Cybersecurity News

Google Ties Suspected Russian Actor to CANFAIL Malware Attacks on Ukrainian Orgs

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:57:00 +0530
The Hacker News

A previously undocumented threat actor has been attributed to attacks targeting Ukrainian organizations with malware known as CANFAIL. Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) described the hacking group as possibly affiliated with Russian intelligence services. The threat actor is assessed to have targeted defense, military, government, and energy organizations within the Ukrainian regional and

Google Links China, Iran, Russia, North Korea to Coordinated Defense Sector Cyber Operations

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:53:00 +0530
The Hacker News

Several state-sponsored actors, hacktivist entities, and criminal groups from China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia have trained their sights on the defense industrial base (DIB) sector, according to findings from Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG). The tech giant's threat intelligence division said the adversarial targeting of the sector is centered around four key themes: striking defense

UAT-9921 Deploys VoidLink Malware to Target Technology and Financial Sectors

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:53:00 +0530
The Hacker News

A previously unknown threat actor tracked as UAT-9921 has been observed leveraging a new modular framework called VoidLink in its campaigns targeting the technology and financial services sectors, according to findings from Cisco Talos. "This threat actor seems to have been active since 2019, although they have not necessarily used VoidLink over the duration of their activity," researchers Nick

Malicious Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing Business Data, Emails, and Browsing History

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:55:00 +0530
The Hacker News

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious Google Chrome extension that's designed to steal data associated with Meta Business Suite and Facebook Business Manager. The extension, named CL Suite by @CLMasters (ID: jkphinfhmfkckkcnifhjiplhfoiefffl), is marketed as a way to scrape Meta Business Suite data, remove verification pop-ups, and generate two-factor authentication (2FA) codes.

npm’s Update to Harden Their Supply Chain, and Points to Consider

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0530
The Hacker News

In December 2025, in response to the Sha1-Hulud incident, npm completed a major authentication overhaul intended to reduce supply-chain attacks. While the overhaul is a solid step forward, the changes don’t make npm projects immune from supply-chain attacks. npm is still susceptible to malware attacks – here’s what you need to know for a safer Node community. Let’s start with the original

Researchers Observe In-the-Wild Exploitation of BeyondTrust CVSS 9.9 Vulnerability

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 14:04:00 +0530
The Hacker News

Threat actors have started to exploit a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting BeyondTrust Remote Support (RS) and Privileged Remote Access (PRA) products, according to watchTowr. "Overnight we observed first in-the-wild exploitation of BeyondTrust across our global sensors," Ryan Dewhurst, head of threat intelligence at watchTowr, said in a post on X. "Attackers are abusing

Google Reports State-Backed Hackers Using Gemini AI for Recon and Attack Support

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 23:27:00 +0530
The Hacker News

Google on Thursday said it observed the North Korea-linked threat actor known as UNC2970 using its generative artificial intelligence (AI) model Gemini to conduct reconnaissance on its targets, as various hacking groups continue to weaponize the tool for accelerating various phases of the cyber attack life cycle, enabling information operations, and even conducting model extraction attacks. "The

Lazarus Campaign Plants Malicious Packages in npm and PyPI Ecosystems

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 22:25:00 +0530
The Hacker News

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. It's assessed to be active since May 2025. "