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NICKEL ALLEY strategy: Fake it 'til you make it

Counter Threat Unit (CTU) researchers continue to investigate trends in Contagious Interview campaign activity conducted by NICKEL ALLEY, a threat group operating on behalf of the North Korean government. The group notoriously targets professionals in the technology sector by advertising fake job opportunities, deceiving prospective candidates through a fake job interview process, and ultimately delivering malware.

Oracle vulnerability (CVE-2026-21992) impacts core products

On March 20, 2026, Oracle disclosed a critical (CVSS score of 9.8) vulnerability (CVE-2026-21992) impacting two Oracle Fusion Middleware components: Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Web Services Manager. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability to obtain network access via HTTP and remotely execute code. Critical functions of the products are exposed due to the lack of network-level authentication. As of this publication, there are no reports of active exploitation.

The global CISO landscape: A leadership gap too large to ignore

The global CISO landscape: A leadership gap too large to ignore Why the world needs scalable security leadership — and MSPs and MSSPs are key to delivery The 2026 CISO Report, published by Cybersecurity Ventures in partnership with Sophos, highlights a critical imbalance in global cybersecurity leadership. Despite decades of progress and near-universal CISO adoption in Fortune 500 and Global 2000 organizations, there are still only 35,000 CISOs worldwide serving an estimated 359 million businesses.