January 2026

Blockchain innovation must rise above politics and serve real-world needs 2026-01-07 at 15:33 By Cointelegraph by Marcos Viriato Innovation thrives only when blockchain and crypto remain apolitical, compliant and interoperable, ensuring technology serves trust, not political agendas. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Earlier Horizon rollout could widen net for quashed Post Office convictions 2026-01-07 at 15:33 By Lindsay Clark Committee told shifting timelines could alter automatic reversals in UK’s historic Fujitsu computing scandal The Post Office’s Horizon computer system may have been deployed earlier than thought, potentially affecting which convictions get automatically quashed under legislation introduced to

Ministry of Justice splurged £50M on security – still missed Legal Aid Agency cyberattack 2026-01-07 at 14:34 By Connor Jones High-risk system compromised long before intrusion was finally spotted The UK’s Ministry of Justice spent £50 million ($67 million) on cybersecurity improvements at the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) before the high-profile cyberattack it disclosed last

Stablecoins become core market plumbing in Moody’s 2026 outlook 2026-01-07 at 14:18 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben Moody’s said stablecoins and tokenized deposits are evolving into institutional “digital cash,” with trillions in onchain settlement volume and billions in infrastructure investment. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Jaguar Land Rover wholesale volumes plummet 43% in cyberattack aftermath 2026-01-07 at 14:17 By Paul Kunert Production halts and supply-chain disruption left luxury automaker reeling in fiscal Q3 Brit luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover has reported devastating preliminary Q3 results that lay bare the cascading consequences of a crippling cyberattack, revealing wholesale volumes collapsed more

Webinar: Learn How AI-Powered Zero Trust Detects Attacks with No Files or Indicators 2026-01-07 at 14:17 By Security teams are still catching malware. The problem is what they’re not catching. More attacks today don’t arrive as files. They don’t drop binaries. They don’t trigger classic alerts. Instead, they run quietly through tools that already exist

n8n Warns of CVSS 10.0 RCE Vulnerability Affecting Self-Hosted and Cloud Versions 2026-01-07 at 14:17 By Open-source workflow automation platform n8n has warned of a maximum-severity security flaw that, if successfully exploited, could result in authenticated remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, which has been assigned the CVE identifier CVE-2026-21877, is rated 10.0 on the

The Future of Cybersecurity Includes Non-Human Employees 2026-01-07 at 14:17 By Non-human employees are becoming the future of cybersecurity, and enterprises need to prepare accordingly. As organizations scale Artificial Intelligence (AI) and cloud automation, there is exponential growth in Non-Human Identities (NHIs), including bots, AI agents, service accounts and automation scripts. In fact, 51% of

Veeam Patches Critical RCE Vulnerability with CVSS 9.0 in Backup & Replication 2026-01-07 at 14:17 By Veeam has released security updates to address multiple flaws in its Backup & Replication software, including a “critical” issue that could result in remote code execution (RCE). The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59470, carries a CVSS score of 9.0. “This

Barclays makes first stablecoin investment with stake in Ubyx 2026-01-07 at 13:06 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Barclays has invested in Ubyx, a US stablecoin clearing platform, marking a major move into regulated digital money and tokenized financial services. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Recline of the machines: Terminator felled by dodgy battery 2026-01-07 at 13:06 By Richard Speed The rise will be postponed until you hit F1 to continue Bork!Bork!Bork!  The baddest of AI bad guys, the Terminator, has confirmed what the vast majority of IT professionals already know. The machines are not about to rise, not until

Microsoft Warns Misconfigured Email Routing Can Enable Internal Domain Phishing 2026-01-07 at 13:06 By Threat actors engaging in phishing attacks are exploiting routing scenarios and misconfigured spoof protections to impersonate organizations’ domains and distribute emails that appear as if they have been sent internally. “Threat actors have leveraged this vector to deliver a wide variety

HSBC app takes a dim view of sideloaded Bitwarden installations 2026-01-07 at 12:17 By Connor Jones Customers report being locked out after grabbing the password manager via F-Droid Some HSBC mobile banking customers in the UK report being locked out of the bank’s app after installing the Bitwarden password manager via an open source app