AttackFeed by Joe Wagner

Cisco has released updates to address a critical security flaw in the Integrated Management Controller (IMC) that, if successfully exploited, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the system with elevated privileges. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20093, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 out of a maximum of 10.0. “This  – Read More  … Read More “Cisco Patches 9.8 CVSS IMC and SSM Flaws Allowing Remote System Compromise  – The Hacker News” »

Microsoft warns of a WhatsApp attachments spreading VBS malware that installs backdoors on Windows PCs, giving hackers remote access and control systems.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

With the country’s cybersecurity workforce still experiencing major shortages, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers is pushing to enlist the Department of Labor to help tackle the problem. The Cyber Ready Workforce Act would direct the DOL to establish a grant program that supports the “creation, implementation, and expansion of registered apprenticeship programs in cybersecurity,” … Read More “Lawmakers renew push for Labor Department-backed cyber apprenticeship grants  – CyberScoop” »

The Akira ransomware group has compromised hundreds of victims over the past year with a well-honed attack lifecycle that has whittled down the time from initial access to encryption of data in less than four hours, according to cybersecurity firm Halcyon. Akira has been active since 2023, racking up at least $245 million in ransom … Read More “Akira ransomware group can achieve initial access to data encryption in less than an hour  – CyberScoop” »

Medtech company Stryker says it’s back to being “fully operational,” three weeks after it became the most prominent victim to date of Iranian hackers, who said they attacked the Michigan-based company in retaliation over the conflict with the United States and Israel. A March 11 wiper attack from the pro-Palestinian, Iranian government-connected group Handala damaged … Read More “Medtech giant Stryker says it’s back up after Iranian cyberattack  – CyberScoop” »

The latest ThreatsDay Bulletin is basically a cheat sheet for everything breaking on the internet right now. No corporate fluff or boring lectures here, just a quick and honest look at the messy reality of keeping systems safe this week. Things are moving fast. The list includes researchers chaining small bugs together to create massive backdoors, old software flaws  – … Read More “ThreatsDay Bulletin: Pre-Auth Chains, Android Rootkits, CloudTrail Evasion & 10 More Stories  – The Hacker News” »

New research from Varonis Threat Labs reveals Storm infostealer, a malicious subscription service that bypasses Google Chrome encryption.…  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

Team Cymru details the Yurei ransomware campaign, using standard tools and a few Stranger Things–named payloads to breach and encrypt systems.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

GitHub developers face rising giveaway scams. Verify repos, links, and maintainers before acting. Avoid rushed clicks, fake rewards, and risky wallet actions.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

In December 2025, we shared the first-ever The State of Trusted Open Source report, featuring insights from our product data and customer base on open source consumption across our catalog of container image projects, versions, images, language libraries, and builds. These insights shed light on what teams pull, deploy, and maintain day to day, alongside the vulnerabilities and  … Read More “The State of Trusted Open Source Report  – The Hacker News” »

A financially motivated operation codenamed REF1695 has been observed leveraging fake installers to deploy remote access trojans (RATs) and cryptocurrency miners since November 2023. “Beyond cryptomining, the threat actor monetizes infections through CPA (Cost Per Action) fraud, directing victims to content locker pages under the guise of software registration,” Elastic  – Read More  – The Hacker News 

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp said it alerted about 200 users who were tricked into installing a bogus version of its iOS app that was infected with spyware. According to reports from Italian newspaper La Repubblica and news agency ANSA, the vast majority of the targets are located in Italy. It’s assessed that the threat actors behind the activity … Read More “WhatsApp Alerts 200 Users After Fake iOS App Installed Spyware; Italian Firm Faces Action  – The Hacker News” »

Apple on Wednesday expanded the availability of iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7.7 to a broader range of devices to protect users from the risk posed by a recently disclosed exploit kit known as DarkSword. “We enabled the availability of iOS 18.7.7 for more devices on April 1, 2026, so users with Automatic Updates turned on can automatically receive important security  – … Read More “Apple Expands iOS 18.7.7 Update to More Devices to Block DarkSword Exploit  – The Hacker News” »

Apple pushes rare iOS 18 security patch to protect devices at risk from the DarkSword exploit, urging users to update or move to iOS 26 for stronger protection.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

A LinkedIn phishing scam uses fake notifications and lookalike domains to steal credentials, hijack accounts, and access sensitive professional data.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) has disclosed details of a new phishing campaign in which the cybersecurity agency itself was impersonated to distribute a remote administration tool known as AGEWHEEZE. As part of the attacks, the threat actors, tracked as UAC-0255, sent emails on March 26 and 27, 2026, posing as CERT-UA … Read More “CERT-UA Impersonation Campaign Spread AGEWHEEZE Malware to 1 Million Emails  – The Hacker News” »

Human error exposed 512,000+ lines of Anthropic Claude AI Code, revealing KAIROS and Capybara secrets, pushing users to switch to the Native Installer.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

A Chinese cyberespionage group has shifted its gaze back to Europe after years of focusing on other parts of the world, Proofpoint research published Wednesday found. The surge began in mid-2025, with a bevy of issues bubbling up between China and Europe, the company said. Proofpoint labels the government-linked group TA416, but other companies track … Read More “European-Chinese geopolitical issues drive renewed cyberespionage campaign  – CyberScoop” »

Google on Thursday released security updates for its Chrome web browser to address 21 vulnerabilities, including a zero-day flaw that it said has been exploited in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, CVE-2026-5281 (CVSS score: N/A), concerns a use-after-free bug in Dawn, an open-source and cross-platform implementation of the WebGPU standard. “Use-after-free in Dawn in Google … Read More “New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released  – The Hacker News” »

Microsoft is calling attention to a new campaign that has leveraged WhatsApp messages to distribute malicious Visual Basic Script (VBS) files. The activity, beginning in late February 2026, leverages these scripts to initiate a multi-stage infection chain for establishing persistence and enabling remote access. It’s currently not known what lures the threat actors use to … Read More “Microsoft Warns of WhatsApp-Delivered VBS Malware Hijacking Windows via UAC Bypass  – The Hacker News” »

A multi-pronged phishing campaign is targeting Spanish-speaking users in organizations across Latin America and Europe to deliver Windows banking trojans like Casbaneiro (aka Metamorfo) via another malware called Horabot. The activity has been attributed to a Brazilian cybercrime threat actor tracked as Augmented Marauder and Water Saci. The e-crime group was first documented by Trend … Read More “Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures  – The Hacker News” »

New research from Seqrite explains the ‘dual-use dilemma,’ where ransomware attackers repurpose legitimate IT tools like IOBit Unlocker…  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

There is a character that keeps appearing in enterprise security departments, and most CISOs know exactly who that is. It doesn’t build. It doesn’t enable. Its entire function is to say “No.” No to ChatGPT. No to DeepSeek. No to the file-sharing tool the product team swears by. For years, this looked like security. But … Read More “Block the Prompt, Not the Work: The End of “Doctor No”  – The Hacker News” »

Post-quantum cryptography explained, risks of quantum attacks, and steps to secure data, systems, and infrastructure for a quantum-resilient…  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

New York, New York, April 1st, 2026, CyberNewswire  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

New research from Octagon Networks reveals a critical zero-day ImageMagick vulnerability that allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) via simple image uploads affecting Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, and WordPress. This magic byte shift bypasses even the most secure policies.  – Read More  – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More 

For years, cybersecurity has followed a familiar model: block malware, stop the attack. Now, attackers are moving on to what’s next. Threat actors now use malware less frequently in favor of what’s already inside your environment, including abusing trusted tools, native binaries, and legitimate admin utilities to move laterally, escalate privileges, and persist without raising … Read More “3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)  – The Hacker News” »

A man has appeared in federal court in Austin, Texas, after being extradited to the United States to face charges related to his alleged role as a key developer of the notorious RedLine malware. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.  – Read More  – GRAHAM CLULEY 

Google has formally attributed the supply chain compromise of the popular Axios npm package to a financially motivated North Korean threat activity cluster tracked as UNC1069. “We have attributed the attack to a suspected North Korean threat actor we track as UNC1069,” John Hultquist, chief analyst at Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), told The Hacker … Read More “Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069  – The Hacker News” »

Anthropic on Tuesday confirmed that internal code for its popular artificial intelligence (AI) coding assistant, Claude Code, had been inadvertently released due to a human error. “No sensitive customer data or credentials were involved or exposed,” an Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement shared with CNBC News. “This was a release packaging issue caused by … Read More “Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms  – The Hacker News” »

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that purports to limit mail-in voting, though critics say the move will almost certainly be challenged in court on constitutional grounds. The order instructs the Homeland Security secretary, the director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigrations Services and the commissioner of the Social Security Administration to compile lists … Read More “White House executive order purports to limit mail-in voting, mandate federal voter lists   – CyberScoop” »

Google on Monday said it’s officially rolling out Android developer verification to all developers to combat the problem of bad actors distributing harmful apps while “hiding behind anonymity.” The development comes ahead of a planned verification mandate that goes into effect in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand this September, before it expands globally next year. … Read More “Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement  – The Hacker News” »

A high-severity security flaw in the TrueConf client video conferencing software has been exploited in the wild as a zero-day as part of a campaign targeting government entities in Southeast Asia dubbed TrueChaos. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-3502 (CVSS score: 7.8), a lack of integrity check when fetching application update code, allowing an attacker … Read More “TrueConf Zero-Day Exploited in Attacks on Southeast Asian Government Networks  – The Hacker News” »