Crunchbase confirms a data breach after cybercrime group ShinyHunters claims to have stolen over 2 million personal records. Crunchbase confirmed a data breach after the cybercriminal group ShinyHunters claimed to steal over 2 million personal records from its systems. The…
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Energy sector targeted in multi-stage phishing and BEC campaign using SharePoint
Microsoft warns of a multi-stage phishing and BEC campaign hitting energy firms, abusing SharePoint links and inbox rules to steal credentials. Microsoft reports an active multi-stage phishing campaign targeting energy sector organizations. The campaign misused SharePoint file-sharing to deliver phishing…
North Korea–linked KONNI uses AI to build stealthy malware tooling
Check Point links an active phishing campaign to North Korea–aligned KONNI, targeting developers with fake blockchain project docs and using an AI-written PowerShell backdoor. Check Point Research uncovered an active phishing campaign attributed to the North Korea–linked KONNI group (aka Kimsuky,…
Russia-linked Sandworm APT implicated in major cyber attack on Poland’s power grid
Russia-linked APT Sandworm launched what was described as the largest cyber attack on Poland’s power grid in Dec 2025. ESET linked a late-2025 cyberattack on Poland’s energy system to the Russia-linked Sandworm APT. “Based on our analysis of the malware and…
Nike is investigating a possible data breach, after WorldLeaks claims
Nike is investigating a possible cyber incident after the WorldLeaks group claimed it stole data from the company’s systems. Nike is probing a potential security breach after the WorldLeaks cybercrime group claimed it accessed and stole data from the company’s…
SECURITY AFFAIRS MALWARE NEWSLETTER ROUND 81
Security Affairs Malware newsletter includes a collection of the best articles and research on malware in the international landscape Malware Newsletter UNO reverse card: stealing cookies from cookie stealers PDFSIDER Malware – Exploitation of DLL Side-Loading for AV and EDR…
Security Affairs newsletter Round 560 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. Osiris…
Osiris ransomware emerges, leveraging BYOVD technique to kill security tools
Researchers identified a new Osiris ransomware used in a November 2025 attack, abusing the POORTRY driver via BYOVD to disable security tools. Symantec and Carbon Black researchers uncovered a new ransomware strain named Osiris, used in a November 2025 attack…
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Broadcom VMware vCenter Server to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw impacting Broadcom VMware vCenter to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Broadcom VMware vCenter Server vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-37079 (CVSS score of…
11-Year-Old critical telnetd flaw found in GNU InetUtils (CVE-2026-24061)
Critical telnetd flaw CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS 9.8) affects all GNU InetUtils versions 1.9.3–2.7 and went unnoticed for nearly 11 years. A critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-24061 (CVSS score of 9.8), in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) impacts all versions from…
Fortinet warns of active FortiCloud SSO bypass affecting updated devices
Fortinet confirmed attacks are bypassing FortiCloud SSO authentication, affecting even fully patched devices, similar to recent SSO flaws. Fortinet confirmed attacks bypass FortiCloud SSO on fully patched devices. Threat actors automate firewall changes, add users, enable VPNs, and steal configs,…
U.S. CISA adds Prettier eslint-config-prettier, Vite Vitejs, Versa Concerto SD-WAN orchestration platform, and Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds Prettier eslint-config-prettier, Vite Vitejs, Versa Concerto SD-WAN orchestration platform, and Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added Prettier eslint-config-prettier, Vite Vitejs, Versa…
Investigation underway after 72M Under Armour records surface online
Under Armour is investigating a data breach after 72M customer records were posted online by a cybercriminal. Under Armour is an American company that designs, manufactures, and sells sportswear, athletic shoes, and fitness-related accessories. TechCrunch reported that Under Armour is…
Machine learning–powered Android Trojans bypass script-based Ad Click detection
A new Android click-fraud trojan family uses TensorFlow ML to visually detect and tap ads, bypassing traditional script-based click techniques. Researchers at cybersecurity firm Dr.Web discovered a new Android click-fraud trojan family that uses TensorFlow.js ML models to visually detect…
Critical SmarterMail vulnerability under attack, no CVE yet
A SmarterMail flaw (WT-2026-0001) is under active attack just days after its January 15 patch, with no CVE assigned yet. A newly disclosed flaw in SmarterTools SmarterMail is being actively exploited just two days after a patch was released. The…
Arctic Wolf detects surge in automated Fortinet FortiGate firewall configuration attacks
Arctic Wolf warned of a new wave of automated attacks making unauthorized firewall configuration changes on Fortinet FortiGate devices. Arctic Wolf researchers reported a new automated attack cluster observed since January 15, 2026, targeting FortiGate devices. Attackers created generic accounts…
U.S. CISA adds a flaw in Cisco Unified Communications products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) adds a flaw impacting Cisco Unified Communications products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added a Cisco Unified Communications products vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20045 (CVSS score…
Cisco fixed actively exploited Unified Communications zero day
Cisco patched a critical zero-day RCE flaw (CVE-2026-20045) in Unified Communications and Webex Calling that is actively exploited in the wild. Cisco patched a critical zero-day remote code execution flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-20045 (CVSS score of 8.2), actively exploited in…
Zoom fixed critical Node Multimedia Routers flaw
Zoom addressed a critical security vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-22844, that could result in remote code execution. Cloud-based video conferencing and online collaboration platform Zoom released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities, including command injection, tracked as CVE-2026-22844 (CVSS score of…
ACME flaw in Cloudflare allowed attackers to reach origin servers
Cloudflare fixed a flaw in its ACME validation logic that could let attackers bypass security checks and access protected origin servers. Cloudflare fixed a flaw in its ACME HTTP-01 validation logic that could let attackers bypass security checks and reach…