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Cisco finally fixes max-severity bug under active attack for weeks 16 January 2026 at 00:33

Cisco finally fixes max-severity bug under active attack for weeks

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By: Jessica Lyons

16 January 2026 at 00:33

This is a threat to security - and to the weekend for some unlucky netadmins

Cisco finally delivered a fix for a maximum-severity bug in AsyncOS that has been under attack for at least a month.…

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Chinese spies used Maduro's capture as a lure to phish US govt agencies 15 January 2026 at 23:15

Chinese spies used Maduro's capture as a lure to phish US govt agencies

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By: Jessica Lyons

15 January 2026 at 23:15

What's next for Venezuela? Click on the file and see

What policy wonk wouldn't want to click on an attachment promising to unveil US plans for Venezuela? Chinese cyberspies used just such a lure to target US government agencies and policy-related organizations in a phishing campaign that began just days after an American military operation captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.…

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A simple CodeBuild flaw put every AWS environment at risk – and pwned 'the central nervous system of the cloud' 15 January 2026 at 16:00

A simple CodeBuild flaw put every AWS environment at risk – and pwned 'the central nervous system of the cloud'

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By: Jessica Lyons

15 January 2026 at 16:00

And it's 'not unique to AWS,' researcher tells The Reg

A critical misconfiguration in AWS's CodeBuild service allowed complete takeover of the cloud provider's own GitHub repositories and put every AWS environment in the world at risk, according to Wiz security researchers.…

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And it's 'not unique to AWS,' researcher tells The Reg