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Key Findings China-linked hacking group UNC6201 has been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-22769) in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines since at least 2024. The vulnerability is a hardcoded credential flaw that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain administrator-level access to affected systems. Hackers have used this access to deploy a novel backdoor malware called GrimBolt, which is more advanced and harder to detect than the previously used Bricks

Key Findings A suspected China-linked APT group, UNC6201, has been exploiting a critical zero-day vulnerability in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines since mid-2024. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-22769, has a CVSS score of 10.0 and involves hardcoded credentials that can be abused to gain unauthorized access and root-level persistence. The group has used the flaw to move laterally, maintain persistence, and deploy malware including SLAYSTYLE, BRICKSTORM, and a no

Key Findings Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities in four popular Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions with over 125 million collective installs. The vulnerable extensions are Live Server, Code Runner, Markdown Preview Enhanced, and Microsoft Live Preview. If successfully exploited, these vulnerabilities could allow threat actors to steal local files and execute code remotely. The researchers warn that a single malicious exte

Key Findings Chinese state-sponsored hackers, suspected to be part of the UNC6201 group, have been exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines since mid-2024. The vulnerability, CVE-2026-22769, has a CVSS score of 10/10 and allows unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full system access with root-level persistence. The hackers have been using a hardcoded administrator password, pulled from Apache Tomcat, to trigger the vulnerability for at

Key Findings Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated that AI assistants with web browsing or URL fetching capabilities, such as Microsoft Copilot and xAI Grok, can be abused as covert command-and-control (C2) relays by attackers. This technique allows attackers to blend their malicious communications into legitimate-looking AI assistant traffic, making detection and blocking significantly more challenging. The attack method, dubbed "AI as a C2 proxy," leverages the web ac

Key Findings Polish authorities have arrested a 47-year-old man accused of being an affiliate for the Phobos ransomware group. The suspect faces up to five years in prison for producing, obtaining, and sharing computer programs used to conduct cyberattacks. The arrest was part of a larger Europol-led operation called "Phobos Aetor" that targeted individuals involved with Phobos ransomware attacks. Background Phobos ransomware has claimed over 1,000 victims globally and receiv

Key Findings Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new information stealer that exfiltrated a victim's OpenClaw configuration environment. The incident marks a significant evolution in infostealer behavior, transitioning from stealing browser credentials to targeting the identities, settings, and "digital souls" of personal AI agents. The stolen files included openclaw.json with gateway tokens, device.json containing private cryptographic keys, and "soul" and memory file

Key Findings Microsoft warns of a new ClickFix variant that tricks users into running a malicious nslookup command through the Windows Run dialog to retrieve a second-stage payload via DNS. Attackers use cmd.exe to perform a DNS lookup against a hard-coded external server, and the `Name:` response is extracted and executed as the second-stage payload. This DNS-based approach allows attackers to signal and deliver payloads via their own infrastructure, reducing reliance on web

Key Findings Microsoft has disclosed details of a new version of the ClickFix social engineering tactic that uses DNS lookups to retrieve malware payloads. The attack tricks users into running commands through the Windows Run dialog that perform a DNS lookup to an external server controlled by the attackers. The DNS response is then executed as the second-stage payload, allowing the threat actors to reach infrastructure under their control and establish a new validation layer

Key Findings The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a vulnerability in BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and older Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-1731, has a CVSS score of 9.9 and could allow an unauthenticated attacker to execute remote commands without logging in. BeyondTrust released security updates on February 6, 2026, to address the critical vulnera

Key Findings 287 different Chrome browser extensions are actively stealing the web histories of roughly 37.4 million people These extensions, often disguised as "harmless tools" like ad blockers or search assistants, are feeding user data to a network of global corporations and data brokers The research team identified many of these tools sending user data in plain text and using "obfuscation" techniques to hide their tracks, scrambling history into codes before sending it of

Key Findings Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a previously undocumented threat actor, possibly affiliated with Russian intelligence services, that has been targeting Ukrainian organizations with the CANFAIL malware. The threat actor has primarily targeted defense, military, government, and energy organizations within the Ukrainian regional and national governments, but has also shown growing interest in aerospace, manufacturing with military/drone ties,

Key Findings Cisco Talos has discovered a new threat actor, UAT-9921, using a modular attack framework called VoidLink to target organizations in the technology and financial services sectors. VoidLink is a Linux-focused, highly capable attack framework that can compile and deploy plugins on-demand, potentially enabling AI-driven tool creation in the future. UAT-9921 is believed to have been active since at least 2019, even before the use of VoidLink, and has been observed in

Key Findings Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh set of malicious packages across npm and the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository linked to a fake recruitment-themed campaign orchestrated by the North Korea-linked Lazarus Group. The coordinated campaign has been codenamed "graphalgo" in reference to the first package published in the npm registry, and it's assessed to be active since May 2025. The campaign includes a well-orchestrated story around a company i

Key Findings North Korea-linked threat actor UNC2970 used Google's Gemini AI model to conduct reconnaissance on its targets, including searching for information on major cybersecurity and defense companies and mapping specific technical job roles and salary information. Other state-backed hacking groups, including UNC6418 (unattributed), Temp.HEX or Mustang Panda (China), APT31 or Judgement Panda (China), APT41 (China), UNC795 (China), and APT42 (Iran), have also integrated G

Key Findings Apple released emergency updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2026-20700) The vulnerability is a memory corruption issue in Apple's Dynamic Link Editor (dyld) that could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code The flaw was discovered and reported by Google's Threat Analysis Group, suggesting it may have been used in sophisticated nation-state or commercial spyware attacks Apple

Key Findings: A critical vulnerability in MongoDB allows unauthenticated attackers to crash database servers The flaw, tracked as CVE-2022-29464, has a CVSS score of 8.7 and can lead to Denial of Service (DoS) conditions The vulnerability is caused by a memory exhaustion issue that can be triggered without any authentication Background MongoDB is a popular open-source NoSQL database management system that is widely adopted by organizations for its flexibility and scalability.

Key Findings North Korea-linked threat actor UNC1069 has been observed targeting the cryptocurrency sector to steal sensitive data The intrusion relied on a social engineering scheme involving a compromised Telegram account, a fake Zoom meeting, a ClickFix infection vector, and reported usage of AI-generated video to deceive victims UNC1069 has a history of conducting social engineering campaigns for financial gain using fake meeting invites and posing as investors from reput

Key Findings GitGuardian, a leading secrets and Non-Human Identity (NHI) security platform, has raised $50 million in a Series C funding round. The funding round was led by global software investor Insight Partners, alongside Quadrille Capital and existing investors. The investment will fuel GitGuardian's expansion in secrets and AI agent security as organizations grapple with exponential growth in non-human identities. Background GitGuardian is the #1 app on the GitHub Marke

Key Findings Microsoft released security updates to address 59 vulnerabilities, including 6 that are actively being exploited in the wild. Of the 59 flaws, 5 are rated Critical, 52 are rated Important, and 2 are rated Moderate in severity. 25 of the patched vulnerabilities are privilege escalation, followed by remote code execution (12), spoofing (7), information disclosure (6), security feature bypass (5), denial-of-service (3), and cross-site scripting (1). The 6 actively e