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…
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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…
Crooks impersonate LastPass in campaign to harvest master passwords
Password manager LastPass warns of an active phishing campaign impersonating the service to steal users’ master passwords. LastPass warned users about an active phishing campaign that began around January 19, 2026. Attackers impersonate the service with emails claiming urgent maintenance…
VoidLink shows how one developer used AI to build a powerful Linux malware
VoidLink is a cloud-focused Linux malware, likely built by one person using AI, offering loaders, implants, rootkit evasion, and modular plugins. Check Point researchers uncovered VoidLink, a cloud-focused Linux malware framework likely built by a single developer with help from…
PDFSIDER Malware – Exploitation of DLL Side-Loading for AV and EDR Evasion
Threat actors use PDFSIDER malware with social engineering and DLL sideloading to bypass AV/EDR, and ransomware gangs already abuse it. Resecurity has learned about PDFSIDER during an investigation of a network intrusion attempt that was successfully prevented by a Fortune…
Access broker caught: Jordanian pleads guilty to hacking 50 companies
A Jordanian man pleaded guilty in the US to selling illegal access to 50 compromised enterprise networks after an undercover sting. A Jordanian national Feras Khalil Ahmad Albashiti (40), living in Georgia, pleaded guilty in a US court to acting…
Critical TP-Link VIGI camera flaw allowed remote takeover of surveillance systems
TP-Link fixed a critical flaw that exposed over 32 VIGI C and VIGI InSight camera models to remote hacking, with over 2,500 internet-exposed devices identified. TP-Link fixed a high-severity flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-0629 (CVSS score 8.7), affecting over 32 VIGI…
Telegram-based illicit billionaire marketplace Tudou Guarantee stopped transactions
Major Telegram-based illicit marketplace Tudou Guarantee appears to be shutting down its operations, according to Elliptic. Blockchain cybersecurity firm Elliptic reports that Tudou Guarantee, a major Telegram-based illicit marketplace in Southeast Asia, has stopped transactions in its public groups after…
UK NCSC warns of Russia-linked hacktivists DDoS attacks
The UK government warns Russia-linked hacktivists are still carrying out DDoS attacks on critical infrastructure and local government systems The UK government warns that Russia-linked hacktivists are continuing DDoS attacks against critical infrastructure and local government systems. “Today, 19th January…
Ransomware attack on Ingram Micro impacts 42,000 individuals
Ingram Micro says a ransomware attack exposed personal data of about 42,000 people, including names, birth dates, SSNs, and job-related details. Ingram Micro is a global technology distributor and supply-chain services company. It acts as a middleman between IT vendors…
StealC malware control panel flaw leaks details on active attacker
Researchers uncovered an XSS flaw in StealC malware’s control panel, exposing key details about a threat actor using the info stealer. StealC is an infostealer that has been active since at least 2023, sold as Malware-as-a-Service to steal cookies and…
Hacker pleads guilty to hacking Supreme Court, AmeriCorps, and VA Systems
An actor who goes online with the alias @ihackthegovernment posted stolen personal data from his victims, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Nicholas Moore, 24, from Tennessee, pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic filing system. Court documents…
Hacktivists hijacked Iran ’s state TV to air anti-regime messages and an appeal to protest from Reza Pahlavi
Activists hacked Iran ’s Badr satellite, briefly broadcasting Reza Pahlavi’s anti-regime protest messages on state TV channels. Anti-regime activists briefly took control of Iran ’s Badr satellite, hijacking state TV to broadcast Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi’s calls for protests against…
GootLoader uses malformed ZIP files to bypass security controls
GootLoader malware uses malformed ZIP files made of hundreds of concatenated archives to evade detection. GootLoader is used by ransomware actors for initial access, then handed off to others. Built to evade detection, it accounted for 11% of bypassing malware…
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Security Affairs newsletter Round 559 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. Ukraine–Germany…