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February Ransomware statistics
779 Victims, 322 Groups: What February 2026 Ransomware report reveals

The world sees 779 ransomware attack by 322 groups across the world in February, and it is a bit more compared to the January 2026 as it was 702.

After BDJobs, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education 390k data surfaced online

A group of hackers named “Madarax” claims they have stolen and are offering to sell the personal information of about...
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After BDJobs, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education 390k data surfaced online

Researchers show new technique to bypass AI safety guardrails in Grok and Gemini

A new hacking technique has been demonstrated to steal data from Elon Musk's Grok AI. It uses a simple trick...
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Researchers show new technique to bypass AI safety guardrails in Grok and Gemini

About thousands of leaked AWS keys Held Full Admin Rights

More than 9,300 AWS access keys that were made public from August 2022 to August 2026 are still active, says...
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About thousands of leaked AWS keys Held Full Admin Rights

US Bank investigates LockBit’s Data Breach Claims

US Bank is looking into LockBit's claims about a breach and stolen data. The ransomware group says they will share...
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US Bank investigates LockBit’s Data Breach Claims

Five new malware families actively targeting Asian Gov.t infra

Central Asian government agencies have been attacked in a cyber spy operation that used a small but different range of...
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Five new malware families actively targeting Asian Gov.t infra

T-Mobile Cuts Cables to Remove Chiness Salt Typhoon Hackers from Network

T-Mobile’s cybersecurity team reportedly physically cut a network cable connecting compromised infrastructure to the outside world. According to Bloomberg, the move...
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T-Mobile Cuts Cables to Remove Chiness Salt Typhoon Hackers from Network

Splunk, Zyxel Patch Multiple Flaws Enabling RCE and Root Command Execution

Splunk has issued security fixes for 17 weaknesses in different apps and add-ons, such as Splunk MCP Server, Splunk AI...
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Splunk, Zyxel Patch Multiple Flaws Enabling RCE and Root Command Execution

“Zombie Card” attack revels expired Visa card may be used for contactless payments

Security experts have shown that expired credit cards can still be used. A study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst,...
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“Zombie Card” attack revels expired Visa card may be used for contactless payments

Critical Zimbra RCE Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild

CERT Polska has alerted that bad actors are actively exploiting a security flaw in Zimbra Collaboration Suite to execute code...
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Critical Zimbra RCE Flaw Actively Exploited in the Wild

Operation CameraSwarm
A single hacker compromise 1400+ Dahua camera worldwide 

Operation CameraSwarm compromised 14,500+ Dahua IP cameras mostly in Ukraine and Russia. The operation lasted for at least 35 days...
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Operation CameraSwarm  A single hacker compromise 1400+ Dahua camera worldwide 

Qillin ranks top in the attack chart with 220 victims worldwide. 136 victims were reported by the gentlemen group while clop in the 3rd position with 125 victims. With 105 victims akira 4th in the list and 85 victims were reported by incransom ransomware group.

According to the ransomware.live Technology, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Construction and Financial Services are in the tip 5 chart.

Technology:19.6%
Manufacturing: 14.2 %
Healthcare: 12.3%
Construction and Financial services: 5%

In February, total 1481 ransomware victims were reported by 322 groups.

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