Breaking News – Cyber Threats (last 6h)
Generated: 2026-01-10 07:00 PST
- MuddyWater Launches RustyWater RAT via Spear-Phishing Across Middle East Sectors
The Hacker News • 2026-01-10 02:35 • thehackernews.com
The Iranian threat actor known as MuddyWater has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting diplomatic, maritime, financial, and telecom entities in the Middle East with a Rust-based implant codenamed RustyWater.
“The campaign uses icon spoofing and malicious Word documents to deliver Rust based implants capable of asynchronous C2, anti-analysis, registry persistence, and modular
https://thehackernews.com/2026/01/muddywater-launches-rustywater-rat-via.html - Ireland recalls almost 13,000 passports over missing 'IRL' code
BleepingComputer • 2026-01-10 02:27 • www.bleepingcomputer.com
Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs has recalled nearly 13,000 passports after a software update caused a printing defect. The printing error makes the documents non-compliant with international travel standards and potentially unreadable at automated border gates. […]
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ireland-recalls-almost-13-000-passports-over-missing-irl-code/
Sources: BleepingComputer, The Hacker News, KrebsOnSecurity, SANS ISC, CISA.
