This month in security with Tony Anscombe – February 2026 edition

The article is a February 2026 security roundup by Tony Anscombe. It highlights trends rather than specific incidents. It focuses on opportunistic actors leveraging weak authentication mechanisms and unmanaged exposure surfaces. Additionally, it notes the emerging risk associated with the misuse of popular AI tools by adversaries. While no specific malware families or named threat groups are identified in this excerpt, the guidance suggests a focus on foundational security hygiene. Organizations should prioritize strengthening authentication protocols, managing external exposure, and establishing governance around AI tool usage to mitigate these broad threats. The severity is assessed as informational, serving as a strategic overview rather than an incident response alert. Security teams should use this intelligence to audit current controls against these prevalent risk vectors.

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

The article is a February 2026 security roundup by Tony Anscombe. It highlights trends rather than specific incidents. It focuses on opportunistic actors leveraging weak authentication mechanisms and unmanaged exposure surfaces. Additionally, it notes the emerging risk associated with the misuse of popular AI tools by adversaries. While no specific malware families or named threat groups are identified in this excerpt, the guidance suggests a focus on foundational security hygiene. Organizations should prioritize strengthening authentication protocols, managing external exposure, and establishing governance around AI tool usage to mitigate these broad threats. The severity is assessed as informational, serving as a strategic overview rather than an incident response alert. Security teams should use this intelligence to audit current controls against these prevalent risk vectors. 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