CISA Warns of Destructive Grid Attacks, Google Patches Chrome Zero-Days, and US Shifts to Offensive Cyber Strategy
Summary
This cybersecurity brief for February 13, 2026, covers a series of critical developments. CISA has issued an urgent warning to the energy sector following a destructive cyberattack on Poland's grid, highlighting the growing threat to industrial control systems. Concurrently, Google released emergency patches for two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser. The US government signaled a major policy shift with a new national cyber strategy focused on offensive operations. Other key stories include a massive tax-themed phishing campaign, escalating ransomware attacks on healthcare, the rise of AI-powered social engineering, and the enforcement of the EU's new NIS2 directive, collectively indicating a period of heightened threat activity and significant policy responses.
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