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FortiGate firewalls hit by silent SSO intrusions and config theft 22 January 2026 at 17:07

FortiGate firewalls hit by silent SSO intrusions and config theft

22 January 2026 at 17:07

Admins say attackers are still getting in despite recent patches

FortiGate firewalls are getting quietly reconfigured and stripped down by miscreants who've figured out how to sidestep SSO protections and grab sensitive settings right out of the box.…

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Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up 22 January 2026 at 14:39

Europe's GDPR cops dished out €1.2B in fines last year as data breaches piled up

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By: Carly Page

22 January 2026 at 14:39

Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force

GDPR fines pushed past the £1 billion (€1.2 billion) mark in 2025 as Europe's regulators were deluged with more than 400 data breach notifications a day, according to a new survey that suggests the post-plateau era of enforcement has well and truly arrived.…

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Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day 22 January 2026 at 11:54

Another week, another emergency patch as Cisco plugs Unified Comms zero-day

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By: Carly Page

22 January 2026 at 11:54

The critical-rated flaw leaves unpatched systems open to full takeover

Cisco has finally shipped a fix for a critical-rated zero-day in its Unified Communications gear, a flaw that's already being weaponized in the wild, and which CISA previously flagged as an emergency priority.…

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Admins say attackers are still getting in despite recent patches

Regulators logged over 400 personal data breach notifications a day for first time since law came into force

The critical-rated flaw leaves unpatched systems open to full takeover