🇰🇵 North Korea–linked actors are luring developers with fake job repos.

Simply opening a malicious VS Code project can auto-run hidden tasks that fetch JavaScript from Vercel and deploy a backdoor enabling remote code execution.

🔗 Learn how it works → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/north-korea-linked-hackers-target.html

🚨 npm binary-parser flaw enables arbitrary JavaScript execution in some Node.js apps.

Affects versions < 2.3.0 and only hits apps that build parsers from untrusted input via dynamic code generation.

🔗 Exploit path explained → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/certcc-warns-binary-parser-bug-allows.html

🚨 LastPass is warning users about an active phishing campaign.

Fake “maintenance” emails create 24-hour urgency and redirect victims to spoofed LastPass sites designed to steal master passwords.

🔗 How the scam works and how to spot it → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/lastpass-warns-of-fake-maintenance.html

🔐 Containers now power core production systems, but security is lagging behind.

ActiveState data shows 82% of orgs suffered a container breach last year—and many leaders now treat incidents as expected, not preventable.

🔗 Why container security is becoming “inevitable” → https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2026/01/the-great-container-disconnect-security.html

🤖⚠️ One developer. 88,000+ lines of code.

Researchers say an advanced Linux malware framework was built in weeks with AI help, guided by a single skilled developer using an AI agent—resetting expectations for what one actor can build.

🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/voidlink-linux-malware-framework-built.html

🚨 Security researchers found two high-severity flaws in Chainlit, an open-source AI chatbot framework.

The bugs enable file reads and SSRF, exposing API keys and internal data and enabling lateral movement. Fixed in v2.9.4.

🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/chainlit-ai-framework-flaws-enable-data.html

🛡️ Security teams don’t fail by missing bugs. They fail by fixing the wrong ones.

Gartner’s EAP category shifts focus from CVE volume to real attack paths across cloud and identity. Most alerts never reach critical assets. EAPs show what actually matters.

🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/exposure-assessment-platforms-signal.html

🛑 RCE flaws found in widely used AI Python libraries.

Researchers report bugs in Apple FlexTok, NVIDIA NeMo, and Salesforce Uni2TS that trigger when malicious model metadata is loaded.

These tools power popular AI models. Patches are out, no active exploitation seen yet.

🔗 Read → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/threatsday-bulletin-ai-voice-cloning.html#rce-via-ai-libraries

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🚨 Zoom and GitLab shipped urgent security fixes.

➤ Zoom patched a critical RCE (CVSS 9.9) in Node MMRs that could let a meeting participant run code.

➤ GitLab fixed high-severity bugs enabling unauthenticated DoS and a 2FA bypass.

🔗 Details on affected versions and patches → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/zoom-and-gitlab-release-security.html

🧑‍💻 North Korean actors behind the Contagious Interview campaign targeted 3,136 IPs, researchers say.

The activity hit AI, crypto, finance, and software firms across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

💼 Hiring processes were the entry point.

🔗 Learn more → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/north-korean-purplebravo-campaign.html

🚨 Cisco fixed an actively exploited zero-day in its voice and collaboration stack.

CVE-2026-20045 allows unauthenticated attackers to run commands and escalate to root on exposed Unified CM and Webex Calling systems.

🔗Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/cisco-fixes-actively-exploited-zero-day.html

🚨 Fortinet FortiGate under automated SSO abuse.

Attackers exploit CVE-2025-59718/59719 to add admin users, enable VPN access, and export firewall configs within seconds, per Arctic Wolf.

🔗 Learn what’s happening and what to disable → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/automated-fortigate-attacks-exploit.html

Model Context Protocol (MCP) connects AI models directly to live enterprise systems.

One compromised MCP server can expose data, tokens, and APIs at scale.

Most existing security tools have little to no visibility into this layer.

🔗 MCP risks and why they matter → https://thehackernews.com/expert-insights/2026/01/do-you-really-know-your-ai-landscape.html

🚨 SmarterMail flaw is under active attack within 48 hours of patching.

The bug lets attackers bypass auth, reset the admin password, then abuse built-in admin features to run OS commands as SYSTEM.

Activity points to patch reverse-engineering.

🔗 Details → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/smartermail-auth-bypass-exploited-in.html

🚨 Fake SymPy on PyPI is targeting Linux devs. The package sympy-dev clones the real project text, poses as a dev build, and has 1,100+ downloads since Jan 17.

It activates only when certain math functions run, then loads an XMRig miner fully in memory to avoid traces.

🔗 Learn how the loader works → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/malicious-pypi-package-impersonates.html

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⚠️📧 Email is still the easiest way in.

In Google Workspace, BEC attacks often carry no links or malware, so native defenses miss them. One compromised inbox can expose years of sensitive email and files.

Hardening helps, but blind spots remain.

🔗 Gmail limits, real attack paths → https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/filling-most-common-gaps-in-google.html