DDI & Security News

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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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4 min read

• access management
• AI
• credential theft
• cybercrime
• Cybersecurity
• data breaches
• identity
• incident response
• initial access
• misconfiguration
• Palo Alto Networks
• ransomware
• Research
• Salesloft
• Salesloft Drift
• Social engineering
• stolen credentials
• 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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4 min read

• 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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5 min read

• Blog

Agentic AI adoption in network observability propels NetOps teams

Blue Cat February 13, 2026

As networks evolve and AI adoption becomes more widespread,...

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3 min read

• 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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2 min read

• 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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3 min read

• 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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3 min read

• chemical plants
• CIRCIA
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Government
• Policy
• ransomware
• regulation
• small business

CISA to host industry feedback sessions on cyber incident reporting regulation

Cyber Scoop February 12, 2026

CISA to host industry feedback sessions on cyber incident...

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4 min read

• 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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4 min read

• CIRCIA
• Congress
• Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
• Financial
• Government
• government shutdown
• Henry Cuellar
• House Appropriations Committee
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
• Madhu Gottumukkala
• Mark Amodei
• regulation
• Trump administration

Acting CISA chief says DHS funding lapse would limit, halt some agency work

Cyber Scoop February 11, 2026

Acting CISA chief says DHS funding lapse would limit,...

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