News Roundup
NEWS ROUNDUP – 23rd February 2026
Ransomware disrupted University of Mississippi Medical Center clinics while Japan’s Advantest investigated a network intrusion. CISA warned BeyondTrust CVE-2026-1731 is exploited in ransomware, and a critical Grandstream VoIP flaw enables root RCE. PayPal reported customer-data exposure from an application error, and an Android AI media editor leaked millions of files, alongside indictments for ATM jackpotting.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 20th February 2026
Attackers are cutting response windows: Unit 42 cites cases reaching data exfiltration in 72 minutes. Figure Technology Solutions confirmed a breach tied to leaked user records, while Meriden, Connecticut reported ransomware disruption. Mandiant warned of active exploitation of a Dell RecoverPoint for VMs zero-day, and the UK ICO prevailed in the DSG Retail appeal, sharpening expectations for “appropriate security” practice.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 18th February 2026
China-linked actors exploited a Dell RecoverPoint zero-day for 18 months, while CISA added an actively exploited Chrome flaw to its KEV catalog. Australia’s YouX faced a major data-leak claim, and passport scans from Abu Dhabi Finance Week were exposed via a vendor server. Police arrested a Phobos ransomware suspect in Poland, as the UK launched a business cyber-hygiene campaign nationwide.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 16th February 2026
Google patched an in-the-wild Chrome zero-day while GreyNoise tied most Ivanti RCE probing to a single bulletproof-hosted IP. Canada Goose investigated a 600k-record leak claim as Dutch telco Odido faced exposure fallout. Police in Thailand and India targeted mule accounts, and the EDPB addressed spyware abuse. PCI SSC opened comments and CERT-EU issued a CTI framework for EU institutions today.
NEWS ROUNDUP – 13th February 2026
Over the past 48 hours, CISA added four exploited vulnerabilities to the KEV catalog and issued an ICS advisory on Siemens SINEC NMS. Odido confirmed a customer data leak, while SmarterTools disclosed ransomware after an auth-bypass on an unpatched VM. Researchers flagged active exploitation of a critical BeyondTrust RCE and reported nation-state use of Google Gemini for campaigns this week.
