News – February 2026


  • New Android malware can hack every top phone maker’s security, and costs less than a second-hand iPhone

    February 28, 2026

    Oblivion is a newly observed Android Remote Access Trojan which reportedly targets a range of popular devices running Android 8 through 16. Security researchers at Certo have examined the tool, which is sold on a subscription basis starting at $300, and claims to be capable of working on heavily customized systems from Samsung, Xiaomi, and ...

  • 15 million French citizens affected by massive data breach following cyberattack on medical software

    February 27, 2026

    A massive data breach concerning the data of 15 million people in France has been revealed after a cyberattack targeted 1,500 doctors using medical software. The administrative data of around 15 million French citizens, along with notes written by their doctors, were leaked in a large-scale breach targeting 1,500 doctors using a medical software from Cegedim ...

  • Ransomware payments drop to record low, even as attacks surge

    February 27, 2026

    Ransomware groups have never been this active, but have also never extorted this little money, new research has claimed. Market analysts Chainalysis found the number of ransomware incidents in 2025 rose by 50% compared to the previous year, earning criminals $820 million – although this number may still rise as more incidents are attributed to ransomware ...

  • New AirSnitch attack bypasses Wi-Fi encryption in homes, offices, and enterprises

    February 26, 2026

    It’s hard to overstate the role that Wi-Fi plays in virtually every facet of life. The organization that shepherds the wireless protocol says that more than 48 billion Wi-Fi-enabled devices have shipped since it debuted in the late 1990s. New research shows that behaviors that occur at the very lowest levels of the network stack make ...

  • iPhone and iPad running iOS/iPadOS 26 and later approved by NATO for up to “restricted” level of classified data

    February 26, 2026

    Apple has confirmed iPhones and iPads running iOS/iPadOS 26 and later have been approved to handle classified information up to NATO Restricted level – the first time any consumer devices have been rated to such an extreme. NATO’s Information Assurance Product Catalogue also lists eligible devices running the indigo configuration, stating that they provide secure access ...

  • Conduent data breach gets bigger, more than 25 million people across the US are now affected

    February 26, 2026

    A ransomware attack that caused a massive data breach for one of the largest government contractors in the U.S. keeps expanding. In early February, it was reported that 10 million people were impacted by the Conduent breach a year after it was discovered. Now though, it’s been revealed that the breach may affect more than 25 ...

  • CISA and Partners Release Guidance for Ongoing Global Exploitation of Cisco SD-WAN Systems

    February 25, 2026

      CISA and partners have observed malicious cyber actors targeting and compromising Cisco SD-WAN systems of organizations, globally. These actors have been observed exploiting a previously undisclosed authentication bypass vulnerability, CVE-2026-20127, for initial access before escalating privileges using CVE-2022-20775 and establishing long-term persistence in Cisco SD-WAN systems. Read more… Source: U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Sign up for the ...

  • Threat intelligence supply chain is full of weak links, researchers find

    February 25, 2026

    Researchers from Georgia Tech have found that the supply chain for threat intelligence data is susceptible to adversarial action, and proposed a method to improve data sharing that they think will make it stronger. Brenden Kuerbis, a research scientist at the Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy sketched the proposal on Monday by noting that in ...

  • Exposing the Undercurrent: Disrupting the GRIDTIDE Global Cyber Espionage Campaign

    February 25, 2026

    Last week, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), Mandiant, and partners took action to disrupt a global espionage campaign targeting telecommunications and government organizations in dozens of nations across four continents. The threat actor, UNC2814, is a suspected People’s Republic of China (PRC)-nexus cyber espionage group that GTIG has tracked since 2017. This prolific, elusive actor has ...

  • Adelaide University new system designed to protect drones from cyber threats

    February 25, 2026

    Adelaide University researchers have initiated the development of a world-first cybersecurity system designed to protect drones from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. A new study led by the Industrial AI Research Centre and published in the international journal Computers and Industrial Engineering, paves the way for safer and more resilient unmanned aerial systems (UAS) that are less ...