CISA Retires Ten Emergency Directives Following Milestone Achievement

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced a significant milestone on January 8, 2026, by retiring ten Emergency Directives issued between 2019 and 2024. This marks the highest number …

CrowdStrike to Acquire Identity Security Startup SGNL in $740 Million Deal

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CrowdStrike announced its agreement to acquire SGNL, a leading identity-first security company, for $740 million. The acquisition marks a significant strategic move to strengthen CrowdStrike’s Falcon Next-Gen Identity Security platform. …

Trend Micro Apex Central Vulnerabilities Enables Remote Code Execution Attacks

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Critical security patches to address three severe vulnerabilities affecting Apex Central (on-premise) that could allow remote attackers to execute malicious code or launch denial-of-service attacks on vulnerable systems. Trend Micro …

SmarterTools SmarterMail Vulnerability Enables Remote Code Execution Attack – PoC Released

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A critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-52691, has been discovered in SmarterTools’ SmarterMail solution. The flaw received a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating its severe nature …

Hackers Actively Exploiting AI Deployments – 91,000+ Attack Sessions Observed

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Security researchers have identified over 91,000 attack sessions targeting AI infrastructure between October 2025 and January 2026, exposing systematic campaigns against large language model deployments. GreyNoise’s Ollama honeypot infrastructure captured …

New Ghost Tapped Attack Uses Your Android Device to Drain Your Bank Account

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Chinese threat actors have developed a dangerous new way to steal money directly from bank accounts using specially crafted Android applications. Known as Ghost Tapped, these malicious apps exploit Near …

Cisco Small Business Switches Face Global DNS Crash Outage

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Network administrators worldwide reported widespread crashes in Cisco small business switches on January 8, 2026, triggered by fatal errors in the DNS client service. Devices entered reboot loops every few …

UAT-7290 Hackers Attacking Critical Infrastructure Entities in South Asia

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A dangerous hacking group known as UAT-7290 has been actively attacking important telecommunications companies and critical infrastructure targets across South Asia since at least 2022. This advanced threat actor operates …