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🚨 Apple shipped emergency updates after confirming exploitation of a zero-day in dyld. The bug (CVE-2026-20700) could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable Apple devices. 🔗 Read: https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/apple-fixes-exploited-zero-day.html Fixes extend across iOS, macOS, visionOS, and legacy platforms.

🤖🔐 Identity security is shifting from static controls to AI-run decisions. As outlined by SailPoint CISO Rex Booth, AI-driven identity governance will automate access in real time, replacing manual reviews and standing privileges. Passkeys and decentralized IDs will further reshape authentication. 🔗 9 forecasts shaping access, trust, and risk → https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2026/02/9-identity-security-predictions-for-2026.html

⚠️ Indian defense and government networks are under coordinated espionage campaigns using cross-platform RAT malware. Linked to SideCopy and APT36, the attacks use phishing lures, decoy files, and stealth persistence across Windows and Linux for long-term access. 🔗 Inside the malware toolkit and intrusion chain → https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/apt36-and-sidecopy-launch-cross.html

Five attacks. Five lessons. One goal: resilience. From Boeing to Ascension, cybersecurity experts from Halcyon examined #ransomware incidents that reshaped cyber strategy - and the takeaways defenders can apply today. Curious which decisions changed the outcome? Swipe → to see the high-level hits. Don’t wait for an incident to learn from one. Download the full guide: https://thn.news/attacks-changed-everything

🛠️ Patch Tuesday extended across enterprise tech stacks, with "60+ vendors" releasing coordinated security fixes. Widely used platforms — from SAP and Windows to Chrome, Linux, Cisco, and Fortinet — patched zero-days, SQL injection, privilege escalation, and auth bypass vulnerabilities. 🔗 Full vendor list and CVEs → https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/over-60-software-vendors-issue-security.html

On February 25 at 9:00 AM PT, Semgrep is hosting its first-ever virtual keynote - Semgrep Secure 2026: Code Security Rebuilt for the AI Era AI is now writing more code than humans, and most of it is never reviewed line by line. That reality breaks the assumptions behind traditional AppSec tools, which were built for a world where every line of code was human-authored and inspected. This isn’t “AI added to security.” It’s security rebuilt for how code is actually created today. Register now and join us live: https://thn.news/semgrep-secure-2026

🚨 Microsoft Patches 59 Flaws — 6 Actively Exploited in the Wild! Fixes hit Windows Shell, MSHTML, Office, and Remote Desktop, with privilege escalation leading the risk landscape. 🔗 Read Full CVEs, exploitation details & patch scope → https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/microsoft-patches-59-vulnerabilities.html

🐧 Researchers uncovered SSHStalker, a Linux botnet using IRC for control and mass SSH compromise. It exploits 16 legacy kernel flaws to infect unpatched systems, wipes logs, and maintains silent persistence. 🔗 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/sshstalker-botnet-uses-irc-c2-to.html

Security startup @zast_ai secured new backing to scale AI-driven vulnerability validation. Its research led to 119 CVE assignments after uncovering hundreds of zero-days. Affected targets included Azure SDK, Apache Struts, and Alibaba Nacos. 🔗 Funding, research scope, enterprise impact → https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/zastai-raises-6m-pre-to-scale-zero.html

🕵️‍♂️💰 North Korea-linked UNC1069 used deepfake Zoom calls to hack crypto firms. Posing via Telegram, attackers lured victims into fake meetings, triggering ClickFix commands that deployed multi-stage malware on macOS & Windows to steal wallets and credentials. 🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/north-korea-linked-unc1069-uses-ai.html

🧑‍💻💻 North Korean operatives are using real LinkedIn accounts to land remote IT jobs in Western firms. With impersonated profiles and verified emails, DPRK actors secure roles to fund weapons programs and conduct espionage—some gain admin access, steal data, and maintain persistence. 🔍 Read the full investigation → https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/dprk-operatives-impersonate.html

⚠️🛠️ Reynolds ransomware embeds its own BYOVD evasion, bundling a vulnerable driver to disable EDR before encryption. It drops the NSecKrnl driver (CVE-2025-68947) to kill security tools, reducing detection and affiliate effort. 🔗 Read full attack chain and defense insights → https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/reynolds-ransomware-embeds-byovd-driver.html