IT Security Weekend Catch Up – January 16, 2026

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16.01.2026 | 19:46

IT Security Weekend Catch Up – January 16, 2026
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IT Security Weekend Catch Up – January 16, 2026

Afraid of missing important security news during the week? We're here to help! Every week we put together a curated list of all important security news in one place, for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!

For the less technical

  1. Physical attacks on crypto holders - wrench assaults rising?
  2. Europeans quietly shift away from US tech services, share lists of local alternatives
  3. Platforms restrict access to 4.7 million under-16 accounts across Australia
  4. Italy fines Cloudflare €14 million for refusing to block pirate sites on public 1.1.1.1 DNS
  5. Ilya Lichtenstein, Bitcoin hacker behind massive crypto theft, credits Trump for early prison release
  6. Record $17 billion estimated stolen in crypto scams and fraud in 2025 as impersonation tactics and AI enablement surge

For the more technical

  1. January 2026 Patch Tuesday: 114 CVEs patched including 3 zero-days
  2. Multiple Cisco products Snort 3 Distributed Computing Environment/Remote Procedure Call vulnerabilities
  3. CVE-2025-64155: Three years of remotely rooting the Fortinet FortiSIEM
  4. Hackers now exploiting critical Fortinet FortiSIEM flaw in attacks
  5. Reprompt: The single-click Microsoft Copilot attack that silently steals your personal data
  6. The unfriending truth: How to spot a Facebook phishing scam before it's too late
  7. Hidden Telegram proxy links can reveal your IP address in one click
  8. A broken system fueling botnets
  9. Free converter software – convert any system from clean to infected in seconds
  10. How real software downloads can hide remote backdoors
  11. RMM tools (Syncro, SuperOps, NinjaOne, etc.) being distributed disguised as video files
  12. Unveiling VoidLink – a stealthy, cloud-native Linux malware framework
  13. Inside RedVDS: How a single virtual desktop provider fueled worldwide cybercriminal operations
  14. New Magecart network: Disrupting online shoppers worldwide
  15. Shadow#Reactor – text-only staging, .NET Reactor, and in-memory Remcos RAT deployment
  16. Predator's kill switch: undocumented anti-analysis techniques in iOS spyware
  17. CastleLoader analysis: A deep dive into stealthy loader targeting government sector
  18. German manufacturing under phishing attacks: Tracking a stealthy AsyncRAT campaign
  19. Sicarii ransomware: Truth vs myth
  20. LotusLite: Targeted espionage leveraging geopolitical themes
  21. The Knownsec leak: Yet another leak of China’s contractor-driven cyber-espionage ecosystem
  22. UAT-8837 targets critical infrastructure sectors in North America
  23. COMmand & evade: Turla's Kazuar v3 loader

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Afraid of missing important security news during the week? We’re here to help! Every week we put together a curated list of all important security news in one place, for your reading pleasure. Enjoy! For the less technical Physical attacks on crypto holders - wrench assaults rising? Europeans quietly shift away from US 2026-01-16T19:46:57+01:00

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