How to Evaluate, Select, and Deploy Modern Email Security
Part 4 of a 4-Part Series: The SEG Breakup Guide for MSPs The post Ready to Move On: How to Evaluate, Select, and Deploy Modern Email Security appeared first on Security Boulevard. This article has been indexed from Security Boulevard Read…
Criminals create business website to sell RAT disguised as RMM tool
A RAT masquerading as legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software is being sold to cybercriminals as a service, Proofpoint researchers recently discovered. The fake RMM tool, called TrustConnect, was being marketed via an LLM-created website parked on trustconnectsoftware[.]com, supposedly…
Grandstream VoIP Phones Vulnerability Grants Attackers Root Privileges
A critical unauthenticated stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-2329, affecting Grandstream GXP1600 series VoIP phones. The vulnerability, rated as critical with a CVSS score of 9.8, allows remote attackers to gain root privileges on the affected devices without authentication. At its core, this is a classic memory…
Dramatic Escalation Frequency and Power of in DDoS Attacks
DDoS attack frequency has risen to ‘alarming levels,’ warns Radware report This article has been indexed from www.infosecurity-magazine.com Read the original article: Dramatic Escalation Frequency and Power of in DDoS Attacks
Ring Cancels Its Partnership with Flock
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. This article has been indexed from Schneier on Security Read…
BeyondTrust Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks
CISA has updated its KEV entry for CVE-2026-1731 to alert organizations of exploitation in ransomware attacks. The post BeyondTrust Vulnerability Exploited in Ransomware Attacks appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article has been indexed from SecurityWeek Read the original article: BeyondTrust…
Ex-Google engineers charged with orchestrating high-tech secrets extraction
A federal grand jury has indicted three Silicon Valley engineers on charges in a scheme to steal trade secrets from Google and other leading technology companies. The indictment charges the three defendants with conspiracy to commit trade secret theft, theft…
CharlieKirk Grabber Malware Targets Windows Systems to Steal Login Credentials
CharlieKirk Grabber is a Python-based Windows infostealer that focuses on rapid “smash‑and‑grab” credential theft and data exfiltration rather than long-term system control or destructive behavior. It targets browser‑stored passwords, Wi‑Fi keys, Discord tokens, and gaming sessions, then exfiltrates the collected…
CISA gives federal agencies three days to patch actively exploited Dell bug
Hardcoded credential flaw in RecoverPoint already abused in espionage campaign Uncle Sam’s cyber defenders have given federal agencies just three days to patch a maximum-severity Dell bug that’s been under active exploitation since at least mid-2024.… This article has been…
Ploutus Malware Drains U.S. ATMs Without a Card or Account — FBI Issues Emergency FLASH Alert
A 19 February 2026 FBI FLASH (FLASH-20260219-001) warns banks and ATM operators about a rise in malware-enabled “jackpotting,” where criminals exploit physical access and software gaps to make machines pay out cash without a real transaction, a pattern now seen…