Cyber Scoop

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• Cybersecurity
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• election security
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Fulton County lawsuit claims feds used ‘gross mischaracterizations’ to justify raid

Cyber Scoop February 18, 2026

Fulton County lawsuit claims feds used ‘gross mischaracterizations’ to...

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• apache
• backdoor
• Brickstorm
• China
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• dell technologies
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
• Grimbolt
• hacking
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• Mandiant
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• Zero-day
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Chinese hackers exploited a Dell zero-day for 18 months before anyone noticed

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Google: Chinese state attackers going after Dell zero-day since...

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• 8Base
• cybercrime
• Department of Justice (DOJ)
• Phobos
• Poland
• ransomware

Polish authorities arrest alleged Phobos ransomware affiliate

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Polish authorities arrest alleged Phobos ransomware affiliate | CyberScoop...

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• Agentic AI
• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• Koi Security
• mergers and acquisitions
• Money
• Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks’ Koi acquisition is all about keeping AI agents in check

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Palo Alto Networks to acquire Koi for agentic AI...

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• AI
• Commentary
• critical infrastructure
• Cybersecurity
• data centers
• op-ed
• operational technology
• secure-by-design
• software bill of materials
• supply chain

Why ‘secure-by-design’ systems are non-negotiable in the AI era

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Why ‘secure-by-design’ systems are non-negotiable in the AI era...

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• access management
• AI
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• identity
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• initial access
• misconfiguration
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• Research
• Salesloft
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• Technology
• Threats
• Unit 42

Unit 42: Nearly two-thirds of breaches now start with identity abuse

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Unit 42: Nearly two-thirds of breaches now start with...

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• Boniface Mwangi
• Cellebrite
• Citizen Lab
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Kenya
• Privacy

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a Kenyan presidential candidate’s phone

Cyber Scoop February 17, 2026

Citizen Lab links Cellebrite to the hacking of a...

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• Agentic AI
• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• mergers and acquisitions
• model context protocol (MCP)
• Money
• prompt injection
• Proofpoint

Proofpoint acquires Acuvity to tackle the security risks of agentic AI

Cyber Scoop February 12, 2026

Proofpoint acquires Acuvity to tackle the security risks of...

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• Apple
• attack
• Cybersecurity
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Threats
• vulnerability disclosure
• vulnerability reporting
• Zero-day
• zero-days

Apple discloses first actively exploited zero-day of 2026

Cyber Scoop February 12, 2026

Apple discloses first actively exploited zero-day of 2026 |...

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• AI
• AI hacking
• apt
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• China
• Cybersecurity
• Google Gemini
• Iran
• North Korea
• Research
• Russia
• Technology

Google finds state-sponsored hackers use AI at ‘all stages’ of attack cycle 

Cyber Scoop February 12, 2026

Google finds state-sponsored hackers use AI at ‘all stages’...

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