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Payroll pirates are conning help desks to steal workers' identities and redirect paychecks 11 February 2026 at 14:00

Payroll pirates are conning help desks to steal workers' identities and redirect paychecks

11 February 2026 at 14:00

Attackers using social engineering to exploit business processes, rather than tunnelling in via tech

Exclusive When fraudsters go after people's paychecks, "every employee on earth becomes a target," according to Binary Defense security sleuth John Dwyer.…

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Microsoft's Valentine's gift to admins: 6 exploited zero-day fixes 10 February 2026 at 23:10

Microsoft's Valentine's gift to admins: 6 exploited zero-day fixes

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By: Jessica Lyons

10 February 2026 at 23:10

Roses are red, violets are blue ... now get patching

What better way to say I love you than with an update? Attackers exploited a whopping six Microsoft bugs as zero-days prior to Redmond releasing software fixes on February's Patch Tuesday.…

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Someone's attacking SolarWinds WHD to steal high‑privilege credentials - but we don't know who or how 9 February 2026 at 22:54

Someone's attacking SolarWinds WHD to steal high‑privilege credentials - but we don't know who or how

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By: Jessica Lyons

9 February 2026 at 22:54

So many CVEs, so little time

Digital intruders exploited buggy SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances in December to break into victims' IT environments, move laterally, and steal high-privilege credentials, according to Microsoft researchers.…

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Attackers using social engineering to exploit business processes, rather than tunnelling in via tech

Roses are red, violets are blue ... now get patching

So many CVEs, so little time