Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-01-21 12:00 PST
- Fortinet admins report patched FortiGate firewalls getting hacked
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-21 09:49 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Fortinet customers are seeing attackers exploiting a patch bypass for a previously fixed critical FortiGate authentication vulnerability (CVE-2025-59718) to hack patched firewalls. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fortinet-admins-report-patched-fortigate-firewalls-getting-hacked/ - North Korean PurpleBravo Campaign Targeted 3,136 IP Addresses via Fake Job Interviews
The Hacker News • 2026-01-21 09:17 • thehackernews.com
As many as 3,136 individual IP addresses linked to likely targets of the Contagious Interview activity have been identified, with the campaign claiming 20 potential victim organizations spanning artificial intelligence (AI), cryptocurrency, financial services, IT services, marketing, and software development sectors in Europe, South Asia, the Middle East, and Central America.
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https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/north-korean-purplebravo-campaign.html - Fake Lastpass emails pose as password vault backup alerts
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-21 08:58 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
LastPass is warning of a new phishing campaign disguised as a maintenance notification from the service, asking users to back up their vaults in the next 24 hours. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/fake-lastpass-emails-pose-as-password-vault-backup-alerts/ - Zoom and GitLab Release Security Updates Fixing RCE, DoS, and 2FA Bypass Flaws
The Hacker News • 2026-01-21 07:42 • thehackernews.com
Zoom and GitLab have released security updates to resolve a number of security vulnerabilities that could result in denial-of-service (DoS) and remote code execution.
The most severe of the lot is a critical security flaw impacting Zoom Node Multimedia Routers (MMRs) that could permit a meeting participant to conduct remote code execution attacks. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-22844
https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/zoom-and-gitlab-release-security.html - Microsoft shares workaround for Outlook freezes after Windows update
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-21 07:12 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Microsoft shared a temporary workaround for customers experiencing Outlook freezes after installing this month’s Windows security updates. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-shares-workaround-for-outlook-freezes-after-windows-update/ - You Got Phished? Of Course! You're Human…
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-21 06:30 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Phishing succeeds not because users are careless, but because attackers exploit human timing, context, and emotion. Flare shows how modern phishing has become industrialized, scalable, and increasingly hard to spot. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/you-got-phished-of-course-youre-human/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
