AI Security Roundup

Google on Wednesday announced that it worked together with other partners to disrupt IPIDEA, which it described as one of the largest residential proxy networks in the world. To that end, the company …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 28, 2026 Critical Infrastructure / Threat Intelligence The “coordinated” cyber attack targeting multiple sites across the Polish power grid has been attributed …

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension for Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) on the official Extension Marketplace that claims to be a free …

I was looking for possible exploitation of CVE-2026-21962, a recently patched WebLogic vulnerability. While looking for related exploit attempts in our data, I came across the following request: `GET …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 28, 2026 Vulnerability / Open Source A critical sandbox escape vulnerability has been disclosed in the popular vm2 Node.js library that, if successfully exploited, could …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 28, 2026 Vulnerability / Workflow Automation Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed two new security flaws in the n8n workflow automation platform, including a crucial …

Threat actors with ties to China have been observed using an updated version of a backdoor called COOLCLIENT in cyber espionage attacks in 2025 to facilitate comprehensive data theft from infected …

If you work in security operations, the concept of the AI SOC agent is likely familiar. Early narratives promised total autonomy. Vendors seized on the idea of the “Autonomous SOC” and …

** 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 …

** 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

** 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 …

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 …

** 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 …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 26, 2026 AI Security / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two malicious Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extensions that are advertised as …

** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Jan 26, 2026 Cyber Espionage / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have discovered an ongoing campaign that’s targeting Indian users with a multi-stage backdoor as part of a …