Microsoft fixes 114 Windows flaws in January 2026 patch, 1 of which is actively being exploited
Microsoft on Tuesday rolled out its first security update for 2026, addressing 114 security flaws, including one vulnerability it announced was being actively exploited in the wild. Of the 114 deficiencies, 8 are rated as critical and 106 are rated as important. As many as 58 vulnerabilities were classified as privilege escalation, followed by 22 […]
Critical vulnerability in Node.js could cause server crash via async_hooks stack overflow
January 14, 2026Ravi LakshmananApplication security/vulnerabilities Node.js has released an update that fixes an issue described as a critical security issue that affects “virtually all production Node.js apps.” Exploitation of this issue could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition. “Node.js/V8 makes a best-effort attempt to recover from stack space exhaustion due to catchable errors, […]
PLUGGYAPE malware uses Signal and WhatsApp to target Ukrainian Armed Forces
January 14, 2026Ravi LakshmananCyber espionage/threat intelligence The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has revealed details of a new cyberattack targeting the Armed Forces between October and December 2025 with malware known as PLUGGYAPE. This activity is believed with medium confidence to be the work of a Russian hacker group tracked as Void Blizzard […]
Largest crowdsourced search for alien information, data from collapsed Arecibo Observatory reveals 12 billion “signals of interest”
With the help of more than 2 million citizen scientists and the legendary Arecibo Observatory, one of the largest searches for alien information in history is nearing completion. Launched in 1999, the SETI@Home project enlisted the help of millions of volunteers around the world to identify anomalous radio signals in data from the Arecibo Observatory, […]
Microsoft announces oversupply of new data centers, but insists electricity bills won’t go up
Despite the intense public backlash against data centers over the past 12 months, all of the tech industry’s biggest companies have committed to building out additional AI infrastructure over the next year. This includes OpenAI partner Microsoft, which on Tuesday announced a so-called “community-first” approach to AI infrastructure. Microsoft’s announcement, coming just one day after […]
Consumer watchdog warns about Google’s AI agent shopping protocols — Google says she’s wrong
Shortly after Google announced a new universal commerce protocol for its AI-powered shopping agents, consumer economic watchdog groups sounded the alarm. “Big news and bad news for consumers: Google today announced how it plans to integrate shopping into its AI services, including search and Gemini. Those plans include ‘personalized upsells,’” Lindsay Owens wrote in a […]
Ring founder details camera company’s ‘intelligent assistant’ era
What does it take to bring a burnt-out founder back to the company he sold to Amazon? For Jamie Siminoff of video doorbell maker Ring, that’s the potential of AI. and the Palisades fire that destroyed his garage, the birthplace of Ring. Siminoff’s vision is to transform Ring from a video doorbell company into an […]
Doctors think AI can play a role in medicine, but maybe not as chatbots
Dr. Sina Bali, a practicing surgeon and AI healthcare leader at data company iMerit, has seen firsthand how ChatGPT can mislead patients with incorrect medical advice. “I recently had a patient come in and recommend a medication, and a dialog printed from ChatGPT said that this medication had a 45% chance of pulmonary embolism,” Dr. […]
Giant iceberg A23a, once the world’s largest iceberg, finally dies after 40 years at sea, turning into a bright “blue mush”
New satellite images show that once the world’s largest iceberg, A23a, has turned into a beautiful mass of striped “blue mush”, signaling its imminent demise. This moribund ice mass, until recently three times the size of New York City, is one of the oldest ice masses on record and is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary. […]
Long-running web skimming campaign steals credit cards from online checkout pages
January 13, 2026Ravi Lakshmanan Web security/data theft Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a large-scale web skimming campaign that has been active since January 2022, targeting several major payment networks, including American Express, Diners Club, Discover, JCB Co., Ltd., Mastercard, and UnionPay. “Enterprise organizations that are customers of these payment providers are likely to be most affected,” […]