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Exploitation attempts target CVE-2026-1731, a critical unauthenticated remote code execution flaw in BeyondTrust Remote Support. (February 13, 2026)
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Disclosed at the end of January, the SolarWinds vulnerability was likely exploited as a zero-day since December 2025. (February 13, 2026)
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Three of the security defects are high-severity flaws, two of which were found and reported by Google. (February 13, 2026)
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Rewards for exploits are reportedly much smaller than in the contest’s glory days. (February 13, 2026)
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Threat actors from Russia, China, North Korea and Iran have been observed launching attacks. (February 12, 2026)
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Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: AT&T and Verizon response to Salt Typhoon, AI agents solve security challenges, man arrested… (February 6, 2026)
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Criminals are using AI to clone professional websites at an industrial scale. A new report shows how one AI-powered network grew to 150+ domains… (February 5, 2026)
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Hackers rely on evolved vishing and login harvesting to compromise SSO credentials for unauthorized MFA enrollment. (February 2, 2026)
