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Rundown · Thursday, February 26, 2026

Cyber news on February 26, 2026

On Thursday, February 26, 2026 the Cybersecurity desk recorded 4 news events. The earliest report came from australiannews.net (Big News Network) at 01:30 UTC. One more event was reported; it is listed at the end.

  1. 01

    UpGuard Secures $75M Series C to Scale Cyber Risk Posture Management

    2 outlets · first: australiannews.net (Big News Network) Security

    Machine summary UpGuard closed a $75 million Series C funding round.

    1. The funding is dedicated to accelerating market leadership in Cyber Risk Posture Management (CRPM).
    2. The investment follows UpGuard raising $75M in Series C funding.

    Reported by australiannews.net (Big News Network), manilatimes.net and malaysiasun.com (Big News Network).

    • UpGuard

  2. 02

    Ransomware payment rate falls to record low, reports say

    1 outlet · first: bleepingcomputer.com Ransomware

    Machine summary BleepingComputer reports that the ransomware payment rate has dropped to a record low while attacks have surged.

    1. BleepingComputer reported the ransomware payment rate dropped to a record low.
    2. BleepingComputer reported ransomware attacks surged.

    Reported by bleepingcomputer.com.

  3. 03

    Samsung reveals Galaxy S26 smartphones at Unpacked event

    1 outlet · first: techcrunch.com Security

    Machine summary Samsung announced the Galaxy S26 smartphones and a Privacy Screen feature at its Galaxy Unpacked event, according to TechCrunch.

    1. TechCrunch reported that Samsung revealed the Galaxy S26 smartphones at its Galaxy Unpacked event.
    2. TechCrunch reported that Samsung announced a Privacy Screen feature at the event.

    Reported by techcrunch.com.

  4. 04

    Coverage recordfinance.yahoo.com: “Zscaler (ZS) Stock Trades Up, Here Is Why”

    1 outlet · first: finance.yahoo.com

    The outlets that reported this event are listed with links to their reports; no summary of ours passed our automated checks for it, which says nothing about the event (how they work).

    Reported by finance.yahoo.com.

More events reported

No summary of ours and no outlet headline passed our automated checks for these, which says nothing about the events (how they work); the outlets and their reports are linked.

  1. · 2 outletschannellife.co.nz, itbrief.co.nz

Each summary and its key facts are a machine summary of the reports linked under it; the outlets, times and counts come from those reports' own records. How a rundown is built.

Also covered for this desk

8 events homed on another desk that the Cybersecurity desk also carried on February 26, 2026.

  1. Feb 26 · Legal Anthropic CEO says company cannot accede to Pentagon request in AI safeguards dispute 27
  2. Feb 26 · HR & workforce Modi's Israel visit ends with 27 outcomes; ties elevated to special strategic partnership 3
  3. Feb 26 · HR & workforce Reports say AI drives rising risk and burnout for ANZ security chiefs 2
  4. Feb 26 · Healthcare Auckland and Northland hospitals hit by IT outage 2
  5. Feb 26 · Legal asiaone.com: “Chinese influence operation targets Japan elections, Trump, other countries, says US foundation” 2
  6. Feb 26 · Space & defense Motley Fool: “OneSpan (OSPN) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript” 1
  7. Feb 26 · Legal Group alleges that Doubao was used to make non-consensual deepfake images 1

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Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).