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Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-02-17 02:00 PST

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Generated: 2026-02-17 02:00 PST

  • Microsoft Finds “Summarize with AI” Prompts Manipulating Chatbot Recommendations
    The Hacker News • 2026-02-17 01:31 • thehackernews.com
    New research from Microsoft has revealed that legitimate businesses are gaming artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots via the “Summarize with AI” button that’s being increasingly placed on websites in ways that mirror classic search engine poisoning (AI).
    The new AI hijacking technique has been codenamed AI Recommendation Poisoning by the Microsoft Defender Security Research Team. The tech giant
    https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/microsoft-finds-summarize-with-ai.html
  • Divide and conquer: how the new Keenadu backdoor exposed links between major Android botnets
    Securelist • 2026-02-17 01:00 • securelist.com
    Kaspersky experts have uncovered Keenadu, a sophisticated new backdoor targeting tablet firmware as well as system-level and Google Play apps. They also revealed connections between the world’s most prolific Android botnets.
    https://securelist.com/keenadu-android-backdoor/118913/
  • Fake Incident Report Used in Phishing Campaign, (Tue, Feb 17th)
    SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-02-16 23:41 • isc.sans.edu

    This morning, I received an interesting phishing email. I’ve a “love & hate” relation with such emails because I always have the impression to lose time when reviewing them but sometimes it&#xe2&#x3…
    https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32722

  • Apple Tests End-to-End Encrypted RCS Messaging in iOS 26.4 Developer Beta
    The Hacker News • 2026-02-16 22:44 • thehackernews.com
    Apple on Monday released a new developer beta of iOS and iPadOS with support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) in Rich Communications Services (RCS) messages.
    The feature is currently available for testing in iOS and iPadOS 26.4 Beta, and is expected to be shipped to customers in a future update for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS.
    “End-to-end encryption is in beta and is not available for all
    https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/apple-tests-end-to-end-encrypted-rcs.html
  • Weekly Update 491
    Troy Hunt • 2026-02-16 21:09 • www.troyhunt.com

    Well, the ESP32 Bluetooth bridge experiment was a complete failure. Not the radios themselves, they're actually pretty cool, but there's just no way I could get the Yale locks to be reliably operated by them. At a guess, BLE is a bit too passive to detect

    https://www.troyhunt.com/weekly-update-491/

Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.

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