Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates on January 26, 2026, to address CVE-2026-21509, a zero-day security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Office that attackers are actively exploiting. The flaw, rated “Important” with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8, relies…
Clawdbot-Style Agentic Assistants: What Your SOC Should Monitor, Triage, and Contain
What SOC teams need to monitor, triage, and contain when clawdbot-like agentic AI assistants. Includes detection signals, triage questions, and a containment playbook. The post Clawdbot-Style Agentic Assistants: What Your SOC Should Monitor, Triage, and Contain appeared first on D3…
Initial Stages of Romance Scams [Guest Diary], (Tue, Jan 27th)
[This is a Guest Diary by Fares Azhari, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: Initial Stages of Romance Scams [Guest…
SoundCloud – 29,815,722 breached accounts
In December 2025, SoundCloud announced it had discovered unauthorised activity on its platform. The incident allowed an attacker to map publicly available SoundCloud profile data to email addresses for approximately 20% of its users. The impacted data included 30M unique…
ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9782, (Tue, Jan 27th)
This post doesn’t have text content, please click on the link below to view the original article. This article has been indexed from SANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green Read the original article: ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 27th, 2026…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-01-27 03h : 2 posts
2 posts were published in the last hour 1:31 : The 7 Essential Elements of a Compliance Framework You Need to Know 1:31 : Clawdbot Is What Happens When AI Gets Root Access: A Security Expert’s Take on Silicon Valley’s…
The 7 Essential Elements of a Compliance Framework You Need to Know
Key Takeaways Regulatory expectations continue to expand. Oversight bodies increasingly look beyond documentation to how organizations manage compliance risk in practice. In this environment, compliance functions best when supported by a structured framework. While industries and jurisdictions vary, effective, high-quality…
Clawdbot Is What Happens When AI Gets Root Access: A Security Expert’s Take on Silicon Valley’s Hottest AI Agent
Clawdbot is the viral AI assistant everyone’s installing—but giving AI agents full system access raises critical security questions. After scaling identity systems to 1B+ users, here’s my take on why machine identity management matters more than ever in the age…
Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet?
The cybercriminals in control of Kimwolf — a disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices — recently shared a screenshot indicating they’d compromised the control panel for Badbox 2.0, a vast China-based botnet powered by malicious software…
Judge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Is Being Illegally Punished
A federal judge ordered a new briefing due Wednesday on whether DHS is using armed raids to pressure Minnesota into abandoning its sanctuary policies, leaving ICE operations in place for now. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read…
What exciting new developments are happening in NHIs?
Are Organizations Prepared for the Challenges of Non-Human Identities? Understanding Non-Human Identities in Cybersecurity How do organizations safeguard their machine identities? One emerging focus is the management of Non-Human Identities (NHIs), a paramount aspect of digital protection. NHIs comprise machine…
Why be optimistic about the future of secrets management?
How Does Non-Human Identity Management Revolutionize Secrets Security? Is your organization effectively managing its non-human identities (NHIs)? With the growing complexity of interconnected systems and the surge of machine identities, securing these non-human entities has become a cornerstone in protecting…
How smart can NHIs be in complex enterprise environments?
What Are Non-Human Identities and Why Do They Matter in Complex Enterprise Environments? Where digital transformation accelerates work processes, the concept of Non-Human Identities (NHIs) becomes increasingly important among enterprise environments. But what exactly are NHIs, and why should organizations…
Can Agentic AI operate independently in high-stakes areas?
Can Independent Agentic AI Safeguard Our Critical Systems? Have you ever wondered how we can entrust critical operations to independent systems? The emergence of Agentic AI, with its capacity to operate autonomously, has sparked considerable discussion about its potential role…
Department of Know: Davos worries, UK-China tensions, calendar concerns
Link to episode page This week’s Department of Know is hosted by Rich Stroffolino with guests Krista Arndt, associate CISO, St. Luke’s University Health Network, and Jason Shockey, CISO, Cenlar FSB Thanks to our show sponsor, Conveyor Ever dream of…
Claude expands tool connections using MCP
Anthropic has added interactive tool support to its Claude AI platform, a change powered by the open Model Context Protocol (MCP). The update lets users work directly with external applications inside Claude’s interface rather than relying solely on text interactions…
10 cybersecurity trends to watch in 2026
<p>As cybersecurity leaders begin 2026, they face yet another year of escalations. The attack surfaces they defend are becoming bigger and more complex, while the risks and threats facing their organizations are increasing in volume, velocity and sophistication.</p> <p>It’s a…
Judge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Was Being Illegally Punished
A federal judge ordered a new briefing due Wednesday on whether DHS is using armed raids to pressure Minnesota into abandoning its sanctuary policies, leaving ICE operations in place for now. This article has been indexed from Security Latest Read…
Canva among ~100 targets of ShinyHunters Okta identity-theft campaign
Atlassian, RingCentral, ZoomInfo also among tech targets ShinyHunters has targeted around 100 organizations in its latest Okta single sign-on (SSO) credential stealing campaign, according to researchers and the criminal group itself.… This article has been indexed from The Register –…
How MSSPs Can Help Clients Mitigate Shadow IT and Data Sprawl with Cavelo
Mitigate shadow IT and data sprawl with a modern, data-first MSSP approach. Learn how Cavelo helps you gain visibility, reduce risk, and strengthen client trust. The post How MSSPs Can Help Clients Mitigate Shadow IT and Data Sprawl with Cavelo…
IT Security News Hourly Summary 2026-01-27 00h : 1 posts
1 posts were published in the last hour 22:55 : IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-01-26
IT Security News Daily Summary 2026-01-26
136 posts were published in the last hour 21:36 : CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog 21:36 : Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown 21:36 : Best VPN Services of 2026: Fast, Secure & Affordable 21:5 :…
CISA Adds Five Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog
CISA has added five new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. CVE-2018-14634 Linux Kernel Integer Overflow Vulnerability CVE-2025-52691 SmarterTools SmarterMail Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type Vulnerability CVE-2026-21509 Microsoft Office Security…
Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown
From phone spyware and facial recognition to phone unlocking technology and databases and more, this tech powers Trump’s deportation machine. This article has been indexed from Security News | TechCrunch Read the original article: Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation…