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RondoDox botnet expands arsenal targeting 174 flaws, and hits 15,000 daily exploit attempts
Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2026

RondoDox botnet targets 174 flaws, reaching 15,000 daily exploit attempts in a more focused and strategic campaign. RondoDox botnet is ramping up attacks, targeting 174 vulnerabilities with up to ...

APT
CL-STA-1087 targets military capabilities since 2020
Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2026

China-linked APT group CL-STA-1087 has targeted Southeast Asian militaries since 2020 using AppleChris and MemFun. A suspected China-linked espionage campaign, tracked as CL-STA-1087, has targeted ...

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Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2026

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Attack on Stryker’s Microsoft environment wiped employee devices without malware
Pierluigi Paganini March 17, 2026

The recent cyberattack on Stryker wiped tens of thousands of employee devices through its Microsoft environment, and systems are still offline. A recent cyberattack on medical technology giant Str ...

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Advanced Protection Mode in Android 17 prevents apps from misusing Accessibility Services

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Starbucks data breach impacts 889 employees

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Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2026
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Interpol - Operation Synergia III leads to 45,000 malicious IPs dismantled and 94 arrests worldwide

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U.S. CISA adds Google Chrome flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

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Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2026
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Hackers targeted Poland’s National Centre for Nuclear Research

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Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2026
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US and European authorities disrupt socksEscort proxy service tied to AVrecon botnet

Authorities in the US and Europe disrupted the SocksEscort proxy service, which used the AVrecon botnet and infected about 360,000 devices since 2020. Law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2026
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AI-assisted Slopoly malware powers Hive0163’s ransomware campaigns

The Hive0163 group used AI-assisted malware called Slopoly to maintain persistent access in ransomware attacks. IBM X-Force researchers report that the financially motivated group Hive0163 is usin ...

Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2026
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Google fixed two new actively exploited flaws in the Chrome browser

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Pierluigi Paganini March 13, 2026