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Key Findings An FBI informant claimed in 2017 that Jeffrey Epstein had a "personal hacker" who was an Italian born in Calabria. The hacker, whose name was redacted, reportedly sold zero-day exploits and offensive cyber tools to several countries, including the U.S. and the U.K. He allegedly created a zero-day exploit and sold it to Hezbollah in exchange for a trunk of cash. The hacker was known for finding vulnerabilities in iOS, BlackBerry, and Firefox. He surrounded himself

Background The RedKitten cyber campaign is suspected to be linked to Iranian state interests and is targeting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and individuals involved in documenting recent human rights abuses in Iran. The campaign was observed by the French cybersecurity company HarfangLab in January 2026, coinciding with the nationwide unrest in Iran that began towards the end of 2025. The unrest in Iran was sparked by soaring inflation, rising food prices, and currenc

Arsink Spyware Posing as WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok Hits 143 Countries Key Findings Arsink is a dangerous Android Trojan that impersonates over 50 popular brands, including WhatsApp, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok The malware has infected over 45,000 devices across 143 countries, with major clusters in Egypt, Indonesia, and Iraq Arsink grants hackers complete remote control, allowing them to record audio, read text messages, and wipe devices Background A massive new

Key Findings Johnson Controls' Metasys building automation system contains a critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-26385) with a CVSS score of 10. The flaw allows remote SQL injection, potentially enabling attackers to execute commands and take control of building environments. The vulnerability affects multiple Metasys components, including the Application and Data Server (ADS), Extended ADX, and various configuration tools. Successful exploitation could result in data alteration

Key Findings Exploitation of public-facing applications remained the top method of initial access, though it declined from 62% to about 40% of engagements. Phishing was the second-most common tactic, notably targeting Native American tribal organizations, and credential harvesting often led to further internal attacks. Ransomware incidents continued to fall, making up only 13% of cases, with Qilin ransomware still dominant. Background Cisco Talos Incident Response's report fo

Key Findings SolarWinds has released security updates to address six vulnerabilities in their Web Help Desk product, including four critical flaws. The four critical vulnerabilities could be exploited without authentication to achieve remote code execution (RCE) or bypass authentication: CVE-2025-40551 (CVSS 9.8) - Unauthenticated RCE via deserialization of untrusted data CVE-2025-40552 (CVSS 9.8) - Authentication bypass to execute actions and methods CVE-2025-40553 (CVSS 9.8

Key Findings A malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension named "ClawdBot Agent - AI Coding Assistant" has been discovered on the official Extension Marketplace. The extension claims to be a free artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant for the popular open-source project Moltbot, but it stealthily drops a malicious payload on compromised hosts. The extension was published by a user named "clawdbot" on January 27, 2026 and has since been taken down by Mic

Key Findings: Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical flaw (CVE-2026-24858, CVSS 9.4) impacting FortiOS, FortiManager, and FortiAnalyzer. The vulnerability is an authentication bypass related to the FortiCloud single sign-on (SSO) feature, which can allow an attacker with a FortiCloud account and a registered device to access other devices registered to different accounts. The vulnerability is actively being exploited in the wild, with Fortinet confirming

Key Findings Meta announced new Strict Account Settings on WhatsApp to enhance the security of high-risk users from advanced, targeted cyber attacks. Strict Account Settings is a lockdown-style security feature that applies the most restrictive privacy settings, limits how the app works, and blocks attachments or media from people not in your contacts. Meta is adopting the Rust programming language in WhatsApp's media sharing features to better protect photos, videos, and mes

Key Findings: React team issued urgent security advisory about incomplete fixes for Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities in React Server Components New high-severity flaw CVE-2026-23864 (CVSS 7.5) allows attackers to trigger server crashes, out-of-memory exceptions, or excessive CPU usage via "specially crafted HTTP requests" Vulnerability affects React packages using server-side rendering (react-server-dom-webpack, react-server-dom-parcel, react-server-dom-turbopack) in v

Key Findings Two malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions, disguised as AI-powered coding assistants, have over 1.5 million combined installs and are stealing developer source code. The extensions, "ChatGPT - 中文版" and "ChatGPT - ChatMoss（CodeMoss）", capture every file being opened and every source code modification, and send the data to servers located in China without user knowledge or consent. The extensions also incorporate real-time monitoring and devic

Key Findings A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-56005) with a CVSS score of 9.8 has been discovered in the PLY (Python Lex-Yacc) library, a popular parsing library used in the Python community. The vulnerability allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) and stems from an undocumented "picklefile" parameter in the `yacc()` function. The issue is caused by the unsafe deserialization of untrusted data using Python's `pickle.load()` method. The project's maintainer, David Beazley, has a

Key Findings: The North Korean threat actor Konni has been observed using PowerShell malware generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to target developers and engineering teams in the blockchain sector. The phishing campaign has targeted Japan, Australia, and India, highlighting the adversary's expansion of the targeting scope beyond South Korea, Russia, Ukraine, and European nations. Konni, also tracked as Earth Imp, Opal Sleet, Osmium, TA406, and Vedalia, has been

Key Findings Symantec and VMware Carbon Black researchers have uncovered a new ransomware strain called Osiris, used in a November 2025 attack against a major Southeast Asian food service franchise operator. Osiris leverages the POORTRY driver in a bring-your-own-vulnerable-driver (BYOVD) attack to disable security software on targeted systems. The new ransomware has full-featured capabilities, including the ability to stop services and processes, select files and folders to

CISA Updates KEV Catalog with Four Actively Exploited Software Vulnerabilities Key Findings: CISA added four security vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation in the wild. The vulnerabilities affect Synacor Zimbra Collaboration Suite, Versa Concerto SD-WAN orchestration platform, Vite Vitejs, and eslint-config-prettier npm package. CISA has ordered Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to apply th

Key Findings Fortinet confirmed attacks are bypassing FortiCloud SSO authentication, affecting even fully patched devices, similar to recent SSO flaws. Threat actors automate firewall changes, add users, enable VPNs, and steal configs, in campaigns resembling December 2025 exploits of critical FortiCloud SSO flaws. Arctic Wolf researchers reported a new automated attack cluster observed since January 15, 2026, targeting FortiGate devices. Attackers created generic accounts fo

Key Findings A public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for a critical vulnerability in the Android operating system. The vulnerability allows malicious applications to escalate their privileges and gain access to sensitive permissions without the user's knowledge or consent. The vulnerability affects both the main Android OS as well as the WearOS platform, putting a wide range of Android devices at risk. The exploit has been confirmed to work on multiple Andro

VoidLink Malware Puts Cloud Systems on High Alert With Custom Built Attacks Summary Key Points: VoidLink is a highly adaptable threat targeting cloud environments Discovered by Check Point Research in January 2026 and reported by Hackread.com This Chinese-developed framework is designed to infiltrate critical business infrastructure Background VoidLink is a malware that has been putting cloud environments on high alert. It was first brought to light by Check Point Research on

Key Findings A critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 has been discovered in the Laravel Reverb framework. The vulnerability, which allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code, affects an estimated 7 million websites and applications that use the Laravel Reverb framework. The vulnerability is caused by insecure deserialization of user-supplied data, which can lead to remote code execution. Successful exploitation of this vul

Key Findings Arctic Wolf observed a new cluster of automated malicious activity targeting Fortinet FortiGate firewalls since January 15, 2026. The attacks involve the creation of generic user accounts for persistence, configuration changes granting VPN access to those accounts, and exfiltration of firewall configurations. This activity shares similarities with a December 2025 campaign that exploited critical Fortinet authentication bypass vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-59718 and C