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State of (in)security - Week 5, 2026

Summary

During the week of January 26 to February 2, 2026, there were 15 vulnerability/advisory events and 18 security incidents affecting approximately 154,000 individuals, with the largest breach exposing 100,000 users from the StopICE activist platform. Critical vulnerabilities were patched across multiple systems including active exploits in Fortinet FortiOS, Ivanti EPMM, Microsoft Office, and WinRAR. Major data breaches impacted organizations including KPMG Netherlands, Crunchbase, Panera Bread, and Match Group.

Take Action:

This week focus on patching MS Office. Hackers attack with malicious MS Office documents. Restart all Microsoft 365 and Office 2021 applications immediately to trigger the service-side security fix. For older versions like Office 2016, apply registry workarounds until Microsoft releases a formal patch.


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