3 articles that week
Rapid7, Thursday, February 12th, 2026
Despite sustained efforts by the global banking and payments industry, credit card fraud continues to affect consumers and organizations on a large scale. Underground 'dump shops' play a central role in this activity, selling stolen credit and debit card data to criminals who use it to conduct unauthorized transactions and broader fraud campaigns.
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Rapid7, Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
Microsoft is publishing 55 vulnerabilities this February 2026 Patch Tuesday. Microsoft is aware of exploitation in the wild for six of today's vulnerabilities, and notes public disclosure for three of those. Earlier in the month, Microsoft provided patches to address three browser vulnerabilities, which are not included in the Patch Tuesday count above.
more → Rapid7, Tuesday, February 10th, 2026
The conversation around AI security is full of anxiety. Every week, new headlines warn of jailbreaks, prompt injection, agents gone rogue, and the rise of LLM-enabled cybercrime. It's easy to come away with the impression that AI is fundamentally uncontrollable and dangerous, and therefore something we need to lock down before it gets out of hand.
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