January 2026

Ancient telnet bug happily hands out root to attackers 2026-01-22 at 14:41 By Connor Jones Critical vuln flew under the radar for a decade A recently disclosed critical vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnet daemon (telnetd) is “trivial” to exploit, experts say.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

House of Lords votes to ban social media for Brits under 16 2026-01-22 at 14:41 By Joe Fay As public consultation kicks off, members of UK Parliament’s second chamber highlight damage to children UK government is edging closer to following Australia in blocking under-16s from social media accounts after the House of Lords voted in

$18B asset manager F/m seeks SEC approval to tokenize US Treasury ETF 2026-01-22 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben F/m Investments seeks SEC relief to record ownership of its $6 billion Treasury ETF on a permissioned blockchain as tokenization spreads on Wall Street. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Nomura’s Laser Digital rolls out yield-bearing Bitcoin fund 2026-01-22 at 14:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The fund targets institutional investors seeking returns beyond traditional long-only, “vanilla” Bitcoin exposure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Turing Institute Chief Scientist takes acting CEO role amid defense push 2026-01-22 at 14:04 By Joe Fay Professor Mark Girolami keeps seat warm after Jean Innes bailed following ministerial arm-twisting The Alan Turing Institute’s Chief Scientist has temporarily stepped into the hot seat at the UK’s flagship AI research organization after the long-flagged departure of

Filling the Most Common Gaps in Google Workspace Security 2026-01-22 at 13:52 By Security teams at agile, fast-growing companies often have the same mandate: secure the business without slowing it down. Most teams inherit a tech stack optimized for breakneck growth, not resilience. In these environments, the security team is the helpdesk, the compliance expert,

Osiris: New Ransomware, Experienced Attackers? 2026-01-22 at 13:11 By Threat Hunter Team Poortry driver and modified Rustdesk tool used in recent attack campaign, which bears similarities to previous Inc ransomware attacks. This article is an excerpt from SECURITY.COM View Original Source

Rocket Lab’s Neutron schedule under pressure after unexpected tank rupture 2026-01-22 at 13:11 By Richard Speed Launch vehicle due to make maiden flight this year, company promises update in February earnings call Rocket Lab suffered a setback after a Neutron Stage 1 tank ruptured overnight while the company was performing a hydrostatic pressure trial at

Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day 2026-01-22 at 12:59 By Carly Page The critical-rated flaw leaves unpatched systems open to full takeover Cisco has finally shipped a fix for a critical-rated zero-day in its Unified Communications gear, a flaw that’s already being weaponized in the wild, and which CISA previously

Malicious PyPI Package Impersonates SymPy, Deploys XMRig Miner on Linux Hosts 2026-01-22 at 12:59 By A new malicious package discovered in the Python Package Index (PyPI) has been found to impersonate a popular library for symbolic mathematics to deploy malicious payloads, including a cryptocurrency miner, on Linux hosts. The package, named sympy-dev, mimics SymPy, replicating

SmarterMail Auth Bypass Exploited in the Wild Two Days After Patch Release 2026-01-22 at 12:59 By A new security flaw in SmarterTools SmarterMail email software has come under active exploitation in the wild, two days after the release of a patch. The vulnerability, which currently does not have a CVE identifier, is tracked by watchTowr

Debian’s FreedomBox Blend promises an easier home cloud 2026-01-22 at 12:17 By Liam Proven There are other home server, NAS, and media-streaming distros, but this aspires to much more Hands On  Want to get off someone else’s cloud, especially if it’s hosted in a country you don’t trust? FreedomBox is an off-ramp, and it’s included

Vietnam opens licensing window for digital asset trading platforms 2026-01-22 at 12:01 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The licensing move operationalizes Vietnam’s crypto pilot, though regulators have yet to confirm receiving or approving any exchange applications. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source