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Exposed Training Open the Door for Crypto-Mining in Fortune 500 Cloud Environments

Intentionally vulnerable training applications are widely used for security education, internal testing, and product demonstrations. Tools such as OWASP Juice Shop, DVWA, Hackazon, and bWAPP are designed to be insecure by default, making them useful for learning how common attack techniques work in controlled environments. The issue is not the applications themselves, but how they are often

Microsoft Patches 59 Vulnerabilities Including Six Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Microsoft on Tuesday released security updates to address a set of 59 flaws across its software, including six vulnerabilities that it said have been exploited in the wild. Of the 59 flaws, five are rated Critical, 52 are rated Important, and two are rated Moderate in severity. Twenty-five of the patched vulnerabilities have been classified as privilege escalation, followed by remote code

SSHStalker Botnet Uses IRC C2 to Control Linux Systems via Legacy Kernel Exploits

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new botnet operation called SSHStalker that relies on the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) communication protocol for command-and-control (C2) purposes. "The toolset blends stealth helpers with legacy-era Linux exploitation: Alongside log cleaners (utmp/wtmp/lastlog tampering) and rootkit-class artifacts, the actor keeps a large back-catalog of

North Korea-Linked UNC1069 Uses AI Lures to Attack Cryptocurrency Organizations

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as UNC1069 has been observed targeting the cryptocurrency sector to steal sensitive data from Windows and macOS systems with the ultimate goal of facilitating financial theft. "The intrusion relied on a social engineering scheme involving a compromised Telegram account, a fake Zoom meeting, a ClickFix infection vector, and reported usage of AI-generated

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Asia Fumbles With Throttling Back Telnet Traffic in Region

Only Taiwan made the top 10 list of governments, effectively blocking the threat-ridden protocol, but overall the region lagged in curbing Telnet traffic.

SolarWinds WHD Attacks Highlight Risks of Exposed Apps

Organizations that have exposed their instances of Web Help Desk to the public Internet have inadvertently made them prime targets for attackers.

Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition

Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six "zero-day" vulnerabilities that attackers are already exploiting in the wild.

In Bypassing MFA, ZeroDayRAT Is 'Textbook Stalkerware'

With access to SIM, location data, and a preview of recent SMSes, attackers have everything they need for account takeover or targeted social engineering.

Microsoft Patches 6 Actively Exploited Zero-Days

Three of those zero-days are security feature bypass flaws, which give attackers a way to slip past built-in protections in multiple Microsoft products.

How to Stay on Top of Future Threats With a Cutting-Edge SOC

CISOs should focus on harnessing and securing AI and building new skills among their people. Vision and change management can transform security.

Automaker Secures the Supply Chain With Developer-Friendly Platform

How a platform engineering team embeds supply chain security into infrastructure without slowing developers.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday - January 2026, (Tue, Feb 10th)

Today&&#x23&#x3b;x26&#x3b;&#x23&#x3b;39&#x3b;s patch Tuesday addresses 59 different vulnerabilities (plus two Chromium vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Edge). While this is a lower-than-normal number, this includes six vulnerabilities that are already exploited. Three vulnerabilities have already been exploited and made public. In addition, five critical vulnerabilities are included in this patch Tuesday.

DPRK Operatives Impersonate Professionals on LinkedIn to Infiltrate Companies

The information technology (IT) workers associated with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are now applying to remote positions using real LinkedIn accounts of individuals they're impersonating, marking a new escalation of the fraudulent scheme. "These profiles often have verified workplace emails and identity badges, which DPRK operatives hope will make their fraudulent

Reynolds Ransomware Embeds BYOVD Driver to Disable EDR Security Tools

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of an emergent ransomware family dubbed Reynolds that comes embedded with a built-in bring your own vulnerable driver (BYOVD) component for defense evasion purposes within the ransomware payload itself. BYOVD refers to an adversarial technique that abuses legitimate but flawed driver software to escalate privileges and disable Endpoint Detection

From Ransomware to Residency: Inside the Rise of the Digital Parasite

Are ransomware and encryption still the defining signals of modern cyberattacks, or has the industry been too fixated on noise while missing a more dangerous shift happening quietly all around them? According to Picus Labs’ new Red Report 2026, which analyzed over 1.1 million malicious files and mapped 15.5 million adversarial actions observed across 2025, attackers are no longer optimizing for

ZAST.AI Raises $6M Pre-A to Scale "Zero False Positive" AI-Powered Code Security

January 5, 2026, Seattle, USA — ZAST.AI announced the completion of a $6 million Pre-A funding round. This investment came from the well-known investment firm Hillhouse Capital, bringing ZAST.AI's total funding close to $10 million. This marks a recognition from leading capital markets of a new solution: ending the era of high false positive rates in security tools and making every alert

Warlock Ransomware Breaches SmarterTools Through Unpatched SmarterMail Server

SmarterTools confirmed last week that the Warlock (aka Storm-2603) ransomware gang breached its network by exploiting an unpatched SmarterMail instance. The incident took place on January 29, 2026, when a mail server that was not updated to the latest version was compromised, the company's Chief Commercial Officer, Derek Curtis, said. "Prior to the breach, we had approximately 30 servers/VMs

Dutch Authorities Confirm Ivanti Zero-Day Exploit Exposed Employee Contact Data

The Netherlands' Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) and the Council for the Judiciary confirmed both agencies (Rvdr) have disclosed that their systems were impacted by cyber attacks that exploited the recently disclosed security flaws in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), according to a notice sent to the country's parliament on Friday. "On January 29, the National Cyber Security Center (

Fortinet Patches Critical SQLi Flaw Enabling Unauthenticated Code Execution

Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical flaw impacting FortiClientEMS that could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on susceptible systems. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-21643, has a CVSS rating of 9.1 out of a maximum of 10.0. "An improper neutralization of special elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability [CWE-89] in FortiClientEMS may