February 2026

Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters auditioning female voices to sharpen social engineering 2026-02-26 at 14:40 By Connor Jones Telegram posts promise up to $1,000 per call as gang refines IT helpdesk ruse Prolific cybercrime crew Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLSH) is reportedly recruiting women in the hope of improving its social engineering success.… This article is an excerpt

NASA safety watchdog says it’s time to rethink Moon landing 2026-02-26 at 14:40 By Richard Speed Report highlights too many firsts in Artemis III mission The latest report from NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) raises questions about the mission objectives for Artemis III.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Five Eyes warn: Patch your Cisco SD-WAN or risk root takeover 2026-02-26 at 14:40 By Connor Jones A rare joint alert from all five spy agencies means serious business The Five Eyes intelligence alliance is urgently warning defenders to patch two Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN vulnerabilities used in attacks.… This article is an excerpt from The

Say goodbye to budget PCs and smartphones – memory is too expensive now 2026-02-26 at 13:42 By Dan Robinson Analyst warns soaring DRAM and NAND costs could push entry-level devices out of reach Ballooning memory prices are forecast to kill off entry-level PCs, leading to a decline in global shipments this year – and a

RSAC 2026 Conference Forecasts the Next 12 Months 2026-02-26 at 13:17 By Paul Miller Why they predict we’ll all be single in 2026 This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Debian 14 will drop Gtk2 – unless Ardour rides to the rescue 2026-02-26 at 13:17 By Liam Proven Many dependent apps, including FreePascal and Lazarus, face the chop Version 2 of the widely used Gtk toolkit will be dropped from the next Debian release. The problem is that many things still need it, including FreePascal

Microsoft Warns Developers of Fake Next.js Job Repos Delivering In-Memory Malware 2026-02-26 at 13:17 By A “coordinated developer-targeting campaign” is using malicious repositories disguised as legitimate Next.js projects and technical assessments to trick victims into executing them and establish persistent access to compromised machines. “The activity aligns with a broader cluster of threats that use

Malicious StripeApi NuGet Package Mimicked Official Library and Stole API Tokens 2026-02-26 at 13:17 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious package discovered on the NuGet Gallery, impersonating a library from financial services firm Stripe in an attempt to target the financial sector. The package, codenamed StripeApi.Net, attempts to masquerade as Stripe.net,

Moon’s mighty magnetic field was a 5,000-year titanium blip 2026-02-26 at 13:00 By Lindsay Clark So say Oxford boffins who found ‘bias’ related to Apollo rock samples created false impression Scientists at the University of Oxford say they may have cracked the puzzle of the Moon’s magnetic field and settled a debate that has raged

GCHQ dangles up to £130K for a CISO to fight the world’s most capable adversaries 2026-02-26 at 12:27 By SA Mathieson No pressure GCHQ is looking to recruit a chief information security officer (CISO), a job it describes as “one of the most influential cybersecurity leadership roles in the UK,” at a salary of £96,981