A new study has found that multiple cloud-based password managers, including Bitwarden, Dashlane, and LastPass, are susceptible to password recovery attacks under certain conditions. “The …
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ISC Stormcast For Monday, February 16th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9810
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 16, 2026 Artificial Intelligence / Threat Intelligence Cybersecurity researchers disclosed they have detected a case of an information stealer infection successfully …
Microsoft has disclosed details of a new version of the ClickFix social engineering tactic in which the attackers trick unsuspecting users into running commands that carry out a Domain Name System …
This post is cowritten by Jeff Boudier, Simon Pagezy, and Florent Gbelidji from Hugging Face. Agentic AI systems represent an evolution from conversational AI to autonomous agents capable of complex …
** The Hacker News ** Feb 23, 2026 Artificial Intelligence / Zero Trust As more organizations run their own Large Language Models (LLMs), they are also deploying more internal services and Application …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 23, 2026 Cybersecurity / Hacking Security news rarely moves in a straight line. This week, it feels more like a series of sharp turns, some happening quietly in the …
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed what they say is an active “Shai-Hulud-like” supply chain worm campaign that has leveraged a cluster of at least 19 malicious npm packages to …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 23, 2026 Threat Intelligence / Artificial Intelligence The Iranian hacking group known as MuddyWater (aka Earth Vetala, Mango Sandstorm, and MUDDYCOAST) has targeted several …
The cybercriminals in control of Kimwolf — a disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices — recently shared a screenshot indicating they’d compromised the control panel for Badbox …
A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even …
Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six “zero-day” vulnerabilities that attackers …
For the past week, the massive “Internet of Things” (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed …
EC-Council Expands AI Certification Portfolio to Strengthen U.S. AI Workforce Readiness and Security
With $5.5 trillion in global AI risk exposure and 700,000 U.S. workers needing reskilling, four new AI certifications and Certified CISO v4 help close the gap between AI adoption and workforce …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 21, 2026 Vulnerability / Patch Management The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Friday added two security flaws impacting Roundcube webmail …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Feb 21, 2026 Artificial Intelligence / DevSecOps Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has begun to roll out a new security feature for Claude Code that can scan a …
A Russian-speaking, financially motivated threat actor has been observed taking advantage of commercial generative artificial intelligence (AI) services to compromise over 600 FortiGate devices …
What does peer support in journalism look like: Insights from U.S. and international experts
Journalists are increasingly facing online abuse and psychological strain, yet many lack consistent support structures, like peer support networks. I was excited to moderate a panel of experts and …
If you’ve worked in a technical role in news for long enough, you likely remember when the “show your work” spirit was everywhere. Newsroom nerds shared code on GitHub, swapped tips on social media …
We attend a lot of journalism conferences. We’ve organized sessions, facilitated workshops, spoken on and moderated panels. Between us, we’ve probably accumulated more conference lanyards than …
Why do large companies sometimes lobby for regulation in their own industries? When major crypto exchanges advocate for licensing or tech companies urge regulation of artificial intelligence, the …
LLM-based chatbots’ capabilities have been advancing every month. These improvements are mostly measured by benchmarks like MMLU, HumanEval, and MATH (e.g. sonnet 3.5, gpt-4o). However, as these …
Shape, Symmetries, and Structure: The Changing Role of Mathematics in Machine Learning Research
What is the Role of Mathematics in Modern Machine Learning? The past decade has witnessed a shift in how progress is made in machine learning. Research involving carefully designed and mathematically …
“In projecting language back as the model for thought, we lose sight of the tacit embodied understanding that undergirds our intelligence.” –Terry Winograd The recent successes of …
Friday Squid Blogging: Do Squid Dream? An exploration of the interesting question. Tags: squid Posted on February 13, 2026 at 5:08 PM • 38 Comments