13 Critical Vulnerabilities Mark 43% Drop from January
February 2026 saw a 43% decrease in high-impact vulnerabilities, with Recorded Future’s Insikt Group® identifying 13 vulnerabilities requiring immediate remediation, down from 23 in January…
Month: March 2026
What Hollywood Movies Get Right (and Wrong) About Hacking
Hollywood: home of some of the craziest, cringiest, out-of-this-world hacking scenes. Maybe it’s two characters in NCIS partnering up in a strange attempt at isolation (literally…
FBI seeks victims of Steam games used to spread malware
The FBI is asking gamers who installed Steam titles containing malware to provide information as part of an ongoing investigation into eight malicious games uploaded to…
GlassWorm Campaign Uses 72 Malicious Open VSX Extensions to Broaden Reach
GlassWorm 72 Malicious Open VSX Extensions In a major escalation of supply chain attacks, the GlassWorm malware campaign has evolved to infect developer environments using…
How ‘Handala’ Became the Face of Iran’s Hacker Counterattacks
Since the United States and Israel first unleashed a broad campaign of air strikes across Iran in late February, the cybersecurity industry has warned that…
Global Authorities Take Down 45,000 Malicious IPs Used in Ransomware Campaigns
An unprecedented international law enforcement effort has successfully dismantled a massive cybercrime network. Coordinated by INTERPOL, the initiative targeted critical infrastructure used in phishing, malware,…
‘CrackArmor’ Vulnerability in AppArmor Impacts 12.6M Linux Systems
A major security issue has been found in AppArmor, a tool designed to protect Linux devices worldwide. The cybersecurity firm Qualys recently disclosed nine vulnerabilities…
Authorities dismantle SocksEscort proxy network behind millions in fraud
SocksEscort, a residential proxy network used to exploit thousands of compromised home routers worldwide and facilitate large-scale fraud that cost victims millions of dollars, has…
Google patches two Chrome zero-days under active attack. Update now
Google has released an out-of-band security update for Chrome desktop that patches two high‑severity zero‑day vulnerabilities. Both bugs can be exploited remotely and require only…
Meta to Shut Down Instagram End-to-End Encrypted Chat Support Starting May 2026
Ravie LakshmananMar 13, 2026Encryption / Data Protection Meta has announced plans to discontinue support for end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for chats on Instagram after May 8,…
Interpol obliterates cyber criminal infrastructure
In a serious setback to the cyber criminal underground, an Interpol-led operation spanning 72 countries and territories has successfully neutralised more than 45,000 malicious IP…
Veeam Security Patch Fixes Critical RCE In Backup Platform
An important Veeam security patch to address multiple vulnerabilities in its Backup & Replication platform that potentially allowed attackers to execute malicious code remotely, has…