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Good day, February 10âŻ2026 â hereâs your concise briefing on the most critical cyber and AI threat developments of
VMware vDefend Brings AIâPowered ZeroâTrust Lateral Controls to Private Clouds
VMware has introduced vDefend, a zeroâtrust module embedded in its privateâcloud stack that enforces granular, policyâdriven controls
CrowdStrike Wins Gartner Customersâ Choice for EASM â A Defenderâs Edge
CrowdStrike was named the sole winner of Gartnerâs 2025 Customersâ Choice award in the External Attack Surface Management (EASM)
CrowdStrike Linux Sensor Adds RealâTime WebâShell Detection for Containers
CrowdStrikeâs newest Linux sensor release introduces a dedicated webâshell detection engine that monitors file system changes and commandâ
Digital Parasite Tactics Extend Ransomware Dwell Time and Amplify Damage
A new âDigital Parasiteâ model is emerging in ransomware campaigns. Threat actors first infiltrate a network using covert espionage techniquesâ
Record 31.4 Tbps DDoS Flood Shatters 2025 Benchmarks, Demands Robust Defense
In Q4âŻ2025 Cloudflare observed a single volumetric DDoS assault that peaked at 31.4âŻterabits per second, overwhelming the
CISA Flags OpenâSource Tool Abuse Fueling Modern Intrusions
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released an advisory showing that adversaries are increasingly turning to publicly available openâ
Unified Cloud Log Fusion Exposes MultiâCloud Threat Actors in Real Time
Unit42 unveiled a detection framework that aggregates and normalizes logs from the three major cloud providersâAWS, Azure, and Google
Conpet Oil Pipeline Outage Shows Energy Sectorâs Growing Cyber Vulnerability
On February 9, Check Pointâs Threat Intelligence Report revealed that threat actors breached the IT environment of Conpet, Romaniaâ
AmaranthâDragon weaponizes CVEâ2025â8088 against SE Asia critical infrastructure
Checkpointâs threatâintelligence team has linked the stateâaligned group AmaranthâDragon to active exploitation of the newly disclosed