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Casbaneiro Phishing Targets Latin America and Europe Using Dynamic PDF Lures

New Chrome Zero-Day CVE-2026-5281 Under Active Exploitation — Patch Released

3 Reasons Attackers Are Using Your Trusted Tools Against You (And Why You Don’t See It Coming)

Google Attributes Axios npm Supply Chain Attack to North Korean Group UNC1069

Claude Code Source Leaked via npm Packaging Error, Anthropic Confirms

Android Developer Verification Rollout Begins Ahead of September Enforcement

South Africa needs centralised anti-fraud hub, says FSCA - ITWeb

South Africa needs centralised anti-fraud hub, says FSCA ITWeb

‘CanisterWorm’ Springs Wiper Attack Targeting Iran

A financially motivated data theft and extortion group is attempting to inject itself into the Iran war, unleashing a worm that spreads through poorly secured cloud services and wipes data on infected systems that use Iran's time zone or have Farsi set as the default language.

Feds Disrupt IoT Botnets Behind Huge DDoS Attacks

The U.S. Justice Department joined authorities in Canada and Germany in dismantling the online infrastructure behind four highly disruptive botnets that compromised more than three million hacked Internet of Things (IoT) devices, such as routers and web cameras. The feds say the four botnets -- named Aisuru, Kimwolf, J

Iran-Backed Hackers Claim Wiper Attack on Medtech Firm Stryker

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 th

Microsoft Patch Tuesday, March 2026 Edition

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 Window

How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts

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 assertiv

Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?

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-servi

INTERPOL-led Law Enforcement Operation Arrests 651 Suspects Linked to Online Scams Across Africa - CPO Magazine

INTERPOL-led Law Enforcement Operation Arrests 651 Suspects Linked to Online Scams Across Africa CPO Magazine

The Psychology Behind Scams: Why smart people get tricked - CitiNewsroom.com

The Psychology Behind Scams: Why smart people get tricked CitiNewsroom.com

‘Starkiller’ Phishing Service Proxies Real Login Pages, MFA

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 t