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Ransomware crims forced to take off-RAMP as FBI seizes forum

The Register - Wed, 28/01/2026 - 21:26
Cybercrime solved. The end

Ransomware crims have just lost one of their best business platforms. US law enforcement has seized the notorious RAMP cybercrime forum's dark web and clearnet domains.…

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Everybody is WinRAR phishing, dropping RATs as fast as lightning

The Register - Wed, 28/01/2026 - 18:59
Russians, Chinese spies, run-of-the-mill crims …

Come one, come all. Everyone from Russian and Chinese government goons to financially motivated miscreants is exploiting a long-since-patched WinRAR vuln to bring you infostealers and Remote Access Trojans (RATs).…

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Fortinet unearths another critical bug as SSO accounts borked post-patch

The Register - Wed, 28/01/2026 - 16:30
More work for admins on the cards as they await a full dump of fixes

Things aren't over yet for Fortinet customers – the security shop has disclosed yet another critical FortiCloud SSO vulnerability.…

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Old Windows quirks help punch through new admin defenses

The Register - Wed, 28/01/2026 - 13:16
Google researcher sits on UAC bypass for ages, only for it to become valid with new security feature

Microsoft patched a bevy of bugs that allowed bypasses of Windows Administrator Protection before the feature was made available earlier this month.…

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Paranoid WhatsApp users rejoice: Encrypted app gets one-click privacy toggle

The Register - Tue, 27/01/2026 - 22:15
Meta also replaces a legacy C++ media-handling security library with Rust

Users of Meta's WhatsApp messenger looking to simplify the process of protecting themselves are in luck, as the company is rolling out a new feature that combines multiple security settings under a single, toggleable option. …

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