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SANS Stormcast Wednesday, February 18th, 2026: IR Phishing; Neenadu Android Backdoor; NiFi Bugs; LLMs Phishing; Encrypted RCS
February 17, 2026
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Fake Incident Report Used in Phishing Campaign
https://isc.sans.edu/diary/Fake%20Incident%20Report%20Used%20in%20Phishing%20Campaign/32722
Divide and conquer: how the new Keenadu backdoor exposed links between major Android botnets https://securelist.com/keenadu-android-backdoor/118913/
CVE-2026-25903: Apache NiFi: Missing Authorization of Restricted Permissions for Component Updates https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2026/q1/166
The Next Frontier of Runtime Assembly Attacks: Leveraging LLMs to Generate Phishing JavaScript in Real Time
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/real-time-malicious-javascript-through-llms/
Encrypted RCS in iOS/iPadOS
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release-notes/ios-ipados-26_4-release-notes