🎯Today's Cybersecurity Pulse
Updated 31m agoWhat's happening: Cloudflare pushes agile SASE with Cloudflare One to replace legacy VPNs
Cloudflare announced a series of technical deep‑dives showcasing its Cloudflare One agile SASE platform as a remedy for fragmented legacy VPNs and hardware firewalls. The solution uses a single‑pass architecture that runs security checks across a global network spanning over 300 cities, removing service‑chaining bottlenecks. It also integrates zero‑trust capabilities.
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By the numbers: Zafran Security raises $60M Series C
News•Feb 26, 2026
Telegram Rises to Top Spot in Job Scam Activity
Revolut’s latest report shows encrypted messaging apps now dominate Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, with Telegram accounting for over 58% of job‑related scams. The platform’s share of total APP fraud rose more than 30% year‑over‑year, overtaking WhatsApp in several categories. Meta‑owned services still generate the largest slice of fraud overall, responsible for 44% of cases, while WhatsApp and Telegram together comprise 60% of investment scams. The findings highlight a shift toward “secure” messaging channels as prime fraud vectors.
By Help Net Security
News•Feb 26, 2026
Microsoft Expands Windows Restore to More Enterprise Devices
Microsoft has broadened its first‑sign‑in restore experience, part of Windows Backup for Organizations, to include hybrid‑managed devices, multi‑user setups, and Windows 365 Cloud PCs. The feature lets users who sign in with a Microsoft Entra ID account restore personal settings and...
By BleepingComputer
News•Feb 26, 2026
6 Ways Family Offices Can Keep Cybercriminals at Bay
Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting high‑net‑worth individuals, exploiting the wealth of personal and financial data stored online. The FBI reports $16.6 billion lost to internet‑enabled crimes in 2024, highlighting the scale of the threat. Family offices, positioned as trusted advisors, can extend...
By Financial Planning (Arizent)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Almost a Third of UK Businesses Hit by Remote Working-Related Cybersecurity Breaches in the Past Year
Almost a third of UK businesses experienced a remote‑working related cyber breach in the past year, with phishing responsible for 85% of incidents. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2025 shows larger firms are most affected, reporting breach rates of 67%...
By Employer News (UK)
News•Feb 26, 2026
The Use of GenAI Is Turning Innocent Employees Into Insider Threats: Here’s How to Fix It
Enterprise adoption of generative AI tools is soaring, with nearly one in twenty companies regularly using them and internal data uploads to public models increasing thirty‑fold year‑on‑year. Employees often paste confidential contracts or credentials into tools like ChatGPT, unintentionally turning...
By e27
News•Feb 26, 2026
Rootly | How to Build an Effective Incident Response Team: Step-by-Step Guide
Meta’s 2021 global outage highlighted how a coordinated, cross‑functional incident response team can limit downtime and reputational harm. The article uses that case to illustrate the challenges smaller firms face when structuring such teams. It outlines essential roles—Incident Commander, Technical...
By Rootly – Blog
News•Feb 26, 2026
Banks – and Google – Open to Gemini-Powered Exfil via Public API Keys, Researchers Say
Security firm Truffle Security revealed that publicly exposed Google API keys can be upgraded to full‑access Gemini credentials, enabling data exfiltration from any organization using them. A November scan uncovered 2,863 such keys, affecting major banks, security vendors, and even...
By The Stack (TheStack.technology)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Ribbon and AWS Transform Cloud Deployment for Service Providers and Enterprises
Ribbon Communications announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services to deliver a cloud‑native, secure voice communications suite on AWS Marketplace. The offering bundles Ribbon’s Session Border Controller, policy routing engine, and centralized management platform as containerized services optimized for...
By MarTech Series
News•Feb 26, 2026
ResidentBat Android Malware Grants Belarusian KGB Ongoing Mobile Access
ResidentBat is a custom Android spyware implant deployed by the Belarusian KGB to turn seized smartphones into persistent surveillance tools. The malware is sideloaded via Android Debug Bridge after physical access, granting extensive data collection and remote‑wipe capabilities. First disclosed...
By GBHackers On Security
News•Feb 26, 2026
The Cyber Resilience Act: Implications for the Global Rail Industry
The EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) is set to overhaul security requirements for the global rail supply chain, targeting connected products and software. Nomad Digital hosted a webinar with experts from Alstom, Durham University and its own security team to...
By Railway-News
News•Feb 26, 2026
Harvest Now, Decrypt Later: Preparing for the Quantum Hangover
Quantum‑era risk is no longer a distant theory; adversaries are already harvesting encrypted data to decrypt later when quantum computers mature. This "harvest‑now, decrypt‑later" model threatens long‑life information across government, finance, healthcare and private‑sector IP. CEOs must shift focus from...
By Security Magazine (Cybersecurity)
News•Feb 26, 2026
How We Engineered a Scalable and Performant Enterprise AI Platform
To meet the stringent data‑privacy demands of enterprise insurance, the company abandoned the traditional multi‑tenant SaaS model and built a single‑tenant AI platform where each client receives an isolated database and compute environment. By eliminating middleware and moving business logic...
By CIO.com
News•Feb 26, 2026
Trend Micro Patches Critical Apex One Vulnerabilities
TrendAI, the enterprise arm of Trend Micro, released patches for eight vulnerabilities in its Apex One endpoint security suite. Two critical CVEs (2025‑71210 and 2025‑71211) could let remote attackers upload malicious code and execute commands via the management console, while six high‑severity...
By SecurityWeek
News•Feb 26, 2026
Ecommpay Launches Free E-Commerce Fraud Defence Guide
Payments platform Ecommpay released a free whitepaper titled “E‑commerce fraud defence: A quick guide for merchants.” The guide details nine top fraud threats, including friendly fraud, refund fraud, account takeover and AI‑powered deepfakes, and offers actionable mitigation tactics. Ecommpay claims...
By Retail Focus (UK)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Samsung SDS Identifies Top Cybersecurity Threats of 2026 as AI Risks Escalate
Samsung SDS released its 2026 cybersecurity outlook, highlighting five priority threats: AI‑driven attacks, ransomware, cloud misconfigurations, phishing/account takeovers, and data security gaps. The report, based on 667 Korean security professionals, warns that generative AI and autonomous agents will intensify phishing,...
By The Cyber Express
News•Feb 26, 2026
Wireshark 4.6.4 Resolves Dissector Flaws, Plugin Compatibility Issue
Wireshark 4.6.4 releases address two critical dissector vulnerabilities—a crash in the HTTP3 dissector and an infinite loop in the MEGACO dissector. The update also resolves a plugin compatibility problem introduced by an API/ABI change in version 4.6.1, restoring functionality for...
By Help Net Security
News•Feb 26, 2026
How AI Could Impact Tax Season Security This Year
The IRS Criminal Investigation report shows tax‑related financial crimes hit $4.5 billion in FY 2025, a 111.8 % jump from the prior year, signaling heightened risk this tax season. Cybercriminals are leveraging generative AI to produce hyper‑personalized phishing, deepfake voice and video scams,...
By Security Magazine (Cybersecurity)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Intellicheck Desktop Application Helps Organizations Combat Identity Theft
Intellicheck launched an enriched Desktop Application that lets organizations of any size stop identity theft and fraud instantly, without needing system integration. The solution works with existing scanners, incurs minimal cost, and stores transaction history securely in the cloud via...
By Help Net Security
News•Feb 26, 2026
MHCLG Publishes New Local Government Reorganisation Digital and Cyber Playbook
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has released a Local Government Reorganisation Digital and Cyber Playbook to help councils navigate digital, data and cybersecurity challenges during structural changes. Developed with input from local and central government, sector...
By UKAuthority (UK)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Tailscale and LM Studio Introduce ‘LM Link’ to Provide Encrypted Point-to-Point Access to Your Private GPU Hardware Assets
LM Studio and Tailscale have launched LM Link, a feature that lets developers access remote GPU rigs as if they were locally attached. The solution replaces public APIs and SSH tunnels with a private, WireGuard‑encrypted tunnel built on Tailscale’s userspace tsnet...
By MarkTechPost
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News•Feb 26, 2026
Security for Smart Devices – Time to Step Forward because There's Nowhere to Hide
From 4 March 2026 the Australian government will enforce minimum security standards for all smart devices sold in the market, shifting compliance from voluntary guidance to mandatory requirement. The IoT Alliance Australia (IoTAA) is spearheading a voluntary Security Labelling Scheme, slated to...
By iTnews (Australia) – Government
Blog•Feb 26, 2026
Reveal: What FedRAMP Authorized Should Mean in eDiscovery
FedRAMP, the federal cloud security authorization program, is becoming a critical benchmark for eDiscovery solutions as U.S. courts anticipate over 400,000 lawsuits this year. Legal teams must verify that their cloud‑based discovery tools meet FedRAMP standards to prevent security breaches,...
By ACEDS Blog
News•Feb 26, 2026
Tassie Cybersecurity Scaleup Upguard Pockets $105 Million Series C
UpGuard, the Hobart‑based cybersecurity firm, closed a $75 million Series C round led by Springcoast Capital, with participation from August Capital, Square Peg and Pelion Venture Partners. The capital will accelerate development of its AI‑powered cyber‑risk posture management (CRPM) platform, expand go‑to‑market operations,...
By Startup Daily (ANZ)
News•Feb 26, 2026
Keeper Security Integrates Kyber to Provide Quantum-Resistant Identity Protection
Keeper Security announced integration of the Kyber key encapsulation mechanism across its platform to deliver quantum‑resistant identity protection. The hybrid approach layers lattice‑based Kyber on existing elliptic‑curve primitives, securing backend APIs, Keeper Commander, and upcoming mobile apps. This rollout aligns...
By Quantum Computing Report
News•Feb 25, 2026
Singapore’s Approach to Building a Resilient Digital Future
Singapore is bolstering its cybersecurity ecosystem through a multi‑pronged strategy that includes large‑scale cyber‑drills, senior leadership training, and youth programmes to grow a skilled talent pipeline. The Cyber Security Agency and the Ministry of Digital Development coordinate rapid response to...
By OpenGov Asia
News•Feb 25, 2026
Medical Device Maker UFP Technologies Warns of Data Stolen in Cyberattack
UFP Technologies, a $600 million medical‑device maker, disclosed a cyberattack detected on February 14 that compromised several IT systems. The company isolated the breach, removed the threat and engaged external advisors, but confirmed that data was stolen and some functions, such as...
By BleepingComputer
News•Feb 25, 2026
Simplify MSP Technician Authentication with Duo Delegated Access
Cisco Duo unveiled Delegated Access, a feature that lets Managed Service Provider (MSP) technicians authenticate to client applications using a single Duo user account. The solution centralizes MFA policy, logs, and monitoring on the parent account while granting access to...
By ChannelE2E
News•Feb 25, 2026
Clalit Probes Suspected Cyberattack After Iranian-Linked Hackers Leak Patient Files
Clalit Health Services, Israel’s largest HMO, announced it is probing a suspected cyberattack after the Iranian‑linked group Handala claimed to have breached its systems. The hackers released thousands of documents containing patients' personal and medical information on public platforms. Clalit...
By DataBreaches.net
News•Feb 25, 2026
Singapore Sees Cyber Scams Soar 61% as Global Taskforce Warns of Widespread Crime
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) warned that cyber‑enabled fraud is now a top money‑laundering threat in 90% of the jurisdictions it assessed. Singapore alone saw a 61% jump in scam cases over the past two years, while the United...
By Finance Magnates Fintech
News•Feb 25, 2026
US Cybersecurity Agency CISA Reportedly in Dire Shape Amid Trump Cuts and Layoffs
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is reportedly operating at roughly 38% of its pre‑Trump staffing levels, after losing about one‑third of its workforce during the administration’s first year. The cuts have crippled core programs, including the counter‑ransomware initiative...
By TechCrunch (Cybersecurity)
News•Feb 25, 2026
Five Stages to Secure Military Operational Technology Using Zero Trust and Risk Operations Centers
The Pentagon released an OT‑specific zero‑trust roadmap, the “fan chart,” outlining 84 baseline and 21 advanced activities to protect military operational technology. The guidance emphasizes asset visibility, risk‑operations centers, network segmentation, passive monitoring, and AI‑driven automation. Agencies are urged to...
By Federal News Network
News•Feb 25, 2026
6,000 AWS Accounts, Three People, One Platform: Lessons Learned
ProGlove runs a SaaS platform on AWS using an account-per-tenant architecture, currently operating about 6,000 tenant accounts—half active—with over 120,000 service instances and a million Lambda functions. The approach gives each customer isolated compute, storage, and IAM boundaries, simplifying security,...
By AWS Architecture Blog
News•Feb 25, 2026
I only Look for This One Feature in a VPN Now
Choosing a VPN today means sifting through countless features, but the author argues that multi‑hop capability is the single most critical attribute. Multi‑hop routes traffic through multiple servers, preventing any one node from seeing both the user’s IP and the...
By MakeUseOf
News•Feb 25, 2026
PCI Council Says Threats to Payments Systems Are Speeding Up
The PCI Security Standards Council published its inaugural 2025 annual report, the first since its 2006 founding, outlining a surge in payment‑system threats and the council’s expanding role. The report highlights accelerated attacks leveraging AI, ransomware incidents such as BridgePay,...
By Dark Reading
News•Feb 25, 2026
PXL Vision Integrates Deepfake Detection Technique From Research with Idiap
PXL Vision, Idiap Research Institute and Innosuisse have released a deepfake detector integrated into the PXL Ident platform. The tool, developed under the ROSALIND project, targets face‑swapping, reenactment and fully synthetic identities in ID documents. A companion Idiap paper benchmarks...
By Biometric Update
News•Feb 25, 2026
Space ISAC Launches New Quantum Initiative
Space ISAC has announced a new quantum initiative, launching its first Quantum Community of Interest (COI) meeting on Feb. 25, co‑hosted with MITRE. The COI will explore how quantum technologies can strengthen security and resilience across space systems, which underpin critical...
By Via Satellite
News•Feb 25, 2026
Researchers Expose Critical Security Vulnerability in Autonomous Drones
UC Irvine computer scientists have uncovered a critical flaw in camera‑based autonomous target‑tracking drones, dubbed the FlyTrap attack. By attaching a specially designed visual pattern to an ordinary umbrella, attackers can trick drones into believing the target is receding, causing...
By Tech Xplore Robotics
News•Feb 25, 2026
Resilience: Cyber Risk Shifts From Disruption to Long-Tail Losses
Resilience’s 2025 Cyber Risk Report reveals a decisive shift from ransomware‑focused disruption to extortion attacks that rely on stolen data. Data‑theft‑only extortion claims rose to 65 % of incidents in the second half of last year, turning cyber incidents into multi‑year...
By Carrier Management
Blog•Feb 25, 2026
Caspia Technologies Unveils A Breakthrough in RTL Security Verification Paving the Way for Agentic Silicon Security
Caspia Technologies announced the general availability of CODAx V2026.1, an AI‑enhanced RTL security analyzer that checks over 150 insecure coding practices against more than 1,000 hardware vulnerability references. The tool can scan half‑million lines of RTL in under an hour,...
By SemiWiki
News•Feb 25, 2026
ShinyHunters Claims Wynn Resorts Data Theft
Wynn Resorts disclosed that an unauthorized party accessed employee data after the casino‑hospitality firm appeared on ShinyHunters' extortion leak site. The group claims to have stolen more than 800,000 records, including Social Security numbers, from Wynn's Oracle PeopleSoft HR platform....
By eSecurity Planet
News•Feb 25, 2026
DHS Wants More than Biometrics in US-EU Data Sharing Agreement
The United States and the European Union are negotiating the Enhanced Border Security Partnership (EBSP), which would grant visa‑free travel to EU citizens in exchange for access to European biometric databases. The latest draft does not explicitly prohibit the use...
By Biometric Update
News•Feb 25, 2026
UnsolicitedBooker Targets Telecoms in Central Asia with New Backdoors
The China‑aligned threat group UnsolicitedBooker has begun targeting telecommunications providers in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. The campaign employs two custom backdoors, LuciDoor and MarsSnake, delivered through phishing emails that embed malicious Office macros and loaders such as LuciLoad. These implants can...
By SC Media
News•Feb 25, 2026
Georgia Tech Researchers Highlight Vulnerabilities in Threat Intelligence Sharing
Georgia Tech researchers have uncovered critical weaknesses in the global threat‑intelligence supply chain, highlighting how inconsistent data quality and limited sharing impede rapid response. Their study, presented at the NDSS Symposium, found that while 67% of vendors sandbox suspicious binaries,...
By SC Media
News•Feb 25, 2026
PowerSchool, Chicago Public Schools to Settle Student Data Privacy Lawsuit for $17 Million
PowerSchool and Chicago Public Schools have agreed to a $17.25 million settlement to resolve a class‑action lawsuit accusing the ed‑tech firm of covertly recording student communications. The fund will be divided among more than 10 million potential class members and obligates PowerSchool...
By The Record by Recorded Future
News•Feb 25, 2026
German Startup Launches Gateway to Block Inverter Kill Switches
German startup Solarsecure Tech introduced the SolarSecure Vision gateway, a hardware‑agnostic device installed at the meter connection point that intercepts and validates inverter‑to‑cloud communications. The gateway blocks unverified kill‑switch commands while allowing authenticated signals, including mandatory grid‑operator directives, to pass via a...
By pv magazine
News•Feb 25, 2026
New UAC-0050 Social Engineering Campaign Discovered
Russia‑linked threat group UAC‑0550, also known as DaVinci Group, launched a sophisticated social‑engineering campaign against a European financial institution that supports Ukraine. The attackers sent legal‑themed phishing emails from a counterfeit Ukrainian judicial domain, directing victims to download a ZIP...
By SC Media
News•Feb 25, 2026
AI-Powered CVE Research: Winning the Race Against Emerging Vulnerabilities
Praetorian unveiled its AI‑driven CVE Researcher pipeline, automating the end‑to‑end analysis of new vulnerabilities from CISA’s KEV catalog. The system ingests a CVE ID and outputs research reports, technology reconnaissance, asset correlation, and validated Nuclei detection templates within minutes. Reported...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 25, 2026
NDSS 2025 – On Borrowed Time – Preventing Static Side-Channel Analysis
The NDSS 2025 paper introduces Borrowed Time, a countermeasure that protects integrated circuits from emerging static side‑channel attacks such as static power analysis, laser logic state imaging, and impedance analysis. By continuously monitoring a device and securely erasing key‑dependent data...
By Security Boulevard
News•Feb 25, 2026
Why “Magic Links” And Passcodes Are Taking over News Logins
News publishers are increasingly replacing passwords with email‑based magic links or one‑time passcodes. Small‑scale outlets using platforms like Ghost, Substack, and Beehiiv cite reduced security overhead and faster onboarding as primary benefits. Industry voices argue that magic links combat password...
By Nieman Lab
News•Feb 25, 2026
SLH Offers $500–$1,000 Per Call to Recruit Women for IT Help Desk Vishing Attacks
Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (SLH) is paying women $500 to $1,000 per call to conduct voice‑phishing attacks against IT help desks. The group supplies pre‑written scripts and leverages legitimate proxy services and tunneling tools to evade detection. These vishing campaigns aim...
By The Hacker News