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February 2026

February 2026

Anthropic Says Chinese AI Firms Used 16 Million Claude Queries to Copy Model

Anthropic Says Chinese AI Firms Used 16 Million Claude Queries to Copy Model

Ravie LakshmananFeb 24, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Anthropic Anthropic on Monday said it identified “industrial-scale campaigns” mounted by three artificial intelligence (AI) companies, DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and MiniMax, to illegally extract Claude’s capabilities to improve their… 

APT28 Targeted European Entities Using Webhook-Based Macro Malware

APT28 Targeted European Entities Using Webhook-Based Macro Malware

Ravie LakshmananFeb 23, 2026Malware / Threat Intelligence The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor tracked as APT28 has been attributed to a new campaign targeting specific entities in Western and Central Europe. The activity, per S2 Grupo’s… 

Wormable XMRig Campaign Uses BYOVD Exploit and Time-Based Logic Bomb

Wormable XMRig Campaign Uses BYOVD Exploit and Time-Based Logic Bomb

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new cryptojacking campaign that uses pirated software bundles as lures to deploy a bespoke XMRig miner program on compromised hosts. “Analysis of the recovered dropper, persistence triggers, and…