IT Security Weekend Catch Up – February 20, 2026

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IT Security Weekend Catch Up – February 20, 2026
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IT Security Weekend Catch Up – February 20, 2026

Afraid of missing important security news during the week? We're here to help! Every week we put together a curated list of all important security news in one place, for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!

For the less technical

  1. Meta's Zuckerberg denies at LA trial that Instagram targets kids
  2. Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails
  3. Angola: Prominent journalist hacked with Predator spyware
  4. Cellebrite used on Kenyan activist and politician Boniface Mwangi
  5. Major operation in Africa targeting online scams nets 651 arrests, recovers USD 4.3 million
  6. Spain orders NordVPN, ProtonVPN to block LaLiga piracy sites
  7. US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
  8. Sex toys maker Tenga says hacker stole customer information
  9. Vibe password generation: Predictable by design
  10. System Breach: a terminal hacking simulator with moral choices

For the more technical

  1. GrapheneOS - break free from Google and Apple
  2. Operation MacroMaze: new APT28 campaign using basic tooling and legit infrastructure
  3. From BRICKSTORM to GRIMBOLT: UNC6201 exploiting a Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines zero-day
  4. Have you tried turning it off and on again? On bricking OT devices
  5. Paged Out! zine Issue #8 (PDF)
  6. Old-school IRC, new victims: Inside the newly discovered SSHStalker Linux botnet
  7. Spam campaign abuses Atlassian Jira, targets government and corporate entities
  8. Spying Chrome extensions: 287 extensions spying on 37M users
  9. Phishing on the edge of the web and mobile using QR codes
  10. PromptSpy ushers in the era of Android threats using GenAI
  11. Breaking down ZeroDayRAT - new spyware targeting Android and iOS
  12. Massiv: When your IPTV app terminates your savings
  13. (Don't) TrustConnect: It's a RAT in an RMM hat
  14. MIMICRAT: ClickFix campaign delivers custom RAT via compromised legitimate websites
  15. ClickFix won't die. Neither will Matanbuchus. A new RAT and a hands-on-keyboard intrusion
  16. How ClickFix opens the door to stealthy StealC information stealer
  17. LATAM businesses hit by XWorm via fake financial receipts: Full campaign analysis
  18. The Booking.com phishing campaign targeting hotels and customers
  19. 0APT ransomware: The real fake
  20. Crescentharvest: Iranian protestors and dissidents targeted in cyberespionage campaign

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Afraid of missing important security news during the week? We’re here to help! Every week we put together a curated list of all important security news in one place, for your reading pleasure. Enjoy! For the less technical Meta’s Zuckerberg denies at LA trial that Instagram targets kids Microsoft says bug causes Copilo 2026-02-20T23:18:10+01:00

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