1/22/2026

~ The Cyber Beat
From a Whisper to a Scream: Europe Frets About Overreliance on U.S. Tech

Risky Chinese Electric Buses Spark Aussie Gov’t Review

Spanish Judge Closes NSO Group Spyware Probe Due to Lack of Cooperation From Israel

Claude’s New AI File-Creation Feature Ships With Security Risks Built In

Crims Compromised Energy Firms’ Microsoft Accounts, Sent 600 Phishing Emails

Microsoft Teams to Add Brand Impersonation Warnings to Calls

1Password Is Introducing a New Phishing Prevention Feature

House of Lords Backs Legislation to Ban Social Media for Children Under 16

Bank of England: Financial Sector Failing to Implement Basic Cybersecurity Controls

Over 160,000 Companies Notify Regulators of GDPR Breaches

Europe’s GDPR Cops Dished Out €1.2B in Fines Last Year as Data Breaches Piled Up

INC Ransomware Opsec Fail Allowed Data Recovery for 12 U.S. Orgs		Hackers Breach Fortinet FortiGate Devices, Steal Firewall Configs

…Fortinet Firewalls Hit With Malicious Configuration Changes

Jordan Used Cellebrite Phone-Hacking Tools Against Activists Critical of Gaza War, Report Finds

Okta SSO Accounts Targeted in Vishing-Based Data Theft Attacks

New Osiris Ransomware Emerges as New Strain Using POORTRY Driver in BYOVD Attack

Critical GNU InetUtils telnetd Flaw Lets Attackers Bypass Login and Gain Root Access

Malicious PyPI Package Impersonates SymPy, Deploys XMRig Miner on Linux Hosts

SmarterMail Auth Bypass Exploited in the Wild Two Days After Patch Release

RealHomes CRM Plugin Flaw Affected 30,000 WordPress Sites

Critical Appsmith Flaw Enables Account Takeovers

Hackers Exploit 29 Zero-Days on Second Day of Pwn2Own Automotive

Curl Ending Bug Bounty Program After Flood of AI Slop Reports

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