Breaking News – Cyber Threats – 2026-02-21 02:00 PST

Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)

Generated: 2026-02-21 02:00 PST

• Anthropic Launches Claude Code Security for AI-Powered Vulnerability Scanning
  The Hacker News • 2026-02-20 23:58 • thehackernews.com
  Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has begun to roll out a new security feature for Claude Code that can scan a user’s software codebase for vulnerabilities and suggest patches.
  The capability, called Claude Code Security, is currently available in a limited research preview to Enterprise and Team customers.
  “It scans codebases for security vulnerabilities and suggests targeted
  https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/anthropic-launches-claude-code-security.html
• CISA Adds Two Actively Exploited Roundcube Flaws to KEV Catalog
  The Hacker News • 2026-02-20 23:21 • thehackernews.com
  The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two security flaws impacting Roundcube webmail software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation.
  The vulnerabilities in question are listed below –

  CVE-2025-49113 (CVSS score: 9.9) – A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that allows remote code
  https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/cisa-adds-two-actively-exploited.html

• Japanese-Language Phishing Emails, (Sat, Feb 21st)
  SANS ISC Diary (full) • 2026-02-20 22:03 • isc.sans.edu

  Introduction

  
  https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32734

• EC-Council Expands AI Certification Portfolio to Strengthen U.S. AI Workforce Readiness and Security
  The Hacker News • 2026-02-20 20:30 • thehackernews.com
  With $5.5 trillion in global AI risk exposure and 700,000 U.S. workers needing reskilling, four new AI certifications and Certified CISO v4 help close the gap between AI adoption and workforce readiness.
  EC-Council, creator of the world-renowned Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) credential and a global leader in applied cybersecurity education, today launched its Enterprise AI Credential Suite,
  https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/ec-council-expands-ai-certification.html

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