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Attackers Don't Just Send Phishing Emails. They Weaponize Your SOC's Workload https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/attackers-dont-just-send-phishing.html 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 defense: employee training, email gateways that

Apple Issues Security Updates for Older iOS Devices Targeted by Coruna WebKit Exploit https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/apple-issues-security-updates-for-older.html 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 content. The iPhone maker said the issue was

Six Android Malware Families Target Pix Payments, Banking Apps, and Crypto Wallets https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/six-android-malware-families-target-pix.html 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

CISA Flags Actively Exploited n8n RCE Bug as 24,700 Instances Remain Exposed https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/cisa-flags-actively-exploited-n8n-rce.html 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

Researchers Trick Perplexity's Comet AI Browser Into Phishing Scam in Under Four Minutes https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/researchers-trick-perplexitys-comet-ai.html 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 itself to lower their security guardrails, Guardio

UNC6426 Exploits nx npm Supply-Chain Attack to Gain AWS Admin Access in 72 Hours https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/unc6426-exploits-nx-npm-supply-chain.html 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 to the cloud and steal data. "The threat actor, UNC6426, then used this

Five Malicious Rust Crates and AI Bot Exploit CI/CD Pipelines to Steal Developer Secrets https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/five-malicious-rust-crates-and-ai-bot.html 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

Sednit reloaded: Back in the trenches https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/sednit-reloaded-back-trenches/ The resurgence of one of Russia’s most notorious APT groups

FortiGate Devices Exploited to Breach Networks and Steal Service Account Credentials https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/fortigate-devices-exploited-to-breach.html Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new campaign where threat actors are abusing FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) appliances as entry points to breach victim networks.  The activity involves the exploitation of recently disclosed security vulnerabilities or weak credentials to extract configuration files containing service account credentials and network topology

KadNap Malware Infects 14,000+ Edge Devices to Power Stealth Proxy Botnet https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/kadnap-malware-infects-14000-edge.html Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware called KadNap that's primarily targeting Asus routers to enlist them into a botnet for proxying malicious traffic. The malware, first detected in the wild in August 2025, has expanded to over 14,000 infected devices, with more than 60% of victims located in the U.S., according to the Black Lotus Labs team at Lumen. A lesser number of

New "LeakyLooker" Flaws in Google Looker Studio Could Enable Cross-Tenant SQL Queries https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/new-leakylooker-flaws-in-google-looker.html Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed nine cross-tenant vulnerabilities in Google Looker Studio that could have permitted attackers to run arbitrary SQL queries on victims' databases and exfiltrate sensitive data within organizations' Google Cloud environments. The shortcomings have been collectively named LeakyLooker by Tenable. There is no evidence that the vulnerabilities were exploited in

How to Stop AI Data Leaks: A Webinar Guide to Auditing Modern Agentic Workflows https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/how-to-stop-ai-data-leaks-webinar-guide.html Artificial Intelligence (AI) is no longer just a tool we talk to; it is a tool that does things for us. These are called AI Agents. They can send emails, move data, and even manage software on their own. But there is a problem. While these agents make work faster, they also open a new "back door" for hackers. The Problem: "The Invisible Employee" Think of an AI Agent like a new employee who has

The Zero-Day Scramble is Avoidable: A Guide to Attack Surface Reduction https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/the-zero-day-scramble-is-avoidable.html You can't control when the next critical vulnerability drops. You can control how much of your environment is exposed when it does. The problem is that most teams have more internet-facing exposure than they realise. Intruder's Head of Security digs into why this happens and how teams can manage it deliberately. Time-to-exploit is shrinking The larger and less controlled your attack surface is,

APT28 Uses BEARDSHELL and COVENANT Malware to Spy on Ukrainian Military https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/apt28-uses-beardshell-and-covenant.html The Russian state-sponsored hacking group tracked as APT28 has been observed using a pair of implants dubbed BEARDSHELL and COVENANT to facilitate long‑term surveillance of Ukrainian military personnel. The two malware families have been put to use since April 2024, ESET said in a new report shared with The Hacker News. APT28, also tracked as Blue Athena, BlueDelta, Fancy Bear, Fighting Ursa,

Threat Actors Mass-Scan Salesforce Experience Cloud via Modified AuraInspector Tool https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/threat-actors-mass-scan-salesforce.html Salesforce has warned of an increase in threat actor activity that's aimed at exploiting misconfigurations in publicly accessible Experience Cloud sites by making use of a customized version of an open-source tool called AuraInspector. The activity, per the company, involves the exploitation of customers' overly permissive Experience Cloud guest user configurations to obtain access to sensitive

CISA Flags SolarWinds, Ivanti, and Workspace One Vulnerabilities as Actively Exploited https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/cisa-flags-solarwinds-ivanti-and.html The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added three security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability list is as follows - CVE-2021-22054 (CVSS score: 7.5) - A server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Omnissa Workspace One UEM (formerly VMware Workspace One UEM) that

Malicious npm Package Posing as OpenClaw Installer Deploys RAT, Steals macOS Credentials https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/malicious-npm-package-posing-as.html Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious npm package that masquerades as an OpenClaw installer to deploy a remote access trojan (RAT) and steal sensitive data from compromised hosts. The package, named "@openclaw-ai/openclawai," was uploaded to the registry by a user named "openclaw-ai" on March 3, 2026. It has been downloaded 178 times to date. The library is still available for

UNC4899 Breached Crypto Firm After Developer AirDropped Trojanized File to Work Device https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/unc4899-used-airdrop-file-transfer-and.html The North Korean threat actor known as UNC4899 is suspected to be behind a sophisticated cloud compromise campaign targeting a cryptocurrency organization in 2025 to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. The activity has been attributed with moderate confidence to the state-sponsored adversary, which is also tracked under the cryptonyms Jade Sleet, PUKCHONG, Slow Pisces, and

⚡ Weekly Recap: Qualcomm 0-Day, iOS Exploit Chains, AirSnitch Attack & Vibe-Coded Malware https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/weekly-recap-qualcomm-0-day-ios-exploit.html Another week in cybersecurity. Another week of "you've got to be kidding me." Attackers were busy. Defenders were busy. And somewhere in the middle, a whole lot of people had a very bad Monday morning. That's kind of just how it goes now. The good news? There were some actual wins this week. Real ones. The kind where the good guys showed up, did the work, and made a dent. It doesn't always

Can the Security Platform Finally Deliver for the Mid-Market? https://thehackernews.com/2026/03/can-security-platform-finally-deliver.html Mid-market organizations are constantly striving to achieve security levels on a par with their enterprise peers. With heightened awareness of supply chain attacks, your customers and business partners are defining the security level you must meet. What if you could be the enabler for your organization to remain competitive — and help win business — by easily demonstrating that you meet these