Legacy IRC Botnet Campaign Uses Automated SSH Compromise Pipeline to Enroll Linux Hosts at Scale

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SSHStalker is a newly discovered Linux botnet that brings back Internet Relay Chat (IRC) control while using automation to compromise servers over SSH. It mainly succeeds by guessing weak or …

GitGuardian Raises $50M Series C to Address Non-Human Identities Crisis and AI Agent Security Gap

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New York, NY, February 11th, 2026, CyberNewswire Insight Partners leads round, alongside Quadrille Capital, to accelerate expansion across Americas, EMEA, and strategic verticals GitGuardian, a leading secrets and Non-Human Identity …

MSHTML Framework 0-Day Vulnerability Let Attackers Security Feature over Network

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MSHTML Framework 0-Day Vulnerability Microsoft has released an urgent security patch for a critical zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-21513) affecting the MSHTML Framework, which was actively exploited in the wild before a …

Microsoft Office Word 0-day Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild

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Microsoft Office Word 0-day Vulnerability A critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Word, tracked as CVE-2026-21514, was disclosed on February 10, 2026, allowing attackers to bypass essential security protections. This flaw …

Cephalus Ransomware Emerges as Go-Based Double-Extortion Threat Targeting Exposed RDP

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Cephalus has surfaced as a Go-built ransomware strain linked to victim activity as early as June 2025, with wider public reporting appearing in August. It focuses on Windows networks and …

Microsoft Investigates Teams Assignment Errors After Failed Service Update

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Microsoft Investigates Teams Assignment Errors Microsoft Teams faces widespread disruptions in assignment management, prompting an urgent investigation by the company. Users of Microsoft Teams are encountering error messages when trying …

CISA Adds Six Microsoft 0-Day Vulnerabilities to KEV Catalog Following Active Exploitation

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Microsoft 0-Day Vulnerabilities The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urgently expanded its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog by adding six zero-day vulnerabilities, all affecting Microsoft products. This …

Coinbase Cartel Targets High-Value Sectors with Data-Theft-First Extortion Strategy

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The ransomware landscape continues to evolve with new threat actors adopting unconventional tactics. Coinbase Cartel emerged in September 2025, quickly claiming 14 victims in its first month of operation. Unlike …

Windows Remote Access Connection Manager 0-Day Vulnerability Let Attackers Trigger DoS Attack

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Windows Remote Access Connection Manager 0-Day Vulnerability Microsoft has patched a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Remote Access Connection Manager (RasMan) service, tracked as CVE-2026-21525, which allowed attackers to trigger …