Microsoft Office zero-day lets malicious documents slip past security checks

Microsoft issued an emergency patch for a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Office that allows attackers to bypass document security checks and is being exploited in the wild via malicious files. Microsoft pushed the emergency patch for the zero‑day, tracked as Read More …

No Agency Is Too Small

Back when nation-state threat actors were primarily targeting large government agencies, government contractors, and large companies, security through obscurity was a legitimate strategy. In years past, betting that attackers wouldn’t bother with smaller targets was a feasible way of operating. Read More …

Fortinet admits FortiGate SSO bug still exploitable despite December patch

Fortinet has confirmed that attackers are actively bypassing a December patch for a critical FortiCloud single sign-on (SSO) authentication flaw after customers reported suspicious logins on devices supposedly fully up to date. In a new advisory, Fortinet said it had Read More …

VMware vCenter Server bug fixed in 2024 under attack today

You’ve got to keep your software updated. Some unknown miscreants are exploiting a critical VMware vCenter Server bug more than a year after Broadcom patched the flaw. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-37079, is an out-of-bounds write flaw in vCenter Server’s Read More …

Cisco has finally patched a maximum-level security issue

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 Read More …

Patch Tuesday – January 2026

Microsoft is publishing 114 vulnerabilities this January 2026 Patch Tuesday. Today’s menu includes just one vulnerability marked as exploited in the wild, as well as two vulnerabilities where Microsoft is aware of public disclosure. There are no critical remote code Read More …

China: Authorities tell domestic companies to stop using US and Israeli cybersecurity software

Chinese authorities have told domestic companies to stop using cybersecurity software made by more than a dozen firms from the U.S. and Israel due to national security concerns, three people briefed on the matter said. As trade and diplomatic tensions Read More …

Threat Brief: MongoDB Vulnerability (CVE-2025-14847)

On Dec. 19, 2025, MongoDB publicly disclosed MongoBleed, a security vulnerability (CVE-2025-14847) that allows unauthenticated attackers to leak sensitive heap memory by exploiting a trust issue in how MongoDB Server handles zlib-compressed network messages. This flaw occurs prior to authentication, Read More …

10 emergency directives retired as CISA declares them redundant

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) retired ten Emergency Directives (ED) it issued between 2019 and 2024, saying they achieved their purpose and are no longer needed. In a short announcement published on its website, CISA said the Read More …

CVE-2026-21858: Maximum-severity n8n flaw lets randos run your automation server

A maximum-severity bug in the popular automation platform n8n has left an estimated 100,000 servers wide open to complete takeover, courtesy of a flaw so bad it doesn’t even require logging in. The vulnerability, uncovered by researchers at security outfit Read More …