Pierluigi Paganini
February 22, 2026
Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press.
International Press – Newsletter
Snail mail letters target Trezor and Ledger users in crypto-theft attacks
Canada Goose investigating as hackers leak 600K customer records
Fake Incident Report Used in Phishing Campaign
A 47-year-old man associated with the Phobos group was detained by CBZC police officers
Operation DoppelBrand: Massive Fortune 500 Brand Impersonation Campaign Uncovered
SmartLoader Clones Oura Ring MCP to Deploy Supply Chain Attack
Crypto is playing a growing role in human trafficking networks, report shows
Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein
Major operation in Africa targeting online scams nets 651 arrests, recovers USD 4.3 million
Increase in Malware Enabled ATM Jackpotting Incidents Across United States
Inside Southeast Asia’s industrialised fraud factories
Malware
Ninja Browser & Lumma Infostealer
Ghost Tapped: Tracking the Rise of Chinese Tap-to-pay Android Malware
PromptSpy ushers in the era of Android threats using GenAI
NFCShare Android Trojan: NFC card data theft via malicious APK
Hacking
New Chrome Zero-Day (CVE-2026-2441) Under Active Attack — Patch Released
Hacking a pharmacy to get free prescription drugs and more
Manipulating AI memory for profit: The rise of AI Recommendation Poisoning
Four Vulnerabilities Expose a Massive Security Blind Spot in IDE Extensions
Critical Vulnerabilities in Ivanti EPMM Exploited
Notepad++ Fixes Hijacked Update Mechanism Used to Deliver Targeted Malware
Hacker accessed data from 1.2 million bank accounts, French Economy Ministry says
Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web
German Rail Giant Deutsche Bahn Hit by Large-Scale DDoS Attack
Intelligence and Information Warfare
Starlink restrictions hit Russian forces as Moscow seeks workarounds
From BRICKSTORM to GRIMBOLT: UNC6201 Exploiting a Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Zero-Day
Journalism under attack: Predator spyware in Angola
A Chinese hack exposes data of 5,000 Italian counterterrorism officers
Cybersecurity
Space emerges as new front in great power competition, officials warn
Sex Toy Maker Tenga Discloses Customer Data Breach
Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany Fined $25 Million in South Korea After Data Breaches
Giving OpenClaw The Keys to Your Kingdom? Read This First
iOS 26.4 beta adds support for testing end-to-end encrypted RCS messaging
Ireland joins regulator smackdown after X’s Grok AI accused of undressing people
2026 OT Cybersecurity Year in Review
Data Protection Commission opens investigation into X (XIUC)
Grok floods X with sexualized images of women and children
Critical infra Honeywell CCTVs vulnerable to auth bypass flaw
Fake Videos, Real Emotions: Viewers Believe AI-Generated Content Even When It’s Labeled
Moltbook, the Social Network for AI Agents, Exposed Real Humans’ Data
PayPal Confirms Data Breach — Money Stolen, Passwords Reset
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Cyber Crime / February 20, 2026
