1/14/2026

~ The Cyber Beat
PLUGGYAPE Malware Uses Signal and WhatsApp to Target Ukrainian Defense Forces

Ukraine Appoints Digital Chief as Defense Minister to Drive Military Reform

Western Cyber Agencies Warn About Threats to Industrial Operational Technology

Beijing Tells Chinese Firms to Stop Using U.S. and Israeli Cybersecurity Software, Sources Say

Lawmakers to Restart Efforts to Revive Lapsed Cyber Intel Bill

Researchers Null-Route Over 550 Kimwolf and Aisuru Botnet Command Servers

Criminal Subscription Service Behind AI-Powered Cyber-Attacks Taken Out By Microsoft

Verizon Outage Knocks Out U.S. Mobile Service, Including Some 911 Calls

France Fines Telcos €42M for Sub-Par Security Prior to 24M Customer Breach

Palantir Is Trying to ‘Destroy’ Percepta Through Legal Action, Startup’s Execs Say in Filing

Google’s Personal Intelligence links Gmail, Photos and Search to Gemini

California AG to Probe Musk’s Grok for Nonconsensual Deepfakes

Ugandan Officials Turn Off Internet on Eve of National Elections		Victorian Department of Education Says Hackers Stole Students’ Data

Monroe University Says 2024 Data Breach Affects 320,000 People

South Korean Giant Kyowon Confirms Data Theft in Ransomware Attack

Cloud Marketplace Pax8 Accidentally Exposes Data on 1,800 MSP Partners

Reprompt Attack Hijacked Microsoft Copilot Sessions for Data Theft

Hackers Use Fake PayPal Notices to Steal Credentials, Deploy RMMs

DeadLock Ransomware Uses Polygon Smart Contracts For Proxy Rotation

Long-Running Web Skimming Campaign Steals Credit Cards From Online Checkout Pages

Critical Node.js Vulnerability Can Cause Server Crashes via async_hooks Stack Overflow

Fortinet Fixes Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Allowing Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution

Krebs: Patch Tuesday, January 2026 Edition

Federal Agencies Ordered to Patch Microsoft Desktop Windows Manager Bug

Microsoft Updates Windows DLL That Triggered Security Alerts

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