Hello gang, welcome to program 36 of the Sans series here at the Jared Rimer Network. I'm Jared Rimer. Here's the thing. We're not taking anything away from any other podcast, we just want to put out the news and things from this great educational institution and put our thoughts in to it. With that said, we'll see what happens, as the News Bites series continues.

Sans 35 covered ouch! for January Fake Tech Support: The Only Thing They’re Fixing Is Your Bank Account, so 36 will be the first News Bites of the year.

Here is the link to read the Newsletter online and we'd love to hear your thoughts! Again, this is the newsletter for January 6, 2026.

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Here is what is in the top of the news for this newsletter.

Patch MongoDB Now to Fix Exploited Memory Leak

Guilty Plea from Former Cybersecurity Pros Turned Extortionists

Fortinet CVE-2020-12812 is Being Actively Exploited Again

Guilty pleas within the top of the news makes my heart very happy. Let's see what else we can find good within this industry this year, shall we?

Here is what else is happening in the rest of the week's news section of the newsletter.

South Korean Government Report Says KT Mishandled Femtocell Security, Leading to Snooping and Micropayment Fraud

Check Local Network for Kimwolf Residential Proxy Botnet Infection

Sedgwick Government Solutions Acknowledges Cybersecurity Incident Affecting File Transfer System

KEV Additions: Digiever DS-2105 Pro Network Video Recorders and MongoDB Server

New Zealand Healthcare Portal Acknowledges Cybersecurity Incident

Covenant Health Breach Follow-up: Nearly 480,000 Individuals Affected

HIPAA Journal Lists Largest Healthcare Data Breaches of 2025; Aflac Updates Individuals Affected by June Incident to 22.65 Million

We thank you for listening to the tech series, and please let us know what your thoughts are. I do want to know!