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Iranian Apps, Websites Hacked Following US-Israeli Strikes

02 March 2026
A wave of cyber operations targeted Iran. 

Madison Square Garden Data Breach Confirmed Months After Hacker Attack

02 March 2026
The company is one of the many victims of the 2025 Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) hacking campaign. The post Madison Square Garden Data Breach Confirmed Months After Hacker Attack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Software Supply Chain Risk: The Growing Threat Landscape

02 March 2026
This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine Sausalito, Calif. – Mar. 2, 2026 – Read the full story from Ox Security Cybersecurity Ventures predicted that global damage costs resulting from software supply chain attacks would reach $60 billion USD by 2025, and $138 The post Software Supply Chain Risk: The Growing Threat Landscape appeared first on Cybercrime Magazine.

⚡ Weekly Recap: SD-WAN 0-Day, Critical CVEs, Telegram Probe, Smart TV Proxy SDK and More

02 March 2026
This week is not about one big event. It shows where things are moving. Network systems, cloud setups, AI tools, and common apps are all being pushed in different ways. Small gaps in access control, exposed keys, and normal features are being used as entry points. The pattern becomes clear only when you see everything together. Faster scans, smarter misuse of trusted services, and steady

Nick Andersen Appointed Acting Director of CISA

02 March 2026
Madhu Gottumukkala has been assigned to a new role within the Department of Homeland Security. The post Nick Andersen Appointed Acting Director of CISA appeared first on SecurityWeek.

AWS Expands Security Hub Into a Cross-Domain Security Platform

02 March 2026
The AWS Security Hub Extended plan aims to reduce security tool sprawl by correlating findings across multiple security domains. The post AWS Expands Security Hub Into a Cross-Domain Security Platform appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Alert: NCSC advises UK organisations to take action following conflict in the Middle East

02 March 2026
In response to the evolving events in the Middle East, the NCSC is advising that UK organisations review their cyber security posture.

How to Protect Your SaaS from Bot Attacks with SafeLine WAF

02 March 2026
Most SaaS teams remember the day their user traffic started growing fast. Few notice the day bots started targeting them. On paper, everything looks great: more sign-ups, more sessions, more API calls. But in reality, something feels off: Sign-ups increase, but users aren’t activating. Server costs rise faster than revenue. Logs are filled with repeated requests from strange user agents. If

North Korean APT Targets Air-Gapped Systems in Recent Campaign

02 March 2026
Using Windows shortcut files, the APT deployed a new implant, a loader, a propagation tool, and two backdoors. The post North Korean APT Targets Air-Gapped Systems in Recent Campaign appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Google Working Towards Quantum-Safe Chrome HTTPS Certificates 

02 March 2026
The internet giant is developing an evolution of the certificates based on Merkle Tree Certificates (MTCs). The post Google Working Towards Quantum-Safe Chrome HTTPS Certificates  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

US-Israel and Iran Trade Cyberattacks: Pro-West Hacks Cause Disruption as Tehran Retaliates

02 March 2026
Both sides conduct hacking and other attacks, including the deployment of wiper malware, DDoS, and disruptions to critical infrastructure.  The post US-Israel and Iran Trade Cyberattacks: Pro-West Hacks Cause Disruption as Tehran Retaliates appeared first on SecurityWeek.

APT28 Tied to CVE-2026-21513 MSHTML 0-Day Exploited Before Feb 2026 Patch Tuesday

02 March 2026
A recently disclosed security flaw patched by Microsoft may have been exploited by the Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28, according to new findings from Akamai. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2026-21513 (CVSS score: 8.8), a high-severity security feature bypass affecting the MSHTML Framework. "Protection mechanism failure in MSHTML Framework allows an unauthorized

North Korean Hackers Publish 26 npm Packages Hiding Pastebin C2 for Cross-Platform RAT

02 March 2026
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a new iteration of the ongoing Contagious Interview campaign, where the North Korean threat actors have published a set of 26 malicious packages to the npm registry. The packages masquerade as developer tools, but contain functionality to extract the actual command-and-control (C2) by using seemingly harmless Pastebin content as a dead drop resolver and

4 Data Security Incidents to Know About (February 2026)

02 March 2026
Security magazine reviews four data security events, some of which had a widespread impact.

Hackers Weaponize Claude Code in Mexican Government Cyberattack

01 March 2026
The AI was abused to write exploits, create tools, and automatically exfiltrate over 150GB of data. The post Hackers Weaponize Claude Code in Mexican Government Cyberattack appeared first on SecurityWeek.

ClawJacked Flaw Lets Malicious Sites Hijack Local OpenClaw AI Agents via WebSocket

28 February 2026
OpenClaw has fixed a high-severity security issue that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed a malicious website to connect to a locally running artificial intelligence (AI) agent and take over control. "Our vulnerability lives in the core system itself – no plugins, no marketplace, no user-installed extensions – just the bare OpenClaw gateway, running exactly as documented," Oasis

Who is the Kimwolf Botmaster “Dort”?

28 February 2026
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-service (DDoS), doxing and email flooding attacks against the researcher and this author, and more recently caused a SWAT team to be sent to the researcher's home. This post examines what is knowable about Dort based on public information.

Canadian Tire Data Breach Impacts 38 Million Accounts

28 February 2026
Names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, and encrypted passwords were compromised in the attack. The post Canadian Tire Data Breach Impacts 38 Million Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Thousands of Public Google Cloud API Keys Exposed with Gemini Access After API Enablement

28 February 2026
New research has found that Google Cloud API keys, typically designated as project identifiers for billing purposes, could be abused to authenticate to sensitive Gemini endpoints and access private data. The findings come from Truffle Security, which discovered nearly 3,000 Google API keys (identified by the prefix "AIza") embedded in client-side code to provide Google-related services like

Pentagon Designates Anthropic Supply Chain Risk Over AI Military Dispute

27 February 2026
Anthropic on Friday hit back after U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Pentagon to designate the artificial intelligence (AI) upstart as a "supply chain risk." "This action follows months of negotiations that reached an impasse over two exceptions we requested to the lawful use of our AI model, Claude: the mass domestic surveillance of Americans and fully autonomous weapons," the