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Cisco
Cisco fixes AsyncOS vulnerability exploited in zero-day attacks (CVE-2025-20393)

Cisco has finally shipped security updates for its Email Security Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager devices, which fix CVE-2025-20393, a vulnerability in the …

ransomware 3.0
Ransomware activity never dies, it multiplies

Ransomware attacks kept climbing through 2025, even as major criminal groups collapsed and reformed. A new study conducted by the Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team …

PentestPad
Product showcase: Penetration test reporting with PentestPad

If you’ve done a pentest before, you know things can get messy fast. You start organized, but a few hours in, notes are scattered, screenshots have odd filenames, and small …

AI
As AI raises the stakes, app modernization and security are becoming inseparable

Security leaders are under pressure to support AI programs that move from pilots into production. New Cloudflare research suggests that success depends less on experimentation …

artificial intelligence
New intelligence is moving faster than enterprise controls

AI is being integrated into core enterprise systems faster than many organizations can secure and govern it. A new global study from NTT shows companies expanding AI …

dev
Who’s on the other end? Rented accounts are stress-testing trust in gig platforms

Fraud has become a routine part of gig work for many earners, and the ways workers respond are creating new security problems for platforms. A recent TransUnion study of U.S. …

Infosec products of the week
New infosec products of the week: January 16, 2026

Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Acronis, JumpCloud, Noction, and SpyCloud. Acronis Archival Storage brings …

Eurail
Sensitive data of Eurail, Interrail travelers compromised in data breach

A data breach at the Netherlands-based company that sells Eurail (Interrail) train passes resulted in the compromise of personal and sensitive information belonging to an …

Fortinet
PoC exploit for critical FortiSIEM vulnerability released (CVE-2025-64155)

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-64155) in Fortinet’s FortiSIEM security platform has now been accompanied by publicly released proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code, raising …

AWS
AWS European Sovereign Cloud puts data, operations, and oversight inside the EU

Amazon has made the AWS European Sovereign Cloud generally available to customers across the European Union, backed by a €7.8 billion investment. According to AWS, the funding …

cybercrime
Microsoft shuts down RedVDS cybercrime subscription service tied to millions in fraud losses

Microsoft has announced a coordinated legal action in the United States and the United Kingdom to disrupt RedVDS, a global cybercrime subscription service tied to large-scale …

Oscar Rodriguez
LinkedIn wants to make verification a portable trust signal

In this Help Net Security interview, Oscar Rodriguez, VP Trust Product at LinkedIn, discusses how verification is becoming a portable trust signal across the internet. He …

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