260K+ Chrome Users Duped by Fake AI Browser Extensions – Dark Reading
30 copycat apps tricked users, and Google itself, into thinking they’re legitimate AI tools. – Read More
February 2026
Weekly Recap: Outlook Add-Ins Hijack, 0-Day Patches, Wormable Botnet & AI Malware – The Hacker News
This week’s recap shows how small gaps are turning into big entry points. Not always through new exploits, often through tools, add-ons, cloud setups, or workflows that people already trust…
Safe and Inclusive E‑Society: How Lithuania Is Bracing for AI‑Driven Cyber Fraud – The Hacker News
Presentation of the KTU Consortium Mission ‘A Safe and Inclusive Digital Society’ at the Innovation Agency event ‘Innovation Breakfast: How Mission-Oriented Science and Innovation Programmes Will Address Societal Challenges’. Technologies…
Leaky Chrome extensions with 37M installs caught divulging your browsing history – CSO Online
An estimated 37 million worldwide installations of a clutch of leaky Chrome extensions are transmitting users’ browsing histories to external servers. According to findings by an independent security researcher using…
Expelled law student convicted of hoax bomb threat that forced Reading Uni evacuation during induction week – Legal Cheek
Anonymous call made with robotic voice A law student has been convicted of making hoax bomb threat to the University of Reading after being expelled, triggering the evacuation of campus…
New ZeroDayRAT Mobile Spyware Enables Real-Time Surveillance and Data Theft – The Hacker News
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new mobile spyware platform dubbed ZeroDayRAT that’s being advertised on Telegram as a way to grab sensitive data and facilitate real-time surveillance on…
Finding a common language around risk – CSO Online
Here’s what nobody tells you about risk management: your cyber team speaks Klingon, your operations folks speak Elvish and your strategy people speak ancient Greek. And somehow, you expect them…
Leah and PwC UK launch agentic AI partnership – We speak to their AI heads – Legal IT Insider
By Rob Hewett Following news of its rebrand from ContractPodAi to Leah at the start of the year, this week (10th February) Leah and PwC UK last week announced a…
What does being a disputes lawyer actually involve? – Legal Cheek
The Legal Cheek Podcast looks at everything from class actions to litigation funding — listen now From courtroom strategy to behind-the-scenes negotiations, what does it truly mean to be a…
Solicitor who bombarded legal blogger with emails, voicemails and birthday gift convicted of stalking – Legal Cheek
Sentenced next month A solicitor has been convicted of stalking after bombarding a court blogger with around 120 emails, voicemails and a birthday gift over a five-month period. District Judge…
Neue Kooperation soll souveräne Cloud-Lösungen bringen – CSO Online
v.li.n.re.: Rolf Schumann (Co-CEO Schwarz Digits), BSI-Präsidentin Claudia Plattner und Christian Müller (Co-CEO Schwarz Digits) vereinbaren im Rahmen der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz eine strategische Partnerschaft zwischen BSI und Schwarz Digits. BSI…
CISO Julie Chatman offers insights for you to take control of your security leadership role – CSO Online
Julie Chatman never planned to get into cybersecurity. In fact, she believes most don’t but are mentored into it, as she was. Chatman started her professional career as a Navy…
Monday morning round-up – Legal Cheek
The top legal affairs news stories from this morning and the weekend Lammy’s jury changes will not fix backlog, warns chief barrister (£) Brother of London lawyer killed in mass…
10 years later, Bangladesh Bank cyberheist still offers cyber-resiliency lessons – CSO Online
Ten years on, the Bangladesh Bank cyberheist — a landmark cybersecurity incident that rewrote the rules of nation state–sponsored hacking — continues to offer lessons for the cybersecurity community. Cyberspies…
New Chrome Zero-Day (CVE-2026-2441) Under Active Attack — Patch Released – The Hacker News
Google on Friday released security updates for its Chrome browser to address a security flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-2441…