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Google Play sees decline in malicious apps, cites AI investments
2+ hour, 25+ min ago (45+ words) The trend suggests a potential shift in tactics by bad actors, with Google Play Protect identifying an increase in malicious apps outside the Play Store. Audian PaxsonFebruary 20, 2026 SC StaffFebruary 19, 2026 SC StaffFebruary 18, 2026 You can skip this ad in 3 seconds...
Purpose-built AI agents will replace general-purpose promises
10+ hour, 13+ min ago (440+ words) The AI experimentation phase is over. Organizations spent 2024 and 2025 deploying copilots, testing agents, and letting employees try every AI tool that promised productivity gains. Some delivered. Many didn't. Now comes the reckoning, where security teams separate the tools that actually…...
In defense of zero trust network architecture
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (693+ words) COMMENTARY: Zero trust network architecture (ZTNA) has recently caught a bit of heat. Critics argue that ZTNA devices and platforms introduce new risks and fail to deliver on their promise of "zero trust." Those critiques aren't without merit; the research…...
Broad phishing campaign involves Fortune 500 company impersonation
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (178+ words) Broad phishing campaign involves Fortune 500 company impersonation'SC Media Broad phishing campaign involves Fortune 500 company impersonation Wells Fargo, USAA, and other financial and technology firms on the Fortune 500 have been spoofed as part of the Operation Doppelbrand phishing campaign that ran…...
Password managers vulnerable to new recovery attacks, study finds
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (65+ words) As detailed in The Hacker News, a recent study has revealed that several popular cloud-based password managers, including Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass, are susceptible to password recovery attacks under specific circumstances. These vulnerabilities could allow attackers to compromise user vaults....
Eurail data breach: Stolen information offered on dark web
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (171+ words) Eurail data breach: Stolen information offered on dark web'SC Media Eurail data breach: Stolen information offered on dark web Eurail B.V., the company managing European rail passes, has confirmed that data stolen in a breach earlier this year is now being…...
Google releases emergency Chrome update for zero-day exploit
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (147+ words) Google has issued an emergency update to address a critical vulnerability in its Chrome browser, CVE-2026-2441, which has been actively exploited in the wild. This marks the first zero-day vulnerability patched in Chrome this year, as reported by Bleeping Computer....
Washington Hotel in Japan hit by ransomware attack, business data exposed
3+ day, 27+ min ago (191+ words) Washington Hotel in Japan hit by ransomware attack, business data exposed'SC Media Washington Hotel in Japan hit by ransomware attack, business data exposed The Washington Hotel brand in Japan has announced that its servers were compromised in a ransomware attack,…...
Unit 42: Identity abuse drives nearly two-thirds of all breaches
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (412+ words) Identity abuse now drives nearly two-thirds of all breaches, according to a Feb. 17 report by the Unit 42 research group at Palo Alto Networks. Unit 42s report found that 65% of initial access was driven by identity-based techniques, such as social engineering and…...
Why Agentic AI will obliterate legacy SaaS, cybersecurity, and networking giants
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (631+ words) COMMENTARY: A seismic shift has taken place, one so profound that only a handful of companies will survive in its wake. This isn't incremental improvement: it's a foundational rewrite of how software, infrastructure, and networks operate, powered by GPU-driven reasoning,…...