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** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 13, 2026 Linux / Vulnerability Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed multiple security vulnerabilities within the Linux kernel’s AppArmor module that could be …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 13, 2026 Browser Security / Vulnerability Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address two high-severity vulnerabilities that it said …
On Wednesday, a phishing message made its way into our handler inbox that contained a fairly typical low-quality lure, but turned out to be quite interesting in the end nonetheless. That is because …
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 …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 13, 2026 Vulnerability / Enterprise Security Veeam has released security updates to address multiple critical vulnerabilities in its Backup & Replication software that, …
ISC Stormcast For Friday, March 13th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9848
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 …
iPhones and iPads Approved for NATO Classified Data Apple announcement : …iPhone and iPad are the first and only consumer devices in compliance with the information assurance requirements of NATO …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 12, 2026 Vulnerability / Malware 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 …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 12, 2026 Cybersecurity / Hacking News Another Thursday, another pile of weird security stuff that somehow happened in just seven days. Some of it is clever. Some of it is …
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 …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 12, 2026 Artificial Intelligence / Malware Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a suspected artificial intelligence (AI)-generated malware codenamed Slopoly …
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 …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 12, 2026 Malware / Cybercrime Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new banking malware targeting Brazilian users that’s written in Rust, marking a …
[This is a Guest Diary by Adam Thorman, an ISC intern as part of the SANS.edu BACS program] Introduction Have you ever installed a new device on your home or company router? Even when setup …
ISC Stormcast For Thursday, March 12th, 2026 https://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail/9846
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 12, 2026 Vulnerability / Enterprise Security The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Wednesday added a critical security flaw impacting n8n to …
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 …
Israel Hacked Traffic Cameras in Iran Multiple news outlets are reporting on Israel’s hacking of Iranian traffic cameras and how they assisted with the killing of that country’s leadership. The New …
Hacked App Part of US/Israeli Propaganda Campaign Against Iran Wired has the story : Shortly after the first set of explosions, Iranians received bursts of notifications on their phones. They came not …
Claude Used to Hack Mexican Government An unknown hacker used Anthropic’s LLM to hack the Mexican government: The unknown Claude user wrote Spanish-language prompts for the chatbot to act as an elite …
Anthropic and the Pentagon OpenAI is in and Anthropic is out as a supplier of AI technology for the US defense department. This news caps a week of bluster by the highest officials in the US …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 11, 2026 Artificial Intelligence / Browser Security Agentic web browsers that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to autonomously execute actions across …
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 …
** Ravie Lakshmanan ** Mar 11, 2026 Vulnerability / Application Security Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of two now-patched security flaws in the n8n workflow automation platform, …
