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  • OpenClaw AI Agent Flaws Could Enable Prompt Injection and Data Exfiltration (Saturday March 14, 2026)
    China's National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team (CNCERT) has issued a warning about the security stemming from the use of OpenClaw (formerly Clawdbot and Moltbot), an open-source and self-hosted autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) agent. In a post shared on WeChat, CNCERT noted that the platform's "inherently weak default security configurations," coupled with its (HackerNews)
  • GlassWorm Supply-Chain Attack Abuses 72 Open VSX Extensions to Target Developers (Saturday March 14, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new iteration of the GlassWorm campaign that they say represents a "significant escalation" in how it propagates through the Open VSX registry. "Instead of requiring every malicious listing to embed the loader directly, the threat actor is now abusing extensionPack and extensionDependencies to turn initially standalone-looking extensions into transitive (HackerNews)
  • Chinese Hackers Target Southeast Asian Militaries with AppleChris and MemFun Malware (Friday March 13, 2026)
    A suspected China-based cyber espionage operation has targeted Southeast Asian military organizations as part of a state-sponsored campaign that dates back to at least 2020. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 is tracking the threat activity under the moniker CL-STA-1087, where CL refers to cluster, and STA stands for state-backed motivation. "The activity demonstrated strategic operational patience and (HackerNews)
  • Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026 (Friday March 13, 2026)
    Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for chats on Instagram after May 8, 2026. "If you have chats that are impacted by this change, you will see instructions on how you can download any media or messages you may want to keep," the social media giant said in a help document. "If you're on an older version of Instagram, you may also need to update the (HackerNews)
  • INTERPOL Dismantles 45,000 Malicious IPs, Arrests 94 in Global Cybercrime (Friday March 13, 2026)
    INTERPOL on Friday announced the takedown of 45,000 malicious IP addresses and servers used in connection with phishing, malware, and ransomware campaigns, as part of the agency's ongoing efforts to dismantle criminal networks, disrupt emerging threats, and safeguard victims from scams. The effort is part of an international law enforcement operation that involved 72 countries and territories. (HackerNews)
  • Storm-2561 Spreads Trojan VPN Clients via SEO Poisoning to Steal Credentials (Friday March 13, 2026)
    Microsoft has disclosed details of a credential theft campaign that employs fake virtual private network (VPN) clients distributed through search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques. "The campaign redirects users searching for legitimate enterprise software to malicious ZIP files on attacker-controlled websites to deploy digitally signed trojans that masquerade as trusted VPN clients (HackerNews)
  • Investigating a New Click-Fix Variant (Friday March 13, 2026)
    Disclaimer: This report has been prepared by the Threat Research Center to enhance cybersecurity awareness and support the strengthening of defense capabilities. It is based on independent research and observations of the current threat landscape available at the time of publication. The content is intended for informational and preparedness purposes only. Read more blogs around threat (HackerNews)
  • Google Fixes Two Chrome Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild Affecting Skia and V8 (Friday March 13, 2026)
    Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address two high-severity vulnerabilities that it said have been exploited in the wild. The list of vulnerabilities is as follows - CVE-2026-3909 (CVSS score: 8.8) - An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Skia 2D graphics library that allows a remote attacker to perform out-of-bounds memory access via a crafted HTML (HackerNews)
  • Nine CrackArmor Flaws in Linux AppArmor Enable Root Escalation, Bypass Container Isolation (Friday March 13, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities within the Linux kernel's AppArmor module that could be exploited by unprivileged users to circumvent kernel protections, escalate to root, and undermine container isolation guarantees. The nine confused deputy vulnerabilities have been collectively codenamed CrackArmor by the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU). The (HackerNews)
  • Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Countries (Friday March 13, 2026)
    A court-authorized international law enforcement operation has dismantled a criminal proxy service named SocksEscort that enslaved thousands of residential routers worldwide into a botnet for committing large-scale fraud. "SocksEscort infected home and small business internet routers with malware," the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) said. "The malware allowed SocksEscort to direct internet (HackerNews)
  • Veeam Patches 7 Critical Backup & Replication Flaws Allowing Remote Code Execution (Friday March 13, 2026)
    Veeam has released security updates to address multiple critical vulnerabilities in its Backup & Replication software that, if successfully exploited, could result in remote code execution. The vulnerabilities are as follows - CVE-2026-21666 (CVSS score: 9.9) - A vulnerability that allows an authenticated domain user to perform remote code execution on the Backup Server. CVE-2026-21667 ( (HackerNews)
  • Rust-Based VENON Malware Targets 33 Brazilian Banks with Credential-Stealing Overlays (Thursday March 12, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new banking malware targeting Brazilian users that's written in Rust, marking a significant departure from other known Delphi-based malware families associated with the Latin American cybercrime ecosystem. The malware, which is designed to infect Windows systems and was first discovered last month, has been codenamed VENON by Brazilian (HackerNews)
  • Hive0163 Uses AI-Assisted Slopoly Malware for Persistent Access in Ransomware Attacks (Thursday March 12, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-generated malware codenamed Slopoly put to use by a financially motivated threat actor named Hive0163. "Although still relatively unspectacular, AI-generated malware such as Slopoly shows how easily threat actors can weaponize AI to develop new malware frameworks in a fraction of the time it used to take (HackerNews)
  • How to Scale Phishing Detection in Your SOC: 3 Steps for CISOs (Thursday March 12, 2026)
    Phishing has quietly turned into one of the hardest enterprise threats to expose early. Instead of crude lures and obvious payloads, modern campaigns rely on trusted infrastructure, legitimate-looking authentication flows, and encrypted traffic that conceals malicious behavior from traditional detection layers. For CISOs, the priority is now clear: scale phishing detection in a way that helps (HackerNews)
  • ThreatsDay Bulletin: OAuth Trap, EDR Killer, Signal Phishing, Zombie ZIP, AI Platform Hack & More (Thursday March 12, 2026)
    Another Thursday, another pile of weird security stuff that somehow happened in just seven days. Some of it is clever. Some of it is lazy. A few bits fall into that uncomfortable category of “yeah… this is probably going to show up in real incidents sooner than we’d like.” The pattern this week feels familiar in a slightly annoying way. Old tricks are getting polished. New research shows how (HackerNews)
  • Attackers Don't Just Send Phishing Emails. They Weaponize Your SOC's Workload (Thursday March 12, 2026)
    The most dangerous phishing campaigns aren’t just designed to fool employees. Many are designed to exhaust the analysts investigating them. When a phishing investigation takes 12 hours instead of five minutes, the outcome can shift from a contained incident to a breach. For years, the cybersecurity industry has focused on the front door of phishing defense: employee training, email gateways that (HackerNews)
  • Apple Issues Security Updates for Older iOS Devices Targeted by Coruna WebKit Exploit (Thursday March 12, 2026)
    Apple on Wednesday backported fixes for a security flaw in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Sonoma to older versions after it was found to be used as part of the Coruna exploit kit. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2023-43010, relates to an unspecified vulnerability in WebKit that could result in memory corruption when processing maliciously crafted web content. The iPhone maker said the issue was (HackerNews)
  • Six Android Malware Families Target Pix Payments, Banking Apps, and Crypto Wallets (Thursday March 12, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered half-a-dozen new Android malware families that come with capabilities to steal data from compromised devices and conduct financial fraud. The Android malware range from traditional banking trojans like PixRevolution, TaxiSpy RAT, BeatBanker, Mirax, and Oblivion RAT to full-fledged remote administration tools such as SURXRAT. PixRevolution, according to (HackerNews)
  • CISA Flags Actively Exploited n8n RCE Bug as 24,700 Instances Remain Exposed (Thursday March 12, 2026)
    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting n8n to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-68613 (CVSS score: 9.9), concerns a case of expression injection that leads to remote code execution. The security shortcoming was patched (HackerNews)
  • Researchers Trick Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    Agentic web browsers that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to autonomously execute actions across multiple websites on behalf of a user could be trained and tricked into falling prey to phishing and scam traps. The attack, at its core, takes advantage of AI browsers' tendency to reason their actions and use it against the model itself to lower their security guardrails, Guardio (HackerNews)
  • Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    A hacktivist group with links to Iran's intelligence agencies is claiming responsibility for a data-wiping attack against Stryker, a global medical technology company based in Michigan. News reports out of Ireland, Stryker's largest hub outside of the United States, said the company sent home more than 5,000 workers there today. Meanwhile, a voicemail message at Stryker's main U.S. headquarters says the company is currently experiencing a building emergency. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Critical n8n Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and Exposure of Stored Credentials (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two now-patched security flaws in the n8n workflow automation platform, including two critical bugs that could result in arbitrary command execution. The vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2026-27577 (CVSS score: 9.4) - Expression sandbox escape leading to remote code execution (RCE) CVE-2026-27493 (CVSS score: 9.5) - Unauthenticated (HackerNews)
  • Meta Disables 150K Accounts Linked to Southeast Asia Scam Centers in Global Crackdown (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    Meta on Wednesday said it disabled over 150,000 accounts associated with scam centers in Southeast Asia as part of a coordinated effort in partnership with authorities from Thailand, the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Korea, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia. The effort also led to 21 arrests made by the Royal Thai Police, the company said. The action builds upon (HackerNews)
  • Dozens of Vendors Patch Security Flaws Across Enterprise Software and Network Devices (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    SAP has released security updates to address two critical security flaws that could be exploited to achieve arbitrary code execution on affected systems. The vulnerabilities in question listed below - CVE-2019-17571 (CVSS score: 9.8) - A code injection vulnerability in SAP Quotation Management Insurance application (FS-QUO) CVE-2026-27685 (CVSS score: 9.1) - An insecure deserialization (HackerNews)
  • What Boards Must Demand in the Age of AI-Automated Exploitation (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    “You knew, and you could have acted. Why didn’t you?”  This is the question you do not want to be asked. And increasingly, it’s the question leaders are forced to answer after an incident. For years, many executive teams and boards have treated a large vulnerability backlog as an uncomfortable but tolerable fact of life: “we’ve accepted the risk.” If you’ve ever seen a report showing (HackerNews)
  • Microsoft Patches 84 Flaws in March Patch Tuesday, Including Two Public Zero-Days (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for a set of 84 new security vulnerabilities affecting various software components, including two that have been listed as publicly known. Of these, eight are rated Critical, and 76 are rated Important in severity. Forty-six of the patched vulnerabilities relate to privilege escalation, followed by 18 remote code execution, 10 information disclosure, four (HackerNews)
  • UNC6426 Exploits nx npm Supply-Chain Attack to Gain AWS Admin Access in 72 Hours (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    A threat actor known as UNC6426 leveraged keys stolen following the supply chain compromise of the nx npm package last year to completely breach a victim's cloud environment within a span of 72 hours. The attack started with the theft of a developer's GitHub token, which the threat actor then used to gain unauthorized access to the cloud and steal data. "The threat actor, UNC6426, then used this (HackerNews)
  • Five Malicious Rust Crates and AI Bot Exploit CI/CD Pipelines to Steal Developer Secrets (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered five malicious Rust crates that masquerade as time-related utilities to transmit .env file data to the threat actors. The Rust packages, published to crates.io, are listed below - chrono_anchor dnp3times time_calibrator time_calibrators time-sync The crates, per Socket, impersonate timeapi.io and were published between late February and early March (HackerNews)
  • Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition (Wednesday March 11, 2026)
    Microsoft Corp. today pushed security updates to fix at least 77 vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and other software. There are no pressing "zero-day" flaws this month (compared to February's five zero-day treat), but as usual some patches may deserve more rapid attention from organizations using Windows. Here are a few highlights from this month's Patch Tuesday. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • How to Stop AI Data Leaks: A Webinar Guide to Auditing Modern Agentic Workflows (Tuesday March 10, 2026)
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a tool we talk to; it is a tool that does things for us. These are called AI Agents. They can send emails, move data, and even manage software on their own. But there is a problem. While these agents make work faster, they also open a new "back door" for hackers. The Problem: "The Invisible Employee" Think of an AI Agent like a new employee who has (HackerNews)
  • FortiGate Devices Exploited to Breach Networks and Steal Service Account Credentials (Tuesday March 10, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign where threat actors are abusing FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances as entry points to breach victim networks.  The activity involves the exploitation of recently disclosed security vulnerabilities or weak credentials to extract configuration files containing service account credentials and network topology (HackerNews)
  • KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet (Tuesday March 10, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that's primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic. The malware, first detected in the wild in August 2025, has expanded to over 14,000 infected devices, with more than 60% of victims located in the U.S., according to the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen. A lesser number of (HackerNews)
  • New "LeakyLooker" Flaws in Google Looker Studio Could Enable Cross-Tenant SQL Queries (Tuesday March 10, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed nine cross-tenant vulnerabilities in Google Looker Studio that could have permitted attackers to run arbitrary SQL queries on victims' databases and exfiltrate sensitive data within organizations' Google Cloud environments. The shortcomings have been collectively named LeakyLooker by Tenable. There is no evidence that the vulnerabilities were exploited in (HackerNews)
  • The Zero-Day Scramble is Avoidable: A Guide to Attack Surface Reduction (Tuesday March 10, 2026)
    You can't control when the next critical vulnerability drops. You can control how much of your environment is exposed when it does. The problem is that most teams have more internet-facing exposure than they realise. Intruder's Head of Security digs into why this happens and how teams can manage it deliberately. Time-to-exploit is shrinking The larger and less controlled your attack surface is, (HackerNews)
  • APT28 Uses BEARDSHELL and COVENANT Malware to Spy on Ukrainian Military (Tuesday March 10, 2026)
    The Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been observed using a pair of implants dubbed BEARDSHELL and COVENANT to facilitate long‑term surveillance of Ukrainian military personnel. The two malware families have been put to use since April 2024, ESET said in a new report shared with The Hacker News. APT28, also tracked as Blue Athena, BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, Fighting Ursa, (HackerNews)
  • Threat Actors Mass-Scan Salesforce Experience Cloud via Modified AuraInspector Tool (Tuesday March 10, 2026)
    Salesforce has warned of an increase in threat actor activity that's aimed at exploiting misconfigurations in publicly accessible Experience Cloud sites by making use of a customized version of an open-source tool called AuraInspector. The activity, per the company, involves the exploitation of customers' overly permissive Experience Cloud guest user configurations to obtain access to sensitive (HackerNews)
  • CISA Flags SolarWinds, Ivanti, and Workspace One Vulnerabilities as Actively Exploited (Tuesday March 10, 2026)
    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability list is as follows - CVE-2021-22054 (CVSS score: 7.5) - A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Omnissa Workspace One UEM (formerly VMware Workspace One UEM) that (HackerNews)
  • Malicious npm Package Posing as OpenClaw Installer Deploys RAT, Steals macOS Credentials (Monday March 09, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that masquerades as an OpenClaw installer to deploy a remote access trojan (RAT) and steal sensitive data from compromised hosts. The package, named "@openclaw-ai/openclawai," was uploaded to the registry by a user named "openclaw-ai" on March 3, 2026. It has been downloaded 178 times to date. The library is still available for (HackerNews)
  • UNC4899 Breached Crypto Firm After Developer AirDropped Trojanized File to Work Device (Monday March 09, 2026)
    The North Korean threat actor known as UNC4899 is suspected to be behind a sophisticated cloud compromise campaign targeting a cryptocurrency organization in 2025 to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. The activity has been attributed with moderate confidence to the state-sponsored adversary, which is also tracked under the cryptonyms Jade Sleet, PUKCHONG, Slow Pisces, and (HackerNews)
  • ⚡ Weekly Recap: Qualcomm 0-Day, iOS Exploit Chains, AirSnitch Attack & Vibe-Coded Malware (Monday March 09, 2026)
    Another week in cybersecurity. Another week of "you've got to be kidding me." Attackers were busy. Defenders were busy. And somewhere in the middle, a whole lot of people had a very bad Monday morning. That's kind of just how it goes now. The good news? There were some actual wins this week. Real ones. The kind where the good guys showed up, did the work, and made a dent. It doesn't always (HackerNews)
  • Can the Security Platform Finally Deliver for the Mid-Market? (Monday March 09, 2026)
    Mid-market organizations are constantly striving to achieve security levels on a par with their enterprise peers. With heightened awareness of supply chain attacks, your customers and business partners are defining the security level you must meet. What if you could be the enabler for your organization to remain competitive — and help win business — by easily demonstrating that you meet these (HackerNews)
  • Chrome Extension Turns Malicious After Ownership Transfer, Enabling Code Injection and Data Theft (Monday March 09, 2026)
    Two Google Chrome extensions have turned malicious after what appears to be a case of ownership transfer, offering attackers a way to push malware to downstream customers, inject arbitrary code, and harvest sensitive data. The extensions in question, both originally associated with a developer named "akshayanuonline@gmail.com" (BuildMelon), are listed below - QuickLens - Search Screen with (HackerNews)
  • Web Server Exploits and Mimikatz Used in Attacks Targeting Asian Critical Infrastructure (Monday March 09, 2026)
    High-value organizations located in South, Southeast, and East Asia have been targeted by a Chinese threat actor as part of a years-long campaign. The activity, which has targeted aviation, energy, government, law enforcement, pharmaceutical, technology, and telecommunications sectors, has been attributed by Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 to a previously undocumented threat activity group dubbed (HackerNews)
  • How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts (Sunday March 08, 2026)
    AI-based assistants or "agents" -- autonomous programs that have access to the user's computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task -- are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-raising headlines over the past few weeks have shown, these powerful and assertive new tools are rapidly shifting the security priorities for organizations, while blurring the lines between data and code, trusted co-worker and insider threat, ninja hacker and novice code jockey. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • OpenAI Codex Security Scanned 1.2 Million Commits and Found 10,561 High-Severity Issues (Saturday March 07, 2026)
    OpenAI on Friday began rolling out Codex Security, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered security agent that's designed to find, validate, and propose fixes for vulnerabilities. The feature is available in a research preview to ChatGPT Pro, Enterprise, Business, and Edu customers via the Codex web with free usage for the next month. "It builds deep context about your project to identify (HackerNews)
  • Anthropic Finds 22 Firefox Vulnerabilities Using Claude Opus 4.6 AI Model (Saturday March 07, 2026)
    Anthropic on Friday said it discovered 22 new security vulnerabilities in the Firefox web browser as part of a security partnership with Mozilla. Of these, 14 have been classified as high, seven have been classified as moderate, and one has been rated low in severity. The issues were addressed in Firefox 148, released late last month. The vulnerabilities were identified over a two-week period in (HackerNews)
  • Transparent Tribe Uses AI to Mass-Produce Malware Implants in Campaign Targeting India (Friday March 06, 2026)
    The Pakistan-aligned threat actor known as Transparent Tribe has become the latest hacking group to embrace artificial intelligence (AI)-powered coding tools to strike targets with various implants. The activity is designed to produce a "high-volume, mediocre mass of implants" that are developed using lesser-known programming languages like Nim, Zig, and Crystal and rely on trusted services like (HackerNews)
  • Multi-Stage VOID#GEIST Malware Delivering XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT (Friday March 06, 2026)
    Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-stage malware campaign that uses batch scripts as a pathway to deliver various encrypted remote access trojan (RATs) payloads that correspond to XWorm, AsyncRAT, and Xeno RAT. The stealthy attack chain has been codenamed VOID#GEIST by Securonix Threat Research. At a high level, the obfuscated batch script is used to deploy a second (HackerNews)
  • The MSP Guide to Using AI-Powered Risk Management to Scale Cybersecurity (Friday March 06, 2026)
    Scaling cybersecurity services as an MSP or MSSP requires technical expertise and a business model that delivers measurable value at scale. Risk-based cybersecurity is the foundation of that model. When done right, it builds client trust, increases upsell opportunities, and drives recurring revenue. But to deliver this consistently and efficiently, you need the right technology and processes. (HackerNews)
  • Iran-Linked MuddyWater Hackers Target U.S. Networks With New Dindoor Backdoor (Friday March 06, 2026)
    New research from Broadcom's Symantec and Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team has discovered evidence of an Iranian hacking group embedding itself in several U.S. companies' networks, including banks, airports, non-profit, and the Israeli arm of a software company. The activity has been attributed to a state-sponsored hacking group called MuddyWater (aka Seedworm). It's affiliated with the Iranian (HackerNews)
  • China-Linked Hackers Use TernDoor, PeerTime, BruteEntry in South American Telecom Attacks (Friday March 06, 2026)
    A China-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been targeting critical telecommunications infrastructure in South America since 2024, targeting Windows and Linux systems and edge devices with three different implants. The activity is being tracked by Cisco Talos under the moniker UAT-9244, describing it as closely associated with another cluster known as FamousSparrow. It's worth (HackerNews)
  • Microsoft Reveals ClickFix Campaign Using Windows Terminal to Deploy Lumma Stealer (Friday March 06, 2026)
    Microsoft on Thursday disclosed details of a new widespread ClickFix social engineering campaign that has leveraged the Windows Terminal app as a way to activate a sophisticated attack chain and deploy the Lumma Stealer malware. The activity, observed in February 2026, makes use of the terminal emulator program instead of instructing users to launch the Windows Run dialog and paste a command (HackerNews)
  • Hikvision and Rockwell Automation CVSS 9.8 Flaws Added to CISA KEV Catalog (Friday March 06, 2026)
    The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday added two security flaws impacting Hikvision and Rockwell Automation products to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, citing evidence of active exploitation. The critical-severity vulnerabilities are listed below - CVE-2017-7921 (CVSS score: 9.8) - An improper authentication vulnerability affecting (HackerNews)
  • Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”? (Saturday February 28, 2026)
    In early January 2026, KrebsOnSecurity revealed how a security researcher disclosed a vulnerability that was used to assemble Kimwolf, the world's largest and most disruptive botnet. Since then, the person in control of Kimwolf -- who goes by the handle "Dort" -- has coordinated a barrage of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS), doxing and email flooding attacks against the researcher and this author, and more recently caused a SWAT team to be sent to the researcher's home. This post examines what is knowable about Dort based on public information. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • ‘Starkiller’ Phishing Service Proxies Real Login Pages, MFA (Friday February 20, 2026)
    Most phishing websites are little more than static copies of login pages for popular online destinations, and they are often quickly taken down by anti-abuse activists and security firms. But a stealthy new phishing-as-a-service offering lets customers sidestep both of these pitfalls: It uses cleverly disguised links to load the target brand's real website, and then acts as a relay between the target and the legitimate site -- forwarding the victim's username, password and multi-factor authentication (MFA) code to the legitimate site and returning its responses. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Kimwolf Botnet Swamps Anonymity Network I2P (Wednesday February 11, 2026)
    For the past week, the massive "Internet of Things" (IoT) botnet known as Kimwolf has been disrupting the The Invisible Internet Project (I2P), a decentralized, encrypted communications network designed to anonymize and secure online communications. I2P users started reporting disruptions in the network around the same time the Kimwolf botmasters began relying on it to evade takedown attempts against the botnet's control servers. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Patch Tuesday, February 2026 Edition (Tuesday February 10, 2026)
    Microsoft today released updates to fix more than 50 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, including patches for a whopping six "zero-day" vulnerabilities that attackers are already exploiting in the wild. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Please Don’t Feed the Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (Monday February 02, 2026)
    A prolific data ransom gang that calls itself Scattered Lapsus ShinyHunters (SLSH) has a distinctive playbook when it seeks to extort payment from victim firms: Harassing, threatening and even swatting executives and their families, all while notifying journalists and regulators… Read More » (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Who Operates the Badbox 2.0 Botnet? (Monday January 26, 2026)
    The cybercriminals in control of Kimwolf -- a disruptive botnet that has infected more than 2 million devices -- recently shared a screenshot indicating they'd compromised the control panel for Badbox 2.0, a vast China-based botnet powered by malicious software that comes pre-installed on many Android TV streaming boxes. Both the FBI and Google say they are hunting for the people behind Badbox 2.0, and thanks to bragging by the Kimwolf botmasters we may now have a much clearer idea about that. (KrebsOnSecurity)
  • Kimwolf Botnet Lurking in Corporate, Govt. Networks (Tuesday January 20, 2026)
    A new Internet-of-Things botnet called Kimwolf has spread to more than 2 million devices, forcing infected systems to participate in massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and to relay other malicious and abusive Internet traffic. Kimwolf's ability to scan the local networks of compromised systems for other IoT devices to infect makes it a sobering threat to organizations, and new research reveals Kimwolf is surprisingly prevalent in government and corporate networks. (KrebsOnSecurity)

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