- Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization data breach reveals info on 750,000 investors
January 19, 2026
The 2025 cyberattack at the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) affected roughly 750,000 Canadians, it has now confirmed. Founded in 2023, CIRO is Canada’s national self-regulatory body that oversees investment dealers, trading activity, and market integrity. In mid-August 2025, CIRO disclosed a cyberattack and data breach, saying it was forced to shut down parts of its ...
- UK: New home for Army’s cyber regiment
January 16, 2026
The Army is spending £279 million to build a new base for the soldiers who protect our military from cyber attacks. The money will pay for new buildings at Duke of Gloucester Barracks in Gloucestershire. This is where 13 Signal Regiment will be based. They are the soldiers who defend the Army’s computer systems from ...
- Newely discovered AMD CPU flaw highlights the risk of running multiple VMs
January 16, 2026
A newly discovered vulnerability in AMD chips allows malicious actors to perform remote code execution (RCE) and privilege escalation in virtual machines. Cybersecurity researchers from the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany detailed a vulnerability they named StackWarp, a hardware vulnerability in AMD CPUs that breaks the protections of confidential virtual machines, by manipulating ...
- RondoDox botnet linked to large-scale exploit of critical HPE OneView bug
January 16, 2026
A critical HPE OneView flaw is now being exploited at scale, with Check Point tying mass, automated attacks to the RondoDox botnet. The security outfit says it has identified “large-scale exploitation” of CVE-2025-37164, a maximum-severity remote code execution bug in HPE’s data center management platform. Check Point has tied the activity to RondoDox, a Linux-based botnet ...
- WhisperPair exposes Bluetooth earbuds and headphones to tracking and eavesdropping
January 16, 2026
WhisperPair is a set of attacks that lets an attacker hijack many popular Bluetooth audio accessories that use Google Fast Pair and, in some cases, even track their location via Google’s Find Hub network—all without requiring any user interaction. Researchers at the Belgian University of Leuven revealed a collection of vulnerabilities they found in audio accessories ...
- German police add Black Basta boss to EU most-wanted list
January 16, 2026
German cops have added Russian national Oleg Evgenievich Nefekov to their list of most-wanted criminals for his services to ransomware. Nefekov, 35, is accused of spearheading the Black Basta ransomware operation, which suffered a similar fate as Conti last year – ceasing activity after a major internal leak. His name and face also now appear ...
- Cisco has finally patched a maximum-level security issue
January 16, 2026
A maximum-severity vulnerability in certain Cisco products has finally been addressed after allegedly being exploited by Chinese hackers for several weeks. In mid-December 2025, the networking giant disclosed a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in AsyncOS that affects Secure Email Gateway (SEG) and Secure Email and Web Manager (SEWM) appliances. It tracked the flaw as CVE-2025-20393 ...
- “Reprompt” attack lets attackers steal data from Microsoft Copilot
January 15, 2026
Researchers found a method to steal data which bypasses Microsoft Copilot’s built-in safety mechanisms. The attack flow, called Reprompt, abuses how Microsoft Copilot handled URL parameters in order to hijack a user’s existing Copilot Personal session. Copilot is an AI assistant which connects to a personal account and is integrated into Windows, the Edge browser, and ...
- DeadLock Ransomware: Smart Contracts for Malicious Purposes
January 15, 2026
DeadLock is a ransomware family discovered in July 2025. It is notable for not being associated with any known affiliate programs and for lacking a Data Leak Site (DLS). This, combined with the limited number of reported victims, has resulted in low exposure for the group. However, Group-IB specialists have discovered an interesting use of ...
- Microsoft disrupts global cybercrime subscription service responsible for millions in fraud losses
January 14, 2026
Today, Microsoft is announcing a coordinated legal action in the United States and, for the first time, the United Kingdom to disrupt RedVDS, a global cybercrime subscription service fueling millions in fraud losses. These efforts are part of a broader joint operation with international law enforcement, including German authorities and Europol, which has allowed Microsoft and ...
- Phishing scammers are posting fake “account restricted” comments on LinkedIn
January 14, 2026
Recently, fake LinkedIn profiles have started posting comment replies claiming that a user has “engaged in activities that are not in compliance” with LinkedIn’s policies and that their account has been “temporarily restricted” until they submit an appeal through a specified link in the comment. The accounts posting the comments all try to look like official ...