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darkreading Feb 13, 2026 at 17:07

Nation-State Hackers Put Defense Industrial Base Under Siege

Espionage groups from China, Russia and other nations burned at least two dozen zero-days in edge devices in attempts to infiltrate defense contractors’ networks.

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darkreading Feb 13, 2026 at 16:49

AI Agents 'Swarm,' Security Complexity Follows Suit

As AI deployments scale and start to include packs of agents autonomously working in concert, organizations face a naturally amplified attack surface.

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darkreading Feb 12, 2026 at 22:05

Ivanti EPMM Zero-Day Bugs Spark Exploit Frenzy — Again

It's time to phase out the "patch and pray" approach, eliminate needless public interfaces, and enforce authentication controls, one expert says.

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darkreading Feb 12, 2026 at 21:23

Booz Allen Announces General Availability of Vellox Reverser to Automate Malware Defense

The AI-powered product delivers expert-grade malware analysis and reverse engineering in minutes.

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darkreading Feb 12, 2026 at 21:11

SpecterOps Launches BloodHound Scentry to Accelerate the Practice of Identity Attack Path Management

Drawing on years of adversary tradecraft, SpecterOps experts work alongside customers to analyze and eliminate attack paths, protect critical assets, and stay ahead of emerging threats.

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darkreading Feb 12, 2026 at 21:04

Gone With the Shame: One in Two Americans Are Reluctant to Talk About Romance Scam Incidents

Men should take extra care on Valentine’s Day because they are nearly twice as likely as women to fall victim to romance scams.

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darkreading Feb 12, 2026 at 20:47

Those 'Summarize With AI' Buttons May Lying to You

Microsoft uncovered AI recommendation poisoning in 31 companies across 14 industries, and turnkey tools make it trivially easy to pull off.

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darkreading Feb 12, 2026 at 09:00

Senegalese Data Breaches Expose Lack of 'Security Maturity'

Green Blood Group steals personal records and biometric data of the West African nation's nearly 20 million residents.

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darkreading Feb 11, 2026 at 21:56

North Korea's UNC1069 Hammers Crypto Firms With AI

In moving away from traditional banks to focus on Web3 companies, the threat actor is leveraging LLMs, deepfakes, legitimate platforms, and ClickFix.

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darkreading Feb 11, 2026 at 14:31

AI Rising: Do We Know Enough About the Data Populating It?

Organizations remain reluctant to address the fact that AI can dangerously expose business operations as well as personal data.

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darkreading Feb 11, 2026 at 14:00

Top Cyber Industry Defenses Spike CO2 Emissions

Organizations can improve their climate footprints by optimizing two specific cybersecurity protections, without incurring added risks.

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darkreading Feb 11, 2026 at 02:00

Asia Fumbles With Throttling Back Telnet Traffic in Region

Only Taiwan made the top 10 list of governments, effectively blocking the threat-ridden protocol, but overall the region lagged in curbing Telnet traffic.

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darkreading Feb 10, 2026 at 22:00

SolarWinds WHD Attacks Highlight Risks of Exposed Apps

Organizations that have exposed their instances of Web Help Desk to the public Internet have inadvertently made them prime targets for attackers.

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darkreading Feb 10, 2026 at 21:37

In Bypassing MFA, ZeroDayRAT Is 'Textbook Stalkerware'

With access to SIM, location data, and a preview of recent SMSes, attackers have everything they need for account takeover or targeted social engineering.

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darkreading Feb 10, 2026 at 21:00

Microsoft Patches 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Three of those zero-days are security feature bypass flaws, which give attackers a way to slip past built-in protections in multiple Microsoft products.

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darkreading Feb 10, 2026 at 20:36

How to Stay on Top of Future Threats With a Cutting-Edge SOC

CISOs should focus on harnessing and securing AI and building new skills among their people. Vision and change management can transform security.

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darkreading Feb 10, 2026 at 19:35

Automaker Secures the Supply Chain With Developer-Friendly Platform

How a platform engineering team embeds supply chain security into infrastructure without slowing developers.

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darkreading Feb 09, 2026 at 23:05

TransUnion's Real Networks Deal Focuses on Robocall Blocking

The acquisition allows the credit reporting agency to add SMS spam and scam prevention to its robocall blocking capabilities.

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darkreading Feb 09, 2026 at 21:59

Warlock Gang Breaches SmarterTools Via SmarterMail Bugs

The ransomware group breached SmarterTools through a vulnerability in the company's own SmarterMail product.

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darkreading Feb 09, 2026 at 21:15

OT Attacks Get Scary With 'Living-off-the-Plant' Techniques

Ironically, security by obscurity has helped prevent dangerous OT attacks in recent years. It won't be that way forever.

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