CyberNews: 15/01/2026 Edition

Published by Dunateo on 2026-01-15

Today’s roundup

  • Poland says it repelled major cyberattack on power grid, blames Russia
  • CERT-UA reports PLUGGYAPE cyberattacks on defense forces
  • China bans U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software over security concerns
  • Palo Alto Networks addressed a GlobalProtect flaw, PoC exists
  • Fortinet fixed two critical flaws in FortiFone and FortiSIEM
  • Sicarii Ransomware: Truth vs Myth
  • Reprompt attack hijacked Microsoft Copilot sessions for data theft
  • Hackers Exploit c-ares DLL Side-Loading to Bypass Security and Deploy Malware
  • Minting Next.js Authentication Cookies
  • FTC bans GM from selling drivers' location data for five years
  • Summary

    Poland successfully repelled a major cyberattack on its power grid, attributing the sophisticated attempt to Russia.

    CERT-UA reported new PLUGGYAPE malware attacks against Ukraine's defense forces by Russia-linked Void Blizzard, employing social engineering.

    China has banned domestic companies from using U.S. and Israeli cybersecurity software over national security concerns, impacting major vendors.

    Palo Alto Networks patched a high-severity DoS vulnerability (CVE-2026-0227, CVSS 7.7) in GlobalProtect, with a public PoC exploit available.

    Fortinet addressed critical flaws: an unauthenticated RCE (CVE-2025-64155, CVSS 9.4) in FortiSIEM with public exploit code, and a sensitive data exposure (CVE-2025-47855, CVSS 9.3) in FortiFone.

    Check Point Research analyzed Sicarii, a new RaaS operation possibly using false-flag Israeli/Jewish branding, known for data collection and destructive capabilities.

    A novel "Reprompt" attack targets Microsoft Copilot sessions, allowing attackers to issue commands and exfiltrate sensitive data from the AI assistant.

    An active malware campaign is exploiting a DLL side-loading vulnerability in the c-ares library to bypass security and deploy various trojans and stealers.

    Next.js applications using `next-auth` face risk of persistent user impersonation if `NEXTAUTH_SECRET` is compromised, urging immediate secret rotation.

    The FTC banned General Motors from selling drivers' location and driving data for five years after it collected and sold millions of users' data without consent.

    Want to dig deeper?

    Vulnerabilities

    CVE-2025-64155 Medium
    CVE-2025-47855 Medium

    Cyber Groups

    Blizzard Russia