Continuous Monitoring and Protection
Like any other marketplace, the social commerce platform has its share of red flags. It pays to know what to look for so you can shop or sell without headaches. Phil Muncaster 19 Feb 2026 • , 5 min. read Social commerce has gone mainstream. According to one estimate, the industry was on track to be worth over $1.1 trillion globally in 2025, with over half of young people buying on social media sites. But…
Read MoreESET researchers uncovered the first known case of Android malware abusing generative AI for context-aware user interface manipulation. While machine learning has been used to similar ends already – just recently, researchers at Dr.WEB found Android.Phantom, which uses TensorFlow machine learning models to analyze advertisement screenshots and automatically click on detected elements for large scale ad fraud – this is the first time we have seen generative AI deployed in this manner. Because the attackers…
Read MoreKids Online When it comes to our children’s digital lives, prohibition rarely works. It’s our responsibility to help them build a healthy relationship with tech. Phil Muncaster 17 Feb 2026 • , 4 min. read The lives our children lead today are very different to our own, 20, 30 or even 40-plus years ago. And the main reason for that difference is technology. For good and bad, the advent of smartphones and social media has…
Read MoreVulnerability intelligence company VulnCheck announced on Tuesday that it has raised $25 million to meet demand for its solutions. The Series B funding round, which brings the total raised by the company to $45 million, was led by Sorenson Capital, with participation from National Grid Partners, Ten Eleven Ventures, and In-Q-Tel. The money will be used to expand product development and scale growth. VulnCheck provides a platform for tracking the lifecycle of vulnerabilities and their…
Read MoreRansomware When corporate data is exposed on a dedicated leak site, the consequences linger long after the attack fades from the news cycle 12 Feb 2026 • , 6 min. read In the realm of cybercrime, change is arguably the only constant. While cyber-extortion as a broader category of crime has proved its staying power, ransomware – its arguably most damaging ‘flavor’ – doesn’t live or die on encryption alone. The playbook of ‘yore’ largely…
Read MoreFor 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 to anonymize and secure online communications. I2P users started reporting disruptions in the network around the same time the Kimwolf botmasters began relying on it to evade takedown attempts against the botnet’s control servers. Kimwolf is a botnet that surfaced in late 2025 and quickly infected millions…
Read MoreIt’s time to file your tax return. And cybercriminals are lurking to make an already stressful period even more edgy. Phil Muncaster 10 Feb 2026 • , 5 min. read To misquote Benjamin Franklin, nothing is certain in this world except for death, taxes and scammers. Unfortunately, with tax filing season now in full swing, the fraudsters are also out in force, doing their best to cash in. The risk of unwittingly sharing personal and…
Read MoreMicrosoft 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 are already exploiting in the wild. Zero-day #1 this month is CVE-2026-21510, a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows Shell wherein a single click on a malicious link can quietly bypass Windows protections and run attacker-controlled content without warning or consent dialogs. CVE-2026-21510 affects all currently…
Read MoreThe purpose of this Alert is to amplify Poland’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT Polska’s) Energy Sector Incident Report published on Jan. 30, 2026, and highlight key mitigations for Energy Sector stakeholders. In December 2025, a malicious cyber actor(s) targeted and compromised operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS) in Poland’s Energy Sector—specifically renewable energy plants, a combined heat and power plant, and a manufacturing sector company—in a cyber incident. The malicious cyber activity…
Read MoreUS and UK government agencies this week warned of the risks posed by discontinued edge devices, urging organizations to replace them as soon as possible. Edge devices include firewalls, IoT, load balancers, network security appliances, routers, switches, wireless access points, and other software and hardware appliances that route network traffic. Edge devices that have reached end-of-support (EOS) status and no longer receive security updates pose a significant risk to federal networks and enterprise environments, as…
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