Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-02-20 16:00 PST
- Spanish police say they have arrested hacker who booked luxury hotel rooms for just one cent
Graham Cluley • 2026-02-20 14:54 • www.bitdefender.com
Spain’s police force has announced that it has arrested a 20-year-old man who they claim managed to book luxury hotel rooms worth up to €1,000 a night for just one euro cent.Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/spanish-police-say-they-have-arrested-hacker-who-booked-luxury-hotel-rooms-for-just-one-cent - Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Cartoon
Schneier on Security • 2026-02-20 14:05 • www.schneier.comI like this one.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/friday-squid-blogging-squid-cartoon-3.html
- ‘Starkiller’ Phishing Service Proxies Real Login Pages, MFA
KrebsOnSecurity • 2026-02-20 12:00 • krebsonsecurity.com
Most phishing websites are little more than static copies of login pages for popular online destinations, and they are often quickly taken down by anti-abuse activists and security firms. But a stealthy new phishing-as-a-service offering lets customers sidestep both of these pitfalls: It uses cleverly disguised links to load the target brand’s real website, and then acts as a relay between the target and the legitimate site — forwarding the victim’s username, password and multi-factor authentication (MFA) code to the legitimate site and returning its responses.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/02/starkiller-phishing-service-proxies-real-login-pages-mfa/ - Japanese tech giant Advantest hit by ransomware attack
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-20 10:30 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Advantest Corporation disclosed that its corporate network has been targeted in a ransomware attack that may have affected customer or employee data. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/japanese-tech-giant-advantest-hit-by-ransomware-attack/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
