January 2026

January 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: And so it continues

January 2026 Patch Tuesday forecast: And so it continues 2026-01-09 at 11:26 By Help Net Security Welcome to a new year of my Patch Tuesday forecast blog where I provide a summary of Microsoft and other vendor’s security patch activity (and reported issues) for the month, talk about some of the latest trends, processes, and […]

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Iran is cut off from the internet: Here’s how crypto could still work

Iran is cut off from the internet: Here’s how crypto could still work 2026-01-09 at 09:30 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Protests began in Iran in response to worsening economic conditions and as the Iranian rial hit record lows against the US dollar. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Crypto market crash last October marked end of ‘easy yield’ era: BitMEX

Crypto market crash last October marked end of ‘easy yield’ era: BitMEX 2026-01-09 at 09:30 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan BitMEX says the era of easy money via arbitrage trades likely died in the October crash, as a liquidation spiral left many market makers naked. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

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How AI agents are turning security inside-out

How AI agents are turning security inside-out 2026-01-09 at 09:30 By Help Net Security AppSec teams have spent the last decade hardening externally facing applications, API security, software supply chain risk, CI/CD controls, and cloud-native attack paths. But a growing class of security threats is emerging from a largely underestimated and undefended source: internally built

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FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing

FBI Warns North Korean Hackers Using Malicious QR Codes in Spear-Phishing 2026-01-09 at 08:54 By The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Thursday released an advisory warning of North Korean state-sponsored threat actors leveraging malicious QR codes in spear-phishing campaigns targeting entities in the country. “As of 2025, Kimsuky actors have targeted think tanks,

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Product showcase: TrackerControl lets Android users see who’s tracking them

Product showcase: TrackerControl lets Android users see who’s tracking them 2026-01-09 at 08:34 By Anamarija Pogorelec TrackerControl is an open-source Android application designed to give users visibility into and control over the hidden data within mobile apps. Many apps routinely communicate with third-party services that collect information about usage. TrackerControl makes this activity visible and

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Security teams are paying more attention to the energy cost of detection

Security teams are paying more attention to the energy cost of detection 2026-01-09 at 08:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec Security teams spend a lot of time explaining why detection systems need more compute. Cloud bills rise, models retrain more often, and new analytics pipelines get added to existing stacks. Those conversations usually stay focused on coverage

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Iran’s internet goes dark amid mass protests, reports of violent government response

Iran’s internet goes dark amid mass protests, reports of violent government response 2026-01-09 at 07:33 By Simon Sharwood Outages hit Russia and Ukraine, too The authors of a hypothetical manual containing procedures repressive governments can use to stay in power despite restive populations would surely devote its first chapter to turning off the internet, an

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Wi-Fi evolution tightens focus on access control

Wi-Fi evolution tightens focus on access control 2026-01-09 at 07:33 By Anamarija Pogorelec Wi-Fi networks are taking on heavier workloads, more devices, and higher expectations from users who assume constant access everywhere. A new Wireless Broadband Alliance industry study shows that this expansion is reshaping priorities around security, identity, and trust, alongside adoption of new

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Bitcoin is now 56.7% green: Here’s how it could get even cleaner

Bitcoin is now 56.7% green: Here’s how it could get even cleaner 2026-01-09 at 06:11 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin mining is accelerating renewable energy deployment, replacing fossil-fuel heating, expanding energy access and cutting methane emissions at scale. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Zcash devs unveil ‘cashZ’ wallet after exiting Electric Coin Co

Zcash devs unveil ‘cashZ’ wallet after exiting Electric Coin Co 2026-01-09 at 06:11 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Employees who left the Electric Coin Company en masse on Wednesday are launching a new Zcash wallet, citing the need to return to cypherpunk principles and to scale faster. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

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Bitcoin to hit $2.9M by 2050 as it muscles into global trade: VanEck

Bitcoin to hit $2.9M by 2050 as it muscles into global trade: VanEck 2026-01-09 at 04:17 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea VanEck analysts said Bitcoin could handle 5–10% of global trade and make up 2.5% of central bank reserves by 2050, driving its strategic role as a monetary hedge. This article is an excerpt from

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Coinbase lands 2nd ‘buy’ rating in a week, with BofA seeing 38% upside

Coinbase lands 2nd ‘buy’ rating in a week, with BofA seeing 38% upside 2026-01-09 at 04:17 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bank of America has upgraded Coinbase’s rating on reversing short interest and tax-loss harvesting, while the exchange is broadening its vision to put the financial system onchain. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com

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Revived NY bill targets sports, politics and death prediction markets

Revived NY bill targets sports, politics and death prediction markets 2026-01-09 at 04:17 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan New York lawmakers will soon review a bill that seeks to ban certain sports and political event contracts in the state, among others. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Boffins probe commercial AI models, find an entire Harry Potter book

Boffins probe commercial AI models, find an entire Harry Potter book 2026-01-09 at 03:31 By Thomas Claburn Dark copyright evasion magic makes light work of developers’ guardrails Machine learning models, particularly commercial ones, generally do not list the data developers used to train them. Yet what models contain and whether that material can be elicited

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