Shortly after Microsoft’s massive January Patch Tuesday release addressing the CVE-2026-20805 zero-day vulnerability in Windows Desktop Window Manager, another technology giant has issued a security fix. This time, Palo Alto Networks has warned of a high-severity flaw affecting its GlobalProtect Gateway and Portal, noting that a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit is available. GlobalProtect is Palo Alto…
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CVE-2026-0227: Palo Alto Networks Fixes GlobalProtect DoS Flaw Allowing Remote Firewall Disruption
Shortly after Microsoft’s massive January Patch Tuesday release addressing the CVE-2026-20805 zero-day vulnerability in Windows Desktop Window Manager, another technology giant has issued a security fix. This time, Palo Alto Networks has warned of a high-severity flaw affecting its GlobalProtect Gateway and Portal, noting that a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit is available. GlobalProtect is Palo Alto…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security, Vulnerabilities
Modular DS bug hands hackers instant WordPress admin access
Security researchers have confirmed active exploitation of a maximum-severity privilege escalation flaw in the widely used Modular DS plugin, a tool used to monitor, update, and manage multiple WordPress sites from a single console. The bug, tracked as CVE-2026-23550, was assigned a CVSS score of 10.0 for its ability to enable an unauthenticated attacker to…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Hackers now exploiting critical Fortinet FortiSIEM flaw in attacks
Attackers are now exploiting a critical Fortinet FortiSIEM vulnerability with publicly available proof-of-concept exploit code. […]
APT, Breaking News, china, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, Security
China-linked APT UAT-9686 abused now patched maximum severity AsyncOS bug
Cisco fixed a maximum severity AsyncOS flaw in Secure Email products, previously exploited as a zero-day by China-linked APT group UAT-9686. Cisco fixed a critical AsyncOS flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-20393 (CVSS score of 10.0), affecting Secure Email Gateway and Email and Web Manager, previously exploited as a zero-day by China-linked APT group UAT-9686. Cisco detected attacks…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Cisco finally fixes AsyncOS zero-day exploited since November
Cisco finally patched a maximum-severity AsyncOS zero-day exploited in attacks targeting Secure Email Gateway (SEG) appliances since November 2025. […]
Breaking News, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, hacking news, information security news, Security
Actively exploited critical flaw in Modular DS WordPress plugin enables admin takeover
A critical Modular DS WordPress flaw (CVE-2026-23550) is actively exploited, enabling unauthenticated privilege escalation. Threat actors are actively exploiting a critical Modular DS WordPress vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23550 (CVSS score of 10). Modular DS is a WordPress plugin with over 40,000 installs that helps manage multiple sites, enabling monitoring, updates, and remote administration. In plugin…
Exploits, Global Security News
One click is all it takes: How ‘Reprompt’ turned Microsoft Copilot into data exfiltration tools
AI copilots are incredibly intelligent and useful — but they can also be naive, gullible, and even dumb at times. A new one-click attack flow discovered by Varonis Threat Labs researchers underscores this fact. ‘Reprompt,’ as they’ve dubbed it, is a three-step attack chain that completely bypasses security controls after an initial LLM prompt, giving…
Exploits, Global Security News
One click is all it takes: How ‘Reprompt’ turned Microsoft Copilot into a data exfiltration tool
AI copilots are incredibly intelligent and useful — but they can also be naive, gullible, and even dumb at times. A new one-click attack flow discovered by Varonis Threat Labs researchers underscores this fact. ‘Reprompt,’ as they’ve dubbed it, is a three-step attack chain that completely bypasses security controls after an initial LLM prompt, giving…
CVE, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Exploits, Global Security News, Government, Research
CISA’s secure-software buying tool had a simple XSS vulnerability of its own
A Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency tool dedicated to helping government agencies buy secure software turned out to have a cybersecurity vulnerability of its own. Jeff Williams, the former leader of the Open Worldwide Application Security Project (OWASP), told CyberScoop that he discovered a cross-site scripting vulnerability in CISA’s “Software Acquisition Guide: Supplier Response Web…
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A ransomware attack disrupted operations at South Korean conglomerate Kyowon
South Korean conglomerate Kyowon confirmed a ransomware attack that disrupted operations and may have exposed customer data. Kyowon Group is a major South Korean conglomerate with diverse business interests spanning education, publishing, media, and technology. It operates nationwide, serving millions of customers through its various subsidiaries and brands. The company is a significant player in…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Hackers exploit Modular DS WordPress plugin flaw for admin access
Hackers are actively exploiting a maximum severity flaw in the Modular DS WordPress plugin that allows them to bypass authentication remotely and access the vulnerable sites with admin-level privileges. […]
Exploits, Global Security News
Hackers Increasingly Shun Encryption in Favour of Pure Data Theft and Extortion
While ‘traditional’ ransomware attacks remain stable, some gangs are shifting towards exploiting zero-days and supply chains to go straight to stealing data
Exploits, Global Security News
Critical WordPress Modular DS Plugin Flaw Actively Exploited to Gain Admin Access
A maximum-severity security flaw in a WordPress plugin called Modular DS has come under active exploitation in the wild, according to Patchstack. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-23550 (CVSS score: 10.0), has been described as a case of unauthenticated privilege escalation impacting all versions of the plugin prior to and including 2.5.1. It has been patched…
Exploits, Global Security News
Cyber Threat Actors Ramp Up Attacks on Industrial Environments
Hacktivists and cybercriminals have intensified their efforts to exploit vulnerabilities in industrial systems, according to a Cyble report
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Commentary, disinformation, Exploits, Global Security News, large language models, Uncategorized
The quiet way AI normalizes foreign influence
Americans are being taught to trust propaganda. Often, it’s not intentional. A classic bit of advice for separating propaganda from real research is “Check the citations.” If the sources support the analysis, the material can be trusted. But AI is changing the rules of the game. In December, the White House announced new guidance to…
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7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
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7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
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7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
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7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
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7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
AI, API security, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
AI, API security, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
AI, API security, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
AI, API security, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
AI, API security, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
AI, API security, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
AI, API security, Apps, Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Exploits, Global Security News, Risk Management
7 Reasons to Get Certified in API Security
API security is becoming more important by the day and skilled practitioners are in high demand. Now’s the time to level up your API security skillset. Wallarm University, our free training course, provides security analysts, engineers, and practitioners with hands-on skills you can’t get from documentation, videos, or traditional courses. Run real attacks, investigate real…
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CVE-2026-20805: Microsoft Fixes Actively Exploited Windows Desktop Manager Zero-Day
As 2026 gets underway, the pace of critical vulnerability disclosures shows little sign of easing. Following the recent MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) revelation, Microsoft has kicked off the year with its first Patch Tuesday release, addressing 114 security flaws across its product ecosystem. Among them is a zero-day vulnerability that was already being exploited in real-world attacks,…
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CVE-2026-20805: Microsoft Fixes Actively Exploited Windows Desktop Manager Zero-Day
As 2026 gets underway, the pace of critical vulnerability disclosures shows little sign of easing. Following the recent MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) revelation, Microsoft has kicked off the year with its first Patch Tuesday release, addressing 114 security flaws across its product ecosystem. Among them is a zero-day vulnerability that was already being exploited in real-world attacks,…
AI, Blog, CVE, CVEs, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Microsoft Vulnerability
CVE-2026-20805: Microsoft Fixes Actively Exploited Windows Desktop Manager Zero-Day
As 2026 gets underway, the pace of critical vulnerability disclosures shows little sign of easing. Following the recent MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) revelation, Microsoft has kicked off the year with its first Patch Tuesday release, addressing 114 security flaws across its product ecosystem. Among them is a zero-day vulnerability that was already being exploited in real-world attacks,…
AI, Blog, CVE, CVEs, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Microsoft Vulnerability
CVE-2026-20805: Microsoft Fixes Actively Exploited Windows Desktop Manager Zero-Day
As 2026 gets underway, the pace of critical vulnerability disclosures shows little sign of easing. Following the recent MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) revelation, Microsoft has kicked off the year with its first Patch Tuesday release, addressing 114 security flaws across its product ecosystem. Among them is a zero-day vulnerability that was already being exploited in real-world attacks,…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security, Vulnerabilities
Researchers warn of long‑running FortiSIEM root exploit vector as new CVE emerges
A critical command injection issue in Fortinet FortiSIEM has been disclosed along with public exploit code, and researchers claim attackers could have been remotely achieving unauthenticated root access to the SIEM platform for nearly three years. The flaw belongs to a class of weakness in FortiSIEM, going back to 2023 and 2024. Tracked as CVE-2025-64155,…
Exploits, Global Security News
Battling Cryptojacking, Botnets, and IABs [Guest Diary], (Thu, Jan 15th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Matthew Presnal, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Cryptojacking and botnets can pose a greater threat than a simple drain of resources. These organizations have been known to engage in “DDoS for Hire” or even selling off footholds, acting as Initial Access Brokers (IABs). To…
Exploits, Global Security News
Battling Cryptojacking, Botnets, and IABs [Guest Diary], (Thu, Jan 15th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Matthew Presnal, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Cryptojacking and botnets can pose a greater threat than a simple drain of resources. These organizations have been known to engage in “DDoS for Hire” or even selling off footholds, acting as Initial Access Brokers (IABs). To…
Exploits, Global Security News
Sophisticated VoidLink malware framework targets Linux cloud servers
Researchers have uncovered a new sophisticated and modular malware framework designed to operate stealthily inside Linux systems and containers. The framework seems to have been designed by Chinese developers with in-depth knowledge of Linux internals and was created to be used against cloud servers. “The framework, internally referred to by its original developers as VoidLink,…
Exploits, Global Security News
Output from vibe coding tools prone to critical security flaws, study finds
Popular vibe coding platforms consistently generate insecure code in response to common programming prompts, including creating vulnerabilities rated as ‘critical,’ new testing has found. Security startup Tenzai’s top-line conclusion: the tools are good at avoiding security flaws that can be solved in a generic way, but struggle where what distinguishes safe from dangerous depends on…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
Exploit code public for critical FortiSIEM command injection flaw
Technical details and a public exploit have been published for a critical vulnerability affecting Fortinet’s Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution that could be leveraged by a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute commands or code. […]
Exploits, Global Security News, Intellexa, Jamf, privacy, Research, Technology
Predator spyware demonstrates troubleshooting, researcher-dodging capabilities
Predator spyware operators have the ability to recognize why an infection failed, and the tech has more sophisticated capabilities for averting detection than previously known, according to research published Wednesday. Jamf Threat Labs found from an analysis of a Predator sample that it has an error code system that can alert operators to why an…
Exploits, Global Security News
Hackers Use Fake PayPal Notices to Steal Credentials, Deploy RMMs
Phishing attacks have been identified using fake PayPal alerts to exploit remote monitoring and management tools
Exploits, Global Security News, Uncategorized
Fortinet fixed two critical flaws in FortiFone and FortiSIEM
Fortinet fixed six security flaws, including two critical bugs in FortiFone and FortiSIEM that attackers could exploit without authentication. Fortinet released patches for six vulnerabilities, including two critical flaws in FortiFone and FortiSIEM that could be exploited without authentication to leak configuration data or enable code execution. The first vulnerabilty, tracked as CVE-2025-64155 (CVSS score…
Exploits, Global Security News, Uncategorized
Fortinet fixed two critical flaws in FortiFone and FortiSIEM
Fortinet fixed six security flaws, including two critical bugs in FortiFone and FortiSIEM that attackers could exploit without authentication. Fortinet released patches for six vulnerabilities, including two critical flaws in FortiFone and FortiSIEM that could be exploited without authentication to leak configuration data or enable code execution. The first vulnerabilty, tracked as CVE-2025-64155 (CVSS score…
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UAC-0190 Attack Detection: Fake Charity Lures Used to Deploy the PLUGGYAPE Backdoor Against the Ukrainian Armed Forces
On January 12, 2026, the CERT-UA team disclosed a targeted cyber-espionage campaign against the Ukrainian Armed Forces that abused charity-themed social engineering to deliver the PLUGGYAPE backdoor. The activity, observed between October and December 2025, is attributed with medium confidence to the russia-aligned threat actor known as Void Blizzard (Laundry Bear), tracked by CERT-UA as…
AI, Apps, APT, Blog, CERT-UA, CVEs, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Government & Policy, malware, Network Security, Pluggyape, Risk Management, Russia
UAC-0190 Attack Detection: Fake Charity Lures Used to Deploy the PLUGGYAPE Backdoor Against the Ukrainian Armed Forces
On January 12, 2026, the CERT-UA team disclosed a targeted cyber-espionage campaign against the Ukrainian Armed Forces that abused charity-themed social engineering to deliver the PLUGGYAPE backdoor. The activity, observed between October and December 2025, is attributed with medium confidence to the russia-aligned threat actor known as Void Blizzard (Laundry Bear), tracked by CERT-UA as…
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UAC-0190 Attack Detection: Fake Charity Lures Used to Deploy the PLUGGYAPE Backdoor Against the Ukrainian Armed Forces
On January 12, 2026, the CERT-UA team disclosed a targeted cyber-espionage campaign against the Ukrainian Armed Forces that abused charity-themed social engineering to deliver the PLUGGYAPE backdoor. The activity, observed between October and December 2025, is attributed with medium confidence to the russia-aligned threat actor known as Void Blizzard (Laundry Bear), tracked by CERT-UA as…
Exploits, Global Security News
Hackers Exploit c-ares DLL Side-Loading to Bypass Security and Deploy Malware
Security experts have disclosed details of an active malware campaign that’s exploiting a DLL side-loading vulnerability in a legitimate binary associated with the open-source c-ares library to bypass security controls and deliver a wide range of commodity trojans and stealers. “Attackers achieve evasion by pairing a malicious libcares-2.dll with any signed version of the legitimate…
0day, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, Security
Microsoft January 2026 Patch Tuesday: 115 Vulnerabilities Fixed
Microsoft kicks off 2026 with 115 security updates, including a fix for an actively exploited zero-day. Protect your Windows and Office systems today.
Exploits, Global Security News
CrowdStrike to add browser security to Falcon with Seraphic acquisition
CrowdStrike has agreed to acquire Israel-based Seraphic Security, a browser runtime security company, to extend its Falcon platform to browser-native enterprise security. Expected to close by April, the acquisition will allow CrowdStrike to integrate Seraphic’s browser-native protection with its Falcon endpoint telemetry and threat intelligence capabilities. The move comes just days after CrowdStrike announced plans…
Breaking News, CISA, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, hacking news, Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw impacting Microsoft Windows to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Microsoft Windows vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20805 (CVSS Score of 8.7), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. This week, Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2026 release…
Exploits, Global Security News
Microsoft Fixes Three Zero-Days on Busy Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has patched three zero-day vulnerabilities in the first patch Tuesday of 2026, including one under active exploitation
Exploits, Global Security News
Microsoft Fixes 114 Windows Flaws in January 2026 Patch, One Actively Exploited
Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out its first security update for 2026, addressing 114 security flaws, including one vulnerability that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 114 flaws, eight are rated Critical, and 106 are rated Important in severity. As many as 58 vulnerabilities have been classified as privilege escalation, followed…
ANYRUN, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, Malware Analysis
German Manufacturing Under Phishing Attacks: Tracking a Stealthy AsyncRATCampaign
Manufacturing companies have quietly become one of the most hunted species in the modern threat landscape. Not because they are careless, but because they are operationally critical, geographically distributed, and often rely on complex IT and OT environments that attackers love to probe. Key Takeaways Manufacturing is among the top industries targeted by ransomware groups and advanced campaigns, often with…
Breaking News, Exploits, Global Security News, hacking, hacking news, information security news, Security
Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2026 fixed actively exploited zero-day
Microsoft Patch Tuesday addressed 112 security flaws across Windows, Office, Azure, Edge, and more, including eight critical vulnerabilities, kicking off the new year with a major patch update. Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates for January 2026 release 112 CVEs affecting Windows, Office, Azure, Edge, SharePoint, SQL Server, SMB, and Windows management services. Including third-party Chromium…
Exploits, Global Security News
Critical Node.js Vulnerability Can Cause Server Crashes via async_hooks Stack Overflow
Node.js has released updates to fix what it described as a critical security issue impacting “virtually every production Node.js app” that, if successfully exploited, could trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. “Node.js/V8 makes a best-effort attempt to recover from stack space exhaustion with a catchable error, which frameworks have come to rely on for service availability,”…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security, Vulnerabilities, Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
January 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday: Actively exploited zero day needs attention
Eight critical vulnerabilities and an actively exploited zero day highlight Microsoft’s first Patch Tuesday announcements for 2026. Most of the higher scoring vulnerabilities impact Office products, with two holes in SharePoint scoring an 8.8 on the CVSS scale. “Last year’s abuse of SharePoint by Chinese APTs to deploy ToolShell against organizations should serve as a…
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Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition
Microsoft today issued patches to plug at least 113 security holes in its various Windows operating systems and supported software. Eight of the vulnerabilities earned Microsoft’s most-dire “critical” rating, and the company warns that attackers are already exploiting one of the bugs fixed today. January’s Microsoft zero-day flaw — CVE-2026-20805 — is brought to us…
Exploits, Global Security News, Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, Research, Threats
Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 112 defects, including one actively exploited zero-day
Microsoft’s first security update of 2026 addressed 112 vulnerabilities affecting its products and underlying systems, including one actively exploited zero-day in Desktop Window Manager. The company’s latest Patch Tuesday update marks the second consecutive month with no critical vulnerabilities disclosed. The batch of patches also contains more than 110 CVEs for the second January in…
Exploits, Global Security News
January 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Summary, (Tue, Jan 13th)
Today, Microsoft released patches for 113 vulnerabilities. One of these vulnerabilities affected the Edge browser and was patched upstream by Chromium. Eight of the vulnerabilities are rated critical. One has been disclosed before today, and one is already being exploited. Five of the critical vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Office components. Noteworthy Vulnerabilities %%cve:2026-20854%%: A remote code…
Exploits, Global Security News
January 2026 Microsoft Patch Tuesday Summary, (Tue, Jan 13th)
Today, Microsoft released patches for 113 vulnerabilities. One of these vulnerabilities affected the Edge browser and was patched upstream by Chromium. Eight of the vulnerabilities are rated critical. One has been disclosed before today, and one is already being exploited. Five of the critical vulnerabilities affect Microsoft Office components. Noteworthy Vulnerabilities %%cve:2026-20854%%: A remote code…
Exploits, Global Security News, Microsoft, Security
Microsoft January 2026 Patch Tuesday fixes 3 zero-days, 114 flaws
Today is Microsoft’s January 2026 Patch Tuesday with security updates for 114 flaws, including one actively exploited and two publicly disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities. […]
Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Flags Actively Exploited Gogs Vulnerability With No Patch
A high-severity security flaw in the Gogs Git service is being actively exploited, leading to remote code execution
AI, Cybersecurity, Exploits, Global Security News, prompt injection, Research, Threats
ServiceNow patches critical AI platform flaw that could allow user impersonation
ServiceNow has addressed a critical security vulnerability in its AI platform that could have allowed unauthenticated users to impersonate legitimate users and perform unauthorized actions, the company disclosed Monday. The flaw, designated CVE-2025-12420 and carrying a severity score of 9.3 out of 10, was discovered by SaaS security firm AppOmni in October. ServiceNow deployed fixes…
Exploits, Global Security News, Network Security, Security, Vulnerabilities
High-severity bug in Broadcom software enables easy WiFi denial-of-service
A high-severity flaw in Broadcom WiFi chipset software can allow an attacker within radio range to completely knock wireless networks offline by sending a single malicious frame, forcing routers to be manually rebooted before connectivity can be restored. The flaw, uncovered by the Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) at Black Duck during fuzz testing of 802.11…
Exploits, Global Security News
What Should We Learn From How Attackers Leveraged AI in 2025?
Old Playbook, New Scale: While defenders are chasing trends, attackers are optimizing the basics The security industry loves talking about “new” threats. AI-powered attacks. Quantum-resistant encryption. Zero-trust architectures. But looking around, it seems like the most effective attacks in 2025 are pretty much the same as they were in 2015. Attackers are exploiting the same…
Exploits, Global Security News
For application security: SCA, SAST, DAST and MAST. What next?
I have stared at enough scanner dashboards to recognize the pattern. SAST flags theoretical flaws that never execute. DAST shrugs because the route to the vulnerable function is blocked. SCA floods the zone with CVEs that never touch a hot path. MAST scolds my mobile app for secrets I retired last quarter. These tools are…
Exploits, Global Security News
CISA Warns of Active Exploitation of Gogs Vulnerability Enabling Code Execution
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned of active exploitation of a high-severity security flaw impacting Gogs by adding it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-8110 (CVSS score: 8.7), relates to a case of path traversal in the repository file editor that could result in code…
Breaking News, CISA, Exploits, Global Security News, Gogs, hacking, Security
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Gogs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw impacting Gogs to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Gogs path traversal vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-8110 (CVSS Score of 8.7), to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Gogs (Go Git Service) is a lightweight, open-source, self-hosted Git service written…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security
CISA orders feds to patch Gogs RCE flaw exploited in zero-day attacks
CISA has ordered government agencies to secure their systems against a high-severity Gogs vulnerability that was exploited in zero-day attacks. […]
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Analyzing a Multi-Stage AsyncRAT Campaign via Managed Detection and Response
Threat actors exploited Cloudflare’s free-tier infrastructure and legitimate Python environments to deploy the AsyncRAT remote access trojan, demonstrating advanced evasion techniques that abuse trusted cloud services for malicious operations.
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 558 by Pierluigi Paganini – INTERNATIONAL EDITION
A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter has arrived! Every week, the best security articles from Security Affairs are free in your email box. Enjoy a new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter, including the international press. A massive breach exposed data of 17.5M Instagram users North Korea–linked APT Kimsuky behind quishing attacks,…
APT, Breaking News, Exploits, fbi, Global Security News, intelligence, Security
North Korea–linked APT Kimsuky behind quishing attacks, FBI warns
FBI warns that North Korea–linked APT group Kimsuky is targeting governments, think tanks, and academic institutions with quishing attacks. North Korea–linked APT group Kimsuky is targeting government agencies, academic institutions, and think tanks using spear-phishing emails that contain malicious QR codes (quishing), the FBI warns. “As of 2025, Kimsuky actors have targeted think tanks, academic…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security, Security Information and Event Management Software, Security Software, Vulnerabilities
Trend Micro patches critical flaws in its Apex Central software
Security company Trend Micro has been compelled to issue a patch for its own Apex Central software management tool after vulnerability management platform Tenable identified several security flaws. The bugs affect all versions of Apex Central (on-premises) earlier than build 7190. In a security bulletin, Trend Micro said of the most severe flaw, rated 9.8,…
Exploits, Global Security News, Security, Security Information and Event Management Software, Security Software, Vulnerabilities
Trend Micro patches critical flaws in its Apex Central software
Security company Trend Micro has been compelled to issue a patch for its own Apex Central software management tool after vulnerability management platform Tenable identified several security flaws. The bugs affect all versions of Apex Central (on-premises) earlier than build 7190. In a security bulletin, Trend Micro said of the most severe flaw, rated 9.8,…
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Trend Micro fixed a remote code execution in Apex Central
Trend Micro fixed three Apex Central flaws discovered by Tenable that could allow remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks. Trend Micro patched three flaws (CVE-2025-69258, CVE-2025-69259, CVE-2025-69260) in its Apex Central management console after Tenable disclosed details and PoC code. The researchers discovered the vulnerabilities in August 2025, which could enable remote code execution or denial-of-service attacks.…
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China-Linked Hackers Exploit VMware ESXi Zero-Days to Escape Virtual Machines
Chinese-speaking threat actors are suspected to have leveraged a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance as an initial access vector to deploy a VMware ESXi exploit that may have been developed as far back as February 2024. Cybersecurity firm Huntress, which observed the activity in December 2025 and stopped it before it could progress to the final…
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CVE-2026-21858 aka Ni8mare: Critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in n8n Platform
The surge of critical vulnerabilities shows no signs of slowing as 2026 begins. In the aftermath of the MongoBleed (CVE-2025-14847) disclosure, another critical flaw has surfaced, impacting the n8n AI workflow automation platform. Tracked as CVE-2026-21858 and dubbed Ni8mare, the flaw obtains a maximum-severity score (CVSS 10.0) and might result in granting full control over…
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CISA flags max-severity bug in HPE OneView amid active exploitation
A max-severity remote code execution (RCE) flaw in HPE’s OneView management platform has been flagged by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) for active exploitation. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-37164, has been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) Catalog, days after the company disclosed it with a fix. “The CVE-2025-37164 OneView vulnerability is…
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LevelBlue: VPN Gateways, Social Engineering Drove 2025 Attacks
Network devices and VPN gateways were the most commonly exploited attack surfaces in 2025, as threat actors increasingly bypassed authentication by manipulating employees into granting access, according to LevelBlue SpiderLabs’ 2025 Threat Trends Analysis. Multi-stage attacks blend phishing, voice calls, and extortion According to the report, threat actors in 2025 increasingly bypassed defenses by convincing…
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Cisco identifies vulnerability in ISE network access control devices
The latest flaw in Cisco Systems Identity Services Engine (ISE), which could expose sensitive information to an attacker, requires rotation of credentials as well as installation of a patch to correct, says an expert. Cisco ISE is a network access control platform that enforces access policy and manages endpoints. There have been more critical holes in…
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Chinese-speaking hackers exploited ESXi zero-days long before disclosure
Chinese-speaking attackers used a hacked SonicWall VPN to deploy ESXi zero-days that were likely exploited over a year before public disclosure. Chinese-speaking attackers were seen abusing a hacked SonicWall VPN to deliver a toolkit targeting VMware ESXi. The exploit chain included a sophisticated VM escape and appears to have been developed more than a year…
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Inside Vercel’s sleep-deprived race to contain React2Shell
Talha Tariq and his colleagues at Vercel, the company that maintains Next.js, endured many sleep-deprived nights and weekends when React2Shell was discovered and disclosed soon after Thanksgiving. The defect, which affects vast stretches of the internet’s underlying infrastructure, posed a significant risk for Next.js, an open-source library that depends on vulnerable React Server Components. He…
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Maximum Severity HPE OneView Flaw Exploited in the Wild
Exploitation of CVE-2025-37164 can enable remote code execution on HPE’s IT infrastructure management platform, leading to devastating consequences.
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VMware ESXi zero-days likely exploited a year before disclosure
Chinese-speaking threat actors used a compromised SonicWall VPN appliance to deliver a VMware ESXi exploit toolkit that seems to have been developed more than a year before the targeted vulnerabilities became publicly known. […]
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ChatGPT’s Memory Feature Supercharges Prompt Injection
The “ZombieAgent” exploit makes use of ChatGPT’s long-term memory and advanced capabilities.
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Real-time malware defense: Leveraging AWS Network Firewall active threat defense
Cyber threats are evolving faster than traditional security defense can respond; workloads with potential security issues are discovered by threat actors within 90 seconds, with exploitation attempts beginning within 3 minutes. Threat actors are quickly evolving their attack methodologies, resulting in new malware variants, exploit techniques, and evasion tactics. They also rotate their infrastructure—IP addresses,…
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Public PoC prompts Cisco patch for ISE, ISE-PIC vulnerability
Cisco addressed a medium-severity vulnerability in ISE and ISE-PIC after a public PoC exploit was disclosed. Cisco addressed a medium-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20029 (CVSS score: 4.9), in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) after a public PoC exploit was disclosed. The vulnerability resides in the licensing feature of Cisco ISE…
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Phishing-Angreifer setzen vermehrt auf E-Mail-Routing-Lücken
Angreifer missbrauchen falsch konfigurierte Richtlinien, um Phishing-E-Mails wie interne E-Mails aussehen zu lassen, Filter zu umgehen und Anmeldedaten zu stehlen. batjaket – shutterstock.com Das Threat Intelligence Team von Microsoft hat kürzlich festgestellt, dass Angreifer zunehmend komplexe E-Mail-Weiterleitungen und falsch konfigurierte Domain-Spoofing-Schutzmaßnahmen ausnutzen. Dabei lassen sie ihre Phishing-Nachrichten so aussehen, als würden sie von den angegriffenen…
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Critical jsPDF vulnerability enables arbitrary file read in Node.js deployments
A now-fixed critical flaw in the jsPDF library could enable attackers to extract sensitive files from enterprise servers and embed them directly into generated PDF documents. Tracked as CVE-2025-68428, the flaw affects unpatched Node.js deployments of jsPDF, where untrusted input is passed to file-handling APIs without proper validation. According to an Endor Labs analysis, the…
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Cisco Patches ISE Security Vulnerability After Public PoC Exploit Release
Cisco has released updates to address a medium-severity security flaw in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) with a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20029 (CVSS score: 4.9), resides in the licensing feature and could allow an authenticated, remote attacker with administrative privileges to gain access to
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U.S. CISA adds HPE OneView and Microsoft Office PowerPoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds HPE OneView and Microsoft Office PowerPoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added HPE OneView and Microsoft Office PowerPoint flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. Below are the flaws added to the catalog: CVE-2009-0556 Microsoft Office PowerPoint Code Injection Vulnerability…
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Cisco warns of Identity Service Engine flaw with exploit code
Cisco has patched an ISE vulnerability with public proof-of-concept exploit code that can be abused by attackers with admin privileges. […]
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CISA tags max severity HPE OneView flaw as actively exploited
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has flagged a maximum-severity HPE OneView vulnerability as actively exploited in attacks. […]
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CISA Flags Microsoft Office and HPE OneView Bugs as Actively Exploited
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added two security flaws impacting Microsoft Office and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) OneView to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2009-0556 (CVSS score: 8.8) – A code injection vulnerability in Microsoft Office
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Holes in Veeam Backup suite allow remote code execution, creation of malicious backup config files
Veeam says that four vulnerabilities could allow a person with certain oversight roles for its flagship Backup & Replication suite to do serious damage to – but not destroy – a backup database. The company has already issued a patch for the bugs, which, it says, should be applied immediately. The worst of the vulnerabilities,…
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Researchers rush to warn defenders of max-severity defect in n8n
Researchers warn that a critical vulnerability in n8n, an automation platform that allows organizations to integrate AI agents, workflows and hundreds of other enterprise services, could be exploited by attackers to achieve full control of targeted networks. The maximum-severity vulnerability — CVE-2026-21858 — affects about 100,000 servers globally, according to Cyera, which initially discovered and…