North Korean Hackers use Code Abuse Tactics for ‘Contagious Interview’ Campaign

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North Korean threat actors have launched a sophisticated social engineering campaign targeting software developers through fake recruitment offers. The campaign, known as Contagious Interview, uses malicious repositories disguised as technical …

SpyCloud Launches Supply Chain Solution to Combat Rising Third-Party Identity Threats

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Austin, TX / USA, January 14th, 2026, CyberNewsWire New monitoring capability delivers unprecedented visibility into vendor identity exposures, moving enterprises and government agencies from static risk scoring to protecting against …

LLMs are Accelerating the Ransomware Lifecycle to Gain Speed, Volume, and Multilingual Reach

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Large language models are changing how ransomware crews plan and run their attacks. Instead of inventing new kinds of malware, LLMs are speeding up every step of the existing ransomware …

As Third-Party Vulnerabilities Rise, CISOs Accelerate Push for Security Modernization  

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Panorays has just dropped the latest edition of its annual CISO Survey for Third-Party Cyber Risk Management, and it contains some major wakeup calls for security professionals. The biggest takeaway is that software supply …

VVS Stealer Attacking Discord Users to Exfiltrate Credentials and Tokens

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Discord users are facing a growing threat from VVS Stealer, a Python-based information-stealing malware that targets sensitive account data, including credentials and tokens. This stealer was actively marketed on Telegram …

Threat Actors Targeting Ukraine’s Defense Forces with Charity-Themed Malware Campaign

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Threat actors have launched a sophisticated malware campaign against members of Ukraine’s Defense Forces, exploiting charity operations as a cover for their attacks. Operating between October and December 2025, the …

Microsoft Warns Secure Boot May Be Bypassed as Windows UEFI Certificates Expire

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Microsoft has addressed a critical security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows Secure Boot certificates, tracked as CVE-2026-21265, through its January 2026 Patch Tuesday updates. The flaw stems from expiring 2011-era …

Researchers Proposed Game-Theoretic AI for Guiding Attack and Defense

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Researchers from Alias Robotics and Johannes Kepler University Linz have unveiled a groundbreaking approach to automated penetration testing that combines artificial intelligence with game theory. Led by Víctor Mayoral-Vilches, Mara …

Critical FortiSIEM Vulnerability Lets Attackers Run Arbitrary Commands via TCP Packets

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Fortinet disclosed a critical OS command injection vulnerability in FortiSIEM on January 13, 2026, warning users of a high-risk flaw that lets unauthenticated attackers execute arbitrary code. Tracked as CVE-2025-64155, …

Betterment Confirms that Hackers Gained Access to Internal Systems

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A leading digital wealth management platform disclosed on January 9, 2026, that an unauthorized individual obtained access to its internal systems through a sophisticated social engineering attack. Enabling them to …