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Data Breach at French Bank Registry Affects 1.2 Million Accounts

France’s financial authorities have revealed a major cybersecurity breach affecting approximately 1.2 million bank account records. The incident targeted the country’s centralized bank account registry, raising serious concerns about data protection, identity theft, and financial fraud. Officials have launched a full investigation while strengthening national cybersecurity defenses. Unauthorized Access to National Bank Registry The French […]

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Mississippi Medical Center Shuts Down All Clinics Following Ransomware Attack

A major healthcare provider in the United States has temporarily closed all its clinic locations following a disruptive cyberattack. The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) confirmed that a ransomware incident forced it to shut down multiple IT systems while emergency protocols were activated to maintain patient care. Authorities at the federal level are now

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BeyondTrust Vulnerability Exploited to Deploy Web Shells, Backdoors, and Steal Data

A critical security flaw affecting BeyondTrust Remote Support and BeyondTrust Privileged Remote Access products is being actively exploited by threat actors to deploy web shells, backdoors, malware, and exfiltrate sensitive data. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-1731, carries a CVSS score of 9.9. Nature of the Vulnerability The flaw stems from a sanitization failure in the “thin-scc-wrapper” script, accessible via

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Cline CLI 2.3.0 Supply Chain Attack Deployed OpenClaw on Developer Systems

A recent software supply chain incident impacted the open source AI coding assistant Cline CLI, after attackers published a compromised version to the npm registry that silently installed OpenClaw on developer systems. On February 17, 2026 at 3:26 AM PT, an unauthorized party used a compromised npm publish token to release cline@2.3.0. The altered package included

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ClickFix Campaign Exploits Compromised Websites to Deploy MIMICRAT Malware

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated ClickFix campaign that leverages compromised legitimate websites to distribute a newly identified remote access trojan named MIMICRAT, also referred to as AstarionRAT. According to Elastic Security Labs, the operation demonstrates significant technical maturity. Attackers are using breached websites across various industries and regions as delivery infrastructure, deploying a multi stage

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Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Scheme

A 29 year old Ukrainian citizen has been sentenced to five years in a U.S. federal prison for helping facilitate North Korea’s fraudulent IT worker operation that infiltrated dozens of American companies. Oleksandr “Alexander” Didenko pleaded guilty in November 2025 to wire fraud conspiracy and aggravated identity theft. Authorities say he stole the identities of

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FBI Reports 1,900 ATM Jackpotting Incidents Since 2020, $20M Lost in 2025

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a fresh warning about the surge in ATM jackpotting attacks across the United States, revealing that financial losses exceeded $20 million in 2025 alone. According to federal data, approximately 1,900 jackpotting incidents have been reported since 2020, with 700 of those occurring in 2024. In December 2025, the U.S. Department

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Former Google Engineers Indicted for Transferring Trade Secrets to Iran

Two former engineers from Google and the husband of one of them have been indicted in the United States for allegedly stealing sensitive trade secrets from major technology firms and transferring the information to unauthorized destinations, including Iran. The defendants, Samaneh Ghandali, 41, her husband Mohammadjavad Khosravi, also known as Mohammad Khosravi, 40, and her sister Soroor

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PromptSpy Android Malware Exploits Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated Android malware, named PromptSpy, that leverages Google’s generative AI chatbot Gemini to automate actions and ensure persistence on infected devices. This marks one of the first known cases of malware incorporating generative AI into its operational flow. How PromptSpy Operates PromptSpy is capable of: According to Lukáš Štefanko, Gemini is

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INTERPOL Operation Red Card 2.0 Leads to 651 Arrests in African Cybercrime Crackdown

An international cybercrime operation targeting online scams has resulted in 651 arrests and the recovery of over $4.3 million, coordinated by law enforcement agencies from 16 African countries. The initiative, named Operation Red Card 2.0, ran from December 8, 2025 to January 30, 2026, focusing on high-yield investment scams, mobile money fraud, and fraudulent mobile

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