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Steve ZurierApril 6, 2026

Experts warn to apply hotfix right away for critical bug exploited in the wild.

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Axios maintainer’s post mortem confirms social engineering by UNC1069

Laura FrenchApril 3, 2026

Jason Saayman says he installed a remote access trojan disguised as a Teams update.

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Chaos malware now targeting 64-bit Linux servers

Steve ZurierApril 3, 2026

Analysis of China-nexus groups also discovers double-pronged strategy, one on immediacy, the other around long dwell times.

Highly evasive spear-phishing campaign targeting senior execs ‘neutralizes’ MFA

Laura FrenchApril 3, 2026

The campaign leverages a newly-discovered phishing kit called VENOM.

Vulnerability Management

Apple expands updates to iOS 18 devices affected by DarkSword exploit

Steve ZurierApril 2, 2026

Experts say Apple’s move shows it understood that older iOS and iPadOS devices were vulnerable and being exploited by DarkSword.

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Campaign combines WhatsApp with legit cloud platforms to deliver malicious VBS files

Steve ZurierApril 1, 2026

Attackers continue to evade defenders by using legitimate platforms like AWS and Microsoft utilities.

Venom Stealer MaaS handles attacks from ClickFix to crypto theft

Laura FrenchApril 1, 2026

The stealer persists on the victim’s machine and immediately exfiltrates data with no local staging.

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Citrix NetScaler ADC bug added to CISA list of known exploits

Steve ZurierMarch 31, 2026

Security agency gives federal agencies until April 2, 2026, to make the patch.

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Axios npm supply chain attack: Malicious updates add remote access trojan

Laura FrenchMarch 31, 2026

The axios npm package, with about 100 million weekly downloads, was compromised via a maintainer’s account.

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