This month in security with Tony Anscombe – February 2026 edition

This security roundup highlights how opportunistic threat actors are leveraging weak authentication mechanisms, unmanaged system exposure, and popular AI tools as attack vectors. The article serves as a general awareness piece examining current threat trends rather than documenting specific incidents. Organizations are advised to strengthen authentication controls, manage exposed assets, and monitor AI tool usage to reduce their attack surface against these opportunistic threats.

In this roundup, Tony looks at how opportunistic threat actors are taking advantage of weak authentication, unmanaged exposure, and popular AI tools

This security roundup highlights how opportunistic threat actors are leveraging weak authentication mechanisms, unmanaged system exposure, and popular AI tools as attack vectors. The article serves as a general awareness piece examining current threat trends rather than documenting specific incidents. Organizations are advised to strengthen authentication controls, manage exposed assets, and monitor AI tool usage to reduce their attack surface against these opportunistic threats. In this roundup, Tony looks at how opportunistic threat actors are taking advantage of weak authentication, unmanaged exposure, and popular AI tools In this roundup, Tony looks at how opportunistic threat actors are taking advantage of weak authentication, unmanaged exposure, and popular AI tools