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Infostealer Found Stealing OpenClaw AI Identity and Memory Files
2+ hour, 34+ min ago (349+ words) In a discovery that marks a worrying shift in cybercrime, researchers at Hudson Rock have identified a live case where a virus successfully snatched the entire identity and memory of a victim's personal AI. While we usually worry about our…...
Firebase Misconfiguration Exposes 300M Messages From Chat & Ask AI Users
18+ hour, 7+ min ago (550+ words) A massive security failure has put the private conversations of millions at risk after an unprotected database was left accessible online. Discovered by an independent researcher, the leak exposed roughly 300 million messages from more than 25 million users of Chat & Ask…...
Mate Security Introduces the Security Context Graph, an Approach to Smarter SOCs
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (583+ words) New York, USA, February 17th, 2026, CyberNewswire Mate Security, an AI-driven security operations company, believes the key to reliable AI lies not in faster algorithms but in smarter data structures. The company has introduced the Security Context Graph, a foundational architecture designed…...
CredShields Contributes to OWASP’s 2026 Smart Contract Security Priorities
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (195+ words) The OWASP Smart Contract Security Project has released the OWASP Smart Contract Top 10 2026, a risk prioritization framework developed from structured analysis of real world exploit data observed across blockchain ecosystems in 2025. Crypto protocols continued to experience significant smart contract failures…...
Cybersecurity Excellence Awards Reveal Nomination Shift from AI Hype to Governance Execution
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (371+ words) Follow us on Bluesky, Twitter (X), Mastodon and Facebook at @Hackread Cybersecurity Excellence Awards Reveal Nomination Shift from AI Hype to Governance Execution Washington DC, USA, February 17th, 2026, CyberNewswire The Cybersecurity Excellence Awards today published early nomination insights from the 2026 program, highlighting…...
Hackers Abuse ScreenConnect to Hijack PCs via Fake Social Security Emails
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (358+ words) A new wave of cyberattacks is stalking organisations across the UK, US, Canada, and Northern Ireland. According to the latest research from Forcepoint X-labs, attackers are impersonating the US Social Security Administration (SSA) to bypass security and take total control…...
Google Ads and Claude AI Abused to Spread MacSync Malware via ClickFix
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (260+ words) Cyber security researchers at Moonlock Lab, the investigative unit of the popular software developer MacPaw, have uncovered a clever new way that hackers are targeting Mac users. This campaign uses the ClickFix technique, where people are tricked into copying and…...
287 Chrome Extensions Caught Harvesting Browsing Data from 37M Users
4+ day, 14+ hour ago (388+ words) If you use Google Chrome, there is a one-in-a-hundred chance that a small tool you installed to make life easier is actually a stalker. A security researcher going by the name Q Continuum has released a report detailing how 287 different…...
What Interoperability in Healthcare Really Means for Security and Privacy
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (474+ words) Healthcare systems are under constant pressure to share data faster. Hospitals exchange records with labs, insurers, pharmacies, and third-party providers every day. While this connectivity improves care, it also introduces one of the sector's most overlooked risks: data exposure at…...
The $17 Billion Wake-Up Call: Securing Crypto in the Age of AI Scams
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (492+ words) Crypto asset prices and institutional interest hit new highs in 2025, but at the cost of a shadow economy that grew alongside them. The Chainalysis 2026 Crypto Crime Report places the cost of scams and fraud at$17 billion for the year. This…...