Double whammy: Steaelite RAT bundles data theft, ransomware in one evil tool Summary Steaelite is a newly observed remote access trojan (RAT) that packages credential and cryptocurrency theft, live surveillance,…
Ransomware payments cratered in 2025, but attacks surged to record highs Summary Chainalysis’ 2026 Crypto Crime Report shows on-chain ransomware payments fell to roughly $820m in 2025 (about an 8%…
Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day Under Exploitation for 3 Years Summary Cisco disclosed a maximum-severity authentication-bypass zero-day (CVE-2026-20127) in its Catalyst SD-WAN Controller that has been exploited in the wild for at…
Google disrupts Сhina-linked cyberespionage campaign spanning dozens of countries Summary Google Threat Intelligence says it disrupted a long-running China-linked cyberespionage campaign attributed to a group tracked as UNC2814. The operation…
Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters auditioning female voices to sharpen social engineering Summary Prolific cybercrime group Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters (SLSH) has been advertising on Telegram for female recruits to carry out vishing…
Google catches Beijing spies using Sheets to spread espionage across 4 continents Summary Google’s Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), working with unnamed industry partners, disrupted a China-linked espionage crew tracked as…
RAMP Forum Seizure Fractures Ransomware Ecosystem Summary Rapid7 analysed the fallout from the Jan. 28 seizure of the RAMP cybercrime forum and found the ransomware ecosystem splintering rather than disappearing.…
Parkinson’s disease affects network of brain regions that controls whole-body action Summary Precision brain imaging of people with Parkinson’s reveals that the condition primarily disrupts a distributed circuit known as…
Amplified X-ray laser pulses achieved using mirror set-up Article meta Article Date: 25 February 2026Article URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00580-2Article Title: Amplified X-ray laser pulses achieved using mirror set-upArticle Image: https://media.springernature.com/full/nature-cms/uploads/product/nature/header-86f1267ea01eccd46b530284be10585e.svg Summary Researchers…
Protein engineering fixes a major crop trade-off Summary Researchers report a rational redesign of a regulatory protein that separates plants’ cold tolerance from their phosphate-acquisition response. Cold normally suppresses inorganic…
