Cybersecurity News from Across the Internet
SQL injection flaw in Ally WordPress plugin exposes 200,000+ sites to data theft. Patch released, but most installations remain unpatched and vulnerable. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Menlo Park, California, USA, 13th March 2026, CyberNewswire – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
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 – Read More – The … Read More “Nine CrackArmor Flaws in Linux AppArmor Enable Root Escalation, Bypass Container Isolation – The Hacker News” »
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 … Read More “Google Fixes Two Chrome Zero-Days Exploited in the Wild Affecting Skia and V8 – The Hacker News” »
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 – Read More … Read More “Authorities Disrupt SocksEscort Proxy Botnet Exploiting 369,000 IPs Across 163 Countries – The Hacker News” »
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 … Read More “Veeam Patches 7 Critical Backup & Replication Flaws Allowing Remote Code Execution – The Hacker News” »
A cyberattack that an Iranian hacking group said it carried out against medical device manufacturer Stryker might mark Tehran’s first significant cyber action since the start of the joint U.S.-Israel conflict. But even that may have been a happy accident for Iranian hackers in what has been a low buzz of activity during that timeframe, … Read More “Stryker attack highlights nebulous nature of Iranian cyber activity amid joint U.S.-Israel conflict – CyberScoop” »
European and US agencies dismantled the SocksEscort proxy network built on infected routers and used by cybercriminals in global fraud schemes. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
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 … Read More “Hive0163 Uses AI-Assisted Slopoly Malware for Persistent Access in Ransomware Attacks – The Hacker News” »
Scammers are hijacking popular security tools like Cloudflare to hide fake Microsoft 365 login pages. Learn how this new invisible phishing campaign bypasses antivirus software and how you can stay safe. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
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 … Read More “Rust-Based VENON Malware Targets 33 Brazilian Banks with Credential-Stealing Overlays – The Hacker News” »
Bell Ambulance disclosed a data breach impacting 237,830 individuals after unauthorized access to its network exposed personal and medical data. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
If you just want to read the contest rules, click here. Willkommen zurück, meine Damen und Herren, zu unserem zweiten Wettbewerb in Berlin! That’s correct (if Google translate didn’t steer me wrong). After our inaugural competition last year, Pwn2Own returns to Berlin and OffensiveCon. Outside of our shipping troubles, we had an amazing time … Read More “Announcing Pwn2Own Berlin for 2026 – Zero Day Initiative – Blog” »
Authorities from multiple countries dismantled SocksEscort, a residential proxy network cybercriminals used to commit large-scale fraud, claiming access to about 369,000 IP addresses since 2020, the Justice Department said Thursday. Europol, which aided the investigation alongside various law enforcement agencies, Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs and the Shadowserver Foundation, said the malicious proxy service compromised routers … Read More “Authorities takedown global proxy network SocksEscort – CyberScoop” »
Two years ago, it was revealed that Chinese hackers had compromised at least ten U.S. telecoms, giving them broad access to phone data affecting nearly all Americans. Since then, public officials charged with responding to the campaign and bolstering the nation’s cyber defenses have reported a common problem. Many of their constituents struggle to understand … Read More “Officials worry Salt Typhoon apathy is killing momentum for tougher telecom security rules – CyberScoop” »
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 … Read More “ThreatsDay Bulletin: OAuth Trap, EDR Killer, Signal Phishing, Zombie ZIP, AI Platform Hack & More – The Hacker News” »
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 … Read More “How to Scale Phishing Detection in Your SOC: 3 Steps for CISOs – The Hacker News” »
Learn how to protect smart home devices from hackers. Strong passwords, updates and secure networks help keep cameras, sensors and data safe. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
A 41-year-old South Florida man is accused of conducting at least 10 ransomware attacks and extorting a combined $75.25 million in ransom payments while he was working as a ransomware negotiator for DigitalMint. Five of Angelo John Martino III’s alleged victims hired DigitalMint, which assigned Martino to conduct ransomware negotiations on their clients’ behalf — … Read More “Feds say another DigitalMint negotiator ran ransomware attacks and extorted $75 million – CyberScoop” »
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 … Read More “Attackers Don’t Just Send Phishing Emails. They Weaponize Your SOC’s Workload – The Hacker News” »
Exclusive: Lab tests discover ‘new form of insider risk’ with artificial intelligence agents engaging in autonomous, even ‘aggressive’ behaviours Robert Booth UK technology editor Rogue artificial intelligence agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information out of supposedly secure systems, in the latest sign cyber-defences may be overwhelmed by unforeseen scheming by AIs. With companies … Read More “‘Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software – Data and computer security | The Guardian” »
Signal, the encrypted messaging app trusted by security-savvy users around the world, has confirmed that hackers have managed to takeover accounts – with government officials and journalists among those being targeted. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. – Read More – GRAHAM CLULEY
Researchers have discovered PixRevolution, a new Android banking trojan targeting Brazil’s PIX system. Unlike automated scams, this malware uses live operators to watch your screen and divert funds instantly. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
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 … Read More “Apple Issues Security Updates for Older iOS Devices Targeted by Coruna WebKit Exploit – The Hacker News” »
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 – Read More – … Read More “Six Android Malware Families Target Pix Payments, Banking Apps, and Crypto Wallets – The Hacker News” »
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 … Read More “CISA Flags Actively Exploited n8n RCE Bug as 24,700 Instances Remain Exposed – The Hacker News” »
A Wikipedia security engineer accidentally wakes a dormant JavaScript worm that hadn’t stirred since 2024 – and within minutes, giant woodpecker images are plastered across the internet’s favourite encyclopaedia. Meanwhile, a crypto contractor hired to help the US Marshals manage seized digital assets allegedly decides to help himself to $46 million of it – and … Read More “Smashing Security podcast #458: How not to steal $46 million from the US government – GRAHAM CLULEY” »
Iran-linked Handala hackers claim cyberattacks on Stryker and Verifone. Stryker confirms network disruption while Verifone says no breach evidence found. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
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 … Read More “Researchers Trick Perplexity’s Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes – The Hacker News” »
BeatBanker Android Trojan spreads via fake Google Play Store pages, using a silent audio loop to stay active while stealing crypto, banking data, and login credentials. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
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 … Read More “Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker – Krebs on Security” »
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 – Read … Read More “Critical n8n Flaws Allow Remote Code Execution and Exposure of Stored Credentials – The Hacker News” »
Aryaka researchers have identified a new threat from a Russian-speaking group using ‘BlackSanta’ malware. By disguising attacks as job applications, hackers are bypassing security to target recruitment workflows. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
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 … Read More “Meta Disables 150K Accounts Linked to Southeast Asia Scam Centers in Global Crackdown – The Hacker News” »
Threat hunters and a collection of unconfirmed victims are responding to a series of attacks targeting Salesforce customers, which the vendor disclosed in a security advisory Saturday. “Salesforce is actively monitoring threat activity targeting public-facing Experience Cloud sites, including attempts to take advantage of overly permissive guest user configurations,” the company said in the alert. … Read More “Salesforce issues new security alert tied to third customer attack spree in six months – CyberScoop” »
“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: … Read More “What Boards Must Demand in the Age of AI-Automated Exploitation – The Hacker News” »
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 – … Read More “Dozens of Vendors Patch Security Flaws Across Enterprise Software and Network Devices – The Hacker News” »
Microsoft fixes 79 vulnerabilities in March 2026 Patch Tuesday, including two publicly disclosed 0-days affecting SQL Server, .NET and Windows systems. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Data lakes start organized but can turn into dumping grounds. Learn the signs of data lake clutter and simple steps to clean it up without rebuilding. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
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 … Read More “Microsoft Patches 84 Flaws in March Patch Tuesday, Including Two Public Zero-Days – The Hacker News” »
Washington has rediscovered consequences. Just not consistently. The March 6 executive order rests on a simple, correct idea: cyber-enabled fraud persists because it is profitable, scalable, and too often tolerated. So the government’s answer is to raise the cost. More coordination. More disruption. More prosecutions. More diplomatic pressure on the states that shelter these operations. … Read More “If consequences matter, they should apply to vendors, too – CyberScoop” »
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 … Read More “UNC6426 Exploits nx npm Supply-Chain Attack to Gain AWS Admin Access in 72 Hours – The Hacker News” »
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 – Read More … Read More “Five Malicious Rust Crates and AI Bot Exploit CI/CD Pipelines to Steal Developer Secrets – The Hacker News” »
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 … Read More “Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition – Krebs on Security” »
Cal AI faces data breach claims after hackers post alleged data of 3 million users, including emails, health details, and subscriptions. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
ShinyHunters claims to have stolen data from 400 firms via Salesforce portals and is threatening to leak the information unless ransom demands are paid. – Read More – Hackread – Cybersecurity News, Data Breaches, AI and More
Microsoft addressed 83 vulnerabilities that cut across its broad portfolio of enterprise software and underlying services in its latest security update. The company’s Patch Tuesday release contained no actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities and six defects it described as more likely to be exploited. The vendor’s batch of patches marks the first monthly update without an … Read More “Microsoft’s monthly Patch Tuesday is first in 6 months with no actively exploited zero-days – CyberScoop” »
Artificial intelligence may be enhancing cyber threats, but the defensive approach to those AI-amplified attacks remains the same, a top FBI official said Tuesday. “We have seen actors both criminal and nation-state, they’re absolutely using AI to their advantage,” said Jason Bilnoski, deputy assistant director at the FBI’s cyber division. “But the way attacks unfold … Read More “FBI says even in an AI-powered world, security basics still matter – CyberScoop” »
Artificial intelligence may be enhancing cyber threats, but the defensive approach to those AI-amplified attacks remains the same, a top FBI official said Tuesday. “We have seen actors both criminal and nation-state, they’re absolutely using AI to their advantage,” said Jason Bilnoski, deputy assistant director at the FBI’s cyber division. “But the way attacks unfold … Read More “FBI says even in an AI-powered world, security basics still matter – CyberScoop” »
A federal judge has blocked Perplexity, makers of the Comet AI browser, from accessing user Amazon accounts and making purchases on their behalf. In an March 9 order, Judge Maxine Chesney of the Northern District Court of California said the temporary injunction reflects the likelihood that Amazon “will succeed on the merits” of its claim … Read More “Federal judge blocks Perplexity’s AI browser from making Amazon purchases – CyberScoop” »
