TRENDING TOPICS MAR 09, 2026 Update: Hackerbot-Claw-Led Campaign Targets Major GitHub Repositories Cybersecurity researchers at Pillar Security have uncovered Hackerbot-Claw (also known as Chaos Agent), the first recorded case of an autonomous AI agent conducting a coordinated cyberattack using only natural language. Over a 37-hour campaign in late February 2026,
MONTHLY WRAP MONTHLY WRAP Overview February reinforced a consistent operational reality, which suggests attackers are gaining access and staying hidden by abusing trusted services and normal workflows more often than by relying on novel exploitation. This month featured stealthy “legitimate-functionality” tradecraft, including PRC-nexus abuse of the Google Sh
UAT-9244
CVE-2026-21385 High Severity Vulnerability Description A memory corruption flaw in multiple Qualcomm chipsets caused by an integer overflow (CWE-190) during memory allocation, allowing attackers to execute code, escalate privileges, or crash devices. CISA confirmed active exploitation and requires Federal agencies to patch or mitigate it by March 24, 2026, under
MongoDB
TRENDING TOPICS MAR 05, 2026 High-Severity MongoDB Compression Bug Enables Fast Pre-Auth DoS Cato CTRL’s Vitaly Simonovich disclosed CVE-2026-25611, a high-severity (7.5) vulnerability affecting all MongoDB deployments with wire-protocol compression enabled, including MongoDB Atlas. By abusing the OP_COMPRESSED message flow, a threat actor can send small, crafted
Threat Intelligence Briefing Iranian APT Threat Landscape Report Date: March 2026 11Tracked Threat Actors 10+CVEs Actively Exploited 15+Targeted Sectors 20+Countries at Risk 2Sponsoring Agencies (IRGC / MOIS) Landscape Overview Primary Target Sectors Aerospace & Defense Energy / Oil & Gas Telecommunications Government Healthcare ICS / OT / PLC IT Providers Finance
Iran-US/Israel Conflict
TRENDING TOPICS MAR 04, 2026 Iranian APT Escalation Targets Global Critical Infrastructure Amid Expanding Regional Conflict Following the joint U.S.–Israeli strike known as Operation Lion’s Roar, Iran has escalated retaliatory cyber operations against global critical infrastructure. Iranian state-sponsored threat groups, including MuddyWater, OilRig, APT33, and UNC1549, have
Recon and Workflow Discovery Hackerbot-claw identified Trivy's vulnerable pull_request_target workflow ("API Diff Check"), which checked out PR code and used a PAT with broad permissions, not only the ephemeral GITHUB_TOKEN. Initial Access via PR and CI Execution The bot forked aquasecurity/trivy and
Scattered LAPSUS$
TRENDING TOPICS MAR 03, 2026 Scattered Lapsus$ Expands to Targeted Recruitment The cybercriminal group Scattered Lapsus$ (SLSH), a successor to the disbanded Lapsus$ collective known for high-profile breaches of Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Okta, is reportedly recruiting women to bolster its social engineering operations. According to a Telegram post by Dataminr
SonicWall
TRENDING TOPICS MAR 02, 2026 Update: Hackers Conduct Mass Scanning Campaign Against SonicWall Firewalls Using 4,000+ IPs A large-scale reconnaissance campaign is actively targeting SonicWall firewall infrastructure worldwide, with attackers using more than 4,000 unique IP addresses to identify vulnerable systems ahead of potential exploitation, according to new
Dohdoor Backdoor Campaign
CVE-2026-20127 Critical Severity Vulnerability Description A vulnerability in the peering authentication in Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Controller, formerly SD-WAN vSmart, and Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, formerly SD-WAN vManage, could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to bypass authentication and obtain administrative privileges on an affected system. This vulnerability exists because the peering
GRIDTIDE
TRENDING TOPICS FEB 26, 2026 GRIDTIDE Disruption: PRC-Linked UNC2814 Abused Google Sheets API for Global Espionage Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG), alongside Mandiant and other partners, disrupted a large-scale espionage campaign attributed to UNC2814, a suspected PRC-nexus threat actor active since at least 2017. The operation leveraged a novel C-based
Workforce Workflow Compromise Targeted outreach to employees and applicants through personal email and professional networking channels to avoid corporate security controls. Credential harvesting via cloned recruitment portals, interview scheduling pages, document-sharing prompts, and fake "candidate" communications. Secondary abuse of captured identities to access workforce-facing SaaS, internal collaboration platforms,