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• access management
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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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• AI
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• apt
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• China
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• Google Gemini
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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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• 0APT
• cybercrime
• extortion
• GuidePoint Security
• Halcyon
• ransomware
• Research

0APT ransomware group rises swiftly with bluster, along with genuine threat of attack

Cyber Scoop February 11, 2026

0APT ransomware group rises swiftly with bluster, along with...

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• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Dragonfly
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• Poland
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After major Poland energy grid cyberattack, CISA issues warning to U.S. audience

Cyber Scoop February 10, 2026

After major Poland energy grid cyberattack, CISA issues warning...

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• apt
• authentication
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• cyber espionage
• cybercrime
• data breaches
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• hacking
• Lotus Blossom
• Notepad++
• Rapid7
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• update

China-based espionage group compromised Notepad++ for six months

Cyber Scoop February 2, 2026

China-based espionage group compromised Notepad++ for six months |...

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• CrowdStrike
• crypto crime
• cryptocurrency
• cyber espionage
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• espionage
• Labyrinth Chollima
• Lazarus Group
• North Korea
• Research
• Threats

Long-running North Korea threat group splits into 3 distinct operations

Cyber Scoop January 29, 2026

Long-running North Korea threat group splits into 3 distinct...

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• China
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• Google
• Google Threat Intelligence Group
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• n-day
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• Russia
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• vulnerability
• WinRAR

Cybercriminals and nation-state groups are exploiting a six-month old WinRAR defect

Cyber Scoop January 27, 2026

Cybercriminals and nation-state groups are exploiting a six-month old...

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• access tokens
• AI
• artificial intelligence (AI)
• authentication
• browser extensions
• Chrome
• Cybersecurity
• LayerX
• OpenAI
• Research

Some ChatGPT browser extensions are stealing your data

Cyber Scoop January 26, 2026

LayerX: Malicious ChatGPT Chrome extensions are stealing account credentials...

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• AI
• Cybersecurity
• Department of Justice
• HackerOne
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• Uncategorized
• vulnerability disclosure

HackerOne rolls out industry framework to support ‘good faith’ AI research

Cyber Scoop January 20, 2026

HackerOne rolls out industry framework to support ‘good faith’...

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• Contrast Security
• CVE
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Government
• OWASP
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• vulnerabilities
• XSS

CISA’s secure-software buying tool had a simple XSS vulnerability of its own

Cyber Scoop January 15, 2026

CISA’s secure-software buying tool had a simple XSS vulnerability...

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