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Google AI Overviews shown in front of a Google webpage. Picture: Shutterstock/DIA TV The UK’s competition watchdog has said publishers should be able to opt out of their content being used in …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 28, 2026 Supply Chain Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious packages in the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that masquerade as …

When security teams discuss credential-related risk, the focus typically falls on threats such as phishing, malware, or ransomware. These attack methods continue to evolve and rightly command …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 28, 2026 Vulnerability / Threat Intelligence Google on Tuesday revealed that multiple threat actors, including nation-state adversaries and financially motivated groups, are …

Mirror front page on 28 January 2026 Dozens of people’s claims against the publisher of the Mirror over allegations of unlawful information gathering should be allowed to continue as they were not …

The Hill website homepage on morning of 27 January 2026 The Hill has “fortified” its breaking news team to make the most of a “bonkers” news cycle in US politics. The US political news site recorded …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 28, 2026 Network Security / Zero-Day Fortinet has begun releasing security updates to address a critical flaw impacting FortiOS that has come under active exploitation in …

ISC Stormcast For Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9784

Sir Simon Hughes outside the Rolls Building in London in 2021. Picture: PA Media Former Lib Dem MP Sir Simon Hughes has spoken out about how his private life became a target for tabloid reporting …

This post was co-written wit h Saurabh Gupta and Todd Colby from Pushpay. Pushpay is a market-leading digital giving and engagement platform designed to help churches and faith-based organizations …

Organizations managing hundreds of contracts annually face significant inefficiencies, with fragmented systems and complex workflows that require teams to spend hours on contract review cycles. This …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 27, 2026 Mobile Security / Spyware Meta on Tuesday announced it’s adding Strict Account Settings on WhatsApp to secure certain users against advanced cyber attacks …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 27, 2026 Threat Intelligence / Cyber Espionage Indian government entities have been targeted in two campaigns undertaken by a threat actor that operates in Pakistan using …

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that combines ClickFix -style fake CAPTCHAs with a signed Microsoft Application Virtualization ( App-V ) script to distribute an …

** The Hacker News ** Jan 27, 2026 Attack Surface Management / Cyber Risk Cybersecurity teams increasingly want to move beyond looking at threats and vulnerabilities in isolation. It’s not only …

Sadie Frost outside High Court 2026. Picture: Yui Mok/PA Wire Actress Sadie Frost told the High Court that information about a terminated pregnancy was illegally obtained by the Mail on Sunday. Frost …

The fall of Bashar al-Assad in late 2024 reverberated through Syria like a proverbial earthquake, as his decades-old regime of dictatorship, oppression, and secrecy melted away almost overnight. For …

The Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants The US Supreme Court is considering the constitutionality of geofence warrants. The case centers on the trial of Okello Chatrie, a Virginia man who pleaded …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 27, 2026 Vulnerability / Cloud Security A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Grist‑Core , an open-source, self-hosted version of the Grist relational …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 27, 2026 Web Security / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a JScript -based command-and-control (C2) framework called PeckBirdy that has been put to use by …

Rising Ballers founders Brendon Shabani (left), Eni Shabani (centre), and Jamie Pollitt (right). Football publisher Rising Ballers has grown to a 30-plus strong team with its focus on putting out …

Launching a missile from a Heimars rocket launcher. Picture: Shutterstock/Anelo Journalists rarely name the explosive weapon used when reporting on armed conflict. And the minority of cases in which …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 27, 2026 Zero-Day / Vulnerability Microsoft on Monday issued out-of-band security patches for a high-severity Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability exploited in attacks. …

ISC Stormcast For Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9782

[This is a Guest Diary by Fares Azhari, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Romance scams are a form of social-engineering fraud that causes both financial and emotional harm. They …