Tech News

1. Vulnerability Exploits:

   • Palo Alto Networks has released patches for a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-0108) in PAN-OS software that could allow unauthorized network access to the management web interface. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • Security researchers discovered a bypass for a now-patched security vulnerability in the NVIDIA Container Toolkit (CVE-2025-23359) that could be exploited to break out of a container's isolation and gain host access. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • Increased hacker activity targets poorly maintained devices vulnerable to old ThinkPHP and ownCloud security issues from 2022 and 2023. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Fortinet has disclosed a second authentication bypass vulnerability that was fixed as part of a January 2025 update for FortiOS and FortiProxy devices. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

2. AI Security:

   • The rise of AI brings new security challenges, especially in identity-related security. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • Baidu will make its AI chatbot Ernie Bot free from April 1 to all users on both desktop and mobile platforms. 👉 reuters.com
   • A new report indicates that AI-driven crypto scams could reach $15 billion in 2025. 👉 bitcoininsider.org

3. Malware and Ransomware:

   • A new campaign is leveraging bogus PDF documents on the Webflow CDN to steal credit card information and commit financial fraud. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • Elastic Security Labs has attributed a campaign targeting the foreign ministry of an unnamed South American nation with FINALDRAFT malware. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • A China-based threat actor, known as Emperor Dragonfly, has been observed using espionage tools in a RA World ransomware attack. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • A relatively new ransomware operation named 'Sarcoma' has claimed responsibility for an attack against the Unimicron printed circuit boards (PCB) maker in Taiwan. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Experts discuss the latest email attack trends, including business email compromise (BEC), and evolving tactics used by cybercriminals in 2021. 👉 threatpost.com
   • Cyber-Spike: Orgs Suffer 925 Attacks per Week, an All-Time High. 👉 threatpost.com
   • The increasing complexity of Cobalt Strike malware threadkits. 👉 threatpost.com

4. Nation-State Attacks:

   • Microsoft has uncovered a multi-year global cyberattack campaign, called 'BadPilot,' led by a Sandworm subgroup, targeting more than 15 countries. 👉 thehackernews.com
   • North Korean state actor Kimsuky is using new tactics, tricking targets into running PowerShell commands as an administrator to download and install a remote desktop tool. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • North Korean APT43 is targeting South Korean business, government, and cryptocurrency sectors. 👉 thehackernews.com

5. Data Breaches and Privacy:

   • A hacker has leaked account data of 12 million Zacks Investment Research users. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Google has fixed two chained vulnerabilities that could expose the email addresses of YouTube accounts, potentially affecting those using the site anonymously. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Match Group's dating apps conceal assault cases. 👉 mashable.com
   • Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records. 👉 threatpost.com
   • Report of new pro-Hitler ad Runs on Elon Musk's X Amid His Growing Ties to Trump. 👉 meidasnews.com

6. Law Enforcement Actions:

   • The Dutch Police dismantled the ZServers/XHost bulletproof hosting operation after taking offline 127 servers used by the illegal platform. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com

7. Apple Security:

   • Apple has resumed advertising on X for the first time since November 2023. 👉 macrumors.com
   • Alibaba Chair Joe Tsai says Apple will use the Chinese tech giant's AI tech on iPhones sold in China. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Apple CEO Tim Cook is teasing a special Apple product launch happening next week on Wednesday, February 19. 👉 9to5mac.com
   • The German antitrust authority has charged Apple with abusing its market power through its app tracking tool and giving itself preferential treatment. 👉 uk.finance.yahoo.com
   • Apple is still promoting OneRep nearly a year after saying it would stop. 👉 krebsonsecurity.com
   • US lawmakers slam the UK's secretive order, calling it what it is: Dangerous’ for global cybersecurity and Effectively a foreign cyberattack. 👉 social.openrightsgroup.org

8. Business and Financial News:

   • Arm plans to launch its own chip, expected to be a CPU for servers in large data centers, this year after securing Meta as one of its first customers. 👉 ft.com:
   • Sony reports PlayStation 5 sales in Q3 were 9.5M, the best quarter since its launch, and hits 75M total PS5 sales. 👉 videogameschronicle.com
   • Meta to show rival ads providers on Marketplace after EU antitrust fine. 👉 reuters.com
   • Texas-based humanoid robot startup Apptronik raised a $350M Series A co-led by B Capital and Capital Factory and plans a series of pilot programs in 2025. 👉 axios.com
   • Sony reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $28.6B, operating income up 1% YoY to $3.05B, and gaming revenue up 16% YoY to $10.92B, driven by strong PS5 sales. 👉 variety.com
   • Thoma Bravo-backed enterprise security software company SailPoint raised $1.38B in an upsized IPO at $23 per share, giving it a $12.8B market cap. 👉 bloomberg.com^$
   • Airbnb Q4: revenue up 12% YoY to $2.48B, Nights and Experiences Booked up 12%, Gross Booking Value up 13% to $17.6B vs. $17.2B est. 👉 sherwood.news
   • Roku reports Q4 revenue up 22% YoY to $1.2B, vs. $1.15B est., a net loss of $35.5M, and streaming households up 12% YoY to 89.8M. 👉 variety.com

9. Other Security News:

   • A surge in crypto scams saw at least $9.9B received on-chain in 2024, a 40% YoY increase. 👉 chainalysis.com
   • A name confusion attack that allows access to an Amazon Web Services account to anyone that publishes an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) with a specific name. 👉 bleepingcomputer.com
   • Several countries are seeing a decline in PhD enrollments as high living costs, stagnant stipends and limited job prospects deter students from pursuing doctoral degrees. 👉 nature.com
   • Tim Cook teases an announcement of “the newest member of the family” on February 19; Mark Gurman reported Apple would update the iPhone SE. 👉 theverge.com
   • Experts say Southeast Asian students in Taiwan's work-study programs often end up as low-paid labor in the chip industry under the guise of “practical training”. 👉 restofworld.org
   • After Meta laid off 3,600 of its “lowest performers” on February 10, some say they had good performance reviews, and experts say the label is highly subjective. 👉 fortune.com
   • A US releases Russian cybercriminal Alexander Vinnik as Part of Prisoner Swap. 👉 theguardian.com
   • A study warns the world's peatlands are "dangerously underprotected", despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being emitted due to their destruction. 👉 theguardian.com
   • LibreOffice, has marked its 40th anniversary with new features that it says could transform how users interact with the software. 👉 theregister.com

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