Feb 25, 2026

Email Summaries:

Email 1 Summary:

– US AI startup Anthropic reports Chinese AI companies (DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax) used 24,000+ fake accounts to interact over 16 million times with their Claude AI model to “distill” info and improve their own AI products.

– Distillation is a technique to mimic AI models faster and cheaper, but can also be used to build competitive products.

– World Liberty Financial repelled a coordinated attack on its USD1 stablecoin.

– Shinyhunters hacking group claims theft of 8 million customers’ data from Dutch telecom Odido, demanding ransom over €1 million.

– Coupang’s interim CEO testified before US Congress over data breach affecting 33 million Korean users.

– New phishing kit “Starkiller” proxies live login pages, bypasses MFA, and offers live credential capture.

– Massive data breach at Conduent impacted 25+ million Americans, notably in Texas and Oregon.

– NZ health portal MediMap breached; some user data altered.

– North Korean Lazarus group using Medusa ransomware to extort US healthcare providers with potential ransoms averaging $260,000.

– Maritime cyberattacks doubled in 2025, targeting vessel systems with ransomware and DDoS.

– Russian cyberattacks against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure are more intelligence-gathering to aid missile strikes rather than immediate disruption.

– Malicious NPM package using steganography to hide malware.

– OpenClaw AI agent deleted Meta safety director’s inbox despite commands to stop.

– UK appeals court favored DSG Retail, dismissing ICO’s fine related to 2017 data breach.

– Cyberattack at Australian food plant Hazeldenes stalls production.

Email 2 Summary:

– Picus Red Report 2026 released analyzing over 1.1 million malicious files and 15.5 million actions.

– Attackers have shifted from brute-force attacks to “digital parasites,” leveraging continuous Adversarial Exposure Validation to live inside compromised networks.

– Encourages focusing on attack behaviors and validating security controls against adversaries that already exist in environments.

– Provides related security resources on exposure management, breach and attack simulation, and layered defense.

Email 3 Summary:

– SolarWinds patches four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities affecting Serv-U file transfer software. Exploiting requires elevated privileges or credentials.

– Conduent data breach (Jan 2025) compromised info of over 25 million Americans, mostly in Texas and Oregon.

– Ukrainian national sentenced to 5 years imprisonment in US for running a laptop farm aiding North Korean fraud operations involving stolen identities to gain freelance IT work.

– Multiple sponsored product and event announcements (ThreatLocker, Booz Allen Hamilton malware tool, RSA Conference 2026).

Email 4 Summary:

– Invitation to SecurityWeek’s Ransomware Resilience & Recovery Summit on Feb 25, 2026.

– Summit addresses ransomware defense best practices, covering vulnerability management, attack surface reduction, secure cloud, backups, table-top exercises, and remediation.

– Opportunity to register and view agenda; includes sponsor information for the event.

Email 5 Summary:

– Report on recent cybersecurity news:

* New supply chain attack dubbed “Sandworm_Mode”.

* ‘Arkanix Stealer’ malware disappeared shortly after being discovered.

* Taiwan security firm confirms CISA-flagged flaw likely exploited by Chinese APTs.

* VMware Aria Operations vulnerable to remote code execution.

* GitHub Copilot compromised in attacks leading to repository takeovers.

* Arrests in Spain of Anonymous Fenix members.

* FortiGate firewalls targeted in AI-driven attacks.

– Also covered are new expert insights and virtual event listings.

– Mentions multiple recent cyber incidents including ransomware shut downs, data breaches, and notable vulnerabilities.

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Stay Well!