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Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform

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Global Threat Map: Open-source real-time situational awareness platform 2026-02-04 at 08:32 By Mirko Zorz Global Threat Map is an open-source project offering security teams a live view of reported cyber activity across the globe, pulling together open data feeds into a single interactive map. It visualizes indicators such as malware distribution, phishing activity, and attack […]

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How Secure by Design helps developers build secure software

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How Secure by Design helps developers build secure software 2026-02-04 at 08:06 By Help Net Security Security isn’t just a feature, it’s a foundation. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated and regulations tighten, developers are being asked to do more than just write clean code. They’re being asked to build software that’s secure by design

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Russian hackers are exploiting recently patched Microsoft Office vulnerability (CVE-2026-21509)

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Russian hackers are exploiting recently patched Microsoft Office vulnerability (CVE-2026-21509) 2026-02-03 at 17:21 By Zeljka Zorz Russian state-sponsored hackers Fancy Bear (aka APT 28) are exploiting CVE-2026-21509, a Microsoft Office vulnerability for which Microsoft released an emergency fix last week. The exploitation CVE-2026-21509 allows unauthorized attackers to bypass a security feature (OLE mitigations in Microsoft

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Notepad++ supply chain attack: Researchers reveal details, IoCs, targets

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Notepad++ supply chain attack: Researchers reveal details, IoCs, targets 2026-02-03 at 15:34 By Zeljka Zorz Rapid7 researchers have attributed the recent hijacking of the Notepad++ update mechanism to Lotus Blossom (aka Billbug), a Chinese state-sponsored group known for targeting organizations in Southeast Asia for espionage purposes. On Wednesday, Kaspersky researchers shared the insights they’ve gleaned

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Why boards must prioritize non-human identity governance

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Why boards must prioritize non-human identity governance 2026-02-03 at 08:36 By Help Net Security Boards of Directors (BoDs) do three things exceptionally well when cyber is framed correctly. They set risk appetite, they allocate capital, and they demand evidence that the business can withstand disruption without losing momentum. Why cyber keeps becoming a board topic

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ShinyHunters flip the script on MFA in new data theft attacks

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ShinyHunters flip the script on MFA in new data theft attacks 2026-02-02 at 18:50 By Zeljka Zorz Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is supposed to defend against phishing attacks, but threat actors operating under the ShinyHunters banner are using it as a pretext in ongoing social engineering attacks aimed at bypassing it. Among those successfully targeted in

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How state-sponsored attackers hijacked Notepad++ updates

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How state-sponsored attackers hijacked Notepad++ updates 2026-02-02 at 15:38 By Zeljka Zorz Suspected Chinese state-sponsored attackers hijacked the Notepad++ update mechanism by compromising the software project’s shared hosting server and intercepting and redirecting update traffic destined for notepad-plus-plus.org, the software’s maintainer Don Ho confirmed on Monday. The attack timeline In early December 2025, security researcher

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Open-source AI pentesting tools are getting uncomfortably good

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Open-source AI pentesting tools are getting uncomfortably good 2026-02-02 at 09:10 By Help Net Security AI has come a long way in the pentesting world. We are now seeing open-source tools that can genuinely mimic how a human tester works, not just fire off scans. I dug into three of them, BugTrace-AI, Shannon, and CAI,

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Ivanti provides temporary patches for actively exploited EPMM zero-day (CVE-2026-1281)

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Ivanti provides temporary patches for actively exploited EPMM zero-day (CVE-2026-1281) 2026-01-30 at 05:32 By Zeljka Zorz Ivanti has released provisional patches that fix two critical code injection vulnerabilities in Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM), one of which (CVE-2026-1281) has been exploited in zero-day attacks and has been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Investigating potential

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Google disrupts proxy network used by 550+ threat groups

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Google disrupts proxy network used by 550+ threat groups 2026-01-29 at 18:27 By Zeljka Zorz Google has disrupted Ipidea, a massive residential proxy network consisting of user devices that are being used as the last-mile link in cyberattack chains. “In a single seven day period in January 2026, GTIG observed over 550 individual threat groups

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eScan AV supply chain compromise: Users targeted with malicious updates

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eScan AV supply chain compromise: Users targeted with malicious updates 2026-01-29 at 17:29 By Zeljka Zorz The update infrastructure for eScan antivirus, a product of Indian cybersecurity company MicroWorld Technologies, has been compromised by unknown attackers to deliver a persistent downloader to enterprise and consumer endpoints. The supply chain compromise also resulted in the eScan

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SolarWinds fixes critical Web Help Desk RCE vulnerabilities, upgrade ASAP!

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SolarWinds fixes critical Web Help Desk RCE vulnerabilities, upgrade ASAP! 2026-01-29 at 11:34 By Zeljka Zorz SolarWinds has fixed six critical and high-severity vulnerabilities in its popular Web Help Desk (WHD) support ticketing and asset management solution, and is urging customers to upgrade to v2026.1 as soon as possible. The vulnerabilities The WHD vulnerabilities fixed

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WinRAR vulnerability still a go-to tool for hackers, Mandiant warns

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WinRAR vulnerability still a go-to tool for hackers, Mandiant warns 2026-01-28 at 17:02 By Zeljka Zorz State-sponsored hackers and financially motivated attackers continue leveraging a critical WinRAR vulnerability (CVE-2025-8088) that’s been fixed over half a year ago. CVE-2025-8088 is a path traversal vulnerability that can be exploited via maliciously crafted RAR archives. “The exploit chain

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Why prevention-first secrets security will define enterprise scale: Learnings from a leading telecom

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Why prevention-first secrets security will define enterprise scale: Learnings from a leading telecom 2026-01-28 at 08:15 By Help Net Security Once a secret enters Git, it’s expensive to remediate. But the real problem runs deeper than cost. Grégory Maitrallain, Solution Architect at Orange Business, discovered this reality during their implementation: “Once a secret is pushed

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Fortinet starts patching exploited FortiCloud SSO zero-day (CVE-2026-24858)

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Fortinet starts patching exploited FortiCloud SSO zero-day (CVE-2026-24858) 2026-01-28 at 02:21 By Zeljka Zorz Fortinet has begun releasing FortiOS versions that fix CVE-2026-24858, a critical zero-day vulnerability that allowed attackers to log into targeted organizations’ FortiGate firewalls. “This vulnerability was found being exploited in the wild by two malicious FortiCloud accounts, which were locked out

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Attackers use Windows App-V scripts to slip infostealer past enterprise defenses

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Attackers use Windows App-V scripts to slip infostealer past enterprise defenses 2026-01-27 at 17:17 By Zeljka Zorz A malware delivery campaign detailed by Blackpoint researchers employs an impressive array of tricks to deliver an infostealer to employees without triggering enterprise defenses or close examination by security researchers. The attackers aim to get the Amatera Stealer

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Microsoft reveals actively exploited Office zero-day, provides emergency fix (CVE-2026-21509)

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Microsoft reveals actively exploited Office zero-day, provides emergency fix (CVE-2026-21509) 2026-01-27 at 11:22 By Zeljka Zorz Microsoft released emergency Office security updates to fix a security feature bypass vulnerability (CVE-2026-21509) that its threat intelligence and security teams spotted being exploited in the wild in zero-day attacks. Users and admins are advised to review the associated

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Poland repels data-wiping malware attack on energy systems

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Poland repels data-wiping malware attack on energy systems 2026-01-26 at 14:37 By Zeljka Zorz Suspected Russian cyber attackers tried to take down parts of Poland’s energy infrastructure with new data-wiping malware – and failed. According to information shared by the Polish government earlier this month, the attacks happened on 29 and 30 December 2025, and

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Inside Microsoft’s veteran-to-tech workforce pipeline

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Inside Microsoft’s veteran-to-tech workforce pipeline 2026-01-26 at 12:12 By Zeljka Zorz The technology workforce is changing, and military veterans are increasingly being recognized as one of the industry’s most valuable and dependable talent pools. In this Help Net Security interview, Chris Cortez, Vice President of Military Affairs at Microsoft and longtime leader of the Microsoft

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Okta users under attack: Modern phishing kits are turbocharging vishing attacks

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Okta users under attack: Modern phishing kits are turbocharging vishing attacks 2026-01-23 at 15:31 By Zeljka Zorz Threat actors who specialize in vishing (i.e., voice phishing) have started using phishing kits that can intercept targets’ login credentials while also allowing attackers to control the authentication flow in a targeted user’s browser in real-time. At least

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