Category: CyberSecurityNews

Hackers Use ‘rn’ Typo Trick to Impersonate Marriott in New Phishing Attack
25
Jan
2026

Hackers Use ‘rn’ Typo Trick to Impersonate Marriott in New Phishing Attack

A sophisticated “homoglyph” phishing campaign targeting customers of Marriott International and Microsoft. Attackers are registering domains that replace the letter…

CISA Warns of Critical VMware vCenter RCE Vulnerability Now Exploited in Attacks
24
Jan
2026

CISA Warns of Critical VMware vCenter RCE Vulnerability Now Exploited in Attacks

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a critical vulnerability affecting Broadcom’s VMware vCenter Server to its Known…

Microsoft Teams to Share your Location With Your Employer Soon Based on Wi-Fi Network
24
Jan
2026

Microsoft Teams to Share your Location With Your Employer Soon Based on Wi-Fi Network

Microsoft is preparing to deploy a significant, potentially controversial update to Microsoft Teams that automatically detects and displays a user’s…

Microsoft Launches Open-Source WinApp CLI to Streamline Windows App Development
24
Jan
2026

Microsoft Launches Open-Source WinApp CLI to Streamline Windows App Development

Microsoft has unveiled the public preview of WinApp CLI (winapp), a new open-source command-line tool designed to simplify Windows app…

Threat Actors Leverage SharePoint Services in Sophisticated AiTM Phishing Campaign
24
Jan
2026

Threat Actors Leverage SharePoint Services in Sophisticated AiTM Phishing Campaign

Microsoft Defender researchers have exposed a sophisticated adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing campaign targeting energy sector organizations through SharePoint file-sharing abuse. The…

Microsoft Launches Open-Source WinApp CLI to Streamline Windows App Development
24
Jan
2026

Microsoft Launches Open-Source WinApp CLI to Streamline Windows App Development

Microsoft has unveiled the public preview of WinApp CLI (winapp), a new open-source command-line tool designed to simplify Windows app…

Hackers Exploiting telnetd Vulnerability for Root Access
24
Jan
2026

Hackers Exploiting telnetd Vulnerability for Root Access

Active exploitation of a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnetd server (CVE-2026-24061) has been observed in the…

Microsoft Shares BitLocker Keys with FBI to Unlock Encrypted Laptops in Guam Fraud Investigation
24
Jan
2026

Microsoft Shares BitLocker Keys with FBI to Unlock Encrypted Laptops in Guam Fraud Investigation

Microsoft gave U.S. federal agents the digital keys needed to unlock three encrypted laptops linked to a massive COVID unemployment…

Threat Actors Weaponizes LNK File to Deploy MoonPeak Malware Attacking Windows Systems
23
Jan
2026

Threat Actors Weaponizes LNK File to Deploy MoonPeak Malware Attacking Windows Systems

A new malware campaign targeting Windows users has emerged, using deceptive LNK shortcut files to distribute MoonPeak, a dangerous remote…

20,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Backdoor Vulnerability Allowing Malicious Admin User Creation
23
Jan
2026

20,000 WordPress Sites Affected by Backdoor Vulnerability Allowing Malicious Admin User Creation

A critical backdoor vulnerability has been discovered in the LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor, a popular WordPress plugin used by…

Fake Captcha Ecosystem Exploits Trusted Web Infrastructure to Deliver Malware
23
Jan
2026

Fake Captcha Ecosystem Exploits Trusted Web Infrastructure to Deliver Malware

A new wave of web-based malware campaigns is using fake verification pages to trick users into installing dangerous software. These…

New Windows Notepad and Paint Update Brings More Useful AI Features
23
Jan
2026

New Windows Notepad and Paint Update Brings More Useful AI Features

Artificial intelligence (AI) features have been added to Windows 11 Notepad and Paint for Canary and Dev Channel users, turning…