Jan 31, 2026 Subject: Risky Bulletin: eScan Antivirus Distributes Backdoor in Latest Supply Chain Attacks From: risky-biz@ghost.ioD Summary: – Cybersecurity firm MicroWorld Technologies, maker of eScan antivirus, suffered a breach of its software update infrastructure on January 20, allowing malware delivery to customer systems during a brief one-hour window. –
Jan 30, 2026 Subject: Srsly Risky Biz: Punish the Wicked, Reward the Righteouss Sender: risky-biz@ghost.ioD Chat Link: https://summymonkey.me/wp-json/chatlink/v1/sm-chat?chat=MjAyNjAxMjkwMjE2NDAuZTIzNzNkOGM3NjMzZDg4NkBtLmdob3N0LmlvfHxja3NtK2N5YmVyc2VjdXJpdHlAc3VtbXltb25rZXkubWU=39bd8ea2c584e3cae6a7d662b6dd7318c Your weekly Seriously Risky Business newsletter by Tom Uren and edited by Amberleigh Jack, sponsored by Push Security. This edition discusses the Pall Mall Process, an international effort to set opt-in industry
Jan 29, 2026 Here are the three emails synthesized from the provided text: Email 1 Subject: The interim head of CISA uploaded sensitive documents to ChatGPT Sender: info@metacurity.com Summary: – Madhu Gottumukkala, interim head of CISA, uploaded sensitive but unclassified contracting documents marked “for official use only” into a public
Jan 28, 2026 1. Subject: Treasury cancels Booz Allen contracts over tax records leak Sender: info@metacurity.com Summary: The U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has canceled all contracts with Booz Allen Hamilton after a company employee leaked tax records of prominent figures including President Trump, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. The
Jan 27, 2026 Summary of Email1 (Risky Bulletin on EU Anti-Spyware Group & Cyber Events): The European Parliament formed a new intergroup to investigate spyware use after Italy’s Paragon spyware scandal; it wields less power than prior commissions like PEGA and likely serves more as pressure on Italy for transparency
Jan 26, 2026 I just heard about some urgent cybersecurity developments that are shaking up the landscape this year. The World Economic Forum’s latest report warns that artificial intelligence is a double-edged sword—while it helps defenders, it’s also creating new vulnerabilities that many organizations aren’t ready to handle. On top
Jan 25, 2026 Subject: Best Infosec-Related Long Reads for the Week of 1/17/26 Dear Readers, Happy Saturday morning! Metacurity is pleased to bring you this weekly digest featuring some of the most important and thought-provoking infosec stories you won’t want to miss. This week’s highlights include: The “Untouchable Hacker God”
Jan 24, 2026 Email 1: Subject: Risky Bulletin: Improperly patched bug exploited again in Fortinet firewalls Content: – Fortinet’s FortiGate firewalls are under a new wave of attacks exploiting CVE-2025-59718, a vulnerability that was improperly patched in December 2025. – Attackers bypass Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication using crafted SAML messages
Jan 23, 2026 Email Subject: Srsly Risky Biz: You Can’t Block Space Internets Sender: risky-biz@ghost.io Summary: Iran imposed an ongoing internet blackout starting January 8, 2026, amid domestic unrest. Activists smuggled ~50,000 Starlink satellite terminals into Iran, enabling some internet connectivity despite government bans and jamming efforts. SpaceX waived fees
Jan 22, 2026 Email 1: Subject: Risky Bulletin: Domain resurrection attacks come to Canonical’s Snap Store Sender: risky-biz@ghost.io Summary: Threat actors have been exploiting expired domains to hijack developer accounts at the Canonical Snap Store, leading to the distribution of malware aimed particularly at cryptocurrency users. This method, called domain