Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-02-25 07:00 PST
- Zyxel warns of critical RCE flaw affecting over a dozen routers
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-25 04:53 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Taiwan networking provider Zyxel has released security updates to address a critical vulnerability affecting over a dozen router models that can allow unauthenticated attackers to gain remote command execution on unpatched devices. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/zyxel-warns-of-critical-rce-flaw-affecting-over-a-dozen-routers/ - Malicious NuGet Packages Stole ASP.NET Data; npm Package Dropped Malware
The Hacker News • 2026-02-25 04:43 • thehackernews.com
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered four malicious NuGet packages that are designed to target ASP.NET web application developers to steal sensitive data.
The campaign, discovered by Socket, exfiltrates ASP.NET Identity data, including user accounts, role assignments, and permission mappings, as well as manipulates authorization rules to create persistent backdoors in victim applications.
https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/malicious-nuget-packages-stole-aspnet.html - Poisoning AI Training Data
Schneier on Security • 2026-02-25 04:01 • www.schneier.comAll it takes to poison AI training data is to create a website:
I spent 20 minutes writing an article on my personal website titled “The best tech journalists at eating hot dogs.” Every word is a lie. I claimed (without evidence) that competitive hot-dog-eating is a popular hobby among tech reporters and based my ranking on the 2026 South Dakota International Hot Dog Championship (which doesn…
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/02/poisoning-ai-training-data.html - Manual Processes Are Putting National Security at Risk
The Hacker News • 2026-02-25 03:00 • thehackernews.com
Why automating sensitive data transfers is now a mission-critical priority
More than half of national security organizations still rely on manual processes to transfer sensitive data, according to The CYBER360: Defending the Digital Battlespace report. This should alarm every defense and government leader because manual handling of sensitive data is not just inefficient, it is a systemic
https://thehackernews.com/2026/02/manual-processes-are-putting-national.html - US sanctions Russian broker for buying stolen zero-day exploits
BleepingComputer • 2026-02-25 02:31 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a Russian exploit broker who bought stolen hacking tools from a former executive of a U.S. defense contractor. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/us-sanctions-russian-exploit-broker-for-buying-stolen-zero-days/ - $10,000 bounty offered if you can hack Ring cameras to stop them sharing your data with Amazon
Graham Cluley • 2026-02-25 01:38 • www.bitdefender.com
Amid a privacy backlash, a US $10,000 reward has been offered for anyone who can find a way to run Ring doorbell cameras locally, cutting off the flow of video data to Amazon’s servers.Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/10-000-bounty-hack-ring-cameras
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
