CISA retires 10 emergency cyber orders in rare bulk closure
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has retired 10 Emergency Directives issued between 2019 and 2024, saying that the required actions have been…
Month: January 2026
ICE Agent Who Reportedly Shot Renee Good Was a Firearms Trainer, Per Testimony
Jonathan Ross, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer identified by multiple news outlets as the federal agent who shot 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis on…
What it is and how to protect yourself
Reusing passwords may feel like a harmless shortcut – until a single breach opens the door to multiple accounts 08 Jan 2026 • , 4…
SUBCO’s SMAP on track for May go-live
Cable builder SUBCO’s new 400Tbps Sydney-Melbourne-Adelaide-Perth (SMAP) inter-capital undersea fibre link will be ready for service in May this year. The company revealed the service…
Chinese-speaking hackers exploited ESXi zero-days long before disclosure
Chinese-speaking hackers exploited ESXi zero-days long before disclosure Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2026 Chinese-speaking attackers used a hacked SonicWall VPN to deploy ESXi zero-days that…
xAI teases major Grok upgrade, hints at Grok Code CLI
Elon Musk-backed xAI has been missing in action for a while now, but today, Musk teased a major upgrade for Grok alongside new products. Grok…
New China-linked hackers breach telcos using edge device exploits
A sophisticated threat actor that uses Linux-based malware to target telecommunications providers has recently broadened its operations to include organizations in Southeastern Europe. Tracked internally…
Gmail’s new AI Inbox uses Gemini, but Google says it won’t train AI on user emails
Google says it’s rolling out a new feature called ‘AI Inbox,’ which summarizes all your emails, but the company promises it won’t train its models…
Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets? – Krebs on Security
Our first story of 2026 revealed how a destructive new botnet called Kimwolf has infected more than two million devices by mass-compromising a vast number…
How Attackers Hide Processes by Abusing Kernel Patch Protection
Security researchers have identified a sophisticated technique that allows attackers to hide malicious processes from Windows Task Manager and system monitoring tools, even on systems…
Inside Vercel’s sleep-deprived race to contain React2Shell
Talha Tariq and his colleagues at Vercel, the company that maintains Next.js, endured many sleep-deprived nights and weekends when React2Shell was discovered and disclosed soon…
FBI warns about Kimsuky hackers using QR codes to phish U.S. orgs
The North Korean state-sponsored hacker group Kimsuki is using malicious QR codes in spearphishing campaigns that target U.S. organizations, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warns in…