This Week in Cybersecurity #38

Oracle Drops 337 Patches, China's Vendor Ban Escalates, McDonald's India Ransomwared, Germany-Israel Launch Cyber Dome, 80% of Small Businesses Hit by Scams, and Fortinet's "Patched" Firewalls Exploit

Jan 23, 2026

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This week delivered the ultimate proof that complexity is the enemy of resilience and operational discipline, not tool proliferation, determines survival in 2026. Oracle dropped 337 security fixes in its quarterly Critical Patch Update with a staggering 235 vulnerabilities remotely exploitable without authentication, while Fo…

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