27 Jan Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques Microsoft Rushes Emergency Patch for Office Zero-Day Posted by walter January 27, 2026 To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would need either system access or be able to convince a user to open a malicious Office file... Continue reading
27 Jan Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques ‘Stanley’ Toolkit Turns Chrome Into Undetectable Phishing Vector Posted by walter January 27, 2026 The malware-as-a-service kit enables malicious extensions to overlay pages on real websites without changing the visible URL, signaling... Continue reading
27 Jan Background Investigation Methods, Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques, Hacker News WhatsApp Rolls Out Lockdown-Style Security Mode to Protect Targeted Users From Spyware Posted by walter January 27, 2026 Meta on Tuesday announced it's adding Strict Account Settings on WhatsApp to secure certain users against advanced cyber attacks becaus... Continue reading
27 Jan Background Investigation Methods, Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques, Hacker News Experts Detect Pakistan-Linked Cyber Campaigns Aimed at Indian Government Entities Posted by walter January 27, 2026 Indian government entities have been targeted in two campaigns undertaken by a threat actor that operates in Pakistan using previously ... Continue reading
27 Jan Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques WorldLeaks Extortion Group Claims It Stole 1.4TB of Nike Data Posted by walter January 27, 2026 The sportswear brand is investigating an alleged breach of its network that exposed some 188,347 files of highly sensitive corporate da... Continue reading
27 Jan Background Investigation Methods, Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques, Hacker News ClickFix Attacks Expand Using Fake CAPTCHAs, Microsoft Scripts, and Trusted Web Services Posted by walter January 27, 2026 Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign that combines ClickFix-style fake CAPTCHAs with a signed Microsoft A... Continue reading
27 Jan Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques Hand CVE Over to the Private Sector Posted by walter January 27, 2026 How MITRE has mismanaged the world's vulnerability database for decades and wasted millions along the way. Continue reading
27 Jan Background Investigation Methods, Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques, Hacker News CTEM in Practice: Prioritization, Validation, and Outcomes That Matter Posted by walter January 27, 2026 Cybersecurity teams increasingly want to move beyond looking at threats and vulnerabilities in isolation. It’s not only about what coul... Continue reading
27 Jan Background Investigation Methods, Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques, Hacker News Microsoft Office Zero-Day (CVE-2026-21509) – Emergency Patch Issued for Active Exploitation Posted by walter January 27, 2026 Microsoft on Monday issued out-of-band security patches for a high-severity Microsoft Office zero-day vulnerability exploited in attack... Continue reading
27 Jan Background Investigation Methods, Cyber Defense Strategies, Cyber Due Diligence, Fraud Investigation Techniques, Hacker News Critical Grist-Core Vulnerability Allows RCE Attacks via Spreadsheet Formulas Posted by walter January 27, 2026 A critical security flaw has been disclosed in Grist‑Core, an open-source, self-hosted version of the Grist relational spreadsheet-data... Continue reading