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Critical Node.js Vulnerability Can Cause Server Crashes via async_hooks Stack Overflow - The Hacker News

Technology January 15, 2026

Node.js has released updates to fix what it described as a critical security issue impacting "virtually every production Node.js app" that, if successfully exploited, could trigger a denial-of-servicοΏ½...

Fortinet Fixes Critical FortiSIEM Flaw Allowing Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution - The Hacker News

Technology January 15, 2026

Fortinet has released updates to fix a critical security flaw impacting FortiSIEM that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve code execution on susceptible instances. The operating systeοΏ½...

Microsoft Fixes 114 Windows Flaws in January 2026 Patch, One Actively Exploited - The Hacker News

Technology January 15, 2026

Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out its first security update for 2026, addressing 114 security flaws, including one vulnerability that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 114 flaws,οΏ½...

Cisco Patches ISE Security Vulnerability After Public PoC Exploit Release - The Hacker News

Technology January 9, 2026

Cisco has released updates to address a medium-severity security flaw in Identity Services Engine (ISE) and ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) with a public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit. TheοΏ½...

Two Chrome Extensions Caught Stealing ChatGPT and DeepSeek Chats from 900,000 Users - The Hacker News

Technology January 7, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have discovered two new malicious extensions on the Chrome Web Store that are designed to exfiltrate OpenAI ChatGPT and DeepSeek conversations alongside browsing data to serοΏ½...

New VVS Stealer Malware Targets Discord Accounts via Obfuscated Python Code - The Hacker News

Technology January 6, 2026

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Python-based information stealer called VVS Stealer (also styled as VVS $tealer) that's capable of harvesting Discord credentials and tokens.οΏ½...

DarkSpectre Browser Extension Campaigns Exposed After Impacting 8.8 Million Users Worldwide - The Hacker News

Technology January 1, 2026

The threat actor behind two malicious browser extension campaigns, ShadyPanda and GhostPoster, has been attributed to a third attack campaign codenamed DarkSpectre that has impacted 2.2 million usersοΏ½...

New UEFI Flaw Enables Early-Boot DMA Attacks on ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE, MSI Motherboards - The Hacker News

Technology December 20, 2025

Certain motherboard models from vendors like ASRock, ASUSTeK Computer, GIGABYTE, and MSI are affected by a security vulnerability that leaves them susceptible to early-boot direct memory access (DMA)οΏ½...

WatchGuard Warns of Active Exploitation of Critical Fireware OS VPN Vulnerability - The Hacker News

Technology December 20, 2025

WatchGuard has released fixes to address a critical security flaw in Fireware OS that it said has been exploited in real-world attacks. Tracked as CVE-2025-14733 (CVSS score: 9.3), the vulnerabilityοΏ½...

GhostPoster Malware Found in 17 Firefox Add-ons with 50,000+ Downloads - The Hacker News

Technology December 18, 2025

A new campaign named GhostPoster has leveraged logo files associated with 17 Mozilla Firefox browser add-ons to embed malicious JavaScript code designed to hijack affiliate links, inject tracking codοΏ½...