Cybersecurity Articles

37/69 Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Cybersecurity researchers from Resecurity have identified a new malware strain named PDFSider while investigating a security incident at a Fortune 100 financial company. The malware has reportedly been used by multiple threat actors-including the Qilin ransomware group-to gain initial access and maintain long-term persistence within compromised environments. The attack chain […]

36/69 Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Microsoft has released out-of-band (OOB) updates for Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server to address two critical issues introduced by the January 2026 security updates. The first issue affects Microsoft 365 Cloud PC, Remote Desktop services, and Azure Virtual Desktop, where some users experience credential prompt failures, preventing them […]

35/69 Tuesday, January 20, 2026 Researchers from the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU) have disclosed the discovery of a new cyber-espionage operation that exploits political developments in Venezuela as a lure to trick U.S. government personnel into opening malicious files. The campaign does not rely on advanced exploitation techniques or complex vulnerabilities; instead, it primarily […]

34/69 Tuesday, January 20, 2026 On January 18, 2026, a major cyber incident occurred in Iran when a group of hacktivists successfully breached and took control of the Badr satellite signal, resulting in the disruption of several Iranian state television channels. The signal hijacking took place at approximately 9:30 p.m. local time and lasted for […]

33/69 Monday, January 19, 2026 Cybersecurity firm Socket has identified and warned about five malicious Google Chrome extensions with a combined total of more than 2,300 installations. These extensions masqueraded as productivity and security tools for popular enterprise HR and ERP platforms such as Workday, NetSuite, and SAP SuccessFactors, with the goal of stealing authentication […]

32/69 Monday, January 19, 2026 Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in Google’s Vertex AI platform that could allow low-privileged users to escalate their access and take control of Service Agent accounts, which are system-managed identities with elevated permissions. The vulnerability affects Vertex AI Agent Engine and Ray on Vertex AI and […]

31/69 Monday, January 19, 2026 A recent report by cybersecurity researchers LayerX and Koi Security has uncovered 17 malicious browser extensions on the Google Chrome Web Store, Firefox Add-ons, and Microsoft Edge Add-ons, with a combined total of more than 840,000 installations. These extensions are part of a malware operation dubbed “GhostPoster,” disguising itself as […]

30/69 Friday, January 16, 2026 Researchers from GreyNoise have revealed the detection of a large-scale wave of cyberattack attempts targeting artificial intelligence (AI) systems, particularly Ollama and infrastructures connected to OpenAI, between October 2025 and January 2026. Honeypots simulating AI servers recorded a total of 91,403 attack sessions. Analysts assess that the primary objective of […]

29/69 Friday, January 16, 2026 Kyowon Group, a major South Korean conglomerate, has confirmed that it detected a cyberattack that disrupted its operations and resulted in data being stolen from its systems. The company stated that the incident, identified as a ransomware attack, was discovered in early January, during which threat actors were able to […]

28/69 Friday, January 16, 2026 Cybersecurity researchers have issued a warning about the rapid spread of a new botnet known as Kimwolf, which has branched off from the Aisuru group. The botnet has already taken control of more than 2 million non-certified Android TV boxes within a short period of time. A notable aspect of […]